Mesozoic Mind

Yeah, I'm just gonna say it: while its definitely an incredible doc, Prehistoric Planet does falter in some spots. Some groups get shafted entirely, and the series' jumping around locations a la Planet Earth doesn't help give a connection to the animals in my humble opinion. But hey, no work is perfect. Even Walking with Dinosaurs had quetionable creative choices and designs. Here's how I would make the already great Apptle TV+ show into downright, absolute god-tier material in my book, while still retaining as much as I can. In my version, episodes are done by regions or continents instead of environments, as I feel unlike the original, mine can maintain a better sense of focus and continuity. Also, rather then the same intro with the Oxford T. rex over and over each episode, each one is different with a different skeleton of a Mesozoic creature featured. So without further ado, in honour of 6000 views, here's how I would Palaeo-Redo (trademark pending) Prehisto...

It is done. I have finished Prehistoric Planet . While I had some difficulties setting it up and thus had the hype deflated a bit for me, I loved it through and through, and its certainly one of the best documentaries I've seen in a while. SPOILERS AHEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. 5. Freshwater By no means is Freshwater a bad episode. As I have wrote before , it's merely the least good of the series: not many of the sequences take place within lakes, wetlands, and rivers, so we don't get any fun swimming scenes and none of the cool fish or crocodilians of the time (ignoring they're practically mundane conpared to other mesozoic ones). A T. rex scene is completely superfluous, only having one wade in river as a connection, and for got knows what reason they stuck Quetzalcoatlus  in Madagascar of all places (even if it was just for breeding). It doesn't help it barely has its own identity in technical side: the colour palates of each segments, or even segments themselves,...

 Okay, I lied about not doing another thing like it. Sorry. Deserts If you think its cool, watch the ep and see it in motion. The second episode is definitely one of if not the best in the series so far. Ever The Dreadnoughtus sequence that starts the episode is where it peaks. As befits one of the largest of them, the sequence conveys the huge size and power of them excellently through wide shots and boomiong music. The rest of the episode is also great. The mongolian scenes are stellar, a segment about Barbaridactylus is good (and even delves into gender), and there's a nice one at the end about South American hadrosaurs braving harsh conditions. All are excellently shot and scored, However, its not all ups for the episode. I'm not a fan of the watering hole scene. Even with the breathtaking cinematography, it feels a bit too much like a video game cutscene for my tastes, leaves Therizinosaurus , my favourite dinosaur completely unmentioned, same for many other dinosaurs. The...