Walking With Dinosaurs (DVD)

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Walking With Dinosaurs" is the kind of documentary that digital and other high tech methods of animation were made for! Granted, Spielberg used some similar methods to good effect in his dino-films "Jurassic Park" and "Lost World," but "Walking With Dinosaurs" is the current apex of animation technology for exctinct animals, and used for education, too! I sat in awe as I watched these six wonderful segments on the natural history of dinosaurs produced ...
...on marine reptiles -- a group that receives relatively little press, since they're not dinos, and since they don't interact with most peoples' favorites, like T. rex, Allosaurus, or Stegosaurus, etc. Never had I seen recreations of dinosaurs that were as life-like and convincing (except for the occasional animatronic effect) as the ones in this video. Watching these segments about different time periods, places, and groups of dinosaurs I was once ... Read review

Advantages: Great Family entertainment
Disadvantages: May be too gory for younger audience

This is an interesting melding of education and entertainment - a documentary about dinosaurs made as if it were a David Attenborough programme. There is inevitably a great deal of speculation which ends up masquerading as fact, but if you take it with a pinch of salt, this still manages to be engrossing and informative at the same time. The programme stands or falls on its animation, and it is often amazingly good. The underwater "footage" is particularly ...
...I found particularly unconvincing, though this may have something to do with their familiarity from Jurassic Park. The few mammals that make an appearance tend to look more like cuddly toys than living creatures, since the computers seem to have struggled to represent fur as opposed to scaly skin. But, for all the nitpicking that can be done, this is still a remarkable achievement, not least for its ability to span a huge age group in its audience. ... Read review

Advantages: Great learning experience for all ages.With lasting appeal.
Disadvantages: Im 19 from london and I parted with my cash to buy this DVD.

Making learning about the past a great experience. They have the indepth knowledge to be able to to enlighten older audiences and the captivating action and special effects to give children an amazing impression of nature. The DVD is brililant. The runing time is 230 mins and htis is spread over lots of chapters . In each chapter you can jump to 6 locations during the shoot and if this is good enough the special feature includes extra footage of ...
...final product show. The special effects just amke the whole documentary come to life - you can get more real than that. It was fun and well the only downsie that I could see was the unfortuanly clumsy interface and having to sit thru a 3 min introduction until you can start to see the series. Althgouh clumsy is all I mean - the menu screen is amazing as it is alight with the dinosaurs throughout the show performing games around the camera. ... Read review

Advantages: educational, adventerous
Disadvantages: a little violent for small children

...how people portray them. Walking With Dinosaurs shows how dinosaurs really lived back then. It shows how they would act and defend themselves. It is very educational and filled with interesting facts for kids and adults of all ages. It really expands our minds and our knowledge. We can walk with those dinosaurs as they hunt, lay eggs, bring up their young, how they feed, defensive manuevers and strategies, and much more. This is an adventerous series ...
...It just brings the animals to life. It is wonderfully narrated and very accurate. It really portrays the life of the dinosaurs. It shows the dangers, the triumphs, and the defeats. I really appreciated this. The directors portrayed these well and really captured their movements and features. Do you want to find out great facts about the dinosaurs? Do you want to know what kind of dinosaurs there were? Have you ever wondered what it would be like ... Read review

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This is the BBC's best documentary to date, not only is it highly informative and educational but it also features some of the best computer animations seen around. They have produced this as thought they built a time machine and took a film crew back to the time when the dinosaurs were the kings of the earth. Tim Haines, the producer of the series spent year researching and talking to hundreds of experts to ensure that the material that is presented ...
...was really like with the dinosaurs. The series is broken down into six programs, each dealing with a different era during the dinosaur's time on earth, starting with the introduction to the planet and ending with their extinction after a comet collided with earth. Each one is 30 minutes in length and all are of exactly the same high standards making it the most successful documentary the BBC has ever produced. The ratings the show achieved last year ... Read review