Prehistoric Planet Earth (1 Viewer)

[Optimus Prime]

Yes please

 

[Sailorsaint]

Yes please

And Jon Favreaux?! Too bad I don’t have Apple TV. Guess I’ll wait for the blu ray.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Guess I’ll wait for the blu ray.

Where they'll change narrators to an American celebrity

 

[St. Geezy]

Looks incredible.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Maybe I’ll wait until all episodes have aired, do a trial, and binge watch

 

[St. Geezy]

And Jon Favreaux?! Too bad I don’t have Apple TV. Guess I’ll wait for the blu ray.

Guaranteed greatness.

 

[Paul]

I’m in.
I always imagine trying to co-exist with such creatures. At least I would have been delicious.

 

[Sailorsaint]

I’m in.
I always imagine trying to co-exist with such creatures. At least I would have been delicious.

And barely a snack!

 

[Optimus Prime]

..........Each of the five episodes of "Prehistoric Planet" will explore a different habitat, including coasts, deserts, freshwater lakes and rivers, icy landscapes and lush forests. In the episode devoted to creatures living in and around freshwater, you'll see a fierce-looking Tyrannosaurus rex gently nuzzle a potential mate during a moment of courtship.

The scene “sort of epitomizes the series as a whole for me because it shows the familiar — a dinosaur that everybody knows — but depicted slightly differently to what we've become used to seeing with the T. rex," showrunner Tim Walker said at the press tour. "And the second part of why it epitomizes the series is because it's deeply rooted in science."

A 2017 study published in the journal Scientific Reports found evidence that tyrannosaurs had sensitive snouts that would have helped them perform delicate behaviors, such as gently picking up their eggs or potentially nestling against the faces of other tyrannosaurs before mating.

If you’re hoping to see teeth and claws, however, you won't be disappointed, as the series features plenty of dinosaurs behaving like mighty predators. One episode shows a gripping chase between a small pack of tyrannosaurs and a herd of Pachyrhinosaurus — relatives of triceratops. But even in that hunting scene there are details that may surprise even the most die-hard dinosaur fan. For example, the tyrannosaurs are from the genus Nanuqsaurus, which means "polar bear lizard," and the hunt takes place during a snowstorm.

"We know that these dinosaurs at the Poles, as surprising as it might seem, did live in cold, snowy environments [that were] dark for most of the year," Darren Naish, a paleontologist and the show's chief scientific advisor, said at the press event.............

Nuzzling T. rexes and grappling sauropods: Dinosaurs on 'Prehistoric Planet' will astonish you

 

[Optimus Prime]

Anyone watching? I hope to binge it this weekend
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Few animals in history have ever tapped into our collective imagination in quite the same manner that dinosaurs have. Their massive scale and early extinction has given them almost the same status of mythical or magical creatures in our mind. This is the general premise with which famed biologist, natural historian, and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough opens the docuseries Prehistoric Planet. This brand new series, distributed by Apple TV, is an exciting five-day event. Between May 23, 2022 and May 27, 2022, the five parts of Prehistoric Planet will be released on the streaming platform, one day at a time.

Prehistoric Planet combines the talents of Jon Favreau (the visionary behind Iron Man, The Jungle Book, and The Lion King), Mike Gunton (the head of BBC’s Natural History Unit), and the creators of famed nature series Planet Earth. Rounding out the team is the highly regarded Attenborough, whose enthusiastic and vivid narration is the final hook of the series. Prehistoric Planet strives to answer the most pressing questions related to the existence of dinosaurs: What did they look like? How did they live?

Answers to these questions remained elusive for years, but with research and top-notch computer imagining, Prehistorical Planet gives us the best modern visual answer.

To start with, Prehistoric Planet’s CGI rendering of dinosaurs is not perfect. There are times when the realistic nature falters briefly and we can see through the illusion. However, most often, the CGI is nothing short of incredible. The series utilizes the same photorealistic quality that is found in such films as The Lion King. It is, essentially, the attempt of an artist to depict real people or objects with the exactness of a photograph.

The depiction is so realistic that it’s hard to detect anything is amiss. Watching a Tyrannosaurs Rex swim across the ocean with his young seems as natural as watching a dolphin swim in the ocean. The herd of Ornithomimus making their nests on an island seems as natural as watching a herd of ostriches. You truly feel like you are somehow watching a live nature documentary following dinosaurs in the ecosystems that existed 66 million years ago.

The crown jewel of this docuseries, though, is the detail. From the glittering water droplets condensing on the skin of a Hadrosaur to the wet nictitating membrane sliding over the eye of T-Rex, to the individual blue feathers of a Corythoraptor riffling in the wind, the detail is exquisite. The amount of detail seen in the series makes you think that, surely, the creators had a plethora of live dinosaurs to observe—that there’s no other way they could have known what these animals sounded like when they breathed, or how their weight shifted when they walked, or how they nuzzled each other when they mated. The power of scientific research and futuristic CGI is truly mind-boggling..............

MSN

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[Booker]

How can anyone not love Jon Favreau?

 

[Sailorsaint]

Anyone watching? I hope to binge it this weekend
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Few animals in history have ever tapped into our collective imagination in quite the same manner that dinosaurs have. Their massive scale and early extinction has given them almost the same status of mythical or magical creatures in our mind. This is the general premise with which famed biologist, natural historian, and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough opens the docuseries Prehistoric Planet. This brand new series, distributed by Apple TV, is an exciting five-day event. Between May 23, 2022 and May 27, 2022, the five parts of Prehistoric Planet will be released on the streaming platform, one day at a time.

Prehistoric Planet combines the talents of Jon Favreau (the visionary behind Iron Man, The Jungle Book, and The Lion King), Mike Gunton (the head of BBC’s Natural History Unit), and the creators of famed nature series Planet Earth. Rounding out the team is the highly regarded Attenborough, whose enthusiastic and vivid narration is the final hook of the series. Prehistoric Planet strives to answer the most pressing questions related to the existence of dinosaurs: What did they look like? How did they live?

Answers to these questions remained elusive for years, but with research and top-notch computer imagining, Prehistorical Planet gives us the best modern visual answer.

To start with, Prehistoric Planet’s CGI rendering of dinosaurs is not perfect. There are times when the realistic nature falters briefly and we can see through the illusion. However, most often, the CGI is nothing short of incredible. The series utilizes the same photorealistic quality that is found in such films as The Lion King. It is, essentially, the attempt of an artist to depict real people or objects with the exactness of a photograph.

The depiction is so realistic that it’s hard to detect anything is amiss. Watching a Tyrannosaurs Rex swim across the ocean with his young seems as natural as watching a dolphin swim in the ocean. The herd of Ornithomimus making their nests on an island seems as natural as watching a herd of ostriches. You truly feel like you are somehow watching a live nature documentary following dinosaurs in the ecosystems that existed 66 million years ago.

The crown jewel of this docuseries, though, is the detail. From the glittering water droplets condensing on the skin of a Hadrosaur to the wet nictitating membrane sliding over the eye of T-Rex, to the individual blue feathers of a Corythoraptor riffling in the wind, the detail is exquisite. The amount of detail seen in the series makes you think that, surely, the creators had a plethora of live dinosaurs to observe—that there’s no other way they could have known what these animals sounded like when they breathed, or how their weight shifted when they walked, or how they nuzzled each other when they mated. The power of scientific research and futuristic CGI is truly mind-boggling..............

MSN

www.msn.com

I plan to wait for all of them to drop, then do a trial run with Apple and binge them.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

How can anyone not love Jon Favreau?

Communists.

 

[Sailorsaint]

While seeing a T-Rex swim was pretty cool, my favorite episode was the Ice World. Excellent series, made me forget that I wasn't watching a nature show on BBCA.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Well, I told myself I wasn't going to do it, BUT I watched the first 2 seasons of For All Mankind and now I'm hooked.....dammit. Still not going to keep ATV past the trial period though, I'll just wait until the final season, pay for a month or so and binge it. I really didn't see anything else on ATV that appealed to me, and I hate the interface....who doesn't seperate drama and scifi? Seriously? Oh well, if anyone has a one shot show/movie they recommend before I turn this off on Friday, let me know.