The incredible story of life's epic, four-billion-year journey on Earth comes alive in this series from Steven Spielberg and the team behind "Our Planet."The incredible story of life's epic, four-billion-year journey on Earth comes alive in this series from Steven Spielberg and the team behind "Our Planet."The incredible story of life's epic, four-billion-year journey on Earth comes alive in this series from Steven Spielberg and the team behind "Our Planet."
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- TriviaCGI effect sequences were done by Industrial Light & Magic or ILM, the same company that created the computer effects of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World film series. According to paleontologist Bhart-Anjan Bhullar, a scientific consultant who worked with the ILM team, some of the animal models seen in the series could have been based on those seen in the Jurassic World films, albeit heavily updated to resemble real prehistoric animals rather than movie monsters. Bhullar suggested that ILM was aware that the Jurassic films had a mixed reputation among paleontology enthusiasts because the creatures seen in the films were not designed to be scientific (such as the oversized, scaly "raptors" that hark back to 1970s and 1980s depictions), so they tried to "get it right" with this series, and there was a lot of back and forth between the scientists and animators. Nevertheless, online paleo-communities have noted that some of the CGI animals presented in the series are still not up to 2020s scientific standards and feature odd mistakes like inaccurate skull shapes and body proportions. A few mistakes can be chalked up to science advancing while the series was being developed: the armored fish Dunkleosteus is shown with a long, slender body, though a 2023 study argued it would have been significantly shorter and more robust in life.
- GoofsIn one shot of the Arandaspis fish swimming near a reef, a scene supposedly set 475 million years ago when fish were just beginning to evolve, a present-day fish can be seen among the coral in the background.
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Fantastic Paleodoc
Absolutely stunning series, with some of the best representations of prehistoric animals that I've ever seen. The comparison of modern animals to their ancestors was amazing, but wish they made the jump in time a bit clearer between scenes.
The animation can be a bit choppy at times, but it's actually a nice reminder that these creatures aren't alive and real today.
Episode 3 is my favourite episode, with the most narrative sense between each scene and the stories not feeling perilous at every second (which gets tiring very quickly in episode 6)
Overall, absolutely fantastic series and I can't recommend it enough to anyone who's thinking about starting this series.
The animation can be a bit choppy at times, but it's actually a nice reminder that these creatures aren't alive and real today.
Episode 3 is my favourite episode, with the most narrative sense between each scene and the stories not feeling perilous at every second (which gets tiring very quickly in episode 6)
Overall, absolutely fantastic series and I can't recommend it enough to anyone who's thinking about starting this series.
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- dominiclhaigh
- Oct 24, 2023
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