Dinosaur Planet

2003

Dinosaur Planet

7.7 | en | Documentary

Dinosaur Planet, not to be confused with Planet Dinosaur, is a four-part American nature documentary first aired on Discovery Channel in 2003. It was hosted by Scott Sampson and narrated by Christian Slater. Dinosaur Planet depicts dinosaurs living in various parts of the world 80 million years ago, using CGI. In actuality, a good part of the dinosaurs were designed by Mark Dubeau, who was the art director and primary creature designer on the aforementioned "When Dinosaurs Roamed America".

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Seasons & Episodes

EP4 Alpha's Egg

Dec. 16,2003

The world is a very dangerous place for tiny hatchlings like Alpha, a female saltasaur. Follow Alpha as she leaves her nesting site and begins life on the run from a deadly band of aucasaurs. Years later, she returns home to breed – and learns there are worse things to fear than a hungry aucasaur.

EP3 Little Das' Hunt

Dec. 16,2003

As a young male of a Daspletosaurus pack, it's Das' job to herd unsuspecting prey towards his fellow hunters. But he's easily distracted and ruins several hunts – getting him in deep trouble with his mother, the pack leader. When a distant volcano threatens eruption, the dinosaurs are caught in a dangerous spot – unless Das can lead them to safety.

EP2 Pod's Travels

Dec. 14,2003

Pod – a pyroraptor – finds himself alone in the world after his sisters die in a tidal wave that also sweeps him out to sea. After landing on an island populated by dwarf-sized dinosaurs, Pod discovers that he's become the apex predator. But, as a gregarious and social pack animal, Pod learns that it's lonely at the top of the food chain.

EP1 White Tip's Journey

Dec. 14,2003

When a velociraptor named White Tip loses the rest of her pack, she must struggle to survive in the desert on her own. In time, she locates a new hunting party – as well as a mate – only to find that her hardships are just beginning in the harsh desert environment.

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Christian Slater

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Pierre de Lespinois

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Reviews

milimani Before you start going for my throat, let me point out that this is my opinion and mine only. If you agree, fine, if you don't, fine too.Now, I had the distinct displeasure of seeing two parts this week in a re-run on UK TV.The first impression was that the dinosaurs look more like cuddly toys, come plastic bathtub Godzilla look-a-likes. In other words, awful.There is hardly any interaction of the animals with their environment and personally, I don't like the idea of humanised dinosaurs (ie. giving them names and attach human emotions to such animals).If you are 10 years old, yes, watch it, you might like it. If you've already grown up, grab a book and save the time doing something useful.As far as a comparison with 'Walking with Dinosaurs' is concerned, I think it beats the hell out of this programme, never mind any inaccuracies.

turboguppy I think this series is actually very well done. Complaints about "Dinosaurs doing stupid and unbelievable things" fly right past me... I mean, who hasn't seen PEOPLE do some pretty stupid and unbelievable things??? When Das, for example, runs into his mother, knocking her prey right out of her mouth, well, it's a mistake. We've all made mistakes. You have to keep in mind that this is a STORY, and thus must have tension, sympathy, and other elements that a straight documentary might not provide. While I really loved Walking With Dinosaurs, I believe Dinosaur planet further rounds out the education and fascination with Dinosaurs. I give it an 8 because it's not the best show I've ever seen, and is definitely not on par with Walking With Dinosaurs, but I highly recommend it to anyone who simply loves Dinosaurs! If you are picky about 'scientific errors,' please keep in mind that all we know about dinosaur behavior is guesswork, even the best guesses are probably off quite a bit. Suspend your disbelief for just a bit, and enjoy the story! If you find inaccuracies, great! That just means you were paying attention. Go ahead and point them out. Read up on them, see if you are right. It's all part of the learning process, and I for one, am more interested in learning than complaining and nitpicking.

raptor_67 Dinosaur Planet is another attempt of creating a great documentary about dinosaurs. This one is worth checking out, but by no means is up to par with Walking With Dinosaurs. The Good: Dinosaur Planet has some attractive visuals and even greater CGI models. Most of the dinosaurs look very accurate and beautifully rendered. The soundtrack is also good as well as the HD sound effects. The idea of portraying a story is a very good concept and is something new different, and fresh.The Bad: Dinosaur Planet suffers from noticeable flaws which stop it form being as great as documentaries like Walking With Dinosaurs. First off the pacing can be slow at times and 45 minutes is too long to spend on one dinosaurs story. Another problem is that the dinosaurs often do very stupid and unbelievable things. There are a few scientific inaccuracies and other minor quirks that are noticeable throughout some of the scenes as well. It also isn't as action-packed as you'd hope.Alpha's Egg: 7.9/10 Little Das's Hunt: 7.8/10 Pod's Travels: 8.2/10Whitetips's Journey: 7.9/10Overall: 8.0/10

dbborroughs Four stories of varying quality concerning four dinosaurs and their struggles to survive.Because its a Discovery Channel Production, the place where the landmark series Walking with Dinosaurs played in the US and because Discovery played up the similarities one will have to make a comparison. In my eyes Walking With Dinosaurs is the clear winner, thats not to say that Dinosaur Planet is bad, its not, its just much too long for what it is.Where Walking was a semi documentary (but mostly a best guess) on how dinosaurs lived. Here we have hour long stories about the fights for survival of four different animals. We follow them as they try to survive in the various locations they live in with each animal getting name in the narration. Its a dinosaur version of Wild Kingdom. The problem is that each story goes on for an hour. Thats all fine and all but there isn't enough story to hold the attention for an hour for each of the characters, especially since the eat and be eaten theme gets a bit too over played.I liked it at first, and probably would have enjoyed it more in small bits instead of the four hour marathon I saw it in.Worth a shot on cable, especially if you love dinosaurs. Not sure about a rental and certainly see it before you buy it.