AJUMP23
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With those tiny hands.....Impossible.
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Apple TV+ "Prehistoric Planet" looks absolutely amazing
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Maiden Voyage
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How dare you sir!
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
I just live in the real world.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
GymWolf
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nocsi
Member
Almost everything in it is AAA content. Like seriously everything is so good
El Pistolero
Banned
Apple TV+ offerings are some of the best out of any service, easily.
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AJUMP23
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Looks like a dragon....not really a Dinosaur.
Kids and I watched half of one episode, it was a lot of fun. My daughter didn't like the turtles getting eaten.
Mossybrew
Banned
Watched the first episode, pretty cool, though I am like constantly distracted by my inner skeptic going "how do they know THAT?" multiple times during the episode. Was kinda fun to do some research after, I wish there was like a small companion episode to each explaining the science and theories.
There is, Attenborough even mentions it at the end of each episode. Go to the showpage.
Now, granted, it's only like 4 minutes tackling some point from the episode. Like one of them is just did dinosaurs have feathers, and they show some fossils and talk to some paleontologists.
Aggelos
Member
Ya man, the Freshwater episode was fantastic. This must be the most fascinating and arresting dinosaurs' documentary yet, although some guesswork on how the dinos would behave and live was involved. Still, that guesswork is based off of modern animals and their traits/characteristics/behaviors.
The realistic velociraptors were fantastic, and we didn't see them figuring out how to open doors.
Behind-the-scenes science stuff
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Rockondevil
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3 episodes in and it's great so far. Awesome to have a more modern take on what we know about dinosaurs.
The traits of the dinosaurs is sometimes questionable, though it makes sense that it's probably based off of our current animals.
The traits of the dinosaurs is sometimes questionable, though it makes sense that it's probably based off of our current animals.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Whenever I think of dinosaurs I always go down a rabbit hole. If the asteroid never wiped out the dinosaurs, would humans have ever existed? There is some evidence of some early primates that may have existed around that time, but would they have been hunted or eaten into extinction? And even if they didn’t exist then, would they ever have been able to evolve with dinosaurs around?
And then I think about would the planet have been better off without humans and just having dinosaurs? The planet would’ve definitely been healthier and more organic. Humans changed a lot. We kinda junked up its beauty. We’ve had wars, done so many bad things. Then again, humans also did a lot of great in this world. That asteroid is one of the biggest historical moments in not just the history of the earth, but the history of the universe if humans eventually go on to explore vast swaths of space.
And then I think about would the planet have been better off without humans and just having dinosaurs? The planet would’ve definitely been healthier and more organic. Humans changed a lot. We kinda junked up its beauty. We’ve had wars, done so many bad things. Then again, humans also did a lot of great in this world. That asteroid is one of the biggest historical moments in not just the history of the earth, but the history of the universe if humans eventually go on to explore vast swaths of space.
I love that they included several of the new species in Jurassic World Dominion in this show. Just thr sheer mountain of difference in design.
I really wish JW would lean away from the monster movie angle. "real" dinos like this are just so magnificent snd wonderful.
Anf you can have both scale and frathery. Look at the atrociraptorin ep 5, and the carnotaurus. Old and new ideas about dinosaurs, while both still being based in science.
I really wish JW would lean away from the monster movie angle. "real" dinos like this are just so magnificent snd wonderful.
Anf you can have both scale and frathery. Look at the atrociraptorin ep 5, and the carnotaurus. Old and new ideas about dinosaurs, while both still being based in science.
Insane Metal
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I'm absolutely stunned, watched the first episode and had several "how the fuck does this look so real" moments throughout. Just insane.
Take a free week, then cancel. Just give thr show views. We want, no, need more of this.
I kept forgetting it's not real many, many times.
Aggelos
Member
Sounds like you don't dig Apple's subscription platform at all. I guess Apple CEO Tim Cook must have paid money hats to have a good dino documentary on his platform (and right before Jurassic World Dominion releases in theatres).
But as K Kimahri pointed out, there's a workaround.
It was their intention to be photorealistic from the get-go. Obviously, they spared no expense on photorealism.
I'd say hands-down the best-looking dino documentary that I've ever seen in my whole life. And in terms of content and (scientific) presentation it's A-tier, to boot.
"The concept art and creature design was created by Jellyfish Pictures, while computer-generated imagery was developed by Moving Picture Company and intended to be photorealistic, as with their previous productions The Jungle Book (2016) and The Lion King (2019). "
Apple TV+ reveals first look at epic natural history event series “Prehistoric Planet”
Apple TV+ today revealed a glimpse at its highly anticipated natural history event series “Prehistoric Planet,” narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
www.apple.com
A couple of reviews reckon :
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More Behind-the-scenes science stuff. They're labeled as "Prehistoric Planet - Uncovered". Be sure to check'em out on Apple TV's channel.
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What I find particularly fascinating, is that it watches as a regular nature documentary as if it was filmed in a continent as Africa ..
It’s that convincing, that’s the real star of this showing .
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
You can watch apple tv+ outside the walled garden, don't need an iDevice to access it, https://support.apple.com/guide/tvplus/welcome/web
At the minimum a 3 month subscription is well worth it.
Tams
Member
Nothing to do with my dislike of Apple products or Apple in general, even though I do have that.
No, to me Sir David Attenborough will always be associated with the BBC. Yes, I know this was made by BBC Studios, but it being behind anyone else's service just irks me.
And yes, I'm well aware that it's not for me or anyone else to demand what work he takes up and that in his role he has no control as to who gets the rights to show it.
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Did you even watch it? Doesn't sound like it.
nkarafo
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Just a couple of the trailers here have shots that indicate this.
Yeah, you know how trailers work. Cut by pr teams to lure people in.
There's no roaring, no clichéd behaviour. Just animals being animals. There are mating rituals , dancing, swimming rexes, and not a dingle roar.
So yeah, nature, how it works.
GeeseGoose
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The apple store in Sydney has a huge graphic of the T-Rex in water that was certainly eye catching. Going to have to check this out 