Netflix's "The Dinosaurs"
alright I finally got around to watching netflix's "The Dinosaurs"
(Don't become a paleontologist kids, it turns watching dinosaur related things from "fun" into "work")
Birds are treated as full dinosaurs throughout
Emphasizing that dinosaurs had complex behaviors and social structures
Plenty of fluffy dinosaurs present
Most of the reconstructions are fantastic
KPg presented as tragedy and not inevitable
The ending showing all the different dinosaur behavior juxtaposed with modern dinosaurs doing that behavior is glorious, ESPECIALLY because it wasn't just theropods
THINGS DONE... NOT AS I WOULD DO THEM
the only named titanosaur is the smallest one??? what are we doing
For that matter, please just name the dinosaurs. I promise, audiences aren't allergic to names. I promise.
stop acting like the Jurassic was the time of giant dinosaurs when EVERY "BIGGEST" DINOSAUR WE KNOW IS FROM THE CRETACEOUS
I'd make more of the mid-sized theropods fluffy or at least have some decorative floof
I'd have more of the stepwise process of the evolution of birds as we go straight from early Jurassic dinos to Anchiornis, including showing how complex feathers evolved for display and communication before flight
can we PLEASE stop using the Kpg for TraumaPorn, I'm not kidding, I'm sick of watching dinosaurs die horrible horrible agonizing deaths for twenty minutes at a time
WE KNOW BIRDS ARE DINOSAURS. they were PRESENTED as dinosaurs THROUGHOUT. the "Gotcha! they didn't all go extinct!" thing at the end doesn't MAKE ANY SENSE when we ALREADY KNOW
also acting like its a Tuatara situation - implying just a small remnant is holding out - when birds cover the entire planet and outnumber mammals a significant amount is... a Choice. (It's a bad choice)
STOP ENDING DINOSAUR DOCUMENTARIES AT THE KPG WHEN WE KNOW THAT ISN"T THE END OF THE STORY
THINGS THAT ARE JUST PLAIN WRONG WTF
what the actual eff was the Spinosaurus sequence
MOST carnivores engage in opportunistic cannibalism. that doesn't make them "a cannibal" and it doesn't make them special, either, because most do it.
I did see quite a few somewhat pronated hands
Dinosaurs were either straight up endothermic or gigantothermic. they could handle snow. they DID handle snow. why do we keep acting like they died the minute cold water touches their skin. we don't have a lot of evidence of titanosaur migration because cold. what is this.
Why is Alamosaurus with Edmontosaurus. If they aren't Alamosaurus, why are we just making up titanosaurs for fun. Like I know they almost overlap but the emphasis is decidedly on ALMOST
hateg island in the non-latest cretaceous segment because...????
anchiornis could probably fly. the gliding stuff is almost certainly dead in the water.
In short, I liked it a lot, but I did yell at the screen frequently too, so what can you do
I just want a "story of the dinosaurs" docuseries that COVERS THE CENOZOIC. I think we've gotten enough out of the "violent end" narrative and we have plenty of documentaries that just cover the mesozoic. make the madness stop. no, we don't have to ignore the extinction, but that doesn't mean we can't do "There was a tragedy... nonetheless dinosaurs rose from the ashes..."
like yes, it's a surprise to HUMANS that dinosaurs are still around. you know who isn't surprised?
THE TWENTY THOUSAND (probable) SPECIES OF DINOSAURS THAT COVER EVERY CORNER OF THE PLANET
THEY KNOW. ITS NOT A SHOCK. WE WERE JUST STUPID.
anthropocentrism will actually be the death of me
Anyways, check it out. Just remember Spinosaurus probably wasn't... That.
