Monsters Resurrected

Mega Beasts cannot be compared to the BBC's relaxed Walking with Dinosaurs 3D. What annoyed me probably the most was the commentary that the narrator made in an incredibly harsh way, and when he said "Acrocanthosaurus" for the first time in the fourth episode, I almost passed out laughing. Likewise, paleontologists speak with exaggerated exuberance and fascination; you can see how they want to impress at all costs. As for the animation, the aforementioned Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, which is ten years older, looks much better. The whole thing is simply done in an overly popular way, it’s clamorous, and so on. Take the very first episode, The Terror Bird. In the first few seconds I thought - we are not starting with dinosaurs, but with the Tertiary. Great. Then Titanis walleri came running in, ate something... And then a glimpse into the present, lots of dramatic cuts... And what did they show? Paleontologists and God knows who else are building a steel replica of the bird's neck and beak, testing how strong it was, and shouting "Wow!" and being "cool". And this isn’t the last time. I was equally disappointed with the Spinosaurus episode, which was popularized by Jurassic Park 3 (I still don't get it), and the final overgrown monitor lizard. With some reservations, I quite liked the second part of T-Rex of the Deep, and Bear Dog wasn't the worst either - for the misery. But the processing... Very American.__P.S. Available on YouTube. (04.06.2013)