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In this thrilling new docu-drama series that is at the cutting
edge of technology and creativity Nigel Marven heads back to
prehistoric times to find some of the most magnificent creatures
that have ever been on this Earth. With the aid of award-winning
animatronics and computer graphics teams we are sent back to
prehistory among some of the most amazing creatures that have
ever existed. The creatures are brought back through time to the
present day where they are looked after in the Prehistoric Park a
place where Nigel and his expert dedicated team care for them
alongside animals from the present day world.System
Requirements:Running Time: 240 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE
Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 787364778393
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What if extinction didn't have to be forever? That's the premise
of this BCI Eclipse docu-drama by the animatronics and computer
graphics teams of Walking With Dinosaurs (
/gp/product/B00004Z4SU/ ) in which naturalist Nigel Marven
rescues now-extinct creatures from the past 300-million years and
brings them via time portal to a present-day wildlife sanctuary
known as Prehistoric Park to be studied, preserved, and bred.
Like a Jurassic Park ( /gp/product/B000BCE918/ ) with much more
scientific information and minus the high level of sheer terror,
Prehistoric Park deals with the housing of prehistoric creatures
in the modern world. Nigel travels through the last 300-million
years collecting specimens of everything from the heavily
researched tyrannosaurus rex, wooly mammoth, and saber tooth cat
to the newly discovered four-winged microraptor and the
centipede-like arthropleura. Each episode skillfully blends
scientific fact with scientific inference and Nigel's
demonstrated knowledge of modern day animals and his ability to
extrapolate that knowledge to understand prehistoric animal
behavior and their needs is impressive. At Prehistoric Park, the
very knowledgeable veterinarian Suzanne is similarly adept at
adapting current medical knowledge and practice to help the
prehistoric animals under her care and park caretaker Bob is a
master improviser, building containment pens and modifying
environments, and sometimes animal behavior, to ensure a y
and safe captivity. An adventure series in the truest sense, each
47-minute episode juxtaposes the modern with the prehistoric and
the scientific with the imagined, is full of suspense and drama,
and features an amazing combination of very skilled computer
animation and realistic animatronics that leave audiences
believing that they've just seen genuine footage of prehistoric
creatures. Scenic locations are stunning and conjure up
localities ranging from the subtropical prehistoric park to the
icy tundra, rock formations of Scotland, and ash-strewn volcanic
lands of prehistoric China. The talents of Nigel Marven,
sometimes compared to the Crocodile Hunter, Suzanne McNabb, Rod
Arthur (park keeper Bob), and narrator David Jason are
considerable. Bonus features include a great "Stats and Facts"
feature which allows viewers to select on-screen facts about
specific creatures as they appear within the episodes,
storyboards, photo gallery, and a 27-minute making-of featurette
that details the entire creative process from imagining the
impossible to scouting locations, creating the incredible
animatronics with "Crawlie Creatures" and cutting-edge computer
animation with "Framestore," and finding talented actors and
natural history experts up to the challenge of re-creating
300-million years of history. This six-episode television
adventure is at once entertaining and educational and is sure to
fascinate and inspire the entire family ages 6 and older. --Tami
Horiuchi