Re: Pholidosaur TV

[Mike Taylor <mike@tecc.co.uk>]

> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 14:52:57 +0000
> From: "Christopher Lavers" <Chris.Lavers@nottingham.ac.uk>
> 
> I guess this is only for British and (curiously) Albanian
> list-members: Why oh why did the makers of WWPB make
> Australopithecus walk like Norman Wisdom? Couldn't watch the show
> for laughing...

Yeah.  It _was_ all a bit _Planet of the Apes_, wasn't it?  And what's
with giving the australopithecus names?  "Blue", "Hercules", "Babble"
and all.  And then making such a big deal about the fact(*) that they
didn't have language.

I don't know whether it's just familiarity kicking in, but I seem to
be finding these CGI extravaganzas less and less exciting.  My
experience has been:

        Jurassic Park: absolutely spleen-splinteringly *awesome*
        Walking With Dinosaurs: wondrous
        When Dinosaurs Roamed: excellent
        Exctinct: good
        Walking With Beasts: OK

Shame.

(*) I use the word "fact" here in the standard _Walking With Things_
sense of a fact assumed for narrative purposes, whether with
convincing evidence or less.

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