Re: The Lost Dinosaurs Of Egypt (just seen it).

[Neil Taylor <Neil.Taylor@Informatix.co.uk>]

At 11:09 04/06/02, Josh Smith wrote:
> Quoting Luis Rey <luisrey@ndirect.co.uk>:
>
> > On the other hand, the treatment of the expedition as an
> > extension of Stromer's work was nicely done and there were some very
> > dramatic moments. There's a true sense of history throughout all the
> > program. Good also to see paleontologists losing their temper in
> > their field desperation.
>
> In truth, we tried to get all of the arguments edited out, but failed.
> We thought it took away from the film.  I am somewhat surprised you
> liked that aspect of it.

one of the most popular science-related series in the UK is "Time Team" 
which follows a sequence of 3-day digs at various archaeological sites 
round the country - it's been running now for 9 series

It depicts a largely warts-and-all edited down log of each dig... sometimes 
they find lots and gush all the time, sometimes they find almost (or 
actually) nothing, and show their frustrations. They also show many of the 
disputes over the interpretations as things come out... Much of the popular 
following derives from watching the regulars interacting on-screen, 
unscripted. It's much more interesting than the all-scripted talking-head 
months-afterwards type programmes, and the size  of its popular following 
shows the extent of its support.

Seeing Josh's team being thwarted by the desert, and disputing where to dig 
next is perhaps an echo of that, and goes down well over here!


-- Neil Taylor "Creo Imaginem Mente"