You can also find Andre Freitas on Instagram: instagram.com/freitas7316/?hl=en And James Gurney on RUclips! ruclips.net/channel/UCTIoOLzT1jbxAcPW99xn0zQ
What a cool moment in Polygon and Simone history! You can tell you really care about this game, and it’s gotten me hip to something I never knew about. So many important/older games can easily be forgotten without this type of preservation, so thank you for caring about it!!
@@polygon The reason I think this channel is so great is that you guys clearly have a lot of passion for what you're talking about. You guys could literally release a video about paint drying technology in games and I'd still watch it because you guys always bring a cool and interesting perspective.
I am so glad much of the puppetry has survived over the years, but more than that, I'm glad that Simone and Polygon care enough about this to track down the people with firsthand knowledge of the game. Documentaries about the making of video games are becoming increasingly common, but there are so many titles from years past that we know little about, and investigative work like this ensures it isn't lost to time.
If I had a nickel for every time Polygon made a video about a 25 year old dinotopia video game, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
i've never read or played anything from the dinotopia franchise but I do have Gurney's "Color and Light" book on painting, which uses a lot of his Dinotopia work as examples, and "this is where I will go when I die" is not an uncommon opinion to have about the man's work
I remember when Jurassic Park came out they really downplayed the puppets in the marketing because they wanted to highlight how revolutionary the CGI was. I was blown away when I learnt it was just five minutes of CGI.
A cool thing about the CGI is that originally the whole movie was going to be claymation but when they decided to try some parts in CGI, they really went hard on making everything thing in the movie as real as possible even though CGI ended up only playing a minor role compared to the puppets. So without that decision to try out some CGI, Jurassic Park would have been a *very* different movie
Wait. I am a 25 year old woman with a degree in film production. I am just now realizing that K-Y Jelly is actually lube and not a special kind of vassaline used by propmasters 😅 The fact that I both have a film degree and (looking back) HAVE HAD PARTNERS USE IT DURRING SEX before makes this even more funny to me
If Simone just does videos interviewing all of the people involved in this game forever, I wouldn't complain. (Also, love how willing Andre Freitas was to show off his work! So fun seeing someone who's passionate about past projects.)
Simone! These Dinotopia videos have been so great! I never knew there could be such great synergy between puppets, games, and something I cherished as a child (and now)!
Im so glad simone got to speak with the actual person that made the puppets! What an awesome opportunity. I can't believe this didn't end with him sending you a dinosaur puppet head though
Simone is slowly building up to quitting polygon and going off to live in a warehouse of life sized animatronic dinosaur puppets. Live your best life, Simone!!
Just realized that I have both this video and James Gurney's most recent painting video in my tabs to watch today. It'd be really cool to try and get him in another video talking about this or Dinotopia in general!
This is lovely, but seeing that clip from Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance put me back in a state of mourning. THEY WON YOU AN EMMY, NETFLIX, HOW COULD YOU?
For once, that one isn't Netflix's fault. Blame covid making puppeteering those complex characters impossible, due to the necessary proximity required being unsafe for performers.
So much effort for this video!! It’s so cool that Simone got an interview with the sculptor!! it made for a very interesting video, especially for mechanics nerds, which is just….all polygon fans
simone's niche interests and eccentricity are very similar to my entire friend group, and i feed on it like a swarm of weevils on sacks of grain so yeah real nice video. well balanced of education, entertainment, and whimsy.
Love the side by side comparison of the puppet in 2021 and the puppet in the 1995 game! everything is chef kiss. i also love that Freitas has a whole-ass director's cut setup in his interview, including the director chair. man's prepared. and the low-ish quality of the video call makes him feel like a 1990s FMV character himself, haha
I don't know how she was able to convince her producer to let her do two 10 minute videos in a row on the making of the 1994 game Dinotopia. But i'm all for it.
I have a Dinotopia pop-up book! I was completely *obsessed* with dinosaurs as a kid, and was so happy to find it when I was helping my parents sort through some boxes. It’s framed as sort of a “Visitor’s Guide” to Dinotopia and the various buildings you might see there. Incredible art, for sure. Also, my dad ran into Stan Winston at a trade show in the early aughts, I geeked out so hard when he came back with pictures.
Simone, if you wanna do a collab with Pat, there’s a fighting game called Primal Rage whose graphics are mostly stopmotion animation of dinosaurs. u could do a vid on the unreleased-til-2014 sequel
These puppets are incredible… nothing will ever beat good practical effects!!! Also I highly recommend looking up James Gurney’s more realistic paleontology artwork with feathered dinosaurs, it’s so beautiful
Pre-COVID they were doing an open house at the art studio space where he has his workshop and I got to talk with him for 30 solid minutes about all of the cool stuff he works on. He’s got so many cool stories and industry insights and he’s incredibly passionate about his work.
The Atlanta center for puppetry arts is a phenomenal place by the way! I have lots of great memories of seeing plays and doing crafts there as a child.
"through the magic of these puppets, that dream is obtainable" Now watch Simone spiral into a full blown supervillain, only so she gets the money to retire in a far away island filled with animatronic dinosaurs 😯
Thanks for creating a creative and interesting video about the work! I like the Carlo rambaldi video explanation of cable control mechanism with his drawings. It was the inspiration for a young artist before internet! Sometimes it helps break the complex ideas into basic step by step to make things work!
I can argue this has not really a whole lot to do with games, because it's really one game. I won't. This is a fantastic video on puppetry and thank you for uploading it.
Yo Simone got to talk with the guy who created the _Dinotopia_ puppets?? That's really freaking dope! Dude did a phenomenal job, and I appreciate especially the care put into the visual direction to match the books.
This is such a cool video and I'm so mad RUclips's algorithm didn't tell me when it dropped. Thanks for being obsessed with Dinotopia so we can be, too.
It's wonderful how much you love this game and its puppet tech. (This video also had the weird side effect of making me nostalgic for Going Places Safely, since the Center for Puppetry Arts is part of the station spiel on MARTA. Do I miss my commute, no, but apparently I care a lot about train announcements.)
I'd be quite interested in finding out more about the technology behind the Neverhood, that old claymation point and click game that only runs on Windows 95 (or was it 98?).
ICYMI, here is my video from last fall on how the rest of Dinotopia was made! ruclips.net/video/motkGllngqs/видео.html
You can also find Andre Freitas on Instagram: instagram.com/freitas7316/?hl=en
And James Gurney on RUclips! ruclips.net/channel/UCTIoOLzT1jbxAcPW99xn0zQ
Since this video Dinotopia has been popping up in my head a lot
I literally just got to watching that video last night, what luck have I burned to see two Dino videos in a row
I did have a definite deja vu moment
When you just REALLY like talking about dinotopia
"Full page oil paintings of a magical world that is where I will go when I die!" Really hit me in the feels. 🖤
the delivery on that line was so funny!
Love Simone's passion for these books and this game! Puppets are rad, and these puppets are VERY good puppets.
honestly, I could listen to Simone nerd out about dinotopia for the rest of my life.
What a cool moment in Polygon and Simone history! You can tell you really care about this game, and it’s gotten me hip to something I never knew about. So many important/older games can easily be forgotten without this type of preservation, so thank you for caring about it!!
Thank you for enjoying it!! I'm glad that there's an audience for it.
@@polygon The reason I think this channel is so great is that you guys clearly have a lot of passion for what you're talking about. You guys could literally release a video about paint drying technology in games and I'd still watch it because you guys always bring a cool and interesting perspective.
I am so glad much of the puppetry has survived over the years, but more than that, I'm glad that Simone and Polygon care enough about this to track down the people with firsthand knowledge of the game. Documentaries about the making of video games are becoming increasingly common, but there are so many titles from years past that we know little about, and investigative work like this ensures it isn't lost to time.
Engineering and artistry working together... you just gotta love puppetry! :D
Omg I’m so excited that you watch polygon! This is exactly the stuff you would be into! Dollightful’s favorite dinosaurs list when?
If I had a nickel for every time Polygon made a video about a 25 year old dinotopia video game, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
this is a good comment
My favorite meme, very specific use but it kills when executed perfectly, like here
Simone's enthusiasm on shit she loves is contagious
god these videos make me want way more puppets in video games, the mechanical and artistic components of them are just so cool
It makes me want to make puppets. -Simone
What if a VR puppeteering simulator-like, you actually build said puppets in-game and learn how to properly manipulate them
@@polygon ME TOO, I'm in college for concept art rn but I definitely had a "jk,, unless?" moment or two during this vid
@@polygon do it PLEASE
I loooove watching stuff like this. Mad respect for every craftsman involved
If she wants to do a let's play series with Dinotopia, I wouldn't object
I would give my first-born child for a Simone and Justin reunite for FMV Quest: Dinotopia stream
I....actually need this in my life.
i've never read or played anything from the dinotopia franchise but I do have Gurney's "Color and Light" book on painting, which uses a lot of his Dinotopia work as examples, and "this is where I will go when I die" is not an uncommon opinion to have about the man's work
I remember when Jurassic Park came out they really downplayed the puppets in the marketing because they wanted to highlight how revolutionary the CGI was. I was blown away when I learnt it was just five minutes of CGI.
A cool thing about the CGI is that originally the whole movie was going to be claymation but when they decided to try some parts in CGI, they really went hard on making everything thing in the movie as real as possible even though CGI ended up only playing a minor role compared to the puppets. So without that decision to try out some CGI, Jurassic Park would have been a *very* different movie
If you post enough videos about it will they make a new Dinotopia game? I hope so.
That's the dream...
Wait. I am a 25 year old woman with a degree in film production. I am just now realizing that K-Y Jelly is actually lube and not a special kind of vassaline used by propmasters 😅
The fact that I both have a film degree and (looking back) HAVE HAD PARTNERS USE IT DURRING SEX before makes this even more funny to me
this is...pretty great. - Simone
this comment is so contextually-innocent and funny xD
Physical effects are always super interesting, this is fascinating to watch
Welcome back to 'Simone de Rochefort presents: Paleo-gon'!
If Simone just does videos interviewing all of the people involved in this game forever, I wouldn't complain. (Also, love how willing Andre Freitas was to show off his work! So fun seeing someone who's passionate about past projects.)
Simone back at it again with the Top Tier Dinotopia content.
I absolutely love that Simone clearly didn't stop until someone at Polygon greenlit a second Dinotopia video. Please let this be fuel for a third!
Simone! These Dinotopia videos have been so great! I never knew there could be such great synergy between puppets, games, and something I cherished as a child (and now)!
So happy to bring all these pieces together!
The first video on Dinotopia convinced me instantly to buy the book, and then the next one too. Thank you Simone
Yay!! It gets wacky in book two but uh, beautiful art!
I love Dinotopia and I love Polygon, so I especially love that we've gotten TWO videos about it!
Im so glad simone got to speak with the actual person that made the puppets! What an awesome opportunity. I can't believe this didn't end with him sending you a dinosaur puppet head though
Simone is slowly building up to quitting polygon and going off to live in a warehouse of life sized animatronic dinosaur puppets. Live your best life, Simone!!
Just realized that I have both this video and James Gurney's most recent painting video in my tabs to watch today. It'd be really cool to try and get him in another video talking about this or Dinotopia in general!
This is lovely, but seeing that clip from Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance put me back in a state of mourning. THEY WON YOU AN EMMY, NETFLIX, HOW COULD YOU?
For once, that one isn't Netflix's fault. Blame covid making puppeteering those complex characters impossible, due to the necessary proximity required being unsafe for performers.
So much effort for this video!! It’s so cool that Simone got an interview with the sculptor!! it made for a very interesting video, especially for mechanics nerds, which is just….all polygon fans
I'm absolutely living for Simone's color-coded outfit, it all carries through so well.
The information about how those puppets were made and operated was so interesting!
Thank you!!
If dinotopia gets a reboot, you better be in the credits.
Hurray!! More Dinotopia content! It's really cool to see how these things were made and operated, so much work!
Wow, what an interesting and neat video! I had no idea... "Just like the Lindsay Lohan puppets in the Parent Trap"...wait, what!?
simone's niche interests and eccentricity are very similar to my entire friend group, and i feed on it like a swarm of weevils on sacks of grain
so yeah real nice video. well balanced of education, entertainment, and whimsy.
Love the side by side comparison of the puppet in 2021 and the puppet in the 1995 game! everything is chef kiss. i also love that Freitas has a whole-ass director's cut setup in his interview, including the director chair. man's prepared. and the low-ish quality of the video call makes him feel like a 1990s FMV character himself, haha
Wow, this is incredible! so awesome to see the old puppets! Love when polygon lets their content creators make things they’re passionate about!
Low key thought this interview was from a special features short. It's so cool you got to interview him and he still had so many of the puppets!
A Simone video is exactly what today needed
I hope you still feel this way lol - Simone
I don't know how she was able to convince her producer to let her do two 10 minute videos in a row on the making of the 1994 game Dinotopia. But i'm all for it.
She said “I’m making this video either it goes on your channel or mine” and they knew not to look a gift horse in the mouth
I have a Dinotopia pop-up book! I was completely *obsessed* with dinosaurs as a kid, and was so happy to find it when I was helping my parents sort through some boxes. It’s framed as sort of a “Visitor’s Guide” to Dinotopia and the various buildings you might see there. Incredible art, for sure.
Also, my dad ran into Stan Winston at a trade show in the early aughts, I geeked out so hard when he came back with pictures.
this is FASCINATING i can't believe we're lucky enough to hear from the actual creators!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your hyperfixation Simone, I couldn't live without knowing more about the dinosaur puppet game
Simone, if you wanna do a collab with Pat, there’s a fighting game called Primal Rage whose graphics are mostly stopmotion animation of dinosaurs. u could do a vid on the unreleased-til-2014 sequel
I just love that Simone is so stuck on this game. It deserves to be talked about!
These puppets are incredible… nothing will ever beat good practical effects!!! Also I highly recommend looking up James Gurney’s more realistic paleontology artwork with feathered dinosaurs, it’s so beautiful
I am absolutely on board for more videos of Simone talking about dinosaurs, special effects, or movies like this video.
I knew this was going to be about dinotopia before I even clicked on it. Amazing. I want just Simone video notifications.
love that you actually went and in-person-interviewed someone for this
all I know about Simone is that she loves architecture and this particular book series.
I have two (2) interests
The basics on Simone: Dinotopia, architecture, Assassin’s Creed, horses, Hemingway, France.
Glad Simone got the greenlight for what I assume is a nine part dinotopia video series, proud of her
So cool! I love these animation deepdives and seeing how stuff’s made.
I find it hilarious that on my subscription TL, your video pops up and directly below James Gurney uploaded a painting video.
I actually enjoy watching how complex puppets are controlled.
I love nothing more than listening to Simone talk about things she loves
GOD I LOVE PUPPETRY thanks so much Simone
PUPPETRY IS SO COOL
Another dinotopia video, please.
Kickstarter to let Simone purchase one of the Dinotopia puppet carcasses
I would mount it on my wall. OR LOVINGLY RESTORE IT AND USE IT IN VIDEOS!
This is so amazing! Truly a master artist
Pre-COVID they were doing an open house at the art studio space where he has his workshop and I got to talk with him for 30 solid minutes about all of the cool stuff he works on. He’s got so many cool stories and industry insights and he’s incredibly passionate about his work.
Simone is clearly in love with this game and is gonna talk about it again soon... and I'm all for it!
The Atlanta center for puppetry arts is a phenomenal place by the way! I have lots of great memories of seeing plays and doing crafts there as a child.
I would love to go there! - Simone
"through the magic of these puppets, that dream is obtainable"
Now watch Simone spiral into a full blown supervillain, only so she gets the money to retire in a far away island filled with animatronic dinosaurs 😯
"I'm Simone de Rochefort, and I'm here to explain how I've turned an obsession with Dinotopia into a viable career."
you're doing God's work with these dinotopia videos, thank you
Oh my gosh, I loved Dinotopia as a kid, and adored Zippo.
Simone talking about Dinotopia AGAIN? Count me in
Thanks for creating a creative and interesting video about the work! I like the Carlo rambaldi video explanation of cable control mechanism with his drawings. It was the inspiration for a young artist before internet! Sometimes it helps break the complex ideas into basic step by step to make things work!
I know that GA's huge for film and TV now, but I had no idea about the puppetry scene here. Neat!
I can argue this has not really a whole lot to do with games, because it's really one game. I won't. This is a fantastic video on puppetry and thank you for uploading it.
Thank you Simone for making Polygon my primary source for Dinotopia content
Didn't think Simone would make another video on Dinotopia but I'm so glad she did.
Yo Simone got to talk with the guy who created the _Dinotopia_ puppets?? That's really freaking dope! Dude did a phenomenal job, and I appreciate especially the care put into the visual direction to match the books.
I didn't expect to be blessed with a 2nd dinotopia video, thank you simone!
Looking forward to the next video, hosted by the startlingly realistic Simonosaurus puppet
Dinotopia needs a reboot and they should use practical effects and robots.
So few people know about the Lindsay Lohan puppets. Way to educate the public
This is my sacred duty.
Simone talking about Dinotopia again...? YES PLEASE! ^_^
Thee next Simone video will be on ... *throws dart* French
*dart* dinosaur
*dart* architecture
And we'll eat it up
This is such a cool video and I'm so mad RUclips's algorithm didn't tell me when it dropped. Thanks for being obsessed with Dinotopia so we can be, too.
It's wonderful how much you love this game and its puppet tech.
(This video also had the weird side effect of making me nostalgic for Going Places Safely, since the Center for Puppetry Arts is part of the station spiel on MARTA. Do I miss my commute, no, but apparently I care a lot about train announcements.)
I had those books! Wow thank you for bringing back that memory.
Simone's progress towards becoming a puppet-themed serial killer: *27%*
I'd be quite interested in finding out more about the technology behind the Neverhood, that old claymation point and click game that only runs on Windows 95 (or was it 98?).
This is awesome I love learning about practical effects
I hadn't thought about Dinotopia in so long! I loved that book as a kid
Bruh this video is sooo sick! Thanks Simone
Oh my God, it's incredible that you interviewed the original creator of the puppets!!! So jealous 😭
This is the sequel video I've been waiting for!
I'm glad Simone loves Dinotopia as much as I do.
Not sure why but the end line made me tear up a smidgen. I get really misty eyed about passions like that. Mine is space.
I've never been into dinosaurs or dinotopia but I love these videos!!!
I forgot about this game! It used to be my favourite!
I absolutely still play this game, and love it, and I still would love to see an adaptation of the game done properly in a series for Disney+
PS this is ALSO the world where I will go when I die. I will own a flat in Waterfall city and travel by skybax
I love practical effects, puppetry, animatronics....it seems to be a bit of a dying art in movies nowadays so this video is super cool!!!
I am fully here for Simone's Dinotopia Era, long may she reign
This makes me think about fallout 1 & 2's talking heads which were modelled in clay and then animated which is why they are so god awfully terrifying
YES! YES! YES!
I nearly screamed outloud in the library when I saw this in my feed
More perfect dinotopia content
I support Simone continuing to make Dinotopia videos