@@kevinzhu6417 RIGHT?! my Grandad used to love watching the Discovery channel when he was alive. And with good reason as the programmes mainly consisted of original documentaries examining a wide range of subjects. All it is now is the same moronic pseudo-reality, 45 minute advertisement, maskerading as 'entertainment' at best. I think that it says a lot about how 'they' are endeavouring to steer our thinking. Or rather, ensure that we do much less of it.
Walking with dinosaurs really needs a new version, with updated dinosaur reconstructions and better visual effects (not that the originals were bad). There’s only a few paleodocumentaries that actually depict dinosaurs as real living animals, instead of violent roaring monsters
The only update you'd get from BBC nowadays is Social Justice. Better not ask, or else be ready for another of your child-favourite franchise be bastardized.
@@DzinkyDzink Actually it's completely wrong and unfunded, just look at the natural section of bbc, we recently got Planet Earth II, Blue Planet Ii that are better than the originals, thanks to new tech. No real agenda on sight despite climate change that I actually find spot on and that is a real issue and subject to address about in these types of doc.
Imagine a remake of this series, using the latest technology, knowledge of the most accurate, up-to-date discoveries, and narrated by David Attenborough. EDIT 28/05/22: 2 years ago I made this original comment and my wish came true!
I'd much rather have new episodes to come out instead of a remake. I'd like to see more stories, not (admittedly legendary) episodes with fresher/more accurate graphics.
I remember what the BBC1 announcer said when the episode originally aired: “If you thought they were big last week, tonight a widescreen TV might be a good idea.”
One thing I particularly like about Walking With is that the confrontations actually look like animal confrontations, i.e. long threat displays, sudden violence then more display. A lot of more recent documentaries (on Curiosity Stream for example) make it look like a video game deathmatch. That's a great source of clips for TierZoo but a ridiculous representation of animal behaviour.
Yeah and honestly threat displays look fun, they are sometimes threatening like they're supposed to be but also other times they just look incredibly silly to us.
Oh, dear lord, I remember those mermaid documentaries... I remember nothing of the show. But I do remember the overused scene of cgi mermaids on a beach
I find the inaccuracies just as interesting as the accuracies, I have a dinosaur encyclopedia from the late 90s (a few years prior to Walking With Dinosaurs) and it's great to read how things changed with the science and ideas.
PBS Eons made a video called an Illustrated History of Dinosaurs that reviews how our views and ideas of dinosaurs have changed over the years through art.
When I was little, I would always pull out books about dogs because I wanted one so bad and I would the research. One of them said that a dog's favorite treat is chocolate... This was the late 90s and I'm hoping it got taken off the shelves.
"Allosaurus is known from some very complete remains" Makes me think of that one quarry in Utah with thousands of bones, 2/3rds of which belong to a single species of allosaurus. Some dinosaurs left a lot more evidence than others.
1950s: Diplodocus has a semi vertical neck. 1990s: No, the bones wouldn't allow that. It was more horizontal for balance. 2010s: Actually, the soft tissue had more effect than we thought. 1950s version is actually not far off. I wonder what they will say next.
Part of why this series is so good, in my opinion, is that it was willing to speculate with unconventional ideas, which is something not enough paleo documentaries do these days.
I think the speculation in areas where it's justified is important, especially for bringing the animals to life but also to help inspire people. People speculating about possible behaviours of prehistoric animals are our best way of trying to approach what they might have been like and once someone comes up with an idea we can try to test it. It's also a great way to engage people in science since there's a lot of room for speculation and it's quite fun to do so, especially when you have fairly good knowledge about the animal to go on.
The second episode always was my favorite. Also nice to see that you include "the making of" parts as i probaly watch that just as often as the actual documentary
@@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125 because it kept attacking the diplodocus, but I do appreciate its rise in popularity, and I especially like the design they gave this one.
I think Allosaurus was already a big deal. Before Tyrannosaurus, it was the go-to big predator dinosaur. Like in Valley of Gwangi and the Lost World novel.
I'm 26 now. But I remember this when I was around 7 or so. It was magical to me, and did nothing but fascinate me and make me more interested in natural history.
Funny thing is that particular piece of stegosaurus anatomy never had a name so they ended up officially naming it the “thagomizer” in honor of that Far Side cartoon.
I absolutely loved this show and continue to love it. It's interesting to see where it was wrong at the time, and how much as changed in so little time. I need to dig out my VHS of Walking With Dinosaurs and find a player for a rewatch now
I was that little girl who played with dinosaurs rather than barbies and let me tell you, Walking With Dinosaurs was my JAM! My best friend was always afraid of the Allos but I love them. So much nostalgia
Regarding the enviroment: I remember reading in a compagnion-book in the early 2000s that the production team had major problems finding locations for filming because grass is so omnipresent today. So they had to restrict themselves to those arid and fairly remote places where there was not a lot of grass and visible human activity
I really enjoyed how really the dinosaurs felt. The diplodocus smooth tail movements and the way you could see their fat/muscle move seemed so realistic and really sold it. They seem like they not only have some weight, but that they are also able to throw it around.
This is my favorite episode by far, I love sauropods. Brachiosaurus is my favorite dinosaur and they really played up the drama of this episode, especially with the Brachiosaurus. I love all the “making of” parts that you include.
@@imaredwhale2thenotsoelectr916 Murder is the act of one human illegally killing another human. No other instance can exist outside of this as murder. Check your local lawbook.
i wish they would make a "walking with dinosaurs remastered" so we can get newwalking with dinosaurs episodes with better, newer research (like feathered therapods like velociraptor)
That’s so interesting! I always imagined Stegosaurus with skin covering its plates, and to learn that wasn’t actually the case, is so cool! I love learning new things about much loved dinosaurs.
Walking with dinosaurs actually motivated me to start studying paleontology, which I am doing right now and I‘m extremely grateful that it made me choose this path of career. So far it‘s been nothing but interesting and fascinating to learn more about this.
Love these videos, it's very interesting to see what remains accurate and what is outdated/was never accurate in the show, since it is one of the big reasons I want to be a palaeontologist. Can't wait for Giant of the Skies, that's my favourite episode. Even if UTAHraptor did decide to vacation in Europe for some reason.
@Steve Blakley do you mean 'gentle' i agree tho people dont realize that reptiles are also capable of emotions and attachment, just since theyre so vastly different from us that its hard for us to understand them.
Very well put together video, I'm a huge fan of the series too. I can't wait for the rest, especially Giant of the Skies and Death of a Dynasty (those are my favorite episodes)!
Getting the weight of big things right in film is really difficult so I always appreciate it when it's done. This isn't dinosaur related but Turn A Gundam is one of my favourite series for this reason because it just really manages to nail the weight of the mobile suits even when they're moving quickly.
This episode is especially fun for me because not only was it filmed here in my country, New Zealand, but also in the same California Redwood Forest where the Endor scenes from Return of the Jedi were shot! But with that said, this was an episode I didn't watch THAT much compared to some of the others.
I think this was my favourite of all the episodes, I watched it many many times and it pretty much solidified my love for Diplodocus and Allosaurs. Although I am surprised you didn't talk about the apsolutly massive diplodocus near the end of the episode.
That’s probably the 33 meter long adult diplodocus or maybe just a CGI mistake, i think CGI mistake is more likely, because that massive diplodocus look like a 54 meter long titan, almost feel like is an Amphicoelias
Also a fun fact to point out about WWD is that at the time it was thought that grasses evolved after dinosaurs were long gone, so they put a lot of effort and resources into searching for locations with no grass to film at. Later it was discovered that grasses were already common in the dinosaur era so they wasted a lot of effort for nothing.
This was one of the more memorable WWD episodes for me. My friend liked how they called baby sauropods “sauropodlets”. I can’t wait for your analysis of the next episode!
I think it’s important to give credit where it is due and would like to note that JW fixed the pronated wrists and hands of the Allosaurus in the Battle at Big Rock short film. Still a lot of inaccuracies, but better. Love this series btw, brings back a lot of memories and your reviews are really well done.
I remember in time of the titans it mentions that the diplodocus move their tails to communicate, as we see them wiggling around throughout the episode. I don’t know much on the origin of this but it’d be interesting to talk about
If they will remake WWD ,they should include also some non dinosaur creatures such as mammals and turtles which are underepresented in paleontology because many of them are "small and not interesting" as dinosaurs.
Time of the titians is my favorite episode love every part of it also it's how diplotocus became one of my favorite sauropods ever just the inclusion of so much into 1 episode is amazing from the allosaurs being one of my favorite in all of the dezines in the series to seeing some sweet dino fights it's been one of my favorites in the entier series.
When you brought up the allosaurus integument I’m surprised you didn’t bring up the actual scale impressions from the juvenile allosaurus that was described about 7-8 years ago
I love your review of this timeless series! Personally I did a large paper about the potential predatory behaviors of Allosaurus in college a few months back, and I loved how you brought in the same modern research! My favorite idea is the one I call "Spontaneous hunting parties". Since Allosaurus were so theoretically plentiful during the Jurassic, it's possible that multiple Allosaurus would target a single sauropod during their hunts, and they would "accidentally" team up. Since there's some evidence of intraspecific competition, they could have fought each other for the best meat on the body once the kill was made. Thanks for the cool video!
A reason Diplodocus had extremely long necks probably was because they needed it for balance as well. I personally think the depiction in the series was basically accurate but it could probably raise its neck a little bit higher, like you said.
absolutely love these since this was probably the single piece of media I watched most as a kid and still holds the number one spot of dinosaur documentary till this day for me. even with the utahraptors being naked chicken. I'd also love it if you talked a little bit about the sounds the dinosaurs made like the rumbling and bellowing of the diplodocus and the roaring of the allosaurs and if that's in any way accurate. Keep it up!
I read something about incomplete remains of a pliosaur estimated to be around 15m. It was originally believed to be Liopleurodon but later considered "unidentified". Regardless, it's still nothing like the ridiculous 25m length in the show.
These are among my favorite videos you guys have done on this channel (and that's not to say that I don't love all the others too!) I really appreciate your oftentimes lighthearted yet professional approach to presenting your information. Keep up the great work, I truly appreciate you guys!
Oh this is brilliant! I really like this review of that iconic series that stirred my own fascination with dinosaurs as well. I've just re-watched the series and this is great commentary to go with it. Subbed.
I think the “time wanderers” in these episodes are like “hey! It’s a new time period move aside Triassic babies Jurassic is here!” Like how in the first episode Jurassic creatures are in the Triassic at the end of the episode
On the topic of you wanting more Sauropods, the Allosaurus special actually has a small scene where Apatosaurus actually debuts in the series. Granted, it's just a reskined Diplodicus without the spines, but, still...
Loved these reviews. Recently re-discovered Walking with Dinosaurs after forgetting about it for a decade, and it's been such a nostalgia trip. I think my favorite part of your review series so far is when you first present something that wasn't as cool as they made it out to be, only to point out there were even cooler dinosaurs out there. At first I thought I'd just get my heart broken by all the incorrect facts, but this just makes me more excited and I truly respect the creators of Walking with Dinosaurs for their work. One thing I loved about this episode was watching the young stage of a gigantic dinosaur. I've never really put much thought into the growth process of a Dinosaur - most of the time you just see eggs, maybe a hatchling and then scary adults. You don't really dive deep into how the growth process actually works, what behaviors the young would show, where they'd feed and what dangers they'd meet.
I'm 12 I discovered this like when I was 4 watched the series several times on Netflix I really loved It.Ireally learned many things and seeing you comparing it with actual discoverements blows my mind btw..... Good video!
I love this series so much. This documentary helped strengthen my love for prehistoric life in general and I love it even more for it. The one thing I do have a question about is the diplodocus having a whip like tail. While the part of it being whip like is very likely true, I don’t believe that it would whip around like it does in the special.
A milestone in my humble opinion and I feel like you perfectly summed up my feeling about it. Plus as I already said on another chan, I first watched it in a very special time in my life, right after my February 1999 nasty accident when I was in the French Navy. I used to be a huge dinosaur and paleo beasts addict when I was a child back in the early eighties. Whole Starlux- f..ing STARLUX
I have always cringed at the idea that baby sauropods were abandoned as eggs, later to somehow join the herds. That's not efficient at all. I think it's more likely young sauropods cared for their younger siblings.
the argument for the rearing up and blood pressure contradicts the information about how it likely held its head and neck naturally. if the neck was almost vertical then its brain is already several meters higher than the heart...
When they mentioned the Brachiosaurus being the largest animal that has ever lived, I believe they meant up until the time period of that episode. In New Dawn, there was a similar line that said something along the lines of "Placerias are an endangered species," spoken in present tense as if the viewer is in that time period.
I have this series on VHS and it and other Walking With series from the library were my childhood. I'm glad I stumbled across your videos right as you started this series.
What,Like that 3D movie they made? I’m not sure if the series was edited or rebooted that it would have the same heart to it. Better to hope other dinosaur documentsries take the mantle.
Egg Nog thats what i’m saying. People are just gonna make it worse than the documentary series. I suppose its not i,possible to do so,ething new with the series considering all the spinoffs but it would be difficult.
Egg Nog thats what i’m saying. People are just gonna make it worse than the documentary series. I suppose its not i,possible to do something new with the series considering all the spinoffs but it would be difficult.
I love how dedicated you are to this. It's nice and enjoyable for me to find channels like this that gush over dinosaurs and the many discoveries we've made over the many years we've known of their existence. It's also fun to reminisce about this classic series. I really would love to see a remake of this old classic, with better CGI and more attention to detail, such as the 'fleshing out' of the faces, and designing the front and rear feet of the sauropods more accurately as you noted in your video. The new evidence presented for Stegosaurus was news to me, at least regarding the length of the neck and tail and the fact the body was a bit shorter than previously thought. The model for Allosaurus (SP?) always bugged me, though. That was something I had noticed right off the bat. They'd modeled the horny protrusions right over the eyes and the shape of the skull didn't seem right. The bottom jaw was too wide, too. The skulls I've always seen in museums taper down A LOT near the end of the snout. I'm not sure if I remember your take on Liopleurodon but I'm very curious. I think he was my favorite animal featured in the series, other than the sauropods. Great vid, and excited for the next!
I am still so surprised whenever I see anurognathus. It looks so alien. It looks like it should be some sort of fantasy creature. Like a recreation of a child's drawing of a bat. It is just so weird! AND I LOVE IT!!!
I had walking with dinosaurs on VHS and let me tell you, I watched it on repeat as a kid every day! I love your work on analyzing the series, keep up the great work!!
Thankyou for making these episodes, these are so useful when creating paleoart as knowing more information really helps making them more believable and accurate
As far as why they would have long necks if they weren't eating food high in the trees.. What if they are grazers of low lying vegetation like shrubs and bushes? Then they could simply swing their heads from side to side, grazing in a wide path. They could eat much more food without having to walk nearly as much. It would be a way to efficiently consume low energy vegetation without spending a bunch of energy to get to it.
These are really awesome, I thought I had a good grasp on what was and wasn't accurate to the current theories in this series, since I too grew up on the walking with series and have tried to stay realtively up to date on cool dinosaur discoveries, but I always learn at least 3 new things in your break downs. Very excited for the next one.
I'm happy that most of these errors are because the science has improved, not because of production costs or lazy research.
Same here
Absolutely.
I wonder if the same can be said for productions from a different network, like the discovery channel...
Particularly now-a-days.
we dont talk about discovery channel. its a shadow of its former self smh
@Adam J. Harper For now. :(
@@kevinzhu6417 RIGHT?! my Grandad used to love watching the Discovery channel when he was alive. And with good reason as the programmes mainly consisted of original documentaries examining a wide range of subjects. All it is now is the same moronic pseudo-reality, 45 minute advertisement, maskerading as 'entertainment' at best. I think that it says a lot about how 'they' are endeavouring to steer our thinking. Or rather, ensure that we do much less of it.
"I suspect that the future episodes will become even longer, but..."
YES! MORE!
Bigger, longer and uncut!
That's code for "next episode is gonna be 30 minutes talking about how wrong kaiju-_pleurodon_ is"
we indeed want more, Thomas you've just won a new subscribee, salutations from France :)
Dah I'm your 1000th like
Well he seems to have stopped or forgeten
Walking with dinosaurs really needs a new version, with updated dinosaur reconstructions and better visual effects (not that the originals were bad). There’s only a few paleodocumentaries that actually depict dinosaurs as real living animals, instead of violent roaring monsters
The only update you'd get from BBC nowadays is Social Justice. Better not ask, or else be ready for another of your child-favourite franchise be bastardized.
@@DzinkyDzink Probably will present the agenda of the patriarchy and adverse climate conditions as facts which caused the extinction of the dino race.
Well they did with planet dinosaur, which I didn't realise had anything to do with wwd when I watched it, but apparently it did
@@DzinkyDzink Actually it's completely wrong and unfunded, just look at the natural section of bbc, we recently got Planet Earth II, Blue Planet Ii that are better than the originals, thanks to new tech. No real agenda on sight despite climate change that I actually find spot on and that is a real issue and subject to address about in these types of doc.
Go watch Amazing Dinoworld on Curiosity stream. Its pretty solid
Imagine a remake of this series, using the latest technology, knowledge of the most accurate, up-to-date discoveries, and narrated by David Attenborough.
EDIT 28/05/22: 2 years ago I made this original comment and my wish came true!
LilLouise18 If I am correct, I think they asked him to narrate the original series, but he declined.
The Narrator fits WWD perfectly though. David Attenborough wouldn’t have made it nearly as cool.
What’s wrong with Kenneth Branagh?
I'd much rather have new episodes to come out instead of a remake. I'd like to see more stories, not (admittedly legendary) episodes with fresher/more accurate graphics.
i'd prefer Nigel Marven out of respect to his involvement & the overwhelming giddiness i'd feel
I remember what the BBC1 announcer said when the episode originally aired: “If you thought they were big last week, tonight a widescreen TV might be a good idea.”
Richard Southworth I just had a nostalgia overload reading that as I remember it exactly from the millions of times I replayed the VHS recordings :’)
@@iplayeddsharpminor Exactly - and the Polacanthus walking across the screen with the BBC balloon in the background!
@@rjsouthworth5246 I thought announcers have gone extinct since?
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 Yeah, when that asteroid hit the BBC
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One thing I particularly like about Walking With is that the confrontations actually look like animal confrontations, i.e. long threat displays, sudden violence then more display. A lot of more recent documentaries (on Curiosity Stream for example) make it look like a video game deathmatch. That's a great source of clips for TierZoo but a ridiculous representation of animal behaviour.
Yeah and honestly threat displays look fun, they are sometimes threatening like they're supposed to be but also other times they just look incredibly silly to us.
It's another symptom of the disease which brought us the Animal Planet mermaid documentaries and "I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens".
Oh, dear lord, I remember those mermaid documentaries... I remember nothing of the show. But I do remember the overused scene of cgi mermaids on a beach
Timothy McLean wtf are these mermaid documentaries like?! Are they like the (surprisingly okay) dragon documentary?
@@tyrannapusandfriends6254 Oh man I loved that dragon documentary hahaha
Ben G Drinking game: Take a shot every time he says, "This was a common trend in reconstructions at the time."
I'll take a diet coke I don't want to die of alcohol poison
I'm game
@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal wise decision
If you do regular Coke you get diabetes
That's a Jackass Stunt level dumb idea! Lol
I find the inaccuracies just as interesting as the accuracies, I have a dinosaur encyclopedia from the late 90s (a few years prior to Walking With Dinosaurs) and it's great to read how things changed with the science and ideas.
PBS Eons made a video called an Illustrated History of Dinosaurs that reviews how our views and ideas of dinosaurs have changed over the years through art.
Yes. Hats off to science and artistic endeavor👍
I have one from 1965, the colossal book of dinosaurs, it's a really nice book.
And so much has changed since then
When I was little, I would always pull out books about dogs because I wanted one so bad and I would the research. One of them said that a dog's favorite treat is chocolate... This was the late 90s and I'm hoping it got taken off the shelves.
Walking with dinosaurs inspired my love for prehistoric animals as well
Equally
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For me it was walking with monsters, but the whole series plus the chased by series and prehistoric park cemented my love for all prehistoric life!
"And you know what I'm gonna say about the liopleurodon"
- It's a liopleurodon, Charlie!
- A magical liopleurodon!
He didn't say anything.
Shun the non believer.
Last time i was this early, walking with dinosaurs was still prehistorically accurate
Technically it was never really historically accurate.
@@theothertonydutch It was... *prehistorically* accurate 😁
Ba dum tsss
Ja Kooistra no, back then it did have a lot of realistic things about it. It’s just outdated.
Even if it appeared correct at the time, it doesn't make it historically accurate. Only to appearance, but not actually.
Also, it was kind of a joke.
How lame... Bro, 2008 called. They want their overused and never funny comment back... stop being so gay.
"Allosaurus is known from some very complete remains"
Makes me think of that one quarry in Utah with thousands of bones, 2/3rds of which belong to a single species of allosaurus. Some dinosaurs left a lot more evidence than others.
There was also very few ceratosaurus bones in the region which kinda say something about Allosaurus
I remember when I was afraid of the last scenes with two Allosaurs as a child.
vOs xD
Hold finally I am not the only afraid of the allosaurus scene
Hell, I’m a teenager now and that scene still scares me
Looool
You are cute
1950s: Diplodocus has a semi vertical neck.
1990s: No, the bones wouldn't allow that. It was more horizontal for balance.
2010s: Actually, the soft tissue had more effect than we thought. 1950s version is actually not far off.
I wonder what they will say next.
As long as it’s not Dinosaurs such as diplodocus lived mostly in water live one book I’ve read and hated while I was reading wanted to prove, i’m ok
That must be a very old book. Living mainly in the water is what they thought sauropods did like a hundred years ago.
Plot twist! They were TWO HEADED
@Sgrinwaipwr "The 90s version is actually not far off"
A brain in the butt
Part of why this series is so good, in my opinion, is that it was willing to speculate with unconventional ideas, which is something not enough paleo documentaries do these days.
I think the speculation in areas where it's justified is important, especially for bringing the animals to life but also to help inspire people. People speculating about possible behaviours of prehistoric animals are our best way of trying to approach what they might have been like and once someone comes up with an idea we can try to test it. It's also a great way to engage people in science since there's a lot of room for speculation and it's quite fun to do so, especially when you have fairly good knowledge about the animal to go on.
Mr Mayo these days we need some new paleo documentaries in general.
@@hypn0298 good ones
The second episode always was my favorite. Also nice to see that you include "the making of" parts as i probaly watch that just as often as the actual documentary
I think this series helped start the love for Allosaurus.
This series made me mad at Allosaurus
Sid Vicious why?
@@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125 because it kept attacking the diplodocus, but I do appreciate its rise in popularity, and I especially like the design they gave this one.
I think Allosaurus was already a big deal. Before Tyrannosaurus, it was the go-to big predator dinosaur. Like in Valley of Gwangi and the Lost World novel.
@@bentramer682 So you're mad at the Allosaurus for killing a creature to survive?
Ah yes, next is Liopleurodon, though extinct, he lives on in memes.
Liopleurodon not being 25 meters is the paleo equivalent of Pluto not being a planet
That's a meme dino?
@@voicingdragoon7 Candy Mountain calls for you
@@Soulraven2735 Candy mountain? The childrens board game?
@@voicingdragoon7 It's a reference to the Charlie the Unicorn videos.
I'm 26 now. But I remember this when I was around 7 or so. It was magical to me, and did nothing but fascinate me and make me more interested in natural history.
*prehistory
Now this end is called the thagomizer....after the late Thag Simmons.
Funny thing is that particular piece of stegosaurus anatomy never had a name so they ended up officially naming it the “thagomizer” in honor of that Far Side cartoon.
Classic Larson ! ⭐️💯😆
The greatest science fact of all time
My top 3
1. Ballad of Big Al
2. Time of Titans
3. Giant of the skies
“Can we talk about the feet? Let’s talk about the feet. God I wish they had shown me more feet” love it.
Woah there, mr Tarantino!
Uuuhhhhhhh
Average pokimane simp:
Dan Schneider
I absolutely loved this show and continue to love it. It's interesting to see where it was wrong at the time, and how much as changed in so little time. I need to dig out my VHS of Walking With Dinosaurs and find a player for a rewatch now
I was that little girl who played with dinosaurs rather than barbies and let me tell you, Walking With Dinosaurs was my JAM! My best friend was always afraid of the Allos but I love them. So much nostalgia
Regarding the enviroment: I remember reading in a compagnion-book in the early 2000s that the production team had major problems finding locations for filming because grass is so omnipresent today. So they had to restrict themselves to those arid and fairly remote places where there was not a lot of grass and visible human activity
I remember watching this show. The most inaccurate thing about this show is that the Leopleurodon is over 30m long.
There used to be a time when this was the scientific estimate. I still have books where liopleurodon is listed as 28m long.
Actually I think it was just perspective, I remember when I was a kid I was confused when it was beached because it looked so much smaller
I suppose in the episodes defence the narrator stated that " he's big, even for his kind".
Then there's the T.rex. Short, dopey skull, dry skin, baggy neck, leg movement felt too CGI, Walking on its toe tips and a tail that is too short
@MinutemanSam Except didn't scientists actually discover Tropeognathus fossils about that size?
I really enjoyed how really the dinosaurs felt. The diplodocus smooth tail movements and the way you could see their fat/muscle move seemed so realistic and really sold it.
They seem like they not only have some weight, but that they are also able to throw it around.
This is my favorite episode by far, I love sauropods. Brachiosaurus is my favorite dinosaur and they really played up the drama of this episode, especially with the Brachiosaurus. I love all the “making of” parts that you include.
"generally being more hostile to members of their own species" **shows crocodile(?) buddies chilling**
@Dick Faggotson no that's crooks
@Dick Faggotson I'm just being silly. Sorry.
@Plain Water Animals can't murder...
@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun crocodiles kill zebras.... that's murder.......
@@imaredwhale2thenotsoelectr916 Murder is the act of one human illegally killing another human. No other instance can exist outside of this as murder. Check your local lawbook.
Some theropods, especially Allosaurus, are also shown with their teeth much more exposed than scientists now think they would have been.
Akav Akaku they should be kept exposed
Why?
Akav Akaku there is no evidence for lips
@@suckmyassorphantwat3297 There is.
I love seeing the changes in paleontology over the years. This is a great series
Bryce McKenzie I see you everywhere lol
i wish they would make a "walking with dinosaurs remastered" so we can get newwalking with dinosaurs episodes with better, newer research (like feathered therapods like velociraptor)
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That’s so interesting! I always imagined Stegosaurus with skin covering its plates, and to learn that wasn’t actually the case, is so cool! I love learning new things about much loved dinosaurs.
Walking with dinosaurs actually motivated me to start studying paleontology, which I am doing right now and I‘m extremely grateful that it made me choose this path of career. So far it‘s been nothing but interesting and fascinating to learn more about this.
Once you do The ballad of Big Al, are you gonna do The Scientific Accuracy of Walking with Beasts/Monsters?
YESSSS
So nice to see an in depth review of one of my favorite episodes in the series. Looking forward towards Cruel Sea!!
Love these videos, it's very interesting to see what remains accurate and what is outdated/was never accurate in the show, since it is one of the big reasons I want to be a palaeontologist.
Can't wait for Giant of the Skies, that's my favourite episode. Even if UTAHraptor did decide to vacation in Europe for some reason.
Hey, it just wanted a holiday in Sweden
Even though there are inaccurate parts, the episodes are pure entertainment. The episodes brought the animals to life and made us love them.
I really wonder how capable of emotion these animals were
heheheheheheheheheh Likely as much as most modern animals do today, it would probably differ species to species.
@Steve Blakley depends on what type of bird you mean... Corvids and parrots are far more emotional than dogs
@Steve Blakley how "GENITAL" they are with them?
@Steve Blakley i don't know anything about penguins just parrots & corvids lol
@Steve Blakley do you mean 'gentle'
i agree tho people dont realize that reptiles are also capable of emotions and attachment, just since theyre so vastly different from us that its hard for us to understand them.
Man, this is one of the most amazing, nostalgic, and informative video series on YT
Very well put together video, I'm a huge fan of the series too. I can't wait for the rest, especially Giant of the Skies and Death of a Dynasty (those are my favorite episodes)!
Getting the weight of big things right in film is really difficult so I always appreciate it when it's done. This isn't dinosaur related but Turn A Gundam is one of my favourite series for this reason because it just really manages to nail the weight of the mobile suits even when they're moving quickly.
This episode is especially fun for me because not only was it filmed here in my country, New Zealand, but also in the same California Redwood Forest where the Endor scenes from Return of the Jedi were shot! But with that said, this was an episode I didn't watch THAT much compared to some of the others.
I remember watching this multiple times when I was a kid.
Yay!! Already in love with this series!!
I think this was my favourite of all the episodes, I watched it many many times and it pretty much solidified my love for Diplodocus and Allosaurs. Although I am surprised you didn't talk about the apsolutly massive diplodocus near the end of the episode.
That’s probably the 33 meter long adult diplodocus or maybe just a CGI mistake, i think CGI mistake is more likely, because that massive diplodocus look like a 54 meter long titan, almost feel like is an Amphicoelias
Also a fun fact to point out about WWD is that at the time it was thought that grasses evolved after dinosaurs were long gone, so they put a lot of effort and resources into searching for locations with no grass to film at. Later it was discovered that grasses were already common in the dinosaur era so they wasted a lot of effort for nothing.
Thats funny,but their effort is quite cool isnt it.
I really love you talking about this series both your channel and walking with dinosaurs are amazing
This was one of the more memorable WWD episodes for me. My friend liked how they called baby sauropods “sauropodlets”. I can’t wait for your analysis of the next episode!
I think it’s important to give credit where it is due and would like to note that JW fixed the pronated wrists and hands of the Allosaurus in the Battle at Big Rock short film. Still a lot of inaccuracies, but better.
Love this series btw, brings back a lot of memories and your reviews are really well done.
I remember in time of the titans it mentions that the diplodocus move their tails to communicate, as we see them wiggling around throughout the episode. I don’t know much on the origin of this but it’d be interesting to talk about
Sweet!!! I was hoping you’d keep on with this series. Thanks so much! Keep up all the great work. Take care.
If they will remake WWD ,they should include also some non dinosaur creatures such as mammals and turtles which are underepresented in paleontology because many of them are "small and not interesting" as dinosaurs.
Especially because Mesozoic mammals were absolute bastards and I love them for it.
hedgehog3180 they were Mad Lads
I was like 5 when it was airing on TV in my country and after all those years I still love it. Thank you for the video!
Time of the titians is my favorite episode love every part of it also it's how diplotocus became one of my favorite sauropods ever just the inclusion of so much into 1 episode is amazing from the allosaurs being one of my favorite in all of the dezines in the series to seeing some sweet dino fights it's been one of my favorites in the entier series.
5:34 Oh come on, you're not going to tell me diplodicus carried their young on their tails?! ;-)
Lol 😂
When you brought up the allosaurus integument I’m surprised you didn’t bring up the actual scale impressions from the juvenile allosaurus that was described about 7-8 years ago
I love your review of this timeless series! Personally I did a large paper about the potential predatory behaviors of Allosaurus in college a few months back, and I loved how you brought in the same modern research! My favorite idea is the one I call "Spontaneous hunting parties". Since Allosaurus were so theoretically plentiful during the Jurassic, it's possible that multiple Allosaurus would target a single sauropod during their hunts, and they would "accidentally" team up. Since there's some evidence of intraspecific competition, they could have fought each other for the best meat on the body once the kill was made. Thanks for the cool video!
Possible
A reason Diplodocus had extremely long necks probably was because they needed it for balance as well. I personally think the depiction in the series was basically accurate but it could probably raise its neck a little bit higher, like you said.
This was great, I can't wait until you talk about Cruel Sea.
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@@Axe_Cian Uh can I help you, you seem to be replying to all my comments. 🤨
As a kid, when I watched the Diplodocus laying the eggs, I thought that the tube looked like a venting hose for a tumble dryer.
absolutely love these since this was probably the single piece of media I watched most as a kid and still holds the number one spot of dinosaur documentary till this day for me. even with the utahraptors being naked chicken.
I'd also love it if you talked a little bit about the sounds the dinosaurs made like the rumbling and bellowing of the diplodocus and the roaring of the allosaurs and if that's in any way accurate. Keep it up!
Can’t wait for Cruel Sea. It’s my favourite episode, even if the Liopleurodon is horribly inaccurate.
I've no idea where they got that 82ft, 70 ton monster from.
I read something about incomplete remains of a pliosaur estimated to be around 15m. It was originally believed to be Liopleurodon but later considered "unidentified". Regardless, it's still nothing like the ridiculous 25m length in the show.
@@Hydro66 The pliosaur remains in question were thought to be that of a juvenile, hence the 25 metre length.
Hey probably stole one of Godzilla radioactive beers
These are among my favorite videos you guys have done on this channel (and that's not to say that I don't love all the others too!) I really appreciate your oftentimes lighthearted yet professional approach to presenting your information. Keep up the great work, I truly appreciate you guys!
just discovered this channel. Phenomenal. Really enjoy your content.
I have been on your channel for not even 5 minutes and I've already fell in love with it thank you so much
Love the video, I can't wait for the next one
Oh this is brilliant! I really like this review of that iconic series that stirred my own fascination with dinosaurs as well. I've just re-watched the series and this is great commentary to go with it. Subbed.
I think the “time wanderers” in these episodes are like “hey! It’s a new time period move aside Triassic babies Jurassic is here!” Like how in the first episode Jurassic creatures are in the Triassic at the end of the episode
On the topic of you wanting more Sauropods, the Allosaurus special actually has a small scene where Apatosaurus actually debuts in the series.
Granted, it's just a reskined Diplodicus without the spines, but, still...
I watched the shit out of this documentary when I was a kid. I was obsessed with dinos and they still hold a place in my heart
Loved these reviews. Recently re-discovered Walking with Dinosaurs after forgetting about it for a decade, and it's been such a nostalgia trip. I think my favorite part of your review series so far is when you first present something that wasn't as cool as they made it out to be, only to point out there were even cooler dinosaurs out there. At first I thought I'd just get my heart broken by all the incorrect facts, but this just makes me more excited and I truly respect the creators of Walking with Dinosaurs for their work.
One thing I loved about this episode was watching the young stage of a gigantic dinosaur. I've never really put much thought into the growth process of a Dinosaur - most of the time you just see eggs, maybe a hatchling and then scary adults. You don't really dive deep into how the growth process actually works, what behaviors the young would show, where they'd feed and what dangers they'd meet.
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That face lol
"why am I created bald, human?"
Me: *uses knife to kill an enemy to save ammo*
Everyone else at the paintball game: 22:22
I'm 12 I discovered this like when I was 4 watched the series several times on Netflix I really loved It.Ireally learned many things and seeing you comparing it with actual discoverements blows my mind btw..... Good video!
I love this series so much. This documentary helped strengthen my love for prehistoric life in general and I love it even more for it. The one thing I do have a question about is the diplodocus having a whip like tail. While the part of it being whip like is very likely true, I don’t believe that it would whip around like it does in the special.
A milestone in my humble opinion and I feel like you perfectly summed up my feeling about it. Plus as I already said on another chan, I first watched it in a very special time in my life, right after my February 1999 nasty accident when I was in the French Navy. I used to be a huge dinosaur and paleo beasts addict when I was a child back in the early eighties. Whole Starlux- f..ing STARLUX
I remember feeling filthy after watching the ovopositor scene as a kid.
Me too!
@@stephenryan7855 you seem very excited about that
@@GhaniKeSawah I'm guessing it woke something in him
@@lemurpie9381 however I don't want to know what it is
I have always cringed at the idea that baby sauropods were abandoned as eggs, later to somehow join the herds. That's not efficient at all. I think it's more likely young sauropods cared for their younger siblings.
That anurognathus reconstruction is gonna haunt me for weeks.
Marlarki ooooh the frogheadognathus will haunt you🐸
Just discovered this series. I'd love it to continue to the other 'Walking With' series. Good work!
the argument for the rearing up and blood pressure contradicts the information about how it likely held its head and neck naturally. if the neck was almost vertical then its brain is already several meters higher than the heart...
When they mentioned the Brachiosaurus being the largest animal that has ever lived, I believe they meant up until the time period of that episode. In New Dawn, there was a similar line that said something along the lines of "Placerias are an endangered species," spoken in present tense as if the viewer is in that time period.
3:07 I'd say that Dicraeosaurs were not much of tree browers considering how short their necks generally are.
I have this series on VHS and it and other Walking With series from the library were my childhood. I'm glad I stumbled across your videos right as you started this series.
Walking With Dinosaurs really needs a fresh coat of paint.
What,Like that 3D movie they made? I’m not sure if the series was edited or rebooted that it would have the same heart to it. Better to hope other dinosaur documentsries take the mantle.
Greater Grievobeast 55 no, the documentary
Egg Nog thats what i’m saying. People are just gonna make it worse than the documentary series. I suppose its not i,possible to do so,ething new with the series considering all the spinoffs but it would be difficult.
Egg Nog thats what i’m saying. People are just gonna make it worse than the documentary series. I suppose its not i,possible to do something new with the series considering all the spinoffs but it would be difficult.
I love how dedicated you are to this. It's nice and enjoyable for me to find channels like this that gush over dinosaurs and the many discoveries we've made over the many years we've known of their existence. It's also fun to reminisce about this classic series. I really would love to see a remake of this old classic, with better CGI and more attention to detail, such as the 'fleshing out' of the faces, and designing the front and rear feet of the sauropods more accurately as you noted in your video. The new evidence presented for Stegosaurus was news to me, at least regarding the length of the neck and tail and the fact the body was a bit shorter than previously thought. The model for Allosaurus (SP?) always bugged me, though. That was something I had noticed right off the bat. They'd modeled the horny protrusions right over the eyes and the shape of the skull didn't seem right. The bottom jaw was too wide, too. The skulls I've always seen in museums taper down A LOT near the end of the snout. I'm not sure if I remember your take on Liopleurodon but I'm very curious. I think he was my favorite animal featured in the series, other than the sauropods. Great vid, and excited for the next!
Yah keep up the great work ! All your vids are awesome.
Thanks! :D
Thank you so much for doing this series. Walking with Dinosaurs was one of the catalysts that sparked my love for prehistoric animals.
Make them as long as you want - just gives us more time to enjoy them! :)
Really looking forward to the Big Al review. That special is the reason why Allosaurus was my favourite dinosaur as a kid.
Please do walking with Prehistoric beasts! I love this series.
Wasn’t that just called Walking with Beasts? Unless it got renamed in other countries? Because here in the UK it’s always been called that.
Rhys Causon US version is prehistoric beasts
Really glad you commented on the environment, as that is quite important in discussing what the lives of dinosaurs might have been like.
I am still so surprised whenever I see anurognathus. It looks so alien. It looks like it should be some sort of fantasy creature. Like a recreation of a child's drawing of a bat. It is just so weird! AND I LOVE IT!!!
Great job Ben! Our love of the study shines through your words! This is our way to give Diplodocus a BIG HUG!
22:25 When my dad catches me smoking and he comes with a belt
I had walking with dinosaurs on VHS and let me tell you, I watched it on repeat as a kid every day!
I love your work on analyzing the series, keep up the great work!!
YEEESS YEEESS! this is why this is one of the Best paleo channels in youtube
Thankyou for making these episodes, these are so useful when creating paleoart as knowing more information really helps making them more believable and accurate
As far as why they would have long necks if they weren't eating food high in the trees..
What if they are grazers of low lying vegetation like shrubs and bushes? Then they could simply swing their heads from side to side, grazing in a wide path. They could eat much more food without having to walk nearly as much. It would be a way to efficiently consume low energy vegetation without spending a bunch of energy to get to it.
Kur Norock You pretty much hit the nail on the head in terms of contemporary paleontological thought on the subject.
These are really awesome, I thought I had a good grasp on what was and wasn't accurate to the current theories in this series, since I too grew up on the walking with series and have tried to stay realtively up to date on cool dinosaur discoveries, but I always learn at least 3 new things in your break downs. Very excited for the next one.