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Walking with Monsters - Life Before Dinosaurs
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781419819056
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1419819054
Label: BBC Warner
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
MPN: DE2418D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 17, 2006
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Review:
Many people think of the dinosaurs as the first inhabitants of the earth, but this prequel to Walking With Dinosaurs puts viewers in the midst of a host of strange creatures that inhabited the earth millions of years before the dinosaurs ever existed. With the help of complex computer animation and the research of hundreds of paleontologists, the BBC presents an extremely realistic picture of the earth's earliest, most primitive aquatic inhabitants and chronicles their evolution to the precursors of man himself and the mighty dinosaurs. The first Walking With Monsters episode begins in the Cambrian period 530 million years ago, showcasing how a simple jellyfish-like sea creature evolved over 200 million years into new creatures with eyes and protective external and internal skeletal systems. These adaptations resulted in the world's first fish, arthropods, amphibians, and land-loving reptiles. The second episode details the giant insects of the Carboniferous period 300 million years ago and demonstrates how evolution empowered amphibians and reptiles by creating mechanisms to regulate their own body temperature and developing specialized teeth. The final episode begins in the late Permian period 250 million years ago when the earth was essentially one large desert full of volcanic activity. While much of earth's life was extinguished during this period, adaptation and evolution continued, bringing the development of a specialized hip in a tiny reptile called the Euparkeria that would prove to be the forerunner of mammals and evolve into the dinosaurs in the Triassic period. While some criticize this project as a somewhat overly dramatic presentation of speculative paleontology as fact, this program utilizes scientific inference to bring pre-history to life and highlight the amazing adaptations and evolution of the earth's earliest inhabitants. The bonus "Trilogy of Life" feature details the research, vision and hard work inherent in the creation of the Walking With Monsters, Walking With Dinosaurs and Walking With Prehistoric Beasts. (Ages 6 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Very well done.
I didn't get a chance to see this series when it was released on regular cable, and had a chance to see parts of it a bit back, and I am very enthralled by this set.
Overall, the creators/directors did a fantastic job expanding a part of Earth history that seems to be left out of many textbooks today (ok, at least when I was in school, not sure what the kiddies are doing now). Even years ago, alot of creatures presented here were just 'in theory', which has been long since debunked.
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Rating: - Excellent Animation
Even though I saw this on TV I loved it! I was getting tired because they aired so late at night, but when I saw that Giant Millipede was completely impressed. How they made the creatures was extremelly impressive especially when I saw that Giant Sea Scorpion under the sand. All in all it's a cool movie I completely agree that it's very educational. My Ratings 1-10: ... Read More
Rating:  - received Video - CMOS Battery a mess
Received the Walking with Monsters video it worked fine and it was a good movie. I am still rather ticked off that you didn't have the Dell Latitude CMOS batteries that were supposedly in stock according to your system. I am also still waiting for another video to arrive and it has been over a month. And, the CMOS battery order was cancelled, so now I have to research a new purchase source.
Rating: - A thrilling view of the oldest life on Earth
I've been interested in paleontology all my life, and in reconstructions of extinct ancient lifeforms. All of my favorites from the earlier periods of Earth's history are shown in such lifelike realism that I get lost in this as if it was made diving in a reef about contemporary animals. The motions and coloration and interactions among animals are very realistic, the narration is a good balance between technical information of interest to hobbyists and scientists and easy understanding for someone who ... Read More
Rating: - Clearly one of the best videos for young dinosaur enthusiasts
My 4 year old son is enthralled by this presentation. This video demonstrates cutting edge graphics in the context of a very high quality nature video. This video acts like a david attenborrough style documentary on ancient pre-dinosaurs. wonderfully entertaining for the whole family, but most of all for kids that love dinosaurs (hey isn't that all of them).
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