When Dinosaurs Roamed America - Documentary
Before I can go further in posting other dinosaur profiles I have to explain the importance of this film on a personal level from my perspective and how it affected my interest in dinosaurs which constitute a large portion of what you would call 'a childhood' for me. When Dinosaurs Roamed America is a documentary including other animals, not just dinosaurs split into 5 segments of late Triassic, early Jurassic, mid-Jurassic, mid-cretaceous, and late cretaceous. It is narrated by John Goodman, a good choice because his is the voice I here when thinking of dinos. My father would ask me, "what movie do you wanna see?" "The Dinosaur movie!" The following part of the post is actually based mostly on memory.
There are so many different animals in the film, some aren't even dinosaurs, that it would make this post too long to read without it getting boring. So, instead, the dinosaurs that left the biggest impression on me would be Coelophysis [see-lo-FISE-ess], Ceratosaurus [sih-RAT-uh-SAWR-us], Allosaurus [AL-uh-SAWR-us], Dilophosaurus, the Dromeosaurs [DROH-mee-uh-SAWR-us], T-rex, and Quetzalcoatlus [KWET-zal-koh-atlus]. I won't be examining specific species in detail here but I will in later posts.
It should be noted that most times I would get tired of sitting still on the couch and so I wouldn't see the last sections of the movie so maybe that's the reason why the Coelophysis is still so fresh in my mind, I had his part practically memorized. He was shown to be very indifferent to whatever was going on, just kept walking after being stopped for a second.
Possibly one the best scenes is when this darker colored, scarier Dilophosaurus screeches an insane ear-slashing screech, scaring away anything that dares be in the vicinity, fighting off his competition like no big deal and then proceeds to tear open an Anchisaurus, right in front of his family. That part always had me amazed (again) not only because he was so savage, but the movie managed to make me fear this 6-5 foot tall animal and think of it, and other dinosaurs, as a, well, a badass, well before I found Jurassic park. (A movie for another post). This and JP is what taught me, animals are not to be disrespected, instead, they should be looked at with wonder in the eyes and admired, but only from afar, don't get close, stay away.
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There are so many different animals in the film, some aren't even dinosaurs, that it would make this post too long to read without it getting boring. So, instead, the dinosaurs that left the biggest impression on me would be Coelophysis [see-lo-FISE-ess], Ceratosaurus [sih-RAT-uh-SAWR-us], Allosaurus [AL-uh-SAWR-us], Dilophosaurus, the Dromeosaurs [DROH-mee-uh-SAWR-us], T-rex, and Quetzalcoatlus [KWET-zal-koh-atlus]. I won't be examining specific species in detail here but I will in later posts.
It should be noted that most times I would get tired of sitting still on the couch and so I wouldn't see the last sections of the movie so maybe that's the reason why the Coelophysis is still so fresh in my mind, I had his part practically memorized. He was shown to be very indifferent to whatever was going on, just kept walking after being stopped for a second.
Possibly one the best scenes is when this darker colored, scarier Dilophosaurus screeches an insane ear-slashing screech, scaring away anything that dares be in the vicinity, fighting off his competition like no big deal and then proceeds to tear open an Anchisaurus, right in front of his family. That part always had me amazed (again) not only because he was so savage, but the movie managed to make me fear this 6-5 foot tall animal and think of it, and other dinosaurs, as a, well, a badass, well before I found Jurassic park. (A movie for another post). This and JP is what taught me, animals are not to be disrespected, instead, they should be looked at with wonder in the eyes and admired, but only from afar, don't get close, stay away.
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