Dinosaur Island

[leidy]

No, not the low-budget 1994 nudie flick.

This one is a 2014 kid's movie from Australia.





the official website has a trailer and some stills.

http://www.arclightfilms.com/NewTitles.aspx?ProjectId=13dbd983-6c0f-e311-9060-d4ae527c3b65&bu=Arclight

[Manatee]

Is that a fluffy T.rex I see? These dinosaurs are much more based off recent scientific research than most.

[stargatedalek]

looks like your average cheesy children's movie plot to me, but I'll obviously go see it just for the accuracy (if it hits international theaters?)

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Too bad its just aimed at small children... Is that the Dinosaur Revolution guanlong at 1:57 in the trailer?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The dinos look pretty good for the most part. Not sure about the pterosaurs.  Seems like a Land of the Lost type plot..not bad, could be a fun film to watch regardless.

[DinoLord]

Most of the dinosaurs actually look quite good. The pterosaurs are a bit wonky but I don't know enough about pterosaur anatomy to say more.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

i just can't figure what species they are...

[brandem]

I'm now crossing my fingers that they will use the same frazetta art as the 1994 film,

[Mojoceratops]

The premise reminds me of Dinotopia... Makes me wish George Lucas's plan for that had actually happened

[Takama]

Wow.

All I can say is, I hope they bring this to America

[DinoLord]

i just can't figure what species they are...

When I saw the front view in one of the screenshots I thought it was an azdarchid of some sort, but I'm pretty sure the long tail invalidates that. Some undiscovered transitional form perhaps?

[stargatedalek]

Such a transitional would not be an azdarchid

[DinoLord]

Yeah I meant to imply that.

Another thing that sticks out at me about this film is the use of bright color - works well for the small maniraptoran, but the big tyrannosaur looks almost goofy and parrot-like. I wonder if that's something just meant to appeal to kids or if it's explained in-film.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Yeah I meant to imply that.

Another thing that sticks out at me about this film is the use of bright color - works well for the small maniraptoran, but the big tyrannosaur looks almost goofy and parrot-like. I wonder if that's something just meant to appeal to kids or if it's explained in-film.

Probably to appeal more to kids and stand out in 3D..like with Avatar or the more recent WWD:3D

[stargatedalek]

Other than the head and heck its grey, I think its fine honestly,  looking at birds the colours seem acceptable

[tyrantqueen]

I like the T.rex. The hair on the pterosaur doesn't look so good, though. It looks like a puffball.

[Ultimatedinoking]

The premise reminds me of Dinotopia... Makes me wish George Lucas's plan for that had actually happened

The maker of Star Wars was going to make a Dino film?!

[Ultimatedinoking]

Is that a fluffy T.rex I see? These dinosaurs are much more based off recent scientific research than most.

There's no proof T. rex had feathers, most likely it did not.

[leidy]

I don't find the fluffy tyrannosaur particularly convincing, but at least it's a start.  The feathers have a very artificial look to them.  It's probably just a matter of time before we see feathered tyrannosaurs in more mainstream productions, and done better.  I didn't find March of the Dinosaurs tyrannosaur very believable either, but sooner or later someone will nail it.

Is that a fluffy T.rex I see? These dinosaurs are much more based off recent scientific research than most.

There's no proof T. rex had feathers, most likely it did not.

no direct evidence, but the 'most likely' is debatable.  If we're talking 'feathers', then sure.  When you have an animal as large as Yutyrannus, it seems a lot more plausible that T.rex would've had at least some amount of 'dinofuzz' or 'integument', whatever it should be called.  Even elephants aren't completely bald. 

[Ultimatedinoking]

I don't find the fluffy tyrannosaur particularly convincing, but at least it's a start.  The feathers have a very artificial look to them.  It's probably just a matter of time before we see feathered tyrannosaurs in more mainstream productions, and done better.  I didn't find March of the Dinosaurs tyrannosaur very believable either, but sooner or later someone will nail it.

Is that a fluffy T.rex I see? These dinosaurs are much more based off recent scientific research than most.

There's no proof T. rex had feathers, most likely it did not.

no direct evidence, but the 'most likely' is debatable.  If we're talking 'feathers', then sure.  When you have an animal as large as Yutyrannus, it seems a lot more plausible that T.rex would've had at least some amount of 'dinofuzz' or 'integument', whatever it should be called.  Even elephants aren't completely bald.

It certainly wasn't an overgrown chick as seen in the screenshot!