Name The WORST Dinosaur Movie You've Ever Seen . . .

[suspsy]

See, I found Sauron's special moves relatively easy to execute, even more so on the SNES as opposed to an arcade game. My favourite combo was an Earthquake Stomp followed up by a Jumping High Power/Low Power and then topped off with an Air Throw. 32% damage in total. The Flesh-Eating finishing move, however, required quick hand motion to pull off.

The only CPU opponent I had trouble against was Talon---until I discovered that Sauron could execute the Earthquake Stomp while in mid-air. Then it was just a matter of pounding the little creep with Stomps and Cranium Crushers. A cheap way to win, but always deadly effective.

Vertigo and Diablo were probably my least favourites to play as.

[HD-man]

I think Gwangi already said this, but excluding straight-to-video movies (which would otherwise always win), the worst dino movies are those that use lizards & crocs. "King Dinosaur" & "The Lost World" (1960) come to mind 1st. Not only are they lazy, stupid, nonsensical, & insulting to the audience's intelligence, but also cruel to the animals. The bad acting doesn't help either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNQRfn0GpjY

[stargatedalek]

Personally I disagree, I've always enjoyed the old movies use of live animal stand ins over stop motion and especially over suits. The animals obviously didn't enjoy themselves but (at least theoretically) it can be done without harming them. Non toxic body paints and painless adhesives mean that no animals were necessarily harmed in the making of The Lost World (1960). Mind you I haven't seen the movie in a good 4-5 years so I don't recall if they ever actually pitted the animals against one another, which would definitely qualify as abusive. One I have seen more recently was a Journey to the Center of the Earth film with juvenile alligators that had completely cheesy sails attached to them, and they seemed to have been treated well.

As for the movies themselves I've never seen King Dinosaur but I've always enjoyed The Lost World, at least from a retro campy perspective. Now if you ask me only one movie I've seen that uses live action lizards can really take the cake of awful and that's Holes. Even if those alligators didn't appreciate having sails glued on them I bet they minded it less than the frilled lizards who get beaten on regular occasion because goddamn Holes convinced soccer moms everywhere they were dangerous and attacked kids.

[Gwangi]

Yeah, I did mention "King Dinosaur" already, glad to see someone noticed it! That one is particularly bad, mostly because it's boring but I agree that using live animals in those movies counts as cruelty. But back then animal cruelty on screen was not unusual, and animals were even killed in the process. Although these movies came out a long time ago, knowing what the animals went through makes them hard to stomach. Some of the modifications are amusing, but scenes where they force the animals to fight are rough to watch. One of my favorite old dinosaur movies (The Land Unknown) utilizes lizards as well as men in suits but thankfully more of the latter. I've actually never seen the 1960 "The Lost World", I guess I should just to say that I have seen it.

SGD, the lizards used in "Holes" were bearded dragons. 

[stargatedalek]

I didn't mean to say those movies weren't cruel,  I wasn't clear enough that I meant the general idea didn't require cruelty. If for example someone tried to do that today with trained animals for whatever retro feel they wanted it can be done humanely. If an animal is unhappy I don't consider that abuse unless it's to the point of health risks. For example many people complained (cough PETA was especially tactless about it cough) about the methods Steve Irwin used for education,  namely bringing animals into stressful studio environments.

They were bearded dragons yes but they had CGI frills and ran on their hind legs, I have a friend from Florida who says people kill frilled lizards on site because of myths they're venomous. Invasive or not stigma is stigma, and years ago when I was there I saw an awful lot of people attacking reptiles indiscriminately. Mostly I just disliked that movie in general though

Anyway,  I've successfully drawn this far enough off topic for now. I would recommend watching 1960 The Lost World,  but keep in mind I haven't seen it in many years.

[HD-man]

I've actually never seen the 1960 "The Lost World", I guess I should just to say that I have seen it.

I have & honestly, the trailer sums up everything you need to know about the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkyjGQsuWcc

[CityRaptor]

I've seen that movie and it belongs on that list. Of course with the increase of films made thanks to cheap CGI, there would tons more on that list.
It was also I who mentioned Slurpasaurs to begin with. As for people attacking reptiles, that is thanks to the whole "Reptiles are abhorrent" cliche.

[Gwangi]

They were bearded dragons yes but they had CGI frills and ran on their hind legs, I have a friend from Florida who says people kill frilled lizards on site because of myths they're venomous. Invasive or not stigma is stigma, and years ago when I was there I saw an awful lot of people attacking reptiles indiscriminately. Mostly I just disliked that movie in general though

Bearded dragons can run on their hind legs as well FYI. Look it up on Youtube, it's pretty bizarre/comical looking when they do it. People have had it out for reptiles since forever. It's a problem that goes a lot deeper than how films portray them. Movies that do it in a negative light certainly don't help. I didn't like "Holes" either.

I wasn't trying to suggest that you condone cruelty, just adding my two cents on the subject of lizards as dinosaurs in film.

[stargatedalek]

I hadn't actually known, thanks for telling me! It really is adorable to watch them run

Sorry if I came across as a little hoity toity, I was up pretty late last night. I didn't mean to imply you were accusing me of anything, just a little paranoid I hadn't explained what I meant well enough.

@ HD-man, thanks for finding the trailer! Brings back some nostalgia but also brings back more about how badly those lizards were treated. FYI that poodle is still the most annoying part of the movie

[Gwangi]

I dunno, after watching the original "Lost World" I never felt compelled to watch any of the others but I think I will check out the 1960 version. I've seen the 1990's version which was pretty awful. Can't remember who produced it but maybe it was A&E or the BBC or something. That's a film that could stand to get remade.

[HD-man]

@ HD-man, thanks for finding the trailer! Brings back some nostalgia but also brings back more about how badly those lizards were treated. FYI that poodle is still the most annoying part of the movie

Anytime! As for Frosty, still a better actor than Jill St. John.

I dunno, after watching the original "Lost World" I never felt compelled to watch any of the others but I think I will check out the 1960 version. I've seen the 1990's version which was pretty awful. Can't remember who produced it but maybe it was A&E or the BBC or something. That's a film that could stand to get remade.

The 2001 version is pretty good, maybe even the best version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXwsTDmniPM

[Gwangi]

Ok, so I haven't seen the BBC version. The one I saw was the 1992 version and it was pretty awful. I guess I should check out the BBC one. It looks like WWD and it's got Bob Hoskins, it must be good right?

[CityRaptor]

Not suited for Creationists however. They have one in that movie and he is presented as a madman.

There is also another movie from 1998, where the Lost World is in Mongolia. Interestingly the Summerlee in that movie is played by the same guy who plays him in the unrelated TV series. Has been a while since I saw this one, but they mentioned that the Dinosaurs on the Plateau are not exactly the same as those during Mesozoic, having evolved.

[TomWToyForum]

Ok, so I haven't seen the BBC version. The one I saw was the 1992 version and it was pretty awful. I guess I should check out the BBC one. It looks like WWD and it's got Bob Hoskins, it must be good right?

Bob Hoskins and dinosaurs? What could possibly go wrong.

The 2001 version is solid, but think my favorite adaptation is the 1925 version probably. The worst one is without any doubt the 2005 King of the Lost World, a Mockbuster from The Asylum, creators of Sharknado. It's not worth watching even as a joke.

[tyrantqueen]

Ok, so I haven't seen the BBC version. The one I saw was the 1992 version and it was pretty awful. I guess I should check out the BBC one. It looks like WWD and it's got Bob Hoskins, it must be good right?

Bob Hoskins and dinosaurs? What could possibly go wrong.

The 2001 version is solid, but think my favorite adaptation is the 1925 version probably. The worst one is without any doubt the 2005 King of the Lost World, a Mockbuster from The Asylum, creators of Sharknado. It's not worth watching even as a joke.

Your link is broken. But I'm guessing you're going to make a reference to Super Mario Bros., right?

Bob Hoskins was a great British actor. I think he did as well as he could have, with the terrible script he was given. The only reason he got involved with SMB in the first place was because his son was a fan of the movie. He said he regretted it years later.

Funnily, John Leguizamo also starred in WWD3D and Ice Age, two prehistoric themed movies. He seems to have had better memories of the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5S0v_lrGlg

It's also funny how he remembers all the characters names, since he was supposedly drunk throughout most of the movie.

I guess I kind of have a soft spot for the movie because it was part of my childhood. I do agree it does mostly suck though.

[TomWToyForum]

Your link is broken. But I'm guessing you're going to make a reference to Super Mario Bros., right?

Bob Hoskins was a great British actor. I think he did as well as he could have, with the terrible script he was given. The only reason he got involved with SMB in the first place was because his son was a fan of the movie. He said he regretted it years later.

Funnily, John Leguizamo also starred in WWD3D and Ice Age, two prehistoric themed movies. He seems to have had better memories of the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5S0v_lrGlg

It's also funny how he remembers all the characters names, since he was supposedly drunk throughout most of the movie.

I guess I kind of have a soft spot for the movie because it was part of my childhood. I do agree it does mostly suck though.

Odd, link still works for me. I redid it though.

I always heard that Hoskins didn't realize it was a video game movie until his son told him, and then he immediately regretted taking the job.

[suspsy]

John Leguizamo wrote in his autobiography that he and Bob Hoskins realized that SMB was going to be a miserable experience from Day 1. Fortunately, Hoskins knew the perfect remedy: whenever there was a break in shooting, the two of them would go to his trailer and down a glass of scotch each.

[Gwangi]

If he has any fond memories of filming that movie, it's probably from the scotch. It's funny that you pointed that out TomWToyForum because I had said SMB was the worst dinosaur movie ever made and then completely forgot about when when we were discussing him being in the 2001 TLW.

[antorbitalfenestrae]

. . . that isn't part of the JP franchise.

Well, that made it way harder.

Otherwise, around 10 years ago I found a movie in a supermarket video basket-- it was an animated movie that involved a time-traveling supervillain kidnapping dinosaurs from the Cretaceous (a T. rex, a Pteranodon, and a Triceratops and a Stegosaurus I think?) and making them anthro superpowered dinosaurs. It didn't work for some reason and the villain ended up kidnapping a group of raptors instead and giving them superpowers... and they all went back to present-day New York and got into shenanigans. Unfortunately, I lost the VHS (it was that long ago) when I moved a year or two later and I don't remember the name. D:

Has anyone else heard of it? I remember that one of the raptors was bright pink, and at least one of them had acid powers. It was one of those so-bad-its-good movies and i want to find it again tbh.

[HD-man]

Otherwise, around 10 years ago I found a movie in a supermarket video basket-- it was an animated movie that involved a time-traveling supervillain kidnapping dinosaurs from the Cretaceous (a T. rex, a Pteranodon, and a Triceratops and a Stegosaurus I think?) and making them anthro superpowered dinosaurs. It didn't work for some reason and the villain ended up kidnapping a group of raptors instead and giving them superpowers... and they all went back to present-day New York and got into shenanigans. Unfortunately, I lost the VHS (it was that long ago) when I moved a year or two later and I don't remember the name. D:

Has anyone else heard of it? I remember that one of the raptors was bright pink, and at least one of them had acid powers. It was one of those so-bad-its-good movies and i want to find it again tbh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI__EW_fPJs