Dinosaur Revolution (2011) Accuracy Review | Dino Documentaries RANKED #19

We continue with Dinosaur Revolution, the most controversial documentary yet! Some love it. Some hate it. What grade should it get?
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Sources
Carr’s Study: peerj.com/blog/post/115284882629/a-high-resolution-growth-series-of-tyrannosaurus-rex-obtained-from-multiple-lines-of-evidence-author-dr-thomas-d-carr-discusses-his-new-study/
Diplodocids: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393826/
Woodward Study: www.sci-news.com/paleontology/juvenile-tyrannosaurus-rex-07975.html
Vision: www.sci-news.com/paleontology/dinosaurs-bird-like-color-vision-04076.html
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[@justusb.plorer8773]

Big Al: "Help, I stubbed my toe!😥" Broken jaw: "I had my faced smashed by a sauropod as a hatchling, was abandoned by my mother, and lived to tell the tale."

[@ggsmrdoink]

European stronk, American weak

[@Hugo-yz1vb]

"Parry this you filthy casual" vibes

[@justusb.plorer8773]

@@Hugo-yz1vb Sorry if it comes across that way. It's meant as a joke first and foremost.

[@masterjaninosaurustheone2323]

🤣

[@kyptos2252]

In real life his jaw was ripped off by another allosaurus

[@treyrex5987]

"There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Tooth Fairy and there is no Nanotyrannus." That had me rolling. 🤣🤣

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

And this sentence: "At least it didn't simp to death"

[@ahmadfaizan3035]

@@chadgorosaurus4898 yeah

[@The_Dino_Edits]

And there is no T-Imeperitor and T-Regina

[@treyrex5987]

@@The_Dino_Edits Haha. 😆

[@SnowGodzilla-zy1jf]

@@The_Dino_Edits and there is no other tyrannosaur species other than T-rex

[@cameronjim2983]

I honestly LOVE the designs for the dinosaurs, artistically speaking. It feels fresh and new (a little skin wrapped for some, sure) but overall a breath of fresh air w/ all the JP copycats.

[@KAIJUSTIAN]

Oh yes, I love this documentary, all the designs of the dinosaurs and Mesozoic animals that are close to real life such as the T-Rex, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus and among other animals respecting the time and place they inhabited until the experiments that the paleontologists and scientists to verify the realities of the dinosaurs and their abilities such as the bite of the T-Rex, the planning of the Rahoavis and pterosaurs, the tail of the Supersaurus and the Ankylosaurus being the best documentary on Dinosaurs on the Discovery Network, it also deserved an A as best documentary.

[@dannyh.s.1936]

Same I love the design for Dyamosaurus (what I call Tyrannosaurus) with the white skull. I honestly want to see that design reflecting the armored snout of Dyamosaurus.

[@natalienussbaum2773]

@@dannyh.s.1936 Unfortunately, Dynamosaurus is a nomen dubium due to the fact that its diagnostic material was just a couple of tooth fragments. Most likely the fragments are referable to T. rex based.

[@dannyh.s.1936]

@@natalienussbaum2773 I thought that the name dynamosaurus came from discovery by Barnum Brown (who was sent by Dr Henry Osborn) in he found two specimens in this order: Dynamosaurus imperius and Tyrannosaurus rex however it was later discovered that both specimens were actually Tyrannosaurus.

[@natalienussbaum2773]

@@dannyh.s.1936 Yes that is true, but if I remember correctly the specimen was just a few isolated teeth. I could be wrong but I know the reason it is a nomen dubium is because the material is not very diagnostic.

[@alienstar2088]

I stand by the fact that Dinosaur Revolution is one of the best Dinosaur Documentaries for probably the biggest reason people hate it, the characterization of the subjects. Now, yes, I do believe that Dinosaur Revolution at times gets ahead of itself with the jokes and homages however, all living creatures have their own unique personalities based upon not only the environmental shifts throughout their life but just random cases of behavioral changes. Though I think forming an alliance with a completely different species is ridiculous, I think the relationships of nearly all mated pairs of Dinosaurs in the documentary was handled brilliantly, unlike other documentaries. Other documentaries will try so hard to seem to push this idea of a mating pair is purely instinctual for some Dinosaur species however I'd beg to differ. It's nice seeing so much tender care between specifically the Tyrannosaurus couple, it bridges the gap of instinct and actual feeling. That's what I look for most in Dinosaur Documentaries, emotions that most animals share, specifically birds and mammals. I think it's important that Dinosaurs aren't portrayed as purely instinct driven creatures, just how they shouldn't just be killing machines that lust for murder. They had emotions, feelings even if it was on the most basic level.

[@HiperPivociarz]

I also like how it adds variety to their lives that's not just eating and hunting. Sometimes animals in real life can get in some really silly situations.

[@MagnusTonitrum117]

different species cooperating has been observed, look no further than coyotes and badgers plus Broken Jaw was not all buddy buddy with the sauropod, he wacked their tail with his snout in annoyance before the brachiosaurs came along

[@alienstar2088]

@@MagnusTonitrum117 To my knowledge, there has never been a case of predator teaming up with prey in order to eliminate a larger predator. I think the issue doesn't stem from them 'teaming up' but rather how they team up and what they accomplished by teaming up.

[@professionalidiot4987]

@@alienstar2088 such cases exist. But not to fight a bigger predator, just to benefit eachother. What I'm talking about is the odd spider and frog friendship.

[@goku-san]

@@professionalidiot4987 There's also the spotted thick-knee bird that sometimes nests near crocodile nests and they protect each other's nests from predators. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if some dinosaurs did have symbiotic relationships.

[@MagnusTonitrum117]

personally, I don’t mind the slight anthropomorphizing it gives the dinos charm imo

[@nexway9173]

Ikr like you mean to tell me in all the time they lived they didn’t have goofy moments? Like we see birds have little slip ups here and there, and we can give human cometary, I mean look at the “Becky lemme smash” series. Do I think the team up happened, no, could it have been possible, yeah we literally don’t know and there’s millions of years of possibilities

[@epikorange5983]

“Slight”

[@tigana]

Yeah it made it funny at times lol

[@abdulmoid267]

Yea there's nothing wrong in doing so to make the documentary more interesting but these videos only review the accuracy so these details have to be considered in such reviews

[@Caratrox]

I agree 😂

[@Ozraptor4]

What needs to be understood about DR is that the creators never set out to make a documentary in the beginning. They wanted to make a series of action stories and Looney toons-like comedy skits using highly anthropomorphised dinosaurs, in the same style as Ricardo Delgado’s Age of Reptiles comics (Delgado was involved in the early planning stages). There was no attempt to recreate naturalistic behaviour - these are cartoon characters, not animals. Unfortunately studio execs gradually cut funding over the course of the project (only about 60% of the planned segments were completed), and late in production demanded that it be re-edited as a conventional documentary. The narration was added at the last minute.

[@NelsonDiscovery]

You are right: these are not dinosaurs. They are cartoon characters. Even then this show was complete garbage.

[@ashura3589]

@@NelsonDiscovery Better than Jurassic Fight Club

[@NelsonDiscovery]

@@ashura3589 Not even close. at least JFC had animals behave like animals. Animals in a senseless drunken rage, but animals nonetheless.

[@ashura3589]

@@NelsonDiscovery At least the dinosaurs of DR are infinitely more accurate and don't act like they have serious anger issues

[@Kaiju-bm4ts]

@@NelsonDiscovery Jurassic fight club literally had the dinosaurs killing each other nonstop for the sake of entertainment and having paleontologist twist certain facts around just to show off how powerful these animals were. Dinosaur revolution had the fights included when necessary and had the dinosaurs doing anything from sleeping to playing, basically having them do anything that's not just ripping each other to pieces. Between both series, dinosaur revolution is more respectful to the dinosaurs as animals and characters.

[@adamthespinygiant]

Can't wait to see the Planet Dinosaur review. Finally, a documentary that knows what Spinosaurus is*. *At least at the time of the shows release.

[@starzilla624]

Hope's gonna praise the accurate behaviour.

[@adamthespinygiant]

@@starzilla624 at least it's a step in the right direction

[@starzilla624]

@@adamthespinygiant Yeah, the show may focus more on Predator-Prey relationships but at least it doesn't have them tearing each other apart for the sake of awesomebro moments like Jurassic Fight Club. A lot of the animals retreat when they see that the prize is not worth it, which is accurate animal behaviour, so I hope he praises that.

[@machexx1494]

Planet Dinosaur was my jam when I was younger. It was my #1 favorite dino documentary. Especially the Predator X episode. I always enjoyed the freeze-frame, digital zoom-ins that explained something that was on screen.

[@TheSpinoDude]

Dinosaur Revolution has my personal favorite creature designs in any dino doc. They're not without fault of course, but they definitely show that the designers enjoyed working on them- while still caring enough about the animal's anatomy. Great video as always!

[@thespinofamily7565]

Every dinosaur related video I see, I either come across you or BionicleSaurus.

[@TheSpinoDude]

@@thespinofamily7565 Haha we do get around

[@judytinlay1164]

@@TheSpinoDude NOSE HORN DRAGON

[@guillermopinedo-rodriguez4544]

Hi

[@mofumyon]

Spicy and controversial take: If you look at the storyboard segments that the director posted (as well as the animatic included with the Dinotasia recut), it's very clear that the creators didn't really want to make this a documentary, but a cartoon about dinosaurs with realistic character designs. The only reason it's considered a documentary is because they couldn't get it aired on any channel except for the Discovery Channel, and the executives there weren't planning on going full mask-off about their programming's lack of educational value just yet. So, the executives ordered the show get turned into a documentary by hastily tacking on talking heads segments with the consultants and a cheesy narrator. Speaking of Dinotasia, this series got recut into a version without the documentary elements, albeit with most of the stories getting scrapped. It works a helluva lot better that way, in my opinion. It's a shame most of the stories got scrapped in the process.

[@AltairBlue]

yeah, i actually only knew about dinotasia for a while, finding out about DR like last year, and god i feel like i was robbed like a whole 2 or so episodes(?) gone, with tiny bits from others smashed in at random

[@Adasaur250]

It's not even a spicy take, that's literally what happened. Dr. Tom Holtz has actually explicitly stated as much on a couple occasions.

[@arturosandovalsaito2704]

To be honest, I think the anthropomorphism and the goofiness on the dinosaurs is what makes this documentary so memorable.

[@Hugo-yz1vb]

Things I like about the show: • I like how all the dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures have their own unique personalities like pretty much every animal today (like what you would see in your pets or animals in a zoo for giving an example) they're not just instinct driven creatures. - Refreshing and bird-like designs of the dinosaurs. - Giving more attention to mammals. - A good-ass Majungasaurus dammit! - My boy Broken Jaw, I love him.

[@thylascene]

ik this comment is like 2 years old at this point, but isin't this the show with the high shunosaurus that looks like a cow? lmao

[@TheRoadrunnerFromHell]

Love this. For future reviews, may I suggest: - Dinosaur! (1985) - The Dinosaurs! (1992) - Prehistoric (2009) - Adventures of Ceratops (2014) - Leaps in Evolution (2018) - Amazing Dinoworld (2019)

[@dudotolivier6363]

Yeah, all of these, even the ones release before the 2000 and the Walking with .... universe deserve to be treated !

[@Jadenette11111]

Not even planet dinosaur

[@AltairBlue]

i refuse to believe that amazing dinoworld came out in 2019, there is just no way 2014 spino, some of the weirdest dromaeosaur designs i've ever seen, jp rex with some fluff thrown on for literally every tyrannosaur, etc

[@LoudmouthReviews]

Dinosaur! from 1985 was a really cool program that was in many ways ahead of its time and the go motion animation holds up surprising well. Its VERY dated today but still a notable program

[@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043]

he also has to talk about prehistoric predators, its litterally my childhood, but honestly he should talk about prehistoric before, literally the best show on discovery about prehistoric things

[@matejajanic6932]

Honestly despite a few inaccuracies this is still my favorite dinosaur documentary

[@shingtiong9425]

Same since it's my first Dino doc and my first encounter with dinosaurs.

[@trocodilo]

"No wonder they look like they're starving." That was a real S tier one.

[@amn2760]

The show was filmed inside a gulag

[@CooperHudgins]

Can we talk about how the Allosaurus LITERALLY started bugling like an elk?

[@spudato961]

Say what you want about its overall quality, but man, in a time of total laziness and soullessness in dino docs, Dinosaur Revolution was creative. There's nothing that bothers me in dino media more than a lack of creativity.

[@natalienussbaum2773]

Fortunately the new Apple TV special Prehistoric Planet coming up in May looks really nice, which some cool creative designs.

[@joshuapolk4587]

Just want to say I’m a longtime lover of everything scientific and you seems like a guy I could talk to for hours. Love this channel

[@redraptorwrites6778]

Thanks! I'm so glad you like it

[@uledisuddie952]

@@redraptorwrites6778 well you are the main reason why many people including me got ever more interested in dinosaurs.

[@shainewhite2781]

It was originally a co production with Pixar, which sadly never happened, and recieved mixed reviews by Critics.

[@stare4539]

Fr

[@tylerleach8796]

The human-like behavior shown is probably why Dinosaur Revolution’s dinosaur segments were put together and released as a movie called “Dinotasia” which drops all of the documentary elements and just treats it more like The Rite of Spring segment from Fantasia (hence the name).

[@blobbydubs]

The male T.Rexes in DR have one of the most iconic and recognizable designs I have ever seen on a dinosaur, I love the skull-like shape their white coloured skin gives the head

[@pierrebegley2746]

That's kind of why I loathe the designs. Feels like something made for and by edgelords. 😅

[@hyperboliccancers3269]

​@@pierrebegley2746hurr Durr its bad because it's cool 😔

[@elquelolealegustaelpedazo]

20:34 certified gorosaurus moment

[@adamthespinygiant]

Alternate Title: Dr. Thomas R. Holtz's Redemption Arc

[@The_Dino_Edits]

He can finally rest now…

[@justalizard7192]

I like the scene where an allosaurus and her babies were trying to sleep and a small dinosaur kept waking them up. Gotta love the karma that dino gotten at the end for not shutting up.

[@DragonFae16]

I remember watching this years ago and I don't remember despising it, so I don't think the cartoony way the dinos were depicted turned me off too badly. I just assumed it was made for a younger audience and so shrugged off the behaviour and just appreciated how good the dinos looked.

[@jacobcox4565]

I think some goofiness is okay. We've seen animals do really silly things before, like getting their heads stuck in holes, getting high off of fermented fruit, or even stumbling into each other and falling down. I don't think there should've been so many moments like those in the show, but some would've been fine.

[@explodingdynamite7319]

A Decent Documentary…

[@Deadpool3E]

What's fun about the Protoceratoos segment is the fact that the animals are familiar, but distinct. That segment takes place in the Bayan Mandahu Formation of Inner Mongolia. Here, many of the animals are similar to the more well known Djadochta Formation, but are considered distinct enough to warrant their own species. In this case, instead of the normal P. andrewsi, DR introduces P. hellenikorhinus - a form that differs from the former in having a larger size and a pair of nasal ridges. It's encountered by Velociraptor osmolskae, a counterpart to V. mongoliensis, but having some slight skull morphology differences. Currently, it's being eyed as a separate genus.

[@primevalrex7266]

Ahh I knew they looked different those weren't my beloved Protoceratops andrewsi Nice detail they added and good thing you noticed 👍

[@Dwayne_LaFontant]

I actually loved this as a kid. Didn’t learn much, but it was entertaining.

[@DryptosaurusDavid]

FINALLY!!!!!!!! (I am a little disappointed that its a B+, because i love this documentary. But now I watch A and B tiers, they are the most accurate).

[@The_Dino_Edits]

At least it wasn’t like a C or worse, an F.

[@DryptosaurusDavid]

@@The_Dino_Edits Very true. It doesn’t matter, I will watch A tier and B tier.

[@orcaman178]

This was the top comment, I got the rating spoiled 😶

[@DryptosaurusDavid]

@@orcaman178 Oops

[@cintronproductions9430]

Apparently some of the dinosaurs have names, the Allosaurus is Brokenjaw, the "Dinheirosaurus" is Woodstock, the Ornitholestes is Sylvester, the Rhamphorhynchus is Ptweety, the T.rex couple are Stumpy and Tinkerbell, their son is Junior, and the evil T.rex is Jack Palance. According to the Dinosaur Revolution wiki, the high Shunosaurus is nicknamed "Shroomo" by fans, but the other names are canon and they were named by the people who made the show, I think.

[@hyena_fan]

Why did they name them

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@hyena_fan IDK, but they're already pretty cartoonishly humanlike in terms of behavior so I guess that names suit them. XD

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

@@hyena_fan Even in documentaries with live modern animals narrator in many cases give them names.

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

Sylvester and Ptweety Yep, fits their role in the episode just right

[@wetburntbagel]

If only they named torvosaurus

[@discomfortfilms]

I love this documentary, especially how they didn't play it so safe with the designs and speculative behaviour. When I still lived with my mom I remember catching it while channel surfing one night and got overly emotionally invested in the allosaurus with the crooked jaw lmao

[@matiasmarcelotoledop]

One thing i love about this documentary its when they do a little homage to Charles R.Knight when the cryolophosaurus fight and one jumps over the other

[@arthurmorgan5887]

19:46 well idk that sometimes happens with real life animals too, it’s called Hen-House Syndrome or Surplus killing, it normally happens when a predator finds an abundance of a food source that can’t really do nothing but be eaten, we can see that the Trovo was in a environment that it dominated and that nothing really posed a threat to it so ig that, in itself right could also be accurate too

[@machexx1494]

I always enjoyed this series simply because of the fact that it had the balls to characterize the dinosaurs and made them feel life-like. It always felt like a movie (probably because it was actually turned into a movie), and my 10 year old self loved that to bits

[@dinomation]

Tbh I don’t care how cartoony the dinosaurs are and I just love this documentary all around!

[@CooperHudgins]

RRW: Can’t someone focus on Late Cretaceous India with Rajasaurus and the Deccan Traps? David Attenborough in Prehistoric Planet 2: Hold my brandy, dear boy.

[@owli-wankenobi3727]

That moment at 11:01 in the video is just gold.

[@poket5489]

It’s nice seeing Dinosaur Revolution getting a high rating because this was the reason I got so into Dinosaurs as a kid.

[@hectorgperez]

Very thankful for the Dr. Carr article link, looks genuinely interesting, thanks for the video!

[@dudotolivier6363]

Yes, with Jurassic Fight Club, Dinosaur Revolution (a mini documentary most GGI in 4 episodes release in 2011, and produce by Discovery Channel with Erik Nelson; Alan Eyres; Brooke Runnette like producers) is consider to be one of the most controversiala and bad dinodocs that ever existed ! But at the opposite of Jurassic Fight Club, where for this later it's totally deserved, this dinodocs don't deserve all this hate since in fact, it's a good and regular but correct one (truly this dinodoc is nice, not perfect but nice) ! In fact, it's only about the use and the treatement of the dinosaurs and others ccreatures, especially the characters with the story turn around them, who make all the unfairely reception he received. Especially its lack of seriousness mainly, who was the most criticized and made reserved reception ! So okay, in this dinodocs, dinos and others creatures don't talk but alway have all along a sapient intelligence since they made different facila expression who represent their current mental state (when they are shocked, surprise, afraid or happy, we know that because they take head of people when they are like that), have some human reaction, made actions and situations time to time completely goofy with visual joke and gags who appears time to time too. and two or three others thing in this way. This production was made first and mainly at the start for a young audience, that explain theses littles things, but at the base, the series was not intended to be a documentary, but a fiction of six episodes loosely based on the famous American comic book Age of Reptiles by Ricardo Delgado (a famous person who are oftently reffered in the Jurassic Park sage, and was even behind the scenes of the third film), without a narrator. But the subject evolveda and become a animal documentary with the will to be educational. The production of the series begins in 2009 (after several months of pre-production) and has a duration of the three following years. But even if the result is correct and decent, his production has many problems behind the scenes, with many cut and replacement and modifications about the story and their setting and creatures. Mainly for the needs of the production and budget, so there even things who was thought but never realise. For example, the documentary was tought to have 6 episodes, and many animals on the production list was never made. But despite all that, the documentary is really good, his synthetic animations really more than nice (many people said that this is one of the best 3D dinos and design never made), its educational nature (even if the level of goofy is a little useless) and his entire reconstitutions of the environment and the creatures themselves are truly respectfull like they really were when they were alive, and all we see like representations is base of true knowledgen accuracies and reseachs about them. Even the hypothetical aspects of the show (like some hypothetical physical characteristics that don't pass the fossilisation process, the behaviors of dinosaurs, and even hypotheticals but interesting and still realistic situations like dinos on drug by toxic mushroom ! (on our era, in comparison, some lemurs use toxic millepedes to drug themselves). So, even his the goofy side of this doc can have a little bad impact about the learning of the infos give by this doc, there no big loss. And the voice by Rick Robles is decent ! So even if this dinodocs is not perfect and possess his weaknesses, this dinodocs is in reality one of the most respectfull and accurate representation of prehistoric setting with Planet Dinosaurs (of 2011 too) in term of scientific discoveries about dinos and others non dinocs creatures ! I recommend higtly everyone who can to watch this short but interesting dinodoc ! For me, I will give a A or B (since this tier list focus on the representation of dinos and not about the possible comedic use the producers can made with). But for the ones who dont want watching goofy situation, there a second version called "Dinotasia" release in 2012 and who is a 80 minutes movie, a compilation of the best and most serious scenes of the serie, without commentary or intervention by scientists, with Werner Herzog as narrator (still good too). So yes, this version is good too, even better !

[@NelsonDiscovery]

Contrary to Fight Club, this garbage absolutely deserves its bad rep.

[@catpoke9557]

The designs, while outdated, are beautiful.

[@tigana]

I finish work pretty late and *love* watching your vids to unwind when I get home

[@dantewhite9117]

Dinosaur! 1985, just don't forget that one. Everybody forgets that one 😥

[@pipatupapa]

love it or hate it we all loved the broken jaw allosaurus episode

[@pipatupapa]

and we all agree that it was the best episode

[@cintronproductions9430]

I just love the final showdown where absolutely everyone gangs up on the Torvosaurus. Woodstock whips him with her tail and so do the Miragaia, but the Torvo knocks down Woodstock and goes for her baby, but the crippled baby sauropod actually manages to fight back and land a few good hits, then Brokenjaw appears out of nowhere and bites the Torvosaurus, which gives Woodstock enough time to get up and as the Torvo shakes off Brokenjaw, Woodstock proceeds to step on the Torvosaurus, killing him at once, it's such an epic scene.

[@raidminer0197]

Certainly amusing to observe this dino-doc managing to reach that high into the list even with the somewhat goofy presentation (which I'm kind middle ground with, thou I definitely would have loved to see things being kept to same natural tone as WWD). That said, your observations are pretty on point that has allowed me to find more enjoyment on Dinosaur Revolution, so good job there Red! :D Bonus note, goddamn that moment about mutilated arms only to slap that scene of T-Rex's arm being torn of got me way hard: now I gotta clean a solid square foot of soda I spat on the floor because of bursting out laughing at that... Excellent work there XD

[@Daikaijudethedude]

You: Majungasaurus Me: H O T D O G

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

F in the comments if you've listened to that one tribute video of the DR Allo The one with Boulevard of Broken Dreams as the chosen song Good Lord I listened to so many edgy dinosaur tributes when I was little.

[@TheGrimoiresVoice]

Oh, God, I feel old.

[@VaguelyAlive]

God I can remember watching this over and over when I was kid. It used to be on Netflix and I’m really sad it’s not anymore.

[@goodolbreadguy5038]

This is my favorite dinosaur documentary based on pure nostalgia. I never actually watched the documentary, just clips scattered around KZbin. A major part of this is a KZbin video called “The Best of Dinosaurs.”

[@AnonymousNomad]

I thought I was the only one that knew that exists

[@goodolbreadguy5038]

@@AnonymousNomad I thought I was the only one too

[@CommanderSummit]

I absolutely loved this as a kid. It introduced me to dinosaurs like Torvosaurus, Cryolophosaurus and Miragia and it’s just too good to me.

[@jankovelimirovic4844]

My life relied on this…

[@DSLego3]

I can't believe you compared the Guanlongs to the goons from that Barbie movie, I just had a "I understood that reference" moment. Anyway, solid review and I can respect your input Red Raptor. I didn't dislike this documentary, the cartoon behavior was the biggest issue I had with it but otherwise, solid video. Could you consider doing Prehistoric America at some point? I would be intrigued to hear a review on that show from you. Anyway, hope you have a great day, stay safe and looking forward to the next video.

[@aryabevara9145]

Honestly, my favorite thing about pretty much the entire show is the Shunosaurus and it's story.

[@gamingindominus1049]

Hell yeah, I thought dinosaur revolution would get at least a b, can't wait to see planet dinosaur be reviewed! That documentary is my childhood.

[@earth5853]

This was the doc that I used to watch when I was a kid. It taught me about feathered dinosaurs and colors

[@The_Industry]

I find that the goofiness is basically just an irritating element, I would prefer it not to be there, but it's not going to stop me from enjoying a genuinely fantastic series. And this is a fantastic series. Along with Prehistoric Park, Planet Dinosaur, The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs, and, of course, Walking With, this is easily one of my favourite paleo docs. Also, as much as the design of the male T. rex is super edgy, I can't help but un-ironically love it. Great video as always. Cheers.

[@lordnautilus6519]

I personally loved the anthropomorphizing in this. At first i thought it was weird but looking back this is exactly what made me love Dinosaur Revolution. It was a new take on making things like this and even though being a little bit over the top with dinosaur characters it made the documentary something special (for me that is)

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

Dinosaur revolution is truly a classic

[@GTSE2005]

I feel like I saw you on Mattshea's channel before

[@RandomShortGuy528]

This series is so nostalgic for me I loved it and was scared of it at the same time lmao

[@stavroskourdoumis5448]

I'm sooo glad that I've grown up with this fantastic documentary

[@GimmeBredStikkkkk]

I just noticed something outdated in this video Red: will anybody go over rajasaurus and the decan Video: never 1 year later Gigastoric planet 2: 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@theplusultrafangirl531]

I love this series, I love the stories and design of the dinosaurs especially the T rex looking like a skull it's awesome

[@yaboiiunclephil1552]

You cant deny that out of all dino docs this one is absolutely the most entertaining. So many hilarious moments even if they arent intentional

[@thesenate5956]

Thats what we've been waiting for!

[@therandomspinosaurus5717]

Very glad to finally see this video, I am wondering, will you do a tier list when your done with all the dino docs based off your opinion on the documentary and not how accurate they are to paleontology?

[@johngrimlock5727]

I totally understand that anthropomorphising the animals was very over the top and inaccurate, but at the same time that's why I love them. I watched this show when I was way younger, so their demeanor made me love them because I could sympathize and understand their actions, especially in the Allosaurus episode. That's probably one of my favorite dinosaur things ever just because of that.

[@rud0lphdud3]

dinosaur revolution litteraly made my childhood, he was the first and my favorite documentary to have ever been released.

[@pika_1_859]

The Intro theme aslo captures the majesty of these animals

[@AlexMetzger-to7te]

I absolutely love your Dino doc reviews 😂keep making good stuff

[@blueraptorgaming3803]

This is what I’ve been waiting for years. It’s absolutely fantastic

[@ryonhatcher4561]

I love how you used Megamind to make memes off of Recent Discoveries. That's awesome. Also, I look forward to BBC's Planet Dinosaur. I'm very curious about the accuracies and inaccuracies in that Documentary.

[@johntoyama9862]

Well, the show was originally was going to be an loose adaptation of a comic series titled "age of reptiles" but discovery channel rejected the idea because they wanted a new "Walking with dinosaurs" (however, they misunderstood that the show was much more that a clone of wwd). So some of the story lines got scrapped but they kept'd the mixed genre tone the show had because the creators wanted to be it's own thing rather being an goofy rip off. And the anthropomorphic dinosaurs maybe a mix bag, but that's the documentary's identity and it work's in it's favor because the writers were able to tell an good narratives that are character-driven base(for example the watering hole had a zero to hero story about broken jaw from young impulsive theropod to adult that uses patients that is an emotional, funny and relatable. And there's nice contrast between broken jaw and the torvosaurus that the torvsaurus is shown to an walking killing machine that doesn't plan ahead and use brute force to get what he want's and broken jaw use's stealth, element of surprise, and has help for he's rival turned allie) sometimes the events in the show weren't that realistic . Back to the show, if the show was an live action series about dinosaurs on cartoon network instead of an documentary the show wouldn't hadn't to be universally hated. And if an another documentary like walking with dinosaurs or march of the dinosaurs did an similar mixed genre style tone it wouldn't have worked and it just wouldn't be an good fit.

[@ablfilms8714]

I watched clips of this documentary as a kid and never knew it was meant to be educational to be fair non of the original audio was in those clips

[@jettpreece2340]

My favourite dinosaur is majungasaurus and I love this doc I remember getting it for Christmas along with the other docs like last day of the dinos

[@smartdjchungy8327]

This guy made a video showing parts of this doc and I rewatched five times

[@LeprechaunSkewer]

“This is totally an allegory for communism, no wonder why they are starving.” Earned a like just for that joke!

[@L0LZZYT69]

Wow even the trike has no spikes in the round thing SO ACCURATE

[@funnysecksnumber6998]

this is possibly my favourite docu-series of all time, i dont mind the silliness, its just a gag, im aware theyre just animals, but actually this is somewhat of a guilty pleasure of mine with this series, its just that, yeah it is goofy sometimes, but the silent narration is SO PROFESSIONAL its like watching a pro skateboarder do some insane trick with no sweat, it conveys the level of sheer passion and talent these mad lads had. the graphic designers, the artists, the writers, the narrator, the experts, the directors, this is honestly something id expect from... valve? if they made documentaries. theres truly nothing like it, and on top of it, it is nearly a perfect documentary, some people hate on the goofiness, its goofy in a way that says "pretending to know how these animals behaved is cringe, and look at these models, LOOK AT THEM, we love them, we will make sure everyone loves them" and let me tell you these guys are the ONLY ones that could nail this stylistic choice and nail they did. this is the only series of any sort that i consistently rewatch the whole duration over and over. oh man i wish we got more.

[@funnysecksnumber6998]

note: what i notice is animators, when they try to pull references out of their arses, make janky looking dinosaur animations. it looks cringe. no animal moves like that. so imo this characterisation of the subjects is possibly the REASON why the animations are so INSANELY good.

[@lewisonyoutube1067]

to me this is the most nostalgic documentary of them all . i remember watching episode 2 and the t.rex one all the time

[@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae]

I didn’t mind the human-like behaviors since it just made me happy when I smaller and that’s a positive for me

[@teamninjabug8287]

I heard that the animation was never meant to be a documentary and just a series of fun shorts, hence the goofy anthropomorphism. I guess anything dino-related with realistic animation and no talking has to be a documentary, so it was turned into one. Sad.

[@heilmadon]

I am hoping for april fools he does a paleo review of dinosaur train

[@DefinitelyNotPedro]

Great video! Altough on thind is im pretty sure its widely aceepted that Miragaia would not have those shoulder spikes!

[@lokirae3]

I used to watch this all the time as a kid. It was called "Dinotasia" on Netflix from what I remember when I was 6-8. I never could find it again until this video. Never knew it was called Dinosaur Revolution. Rewatched it and still is one of my favs to this day

[@pickle9571]

When I was younger I loved watching this and the anthropomorphizing did feel a little human for dinosaurs, it was so unique and I had fun with it.

[@gendygoblin8391]

One possible support for Nanotyrannus is the brain case being pretty different from an adult Tyrannosaur but I think that can be somewhat disproved by the idea that tyrannosaurs filled different niches as they aged hopping from small predator to medium predator to apex so their brain might have changed to adapt.

[@EndreaiYT]

Can’t wait to see red raptor tear into the pliosaur inaccuracies in planet dinosaur (Pliosaurs are gigachad and underrated everybody pays attention to the virgin mosasaurs)

[@raptor5034]

finally i found what documentary that Allosaurus video i watched on yt awhile ago was from

[@theeguy458]

Finally. Another documentary ranking.

[@Quill5park]

babe wake up, there's a new dino documentaries ranked episode

[@Ryanjrandolph]

Honestly I love the goofiness it makes them feel like they have a brain and emotions

[@Frogboyaidan]

Yay finally :). Good job on this video man.

[@thespinofamily7565]

As my second favorite dinosaur documentary (after planet dinosaur by bbc) dinosaur revolution is an unfortunately overlooked by other Dino documentaries. This review does it nothing short of justice. I recently read the 3 tyrannosaurus article. I found it interesting but I will only truly believe this theory once more more proof is revealed. Ps: good luck finding anything wrong with planet dinosaur other than the fact the dinosaurs fenestra are visible and the “troodon” is under-feathered and the spino is bipedal. Oh and the microraptor is brown in colour instead of black. Besides that, good luck! Also, your videos are so good.

[@Kor06.]

SPINOSAURUS IS BIPEDAL YOU ARGHHHHHH

[@stargarnetsaurugger6857]

I remember watching this as a 4 year old, and absolutely in love with it! My sister walked in while I was watching it and she totally freaked out because she thought dinosaurs were scary

[@nikolagrujicvi-1768]

This was my INTRODUCTION to love for dinosaurs and it it SUPER nostalgic

[@tylergamingshark8497]

One of the 2 Guanlongs reminds Me of Cassowaries which is Actually How I depict Guanlong to Look like even Including the Waddles

[@hsdinoman2267]

it piss me off to no end that i never saw this dino doc when i was a kid, and to this day i have still not seen it yet

[@pixelrex2205]

Honestly I'm fine with a lot of the goofy moments, I think of it like funny animal vids on KZbin. Like obviously they aren't actually thinking, doing, these things on purpose but we still project our own emotions on it.

[@alioramus1637]

I really liked dinosaur revolutions forit's designs but also that they used some dinosaurs that are lesser known dinosaurs like sinraptor and rahonavis and of course that they gave the coelurosaurians feathers ( except ornitholestes don't know why). But what was weird is that they gave the animals in the show human-like emotions which is not how a reptile or a bird-like animal would have acted.

[@chrisgomez1262]

The whole point of the tarbosaurus is that the loud always angry dinosaurs are ineffective to the point he gets ganged up on by EVERYONE

[@RoaringDinosaurs]

"At least it didn't simp to death" I Died!!!

[@Keigo_88]

The t Rex looks cool with that face paint thing