Walking With Dinosaurs Homage - v1 / Short cut

A fan-edit of Prehistoric Planet, and a homage to the final episode of the 1999 documentary series Walking With Dinosaurs. The episode is titled 'Death of a Dynasty'.
An updated and extended version is now available here:
• Walking With Dinosaurs...
As of writing this description, Walking With Dinosaurs is nearly 25 years old, and so some of the information provided by the narrator is either outdated or wrong. I have provided an example below, but I would highly recommend also watching Ben G Thomas accuracy review in the link below:
• The Scientific Accurac...
The ecosystem of 'Death of a Dynasty' is primarly based of the Hell Creek Formation in the upper plains of the USA. This ancient habitat was not a volcanic ash wilderness, but a lush wetland. In fact, the planet itself didn't experience a 'massive surge in volcanic activity across the globe' at this time. There was a massive flood basalt, or 'large igneous province' in India 66 million years ago (the deccan traps), which may or may not have contributed to the dinosaur extinction event by releasing greenhouse gases and altering the climate. However, dinosaur and pterosaur fossils are abundant right up until the so called 'K-Pg boundary': a sharp geological line of iridium debrie - marking the impact of a large asteroid (not a comet as mentioned by the narrator) and the end of the age of dinosaurs. Most paleontologists would agree that the climatic after effects of this impact was the primary killer. The Hell Creek Formation is one of the best places in the world to study this mass extinction event.
Also, pterosaurs were not in decline and/or outcompeted into extinction by birds.
To learn more about the Hell Creek biota:
Listen to Episode 127 - The Hell Creek Formation, of the Common Descent Podcast;
commondescentpodcast.com/2021...
Or read Saurian - A Field Guide to Hell Creek, a very accessible book by Tom Parker.
Or just dive into the wikipedia page, here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Cr...
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Didelphodon & opening titles
1:33 The cretaceous period
2:58 Flowering plants
3:58 Predator and prey
5:22 Triceratops lock horns
6:52 T. rex courtship
8:27 Edmontosaurus & Didelphodon
9:29 The T. rex nest
10:46 Quetzalcoatlus
11:55 T. rex mother & chicks
13:04 Extinction of the dinosaurs
14:45 The age of mammals and birds
This video is remixed art, created for educational purposes. I am the creator of this video, but I do not own the original source material.
The imagery used to create this edit was recorded from the Apple TV Plus series 'Prehistoric Planet', which you can watch here:
tv.apple.com/se/show/prehisto...
The narration (Kenneth Branagh) and music (Ben Bartlett) was sampled from the original Walking With Dinosaurs, which is available on DVD.
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[@PaleoEdits]

An updated and extended version of this fan-edit is now up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3fGnmx3nblmg9E

[@johnlime1469]

Prehistoric Planet: Look at how beautiful and magnificent these creatures are! Walking with Dinosaurs: They are suffocating to death, and a catastrophic disaster has yet to come. Their fate is sealed. Extinction is inevitable.

[@johnlime1469]

Also, thanks for putting new updated information in the description. I had a feeling that I learned later that the late cretaceous wasn't actually as gloomy as WWD depicted.

[@ariqsyafwan4987]

Yeah, i recently watched Prehistoric Planet and then rewatched WWD back to back and holy shit i never realized back then just how dark and bleak WWD were... , i mean remember that scene where an Austrolovenator mauled a Lealinasaurus to death and then straight up ate it's head? Shit still traumatized me to this day

[@e.ggamerguy5793]

@@ariqsyafwan4987Wasn’t it a polar Allosaurus?

[@ariqsyafwan4987]

Well, i don't know if it turns out to be a polar Allo but i distinctly remember they call that dino Austrolovenator

[@e.ggamerguy5793]

@@ariqsyafwan4987 I think it was thought to be Allosaurus (or a close relative) but it turned out to be another theropod (probably not Australovenator, the episode takes place 106 million years ago while Australovenator lived 95 million years ago)

[@solar-jaymi]

Crazy how the scenes perfectly fit the parts of walking with dinosaurs, like it was meant for it

[@davidworley9712]

Me too!

[@This_birb_is_annoying...]

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[@godzillakingofthemonsters5812]

You sir have made my dream come true, while Walking With is a victim to time in presentation, Prehistoric Planet felt a little too "playing safe" with nature, but the effects and natural. presentation (minus neutered violence and damage) is great. Combined, pure dino magic

[@LazyOldFusspot_3428]

Well, with PhP you have the Dreadnoughtus duel, but even that's nothing compared to how raw Wwd actually is.

[@godzillakingofthemonsters5812]

@@LazyOldFusspot_3428 True but censoring predation boggles my mind and the Triceratops duel I think as well.

[@kylecollier7569]

​@@LazyOldFusspot_3428 well it was trying to replicate how the natural world actually plays out when it is captured on film, let alone documented.

[@GodzillaEA]

My Thoughts Exactly

[@Laserbeak316]

I really wouldn’t say they played safe, at least for this season. As they upped the anti with the dinosaur kills they made. A marginal improvement compared to last season where they barely had a handful of kills.

[@PerlaNegra25]

The WWD vibe is something that will forever keep the documentary as my favorite

[@PerlaNegra25]

Everything, the narration the soundtrack, the montage. Great Job with this edit

[@alezot6141]

The T. rex wail at the start has to be one of the most haunting sounds ever put on television. Gives me chill no matter the edit is in. Arguably, NOT showing the animal that produces it, like you did, adds yet another creepy/somber note to it.

[@maxhaly1612]

This is a nostalgia trip and a half for me. I had the whole WWD series in a boxed VCR tape set, and watched it religiously growing up.

[@PaleoEdits]

I followed every episode as it was airing in 1999 (I was 6) and simultaneously recoreded it on VHS ;) I got the DVD years later, from which I extracted the audio file for this.

[@pedrocampos691]

Ewsfyo Trecgo.

[@MegaRex006]

This is AMAZING! This is the kinda stuff I want, I would love to see a revamped Walking with Dinosaurs but with Prehistoric Planet quality

[@aidenmarch3447]

Man, this edit really does show the difference in tone between the two documentaries.

[@macabrevoid]

This is.. absolutely stunning. The dedication you put into editing it together so spectacular and even combining clips to portray the story in a new way. You are an expert at this craft! Hats off to you dood, this is phenomenal work!!

[@PaleoEdits]

Thank you so much for the kind feedback!

[@samuelrivera4362]

I wonder, when are you going to wake up from the falsehoods of evolution and millions of years?

[@ArtbyAP]

''It's enough to make a grown man cry...'' This is an absolute masterpiece. Thank you for making it!

[@volante56]

you nailed this edit. WWD has a superior narrative, story, and soundtrack while prehistoric planet had the better visuals and dinosaur designs. perfect marriage

[@crappyanimations9992]

I actually preferred the prehistoric planet soundtrack

[@antoniomv9444]

@@crappyanimations9992 you really test my tolerance to others opinions.

[@crappyanimations9992]

@@antoniomv9444 perhaps walking with dinosaurs has a better score when taking about how well it works with the scene, but on their own, just the music, no dinosaurs, prehistoric planet is just better.

[@durangarand6373]

This is nearly perfect. When I was watching season 2, I was surprised to see so many scenes and shots that seemed to be directly inspired by Walking With Dinosaurs.

[@LazyOldFusspot_3428]

Wwd was already perfect in my opinion, yet you just made it even better by intertwining it with the improved visual quality of Prehistoric Planet. I'm actually impressed, outstanding work!

[@Marco_______]

This is amazing. And as good as Attenborough is, I wish Kenneth Branagh returned to provide the voiceover for Prehistoric Planet.

[@LazyOldFusspot_3428]

Kenneth Branagh was such a perfect casting choice for Gilderoy... I mean the narrator.

[@Charlie-Charlot]

@@LazyOldFusspot_3428better than Attenborough imo, he gave a lot more rhythm and emotions to his narration

[@LazyOldFusspot_3428]

@@Charlie-Charlot True that, but imagine Michael Angelis narrating it... :_) (A legend has gone sadly)

[@addam6666]

It’s so sad to see the beautifull Prehistoric Planet world die

[@PaleoEdits]

Yeah, I am sorry for being all doom and gloom again. But if I was going to remake one episode, then it was always going to be this one.

[@jamesgalaxy8013]

This is more perfect than people think. You are amazing

[@jamesgalaxy8013]

What...

[@Charlie-Charlot]

I know I was right to subscribe to this channel ! You’ve managed to mix the visual quality and accuracy of Prehistoric planet and the artistic identity of WWD. It could have been badly made but you perfectly married the two series to better highlight their respective strengths. Incredible job !

[@JorgeMorenoCGArtist]

Prehistoric Planet footage with the score of Walking with Dinosaurs opening is way better than any introduction from any dinosaurs documentaries.

[@BigAl145]

Even though wwd is extremely outdated, it still inspires me to continue my career in paleontology and my love for animals, prehistoric and modern. Its still nostalgic as fuck and you have helped me with remember my teen life, sitting by the telly, patiently waiting to watch it.

[@nationaljurassic]

I knew this would be epic as soon as I saw this in my subscriptions, but god damn I wasn't prepared. This is so amazing, you're my favorite KZbinr by far atm !

[@PaleoEdits]

Wow, that's super sweet of you! Thank you! Really keeps me motivated to continue this whole 'Paleo Edit' project :)

[@nationaljurassic]

@@PaleoEdits Def do it! Can't wait to see what else you come up with.

[@MFCunnilingus]

You are the Dr. Frankenstein of my Paleo Content desires. Thank you. It’s Alive.

[@DSLego3]

Excellent combination of the good from both Walking with and Prehistoric Planet. Can't complain about this video, well done.

[@TheTalkingT-rexGodzilla]

Imagine showing this to someone in 1999. 🌄 This is so well-made, everyone would assume this to be a sequel to WWD. And this edit shows, it kind of is!

[@carleenjohnson9063]

I so wish that more of this type, about dinosaurs and their lives, would be produced. I can never get enough of these.

[@tec-jones5445]

This edit is so incredible! So many of the same classic moments from Death of a Dynasty work fantastic with Prehistoric Planet. The sound design and timing are so good. Keep up the amazing work! Now I *really* want Prehistoric Planet to focus on other time periods, so that more edits like this can be made with other Walking With episodes.

[@LazyOldFusspot_3428]

I wanna see more lesser-known stegosaurs getting more screentime, as well as sauropods and theropods.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

The way the female Tyrannosaurus Rex stood watch over her nest and fiercely protected her eggs reminds me of mother crocodilians that fiercely protect they're eggs till they hatch so seeing a mother Tyrannosaurus do the same would be a terrifying sight.

[@antz8201]

I love the inclusion of planet earth 2 footage at the end. This is an incredible edit

[@davidworley9712]

This is the best fan edited video I've ever watched! Excellent work! 66,000,000/10 👍

[@echoesofpast678]

Thank you for making this masterpiece.

[@dergastdeshauses8648]

This is amazing! That’s the updated WWD everyone is waiting for. I might have even shed a tear. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@PaleoEdits]

Did you shed a tear for the dinos or in nostalgia? Thanks for watching!

[@dergastdeshauses8648]

@@PaleoEdits For the nostalgia, because you edited it so good and of course for the Dinos. Always sad to see them die out in the end

[@PaleoEdits]

@@dergastdeshauses8648 But we now know that one small group of dinosaurs DID survive the extinction, and they are all around us today. The birds ;)

[@dergastdeshauses8648]

@@PaleoEdits Lol I love that ending scene :)

[@Kara1351]

I am simply staggered by this. It's edited and plays magnificently, taking my back to my first moment of watching WWD. I adore that you've used the soundtrack, the sounds of the WWD dinosaurs, it's very nostalgic without taking away the factual accuracy of Prehistoric Planet (I watch WWD often, although now I play Spot The Inaccuracy). Well done, and thank you.

[@NKRGadanG]

This... IS Beautiful! 💙❤️💛

[@ArminKarlR]

Absolutely fabulous!! Fantastic and so well done!! Thank you for doing this. Touchy....

[@adamjacobs6644]

As a kid who watched Walking with Dinosaurs I must say this is brilliant! Of course we know that much of the information is inaccurate because we've come a long way since then, it is still an awesome video. The Styginetta is one of the few birds that are known to have survived the extinction event. The descendants of that bird are the ducks and geese that we live with today. We know the impact happened in Spring due to fish fossils having gills filled with debris from the impact. Also a Thescelosaurus leg has been found with a turtle impaled by a stick, a Pterosaur egg, and small mammals in a burrow. A nice remake of a classic series.

[@PaleoEdits]

Love these kinds of comments, thank you !

[@damianlim3429]

this needs millions of views.

[@JACKAL98]

This... this is legendary

[@thegrove326]

Good sir, i watched so many times Walking whit Dinosaurs knowing they're not that accurate and stuff, i did just because of the vintage and the joy of those times. Seeing you doing this, after I saw Prehistoric Planet, is more important and meaningfull to me than the first time i wactched the Red Power Ranger crossover as a kid. This, whitout doubt, is like a gift and a bless far beyond i can express myself. Thank you very much, everyone of you are amazing.

[@RaptorBlue2004]

For me, Prehistoric Planet could be a remake of Walking with Dinosaurs, because both are very similar. And congratulations for the video, it was very well done. 🦖🦕👏

[@-TheUnkownUser]

The chills of the intro, i'm stunned tho.

[@rhino932toon]

This is absolutely outstanding, Awesome job!

[@nono9543]

This was really good

[@gwenb.4179]

I love this video. It's like entering a time machine. I just wish it could have been longer. Very realistic animation.

[@PaleoEdits]

I'm glad you liked the video! All the animation credit goes to the VFX artists of Prehistoric Planet, who did an amazing job.

[@lilcate5665]

Thank you so much! That brings back so many memories. Love what you did that is great

[@S200103151]

Wow, that was so well done. Its a shame though that the BBC couldn't do a remastered WWD or WWDII, instead Apple got hold of it to simply make more money ( because who doesn't love dinosaurs ) When I was a kid I didn't have to pay to see WWD, it air on free national TV as educational now i need to pay for appleTV to see PP and so, still have not seen it. I felt sorry for sir david attenborough when he says it in the trailer 'only on appletv' he seems almost saddened by it, Once upon a time millions watched his documentaries on national tv about nature now everything is about money, bowing to big subscription companies just to sit and watch a bit of telly in the evenings

[@PaleoEdits]

I agree, but I still feel like I need to provide a link to Apple TV in the description in respect to their ownership. That said, I hope you'll enjoy some indriect/remixed Prehistoric Planet content via my channel :) There will probably be at least another mini doc like this one in future as well, althought not in the style of WWD.

[@Sylmarys24]

Oh man...the nostalgia.....this is perfect!

[@BradyBigfooter]

This is the best video on KZbin!! A real dream come true!! Marvelous job!!

[@Krowasaurus]

Can not describe how much I love this edit. Thank you for this!

[@alexandremachado586]

just the intro itself gave me the chills

[@ZANGOJOE]

This is wonderfully done. I would love to see the german narrator with these clips. I'd be back to a child in no time.

[@PaleoEdits]

I'm Swedish, and we always produce subtitles for foreign films/shows. So for me, this is the only version I'm familiar with.

[@alexeiagatov1560]

Many millions years ago... this is history of amazing & dangerous creatures. Really good video, like for this film.

[@QuanNguyen-kj2lw]

This is maybe the best channel about Dinosaur I have ever seen ! ❤❤❤

[@PaleoEdits]

That's too touching! :)) Thank you!

[@Santagmk0]

The nostalgia in this is immense, thank you man you made my day ❤

[@PaleoEdits]

Thank you for watching and sharing your feelings ^^

[@Freak_Among_Men_Again]

This is truly incredible! You have created the perfect combination of my two favourite dinosaur documentaries. This is amazingly edited. I never really noticed the parallels between Walking with Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Planet until now. Good on you, and keep up the awesome work!

[@PaleoFrontier]

Brought me back to childhood! Thank you for that!

[@paleogamingmx]

fan mades that surpassed the original the best tribute to one of the best dinosaur documentaries of its time

[@PaleoEdits]

Surpassed the original? I don't know about that, but thank you :)

[@tim3tRav3l3RR60]

This is everything, bravo 🤌

[@newmiami99]

Amazing job editing two great classics. I love your concept and you pulled it off well, great pacing and a nice mini-episode length. I've subscribed to your channel and look forward to supporting your work!!

[@Hi_Im_Ethan]

DANG! THIS LOOKS SO GOOD!!!

[@momanvgu]

Thanks for this piece of visual art ❤ fantastic! I love both documentaries. WWD is a classic and PP si a new favorite 🦖🦕💙

[@mystere4838]

While David Attenborough is the king of animal documentary narrations, when it comes to dinosaur documentaries, Kenneth Branagh simply is second to none.

[@EdmundiumHitting]

Nostalgia

[@courtney_bert]

I love dinosaurs 🦕! They are amazing and creepy creatures ❤

[@eucolecionodinossauros]

Genius work!

[@floweryomi5351]

First off: this was incredible and added back some of the sombre mystery that WWD had that PP kinda missed imo. This was easily the best fan edit I've ever seen. Second: how the hell did i never realize these were narrated by Kenneth Brenaugh

[@JDINK]

This is literally so amazing I can’t believe it’s real

[@gianmarcozampella5138]

very clever and clean edit,I'm thoroughly impressed

[@user-dr9jx9uu6u]

The whimpers of dying predator can be heard in the night air.

[@thesalishsea2958]

Very enjoyable video and much gratitude for your hard work.

[@recreantjournals6723]

How tf does this fit so well ?! Excellent work!

[@PaleoEdits]

By becoming obsessed 24/7 for a week trying to make this work haha

[@christosdoesthings]

You are so insanely real for this. The scenes fit like a glove.

[@ernestsacco8552]

Though prehistoric planet is a superior product in nearly every way. It lacks the almost dark grandeur in terms of the narration and the music. The walking with series had the best music and Kenneth Branaghs narration is unmatched

[@AllanVOA]

I can't stop watching this ong.

[@TheLegoJungle]

Brilliant! Very seamless and immersive.

[@ianfairley9152]

I have to admit, prehistoric reminds us a lot of walking with dinosaurs

[@joshmodra5166]

Pwoahhh I didn’t expect to catch the nostalgia train today…. Thankyou! ❤️❤️

[@MordechaiKarp]

Nice work! Just reminds me so much how epic the sound track and commentary from wwd really was. Even Hans Zimmer can't compare

[@AlexanderSaaranen]

Perfection

[@zwilightstreamer]

it's so interesting comparing the nostalgia of the now very outdated walking with dinosaurs with the newer more up to date (but of course not perfect) Prehistoric Planet. I love both series so much and many others so this is really fun to watch. I almost wonder if they should've put 65 mya just for the sake of what they were going for but I know the 66 was a reference to Prehistoric Planet.

[@PaleoEdits]

By they you mean me? This edit was a solo project. But anyways yes, while I wanted to keep the old story intact (with the volcanism and all that) I took liberty to add some accuracy where ever possible. I also put 'Earth' instead of Montana so the isisaurus don't seem completely out of place. One could also relate the volcanism to the deccan instead of hell creek I guess.

[@samuelwhite0382]

That is the single greatest thing....my eyes, have ever witness 😢

[@frankhuf]

One editor to another - amazing work and subbed within the first two min

[@PaleoEdits]

Awesome! Thank you :)

[@GodzillaEA]

Man that WWD Intro Recreation in PP Style was really Outstanding

[@oscarstainton]

This is it for me, combining the best of both documentaries. The best dinosaur designs, the best visual effects, the best creature sound effects, the best music (sorry, Hans Zimmer, Benjamin wins this hands down). Fifteen minutes of perfection.

[@PaleoEdits]

Awesome!, glad you enjoyed my fan-edit :D

[@t-rexcellentreviews1663]

This is a truly beautiful edit mate, thank you for sharing it with us.

[@SawbladeKJ77]

This is amazingly well made!

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

I really miss this show it was an awesome program even though there have been a lot of new dinosaurs over the years since Walking With Dinosaurs first aired on t.v. and it would be really neat if this show was brought back only updated with the newest dinosaur discoveries like scientists now know that Tyrannosaurus Rex lived in family groups and both parents looked after they're young like when they did the show Jurassic Fight Club.

[@keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934]

Another fine edit from you!

[@w-james9277]

Although WWD is a victim of it's time, I never understood why they portrayed late Cretaceous North America as a barren, volcanic, hell-scape and said the Dinosaurs were already of the verge of extinction before the asteroid hit. Even at the time palaeontologists knew that wasn't true. All the evidence showed that the area where the episode was set (Hell Creek formation) was made up of lush forests, rivers and swamps. The non avian dinosaurs and Pterosaurs were thriving until the asteroid impact.

[@PaleoEdits]

I never understood it either. Maybe they tried to connect to the deccan trap theory of the extinction and extrapolated it 'across the world'. I don't know. I made a comment about it in the description.

[@w-james9277]

@@PaleoEdits Maybe. Although I love WWD, the last episode was my least favourite, even when watching it as a child. The story itself was very harrowing, it was by far the least believable.

[@OlympusMons25]

This is perfect. You have a new subscriber!

[@faisalal-ghamdi3428]

Great work to be applauded 👏❤🦖❤

[@thatgabeitchinyourcloset6292]

This is so amazing

[@ToastLord42]

HOW IS IT THIS GOOOOOOOODDDDDD im subscribing. If they remake WWD I want it to be like this

[@nanotyrannusisnotvalid4820]

though there are many inaccuracies and miss labeling, this is just perfect

[@benediktmorak4409]

Whoever did it and however it was done, Kudos and hat off to the people!!

[@PaleoEdits]

Walking With Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Planet were both made by the BBC natural history unit. I threw together this mashed up fan-edit of the two series. Glad you liked it!

[@malligrub]

I remember when walking with dinosaurs came out it was just incredible. It looks so ridiculous now compared to stuff like this on Prehistoric planet, which I'm sure will look adorable compared to the next 25 years

[@PaleoEdits]

I honestly think WWD looks all right, mostly thanks to it being shot on real locations. Later shows like 'Planet Dinosaur' that use 100% CGI however, look completely fake and ridiculous to me. You can come a long way just by using real environments.

[@luthfisahbani850]

What amazing your work Sir. I enjoyed

[@mythic5256]

NICE! brings back good memory's

[@matthewsutton7043]

that is amazing 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@nutkud007]

Thank you sir for this video. Love your work ❤❤❤❤❤

[@PaleoEdits]

Thank you for watching :))

[@franciscomarihuen2119]

I hope one day they will pay homage to Walking with Dinosaurs, with updated information and correcting the errors because I miss that series.

[@kylecollier7569]

To be fair, even if they did in another ten years or so the depictions would be eventually considered inaccurate or outdated since paleontology is a constantly changing science. But yes, I would indeed love to have a 2020's revamp of the series. Technically that's coming in the form of Surviving Earth produced/co-produced by the same man who made the Walking with Series all those years ago Tim Haines.

[@PaleoEdits]

@@kylecollier7569 I'm super intrigued by Surviving Earth. I just hope it isn't too doom and gloom.