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Dinosaur Planet

2003 · 1 season

A gentle, educational stroll through prehistoric landscapes, with CGI creatures and calm narration making it easy, mildly thrilling family viewing.

Created by: Pierre de Lespinois
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Scott Sampson, Christian Slater

Overview: Dinosaur Planet, not to be confused with Planet Dinosaur, is a four-part American nature documentary first aired on Discovery Channel in 2003. It was hosted by Scott Sampson and narrated by Christian Slater. Dinosaur Planet depicts dinosaurs living in various parts of the world 80 million years ago, using CGI. In actuality, a good part of the dinosaurs were designed by Mark Dubeau, who was the art director and primary creature designer on the aforementioned "When Dinosaurs Roamed America".

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Created by: Pierre de Lespinois
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Scott Sampson, Christian Slater

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: nature
survival
science
death
family
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: documentary
anthology
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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