Comments on: Movie Review: Land of the Lost

By: laura

laura — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:28:07 +0000

I LOVED THIS MOVIE! I’m a 24 yr old female that apparently loves off color and bathroom humor!! But most of all, I LOVE DINOS! If you just enjoy the movie for what it is, rather than what it’s not, you’d like it a lot more…or at all for some of you!

By: Rink

Rink — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:06:08 +0000

This is NOT a kids movie, plus it’s just plain bad. It relay’s on an endless stream of sexual innuendo and off color jokes that are just barely within the definition of PG13. If you take out the constant stream of risqué scenes there isn’t anything left.

By: Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:42:50 +0000

Alan@ #4,

Oh, I agree most wholeheartedly. I think the CG people just use this as an excuse; I don’t think that some of them seriously try and find ways around it!

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:54:39 +0000

Holtz, #3

What you need is not an accurate representation of feathers, but an accurate impression of feathers. After all, haven’t we seen CGI birds?

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By: Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:22:24 +0000

Actually, there are a number of factors that result in non-feathered maniraptorans showing up again and again in documentaries and movies long after they were rendered scientifically invalid, the two biggest ones being:

1) The Mighty Weight of Jurassic Park. Honestly, I have dealt with producers and animators who in this and other situations said “well, that’s the way they look in Jurassic Park, so it must be true.” Ugh…

2) Cost. Feathers are apparently very computationally expensive to animate.

Also, don’t assume that the CG people’s research actually extends to scientific research. They often look at what other animators have done, or old kids books, and such, and assume that they are accurate. That is why it is critical for production teams to consult with someone (researcher, student, fan, whatever) who has contact with current science if they want to have something that approaches accuracy.

By: Michael Stearns

Michael Stearns — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:36:49 +0000

I think Hollywood’s reluctance to produce feathered dinosaurs is because of viewer recognition–will the audience recognize and connect with feathered dinosaurs? Anyone doing CG dinosaurs for movies is surely doing research as well, so these decisions have to be intentional.

By: Sarah Zielinski

Sarah Zielinski — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:11:51 +0000

It’s usually a bad sign when you start rooting for the dinosaurs to eat a main character. (I spent most of Jurassic Park 3 wishing one would eat the annoying blond woman.)