Comments on: Waking the T. Rex Brings Sue to Life

By: JerkyD

JerkyD — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:06:36 +0000

“A gaggle of feather-covered dromaeosaurs”

Actually, they’re troodonts. Otherwise, good summary (as usual). I too liked the Zanno/Simpson/Makovicky parts. However, the following inaccuracies (in addition to the CG dinos not acting like real animals) annoyed me.

1. Dinos appeared 230 (not 245) million years ago.
2. Triceratops had 3 (not 5) claws per front foot.
3. Troodon had wing feathers.
4. Sue died & was buried w/her family (not alone).

By: Tracie Bennitt

Tracie Bennitt — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:43:45 +0000

I look forward to seeing it. Embedded Exhibitions is installing Savage Ancient Seas at the MOSH in Jacksonville, FL. MOSH has a version of Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure for their new planetarium that shows paleontologists in the field discovering the T.rex of the ocean and other prehistoric marine animals around the world. I’ll get an opportunity to see it later this week. There will also be a 10 minute video playing of the TPI field crews collecting in the Kansas Chalk. SAS will be at MOSH through the end of October 2011.

By: Anne Jefferson

Anne Jefferson — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:47:35 +0000

I really liked the film, and was particularly pleased to see the portrayal of female paleontologists. However, my dinosaur-enthused 4-year old was not ready to see that movie in 3-D. She was terrified and did not want to go near Sue’s skeleton for the rest of our visit to Field Museum. But she seems to have recovered and is begging us to take her back to the “Sue museum.”

By: David Orr

David Orr — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:36:01 +0000

Agreed – I was pleasantly surprised by this when I saw it last summer, and all because of the way it depicts working paleontologists.