Comments on: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Ethereal Dinosaurs http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/03/arthur-conan-doyles-ethereal-dinosaurs/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Walter http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/03/arthur-conan-doyles-ethereal-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-6018 Walter Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:23:11 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=7441#comment-6018 I've come across that claim many times and have always been skeptical of it. While stop motion itself was new, audiences of the time had already been exposed to visual trickery. Look at Gertie the Dinosaur, which came out a decade earlier. And as far as your Transformers comparison, let's be honest: if Michael Bay had directed The Lost World, there would have been a lot more explosions. I’ve come across that claim many times and have always been skeptical of it. While stop motion itself was new, audiences of the time had already been exposed to visual trickery. Look at Gertie the Dinosaur, which came out a decade earlier.

And as far as your Transformers comparison, let’s be honest: if Michael Bay had directed The Lost World, there would have been a lot more explosions.

]]> By: Tom Hopp http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/03/arthur-conan-doyles-ethereal-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-6017 Tom Hopp Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:33:37 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=7441#comment-6017 Conan Doyle was every bit as big a character as those he created. When I was a kid, whenever my dad offered to borrow films from the Seattle Library, I always shouted out for "The Lost World." I don't know how many times I watched it. The old, slow pace of the silent movie didn't bother me, all I was waiting for was a dinosaur or two. I'm still that way today. When's the next Jurassic Park movie due? Or perhaps Dinosaur Wars? Conan Doyle was every bit as big a character as those he created. When I was a kid, whenever my dad offered to borrow films from the Seattle Library, I always shouted out for “The Lost World.” I don’t know how many times I watched it. The old, slow pace of the silent movie didn’t bother me, all I was waiting for was a dinosaur or two. I’m still that way today. When’s the next Jurassic Park movie due? Or perhaps Dinosaur Wars?

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