June 4, 2012
A Little Lost Tyrannosaur
Life for Tyrannosaurus was undoubtedly tough at the start. Not only were there huge, ornery Triceratops to worry about, but the young tyrants also had to watch out for bigger members of their own kind. (As the fossil record has shown, Tyrannosaurus weren’t above eating their own when the opportunity came up.) But it’s still fun to imagine big-eyed little tyrants running around the Cretaceous world, taking in the sights, sounds and smells of all around them. And while it’s definitely on the sillier side, that’s just what the animation trailer for Pangea – The Neverending World envisions.
I haven’t seen Pangea in its entirety. Until this morning, I didn’t even know the movie existed. The film’s official page describes it as a story within a story—a plastic Tyrannosaurus puppet a little girl receives from an old museum caretaker fires her imagination, and so little “Rexy” comes to life. (The style and tone remind me of a Stanley and the Dinosaurs, a claymation short film I saw as a kid.) As the trailer shows, Rexy wanders away from the nest to enthusiastically investigate everything from butterflies to pterosaurs and sauropods. Rexy is definitely a troublemaking little tyrant.
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Is this a full movie? I saw this short a while back and was under the understanding it was a “proof of concept” to drum up support for making a full film. (The animation has been floating around the web since at least 2009). Did they finally make the film? That site is short on details.
Uck, we still have people doing 3 fingered Tyrannosaurs in this day and age? I know Rexy has 2 fingers, but god I can’t get over the 3 fingers for the adult.
Man, those are some goofy-ass dinosaurs. Pretty janky looking animation too, especially on the Brachiosaurs.
Yeah, gorgeous environments, but as an animator myself, the animation in this is kinda’ poor. The dinosaur models are…okay, and I mean that from a character design aspect, not just in terms of accuracy. The constant jabbering of the baby is pretty annoying too. Don’t mean to sound so negative, but it really could use some tweaking. Again though, the environments are quite stunning.
This plot slightly reminds me of on of my childhood favorites, Prehysteria and it’s two sequels! Please, if you get a chance watch or review them!
Little Baby ‘not the mama’ Sinclair was less irritating.
Film looks like it’d be a nice stroll through the scenery, but pity about the company.