Comments on: The Worst Dinosaur Ever http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/09/the-worst-dinosaur-ever/ 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/2012/09/the-worst-dinosaur-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-6992 Walter Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:58:40 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8439#comment-6992 I think David has you beat for worst dinosaur ever. My nomination is for any movie that used "slurpasaurs" -- living lizards substituting for dinosaurs. Every 5-year-old kid knew that was an iguana on screen even if the hero called it a T.rex. The 1960s Lost World and King Dinosaur are two offenders. Add in the cruelty factor of the filmmakers forcing the animals to fight. From TV Tropes: http://tinyurl.com/9p7d9dp I think David has you beat for worst dinosaur ever. My nomination is for any movie that used “slurpasaurs” — living lizards substituting for dinosaurs. Every 5-year-old kid knew that was an iguana on screen even if the hero called it a T.rex. The 1960s Lost World and King Dinosaur are two offenders. Add in the cruelty factor of the filmmakers forcing the animals to fight. From TV Tropes: http://tinyurl.com/9p7d9dp

]]> By: Don Druid http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/09/the-worst-dinosaur-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-6991 Don Druid Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:24:09 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8439#comment-6991 You've got to learn to love the cinema dinosaur - it's something totally different from the science, a sum of man's fears about his short life and weak body on one hand, and his hopes for his own survival against incredible odds on the other. Anyone who hasn't seen it needs to check out the Hammer Films flick When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth. It's about how ancient humans reacted when they saw the Moon form itself out of the Sun [!] and features a ton of slavering, lumbering movie-dinosaurs (most of whom are not even Dinosauria), all in pursuit of the overarching moral, "blondes have more fun". Its cast never speaks a recognizable word, and it's completely worth it. You’ve got to learn to love the cinema dinosaur – it’s something totally different from the science, a sum of man’s fears about his short life and weak body on one hand, and his hopes for his own survival against incredible odds on the other.

Anyone who hasn’t seen it needs to check out the Hammer Films flick When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth. It’s about how ancient humans reacted when they saw the Moon form itself out of the Sun [!] and features a ton of slavering, lumbering movie-dinosaurs (most of whom are not even Dinosauria), all in pursuit of the overarching moral, “blondes have more fun”. Its cast never speaks a recognizable word, and it’s completely worth it.

]]> By: Doug http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/09/the-worst-dinosaur-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-6988 Doug Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:15:37 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8439#comment-6988 I think you found something for the Cinema Snob to review! Also, how about a combination of paleontology and archaeology: http://www.archaeology.org/1209/world/henry_v_dolphin_shipwreck_lactose_indus_valley.html#northamerica . A dinosaur bone was found in a 1,000 year old Native American site in Maryland. How did it end up there? Follow the link to find out! I think you found something for the Cinema Snob to review!

Also, how about a combination of paleontology and archaeology: http://www.archaeology.org/1209/world/henry_v_dolphin_shipwreck_lactose_indus_valley.html#northamerica . A dinosaur bone was found in a 1,000 year old Native American site in Maryland. How did it end up there? Follow the link to find out!

]]> By: David http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/09/the-worst-dinosaur-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-6987 David Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:46:20 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8439#comment-6987 At least you could classify this T(hing) rex as sort of costume, David L. Hewitt used for his "The Mighty Gorga" (1969) a T-rex sockpuppet... http://tiny.cc/t1oskw At least you could classify this T(hing) rex as sort of costume, David L. Hewitt used for his “The Mighty Gorga” (1969) a T-rex sockpuppet…

http://tiny.cc/t1oskw

]]> By: JohnD http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/09/the-worst-dinosaur-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-6986 JohnD Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:32:32 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8439#comment-6986 What? No love for <a HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065163/" rel="nofollow">The Valley of the Gwangi</A>? Admittedly, it was an Allosaurus and not a Tyrannosaur, but it was animated by Harryhausen. What? No love for The Valley of the Gwangi? Admittedly, it was an Allosaurus and not a Tyrannosaur, but it was animated by Harryhausen.

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