Karl and David wash up on the shore of a large uncharted island. Frank saves his sons, but has trouble escaping the crashed plane as his seatbelt fails to release. After flying into a storm, Karl struggles, causing Frank to retake control before it crashes into the ocean. Much considerable effort went into fleshing out the world of Dinotopia, and it made the series that much more entertaining to watch.A pair of teenage half-brothers, Karl and David Scott, are on a flight with their father on his private plane when Karl takes over the controls, so his father can fall asleep. There’s so much going on in the backgrounds, especially in Waterfall City. The wide shots of places like Waterfall City or Canyon City from a distance look great, and the scenes inside the cities are very impressive. In Dinotopia, the movements are much more smooth and natural, the textures… could honestly use a little work, but they aren’t bad. Sure, nowadays the dinosaurs don’t look real at all, but they look a whole lot better than made for TV movies like Sharknado or Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus. But with Dinotopia, the CGI is actually pretty darn good! Considering when it was made, I’m surprised that the effects are as good as they are. Heck, on other channels for other shows, the effects are so vomit-inducing that you’d think the strings and puppets from 60’s scifi movies were more convincing. Obviously it’s not going to be as good as TV’s standards in 2016… but I have seen some unbearably awful CGI on the Syfy Channel these days. He was always my favorite part, even if he may have been kind of annoying at times.īeing a television series from 2002 (made by Hallmark, no less), you probably wouldn’t expect the special effects to be very good at all. The dinosaur companion of the group, Zipeau, is basically… a dinosaur version of C-3PO, if he was more obsessive over books and studying mammals. She’s got more responsibility on her shoulders and constantly tries to prove herself to be a capable leader. The closest friend to the brothers, Marion, is a bit more interesting. But as the series goes on, he starts getting more likable. He was downright mean at certain points, and it just didn’t seem like he was written well enough for his actions to make sense. Karl, on the other hand, is a lot of times too resistant to learning the ways of Dinotopia, and the character’s motives for acting how he did weren’t ever clearly given. Although, if I found out that I was on a dinosaur island and had no possible way of leaving, I think I’d try to adapt the best I could as well. David sometimes seems almost too willing to accept the way life is in the land. The dynamic between the brothers David and Karl and how they deal with their new life in Dinotopia is a bit cliche’d at times. The characters are only decently written.
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