Dinosaur by Robert Guenette part1of5 Hosted by Christopher Reeve 1985

[slakecoldblade]

i remember this was part of the Dinosaur Stomp series on the Discovery Channel

[orlandobabe]

Chris sounds like a teacher, I bet he would have made a great teacher.

[SuperBailey2009]

I taped this off tv when I was around seven. kept till I was about ten. classic and nostalgic. many thanx

[MissAndDie96]

"Brontosaurus"...haha, this was before it was accepted that didn't exist.

[korgulon]

Thank you so, so much for posting this. This was my all-time favorite documentary as a little kid and seeing it now as an adult is just a wonderful experience.

[Dudeamis]

when I was 5 or so I spent my summer days at a family friend's house, their son who was my age had this on VHS I loved it and tried to watch it whenever I could.

[escushion]

Thanks for uploading this. My parents must have wanted to burn this video tape over me watching it again and again, day after day.

[cyberdemon107]

@LegendCorridor you are so stupid it should be a crime.

[wesgriff1]

Totally thought the mechanical brontosaurus flown in by the helicopter was real as a kid.

[WhiteMousse1980]

That music rules all. Wa-wa-wa, wa-wa-wa-wa!

[neojock]

I used to watch this tape 5 times a day when I was a kid!

[Ralokone]

DAMMIT

this isnt it

sigh

[RDog4484]

I've been looking for this movie for forever! Thank you for uploading it!

[thisisexile66]

Oh, SO awesome!! I remember taping this when it was originally on TV. I watched it constantly as a kid. Impressive stop-motion. I think, in a lot of respects, it looks better than the cheap CGI that they use in docs these days.

[shadowgoo112]

OMG You have no idea how long I was looking for this, I couldnt remeber the name, All I remebered was the claymation

[whitrav]

I can remember tapeing this when it was aired, then play it in school when we studyed Dinosaurs.

[WHYtehawk]

This 1985 docu "Dinosaur" was also something I used to watch all the time on VCR - especially because of Tippitt's realistic animation of Deinonychus hunting in a prehistoric jungle and his brilliant use of dramatic camera angles to heighten the drama. It was the best prior to Jurassic Park's version of Deinonychus incorrectly termed Velociraptor.

[WHYtehawk]

When I was a kid I was obsessed with anything about Deinonychus. A prehistoric reptile version of a pack of wolves hunting down a single Struthiomimus was awesome to watch as a child pre-CGI films. Phil Tippitt is such an underated artist.

There was a book called Deinonychus - The Terrible Claw by Beverly Halstead which had awesome illustrations and description of Deinonychus .

[WHYtehawk]

I didn't realise as a child that Superman hosted this Dinosaur docu. EDr006H :- Thank you so so much for posting this show and sharing it on youtube - I searched ages ago on Youtube but no-one had posted at that point. It takes me back. I showed my kids it as they are now going through dinocraze. The stop-go animation highlights of various dinosaur films is also a good highlight.

[xportia]

I had this recorded on VHS. I used to watch it over and over again!

[kwelboss]

I actually prefer stop motion animation to CGI. Honestly looks more real to me.

[saintrith]

This documentary was ahead of its time. The animation is simply awesome! A lot of great interviews and commentary from some of the best paleontologists out there. Dale Russell's "dinosauroid" thought experiment totally creeped me out as a kid. I used to think there was one of those living behind my door when I was little. Now I'm an adult and because of it I still have a fascination with reptilian humanoids.

[WHYtehawk]

@saintrith YOu can see how Tippitt would have an influence on film depiction of dinosaurs much more later in his work on Jurassic Park

[DW4Ever]

Thanks for SO MUCH! for adding this I Used to watch this Video Constanley when I was a Kid.

[WHYtehawk]

@DW4Ever Its awesome to relive it hey? Great docu on Dinosaurs

[mooveetraylaguy]

This video will eventually be flagged for containing dinosaur porn.

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

Great quality, and has a few clips xBeatrushx's uploads were missing. Thank you!

[GrantHarding]

Thanks for uploading this in such good quality! Phil Tippett's animation is wonderful.

[WHYtehawk]

@GrantHarding Def stop-go animation should be revived. The ease of CGI has sometimes lessened the artistry / realism in film. Everything is too shiny / bright and is obviously computer animated. Porper use of Stop-go motion gave it a 3d depth you cant imitate on PC. Although the earlier use of CGI mixed with motion puppetry like Jurassic Park worked as the less is more worked.