Old Dinosaur Related Movies/Shows

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

Awesome! Probably should have released it with People though. Here's hoping Warlords of Atlantis gets the Bray treatment.

[Starsteam]

Really dig the covert art they have for these releases. But I've barely broken into the MGM DVDs I bought last year, I hate to upgrade so soon.

[H-Man]

Okay, these aren't classic, but any reason to bump this thread is welcome:

Raptor Island - Lorenzo Lamas leads a special ops team to raid a freighter being held hostage by Eurotrash terrorists. The subsequente boat chase takes both parties to the titular island, inhabited by an entire colony of CGI dromaeosaurs (who, like their counterparts from the Carnosaur movies, never use their switchblade claws) and an allosaurus (well, I think it was an allosaurus, consider the ridges on its face). On one hand, the fact that the heroes get to shoot some of the dinosaurs to death is rather welcome (considering that the Jurassic Park films never gave us that). But the limited scenery (Ryuhei Kitamura got a lot more mileage out of a single temperate forest), repetitive action, and stupid ending involving satchel charges and an active volcano leave this a medíocre entry at best.

100 Million B.C. - The Asylum's cash-in on 10,000 B.C. is actually a sort of adaptation of Arthur C. Clark's "Time Arrow" mixed with the clímax to The Lost World: Jurassic Park. A bunch of scientists from the 40s/50s get stuck in the late Cretaceous era, and a Navy SEAL team from the present led by scientist Michael Gross go on a mission to rescue them. They do, although they bring a large (and extremely durable) theropod (possibly a Giganotosaurus, considering that they were in what is now Argentina) back with them. This one is closer to the Mega Shark films than the Sharknado movies in terms of quality. There's a bait n' switch with the main heroes, and the endless parade of crappy CGI without any creative editing or direction keep it from feeling like a real movie. The therpod, with its very short tail and extremely long legs is also very odd looking (some viewers call it a chickensaurus).

Raptor Ranch - This is probably the best non-Jurassic Park dinosaur film we've gotten since the 1990s and is really the movie that the original Carnosaur should have been. A diverse group of people converge upon a small Texas Hamlet, where one of the inhabitants is a mad scientist who has successful bred some dinosaurs. After the doctor has a heart attack, a series of events leads to the dinosaurs getting set loose, and now have the town being overrun by a T-Rex, a pair of deinonychi (despite the title), and a pair of megalosauri.

The characters include a trio of college boys on their way to Colorado for a weekend of skiing and women; a flamboyantly gay R&B/soul singer named Willie and his two White back-up singers (a slutty blonde and a Goth chick whom Willie calls "Cracker Zombie"); a pair of FBI agents investigating a brutal killing in the area (one of whom is Lorenzo Lamas, in a glorified cameo); and our heroine, a beautiful Native American girl who just wants to get out of town (the movie felt like a combination of Carnosaur and Lone Star State of Mind). The movie could've done with a little less vulgarity and bickering/whining, but it actually felt like a real movie, with a clearly-defined beginning, middle and end. The fact that the dinosaur of the clímax is a megalosaurus wins the films points, and the special FX crew eschew the usual Rule of 2 (that makes the dinosaurs about twice their actual size) in favor of more realistically proportioned creatures (this is especially noticeable in the deinonychi, which are long, but not very tal). The pro's are more than enough to make up for some weird editing and occasionally annoying characters.

[gigan72]

To go along with The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth's Core Blu-rays already out, Kino/Scorpion will be releasing The People That Time Forgot on Blu-ray, while just Kino is releasing Yongary, Monster of the Deep!
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https://www.facebook.com/KinoLorberStud ... =1&theater

[Starsteam]

In other news, Universal will be releasing The Land Before Time to Blu-ray this fall. Just the first movie, the only extra known so far is "digital copy".

[gigan72]

In other news, Universal will be releasing The Land Before Time to Blu-ray this fall. Just the first movie, the only extra known so far is "digital copy".

So far i've heard there won't be any extras, sadly. Every retailer with it for pre-order just says 'no extras'.

[Starsteam]

In other news, Universal will be releasing The Land Before Time to Blu-ray this fall. Just the first movie, the only extra known so far is "digital copy".

So far i've heard there won't be any extras, sadly. Every retailer with it for pre-order just says 'no extras'.

That wouldn't surprise me a bit, but we can't count out that Universal just hasn't sent the info yet. I haven't seen any cover-art yet either.

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

In other news, Universal will be releasing The Land Before Time to Blu-ray this fall. Just the first movie, the only extra known so far is "digital copy".

It's the only one that matters. Sucks about the bare bones release though. The dvd was the exact same way.

[ThunderScore]

[Godzilla21]

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The man with the porn star name

[LamangoKaijura]

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YOU DING DONG

[LegendZilla]

[Godzilla21]

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To me the T Rex in this movie is the scariest screen T Rex ever.

[gigan72]

Oh yeah, back cover for Land Before Time is out, and it's confirmed to have no bonus. Oh well.

[Starsteam]

^Wasted opportunity, but I'm sure it'll still be an upgrade from the DVD. Though I wouldn't know since I don't own the DVD, but I've heard it wasn't great.
Universal is also releasing all of the sequels in convenient multi-packs on DVD. I'm not really interested in revisiting this franchise from my childhood though.

[Xx_The_Masquerade_xX]

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I loved this movie as a kid lol. That T-Rex was indeed awesome though.... Took out several Dino's and people in that film.

[g2vd]

What is the best DVD copy of The Lost World (1925)?

[gigan72]

What is the best DVD copy of The Lost World (1925)?

From what i've heard, the OOP copy from Image restores a lot of footage:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005ABVF/ref ... J9SC8XM2M4

But it's expensive, so i'd say for now go with the two disc copy of the 1960 film, which includes the 1925 one and typically dips to $7.50:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SAGGL4/ref ... UH3Z12WCPR

[Starsteam]

The one that comes with the 1960 film also includes restored footage and some extra features. Though I have no idea if it includes all of the footage with the Image release (I missed out on that one), but don't let the run-times fool you, some copies of the film have a faster frame-rate which means a shorter run time.

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

Planet of the Dinosaurs is a pretty bad film. The fx work is top notch for the low budget though.