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- 2022
- TV-PG
- Apple TV+
- 2022
- TV-PG
- Apple TV+
Summary Spanning five-nights, the nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough and scored by Hans Zimmer, explores how dinosaurs lived in different environments 66 million years ago.
- 2022
- TV-PG
- Apple TV+
- 2022
- TV-PG
- Apple TV+
Prehistoric Planet
Season 1 Premiere: May 23, 2022
85
7.5
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Summary Spanning five-nights, the nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough and scored by Hans Zimmer, explores how dinosaurs lived in different environments 66 million years ago.
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
8 Reviews
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11% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
85
89% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This jaw-dropping series bringing dinosaurs to life is so immersive, so real, that you feel you are there, peering through a portal into an age that blows the mind.
Prehistoric Planet is a stunning feat of CGI. The dinosaurs look as real as any animal you see in a wildlife documentary. ... Channel your inner six-year-old and enjoy.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 67 User Ratings
7.5
73% Positive
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
9% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
18% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 67 User Ratings
7.5
73% Positive
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
9% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
18% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
Probably the best dinosaur documentary since Walking with Dinosaurs, with getting so many accuracy correct and having behind the scenes segments that explain the science behind some of the behaviors depicted in the show and our current understanding of these magnificent animals.
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The best Dinosaur documentary every made in my opinion. And Season 2 surpasses Season 1 in nearly every way, especially the quality of the CG Dinos! I prefer these types of shows over The Last of Us, The Boys, Mandalorian, Walking Dead, etc. as I'm getting entertained and actually learning something of substance while doing it! Season 3 please!!!
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The spectacle is wonderful, and the information valuable. But perhaps by the end there will be an appetite for something more about how that fossil record tells experts what it does. ... The 10-year-old in me has awakened, and with it the atavistic childhood prime directive: trust, yet verify.
The biggest compliment that might be paid to "Prehistoric Planet" is that a viewer won't care in the least [its been manufactured]—he or she will be swept up by the Mesozoic melodrama, worrying about the plight of the river-crossing Hadrosaurs the way they worry about lion-harassed wildebeest on the savannah, or be tickled by the monstrous Mosasaur—like a hippo wallowing in the cooling mud of Africa—having something of a prehistoric spa day as reef fish pick clean its molting skin.
The result is a sometimes funny, but always delightful realistic exploration of a time long, long before humans walked the Earth.
For a production backed by the financial might of Apple, the computer-generated imagery is weightless and penny-pinching. Mostly, the dinosaurs seem to float above their live-action backdrops.
Prehistoric Planet is a beautiful documentary series from Apple TV. I decided to look just to see how the dinosaurs will be drawn in CGI. And they look great, especially on the big screen in 4K HDR. Music by Hantz Zimmer, animation by Moving Picture Company. It can be seen that Prehistoric Planet's budget is not small. But it's all just visual style. As for the filling of scientific information, it is difficult for me to judge. I am far from this topic. But I am glad that Apple is investing a lot of money in enlightening the mass audience. After all, if Prehistoric Planet were released relatively speaking only on the BBC platform, then there would be many times fewer viewers. And so Prehistoric Planet saw a large audience. I hope this is not a one-time experience of Apple in shooting expensive scientific documentary.
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Possibly the best dinosaur documentary ever made. All the prehistoric animals feel incredibly real, they show very unexpected and interesting behaviours that never are shown in these kind of documentaries, and everything is up to date with our current scientific knowledge. I must see for every dinosaur fan, or even just for every nature enthusiast.
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Expertly narrated and well produced, but suffers from too many location jumps and therefore a lack of depth on the individual creatures. Most of the science behind the show is outsourced into small (5 minutes or less) videos.
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Production Company:
- Apple TV+
- BBC Studios
Initial Release Date: May 23, 2022
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards
Hollywood Professional Association Awards
• 3 Nominations
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Televisual Bulldog Awards, UK
• 2 Nominations
