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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Arts => Silver Screen => Topic started by: LittleDas75 on May 17, 2022, 10:15:21 PM

Title: Dinotopia (2002)
Post by: LittleDas75 on May 17, 2022, 10:15:21 PM
It's been 20 years since Hallmarks adaptation of James Gurney's books aired on TV. What are your thoughts of the mini series?
Title: Re: Dinotopia (2002)
Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on May 18, 2022, 01:54:29 AM
Fun story about Dinotopia: My family rented the Dinotopia movie from Blockbuster back in the 90s, and settled down to watch it. The plot/acting/everything was great, but it kept going and going and going...at some point, it was almost midnight and we paused to see how much is left. We discover that it wasn't a movie, it was a mini-series and it had been edited together into one long unbroken episode that was over four hours! We never actually watched the end because we were all too fatigued from our first night of it, haha
Title: Re: Dinotopia (2002)
Post by: Daddytops2021 on May 18, 2022, 02:31:10 AM
I was just buying the DVD in a second hand store.
Title: Re: Dinotopia (2002)
Post by: LittleDas75 on May 18, 2022, 06:30:03 AM
Quote from: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on May 18, 2022, 01:54:29 AM
Quote from: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on May 18, 2022, 01:54:29 AM
Fun story about Dinotopia: My family rented the Dinotopia movie from Blockbuster back in the 90s, and settled down to watch it. The plot/acting/everything was great, but it kept going and going and going...at some point, it was almost midnight and we paused to see how much is left. We discover that it wasn't a movie, it was a mini-series and it had been edited together into one long unbroken episode that was over four hours! We never actually watched the end because we were all too fatigued from our first night of it, haha
Ooof. Thankfully the DVD split's it into 2 parts so episode 1 and 2 are the only ones combined while episode 3 is on Disc 2.
Title: Re: Dinotopia (2002)
Post by: LittleDas75 on May 18, 2022, 04:03:25 PM
Personally I really like this series. I haven't read James Gurney's books so there is probably massive retcons I am missing but on it's own it's a good mini series. Certainly a lot better than that god awful animated film Hallmark made 3 years later.
Title: Re: Dinotopia (2002)
Post by: ManOfWar GT on May 18, 2022, 04:36:23 PM
Does anyone remember quest for Ruby stones?
Title: Re: Dinotopia (2002)
Post by: LittleDas75 on May 18, 2022, 06:35:06 PM
I just found out Hallmark Entertainment is now called Sonar Entertainment so that's what I'm going to be calling them from this point on. Or Hayclon Studios I guess.