I must say that Dinotopia is very good
compared to other dinosaur movies I've seen, even though it's littered
with inaccuracies and mistakes.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:35
AM
Subject: Dinotopian observations of Mike
Brett-Surman
> Mike (whose very busy with plans for field
work this summer) asked me to
> point out the following observations
of Dinotopia the TV Megathingy:
> ---------------------------
>
Did you catch the following?
>
> Zippo is a
"Stenonychosaurus".
>
That did bother me.
>
> The fresh
water reptiles that attack the wooden bridge guarding the entrance
>
to World Beneath are supposed to be MOSASAURS.
>
Sad, sad, very sad.
>
> When the ankylosaur senator interrupts Zippo's
report about the World
> Beneath, the mayor says "the Alamosaurus
is correct...........".
>
Maybe he meant Amtosaurus???
>
>
Dinotopians are famous for their care of the dinosaurs. So why did
they
> leave a 60 foot high metal covered brachiosaur outside during a
lightning
> storm?
>
> The head master of the Skybax
school says "since the two species diverged
> (pteranodons and
tyrannosaurs) they haven't spoken to each other".
>
I missed that part.
>
> And of course - "chamosaurus
is a hadrosaur".
>
Aarggh!
>