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I’m from Ireland and I can’t find anywhere to watch the new wwd

Just curious! I saw it’s on PBS in June, but wanted to know if I can see it somewhere else sooner.

Posted by BBC Earth just an hour ago, here is a new peak into what we can expect from WWD '25.

Now, I really didn't want to be THAT person, but I truly do think Prehistoric Planet set the expectation sky high for me. Everything about PP was perfect; the visuals were beautiful down to the smallest detail on a pin feather, the pacing of each episode was desirable and well... David Attenborough (need I say more?)

I grew up with Walking With Dinosaurs. It was my first ever dinosaur documentary, and one that solidified my adoration for the prehistoric for the foreseeable. There was something so perfect about the way the original was paced, with clever techniques using animatronics and CGI alike. It really did feel, to me as a child, like you were looking back in time and watching the lives of real creatures trying to survive. I can even remember feeling absolutely devastated for the death of the Ornithocheirus.

Something feels off with the new WWD, at least for me. I know this is just a short clip, but I don't feel the same magical feeling from the OG. Sure you could say that's nostalgia, and a lot of it probably is, but even still there is something vastly different with this series that feels a little... goofy? It's just like how they portrayed the movie (which I have never been too fond of...) giving dinosaurs cute little names like they're mascots rather than normal creatures just trying to live. It almost anthropomorphises them, which takes away from it being a 'documentary.' The CGI also looks rather stiff, janky almost. I know this is just because I've watched PP and the animation there is vastly superior, but the models for WWD25 do really look overly smooth and rubbery, and their movements are awkward. Again, I know its a short clip, I can't be too harsh until I've seen the actual episode... but for a sneak peak, I'm not blown away.

Regardless, I'm still super curious to see what they release! Im just not holding up my hopes that it will be anywhere near what the OG was.

How is everyone feeling about the Walking with Dinosaurs revival?

I think the CGI is on par, if not better, than Prehistoric Planet. I love the mix of actual paleontology work to formulate a compelling life for these dinosaurs that’s portrayed through the fantastic CGI. Also, the T-Rex is extremely menacing in the first episode and I look forward to catching up on the episodes. If you want to watch, then you can sign up for free on PBS to watch them there.

I got Curiosity Stream a few months ago and didn't really use it outside of binge watching the Walking With series but I recently checked and it was gone. I was wondering if anyone knew a reason why

I am only two episodes into the show so far, so my opinions on this may change as the show progresses, but I am doubtful of that.

I knew that this would not be the same WWD we all know and love. Everyone knew that. A different director, different narrator, different composer, and a different layout with no Triassic episodes, as well as a seemingly random ordering of the episodes, no chronological storytelling like the original.

At the very least, however, I and I'm sure many others had believed it would follow the same formula as the original, with us observing the story of an animal from start to finish, walking alongside them step by step. It worked for WWD. It worked for WWB. It worked for WWM. We knew there would be people present, that was evidenced by the trailers, but they would surely be saved for the end, right? A nice paleontology segment after the story. After all, every documentary where humans interrupt the storytelling has had tomatoes thrown at them. All the greats have the common theme of not being interrupted, so they surely wouldn't change the formatting, right?

Turns out, no. Instead, the formula that made the original so outstanding in it's field, is broken and thrown away in favour of a story that is chopped to pieces by random segments of paleontology. It no longer feels like you are walking with the dinosaurs. The immersion is gone. The feeling of really observing these animals through a camera is gone. The suspense is gone. Now, it feels like you are watching animations on a screen, not dinosaurs in the wild.

This isn't about animation quality. This isn't about soundtrack or narration. This is about the foundational structure of WWD being taken away. When piled ontop of all the other changes, this show is not Walking With Dinosaurs. They knew that. There is a reason the trailers only showed a tiny glimpse of the humans, as it is common knowledge that they are not what people care about.

Surviving earth cannot come soon enough.

I’m trying to find the non-cringy version of the movie “Walking With Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet” but have had no luck so far. Anyone know where I can find it?

Are you excited? What did you love most about the original series? What needs work? What dinosaurs are you excited to see? Who do you want to see us partner with? What else should we know?

Give us your thoughts, we want to make this fun and exciting for those who loved the original and a whole new generation!

Oof.

It is, of course, beautiful to look at. That's essentially the limit of good things to say about it.

The voiceovers are absolutely insufferable. Watch any one of the trailers where you hear John Leguizamo's dialogue or one of the character's stepping in another's "fear" and you've got a good idea of what's in store for you. Wise-cracking bird, tough-talking brother, angsty adolescent lovey talk complete with butterflies around the female object of the protagonist's affection ...

If that wasn't bad enough (and it truly is), the plot of the second half of the film feels directly lifted from the 2001 Disney movie Dinosaur, another beautiful movie to see but also painful because of the missed opportunity. How much of a plot lift was it? "Hey! Ignore the leader of the herd! I can save us!" and "Break the rules we animals have always followed because the rules are stupid!" and "If we all team up against the scary carnivores, we can win!" and "Hey! I got the girl in the end after all! And here, baby dino, meet my wacky, smartass comrade!"

From a scientific standpoint, I liked the throwbacks to the documentary series, especially the detailed look at the Gorgosaurus (despite the constant "tiny arm" humor), but these were too few and far between. Most of the theropods had feathers (or protofeathers or whatever the proper term would be), except the Gorgosaurus.

There were a couple of scenes, though, where it seemed that these creatures weren't behaving like real animals. (Despite the goofball voiceovers, you understand.) In some scenes, they were shown marveling over the beauty of the landscape, Aurora Borealis, stars, etc. Do animals do this? Also, as previously mentioned, how often do animals utterly eschew the herd mentality and hierarchy? Like Disney's Dinosaur, it happens here in spades.

My son, who is eleven, has watched the Walking with Dinosaurs series as well as Prehistoric Park with me over the years. He was wary because of the commercials he saw over the last few weeks. When we left the theater today, he said, "I was right. They ruined it."

(I just saw that Impossible Pictures made a special a couple of years ago, March of the Dinosaurs. In reading the description, it is obvious that it is, somehow, related to this movie. March hasn't aired in the US ... maybe because they were working on this film? ... so I'll be trying to get a Blu-ray of it soon. I have every reason to think it will be better, not that it would be difficult.)

I've seen walking with dinosuars on netflix and am interested in walking with monsters, any good (preferably free) place to see them?