I generally try to stay positive about documentaries because they are about facts and not business. However, in this day and age we have the tools and know-how to make documentaries very interesting. In that context this series fails.
Make no mistake, people who are very interested in fossils and anatomy will love this. But I am speaking from an average viewer's perspective.
Two of the three episodes are named after carnivores but the documentaries themselves are overwhelmingly about herbivores. They have about 3 times as much screen time as the carnivores. The names were probably given to attract viewers but if they understood that carnivores are more attractive then why not give them some more screen time ? Its the truth. Carnivores are simply more interesting to look at.
I personally believe this kind of documentaries work best with a narrative and this didn't have one. Far too much time is spent on things that would hardly interest the majority of viewers, like looking at fossils and rocks. They should have focused on the animation.
The animation itself is wonderful though. Never before have I seen a Smilodon walk with a grace that I believe closely resembles the true animal. The animations have quality in them but there's not enough of it.
The background music should have been better. Its been 20 years since "Eternal Enemies". Nobody learned a damn thing.
All this series had to do was use its great animation to show how carnivores coexisted in the plains south of the ice sheets. Things like the wooly mammoths and rhinos could have still featured in more interesting ways, like in interaction with the carnivores. But although the show has its moments, overall its quite boring and I fell asleep at a few points.
I give it 6/10.
Make no mistake, people who are very interested in fossils and anatomy will love this. But I am speaking from an average viewer's perspective.
Two of the three episodes are named after carnivores but the documentaries themselves are overwhelmingly about herbivores. They have about 3 times as much screen time as the carnivores. The names were probably given to attract viewers but if they understood that carnivores are more attractive then why not give them some more screen time ? Its the truth. Carnivores are simply more interesting to look at.
I personally believe this kind of documentaries work best with a narrative and this didn't have one. Far too much time is spent on things that would hardly interest the majority of viewers, like looking at fossils and rocks. They should have focused on the animation.
The animation itself is wonderful though. Never before have I seen a Smilodon walk with a grace that I believe closely resembles the true animal. The animations have quality in them but there's not enough of it.
The background music should have been better. Its been 20 years since "Eternal Enemies". Nobody learned a damn thing.
All this series had to do was use its great animation to show how carnivores coexisted in the plains south of the ice sheets. Things like the wooly mammoths and rhinos could have still featured in more interesting ways, like in interaction with the carnivores. But although the show has its moments, overall its quite boring and I fell asleep at a few points.
I give it 6/10.