Dinosaurs Rock!

[Shreddhead]

So I've been a big fan of dinosaurs ever since I was a wee lad pretending to be a paleontologist, and I've spent a good deal of my life reading about, watching, and playing with all things prehistoric. Now I'm asking for suggestions for anything Dino related that you're a fan of or think would be a good investment of my time to check out. (TV, Movies, Comics, Video Games, Everything else!)

Some of my favorite dino related stuff:
Jurassic Park- movies, novels, comics, toys
Xenozoic Tales- comics
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs- Tv show and video game
Dinotopia
Dinosaurs- Tv show


What are your personal favorites?

[zkarlette]

I really liked Dinosaucers.

[Oculus Orbus]

I think this (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/12/dinosaurs-attack-comics-idw/) is probably gonna be very cool.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Well my faves are;

Movies: the Jurassic Park Trilogy
Books: Jurassic Park and The Lost World
Video Games: Jurassic Park of course
Magazines: Dinosaurs! Discover The Giants of the Prehistoric World
TV Shows: Denver the last Dinosaur; Cadillacs And Dinosaurs; Dinosaurs!

[Ecto Jedi]

I think this (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/12/dinosaurs-attack-comics-idw/) is probably gonna be very cool.

Whoa!! Love that Dinosaurs Attack! Topps mythology!

[Machias Banshee]

We actually used to have a Dinosaur News thread for whenever anyone wanted to share an update on new discoveries, fossils, etc... Maybe we can bring that back. :)

Movies: I've always loved the 'Jurassic Park' movies, no matter how scientifically inaccurate the dinosaurs might be. The books were alright... but I'm seriously thinking of seeing the new 3-D'd 'Jurassic Park' on the big screen again. :D

Books: Long ago there was a book in the library called 'Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up', that had beautiful artwork about a maiasaur going up in the forests of Canada. I am bound and determined to find this book and add it to my Library. The 'Dinotopia' books by James Gurney are absolutely gorgeous to look at and fun to read. There was a Live/CGI mini-series made of it, but it did it No justice... And how could one forget 'Raptor Red' by Robert T. Bakker?

TV: I used to love 'Dinosaurs' when I was growing up - Roy the T-Rex was always my favorite. Another old favorite was the 90s 'Land of the Lost' with the strange looking Sleestacks (sp?). Today, I'll try to catch every new BBC/Discovery/History Special made for TV nowadays...

Live Events: 'Walking with Dinosaurs: The live Experience' - if you like dinosaurs, you HAVE to go see this - The music for the show is also fantastic (and for sale at the shows!)

Comics: I have One issue of 'Cadillacs and Dinosaurs', and a few issues of Lawson's 'Paleo'.

Online stuff: There's an artist on DeviantArt (http://droemar.deviantart.com/) that's currently working on a project called 'Mark of the Conifer', and she did a mini-comic prequel to the story called 'The Pact (http://droemar.deviantart.com/art/MotC-The-Pact-Page-1-75171017)', As well as post some of her major character designs. She does an amazing job...

[Powder]

I love Extreme Dinosaurs, an animated series similar to Street Sharks/TMNT, as well as Jim Lawsons Paleo comic.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Saw Jurassic Park 3D. It was a BLAST

[TheCanadiandrome]

TV: I used to love 'Dinosaurs' when I was growing up - Roy the T-Rex was always my favorite. Today, I'll try to catch every new BBC/Discovery/History Special made for TV nowadays...

Live Events: 'Walking with Dinosaurs: The live Experience' - if you like dinosaurs, you HAVE to go see this - The music for the show is also fantastic (and for sale at the shows!)



oh man i'd love to see 'Walking with Dinosaurs: The live Experience'. perhaps if it's ever in Canada again. and yeah i try to catch every new documentary that comes out also

[Blossombrooks]

I used to be dinosaur mad too, I have some fairly cool fossils but they're packed away in the loft. I'd be happy to post some pics when I find them if anyone is interested. They're mostly ammonites and various bark/tree pieces.
I still like to watch all the dinosaur documentaries :) and I love going to the natural history museum in London, there are some truly breathtaking exhibits there.
Growing up I loved Denver the last dinosaur, Land before Time, Dink and 'Dinosaurs'. Not a huge fan of Jurassic Park but I thought the ride and experience at Universal were pretty amazing. Velociraptors scare me :D lol.

[Oculus Orbus]

I love going to the natural history museum in London, there are some truly breathtaking exhibits there.

Oh yeah, I love that place! I remember the first time I went there, I was blown away.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Hey BB I'd love to see those fossils! And I totall forgot the Land Before Time franchise

I'm stoked cause at the local Western Development Museum in town, there's a T-Rex skull on display til September! I want to go see it badly!

[Shreddhead]

I really liked Dinosaucers.

I love Extreme Dinosaurs, an animated series similar to Street Sharks/TMNT, as well as Jim Lawsons Paleo comic.

Ahh I totally remember these! I checked out the intros on youtube to refresh my memory and found myself remembering the lyrics to the Extreme Dinosaurs theme song. I'm gonna have to try and get my hands on these.

I think this (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/12/dinosaurs-attack-comics-idw/) is probably gonna be very cool.

Holy crap that looks awesome! I just got into the IDW Mars Attacks books so now im super stoked about this!

I used to be dinosaur mad too, I have some fairly cool fossils but they're packed away in the loft. I'd be happy to post some pics when I find them if anyone is interested. They're mostly ammonites and various bark/tree pieces.
Growing up I loved Denver the last dinosaur, Land before Time, Dink and 'Dinosaurs'.

I'd love to see pics of those fossils if its not too much trouble. Ive got a huge nature collection myself including a decent amount of fossils, mostly plants and small sea creatures and one small chunk of dino i got in Yosemite. And I forgot to mention my extreme love of the first Land Before Time film, its the first movie I have a memory of seeing.

We actually used to have a Dinosaur News thread for whenever anyone wanted to share an update on new discoveries, fossils, etc... Maybe we can bring that back. :)

Movies: I've always loved the 'Jurassic Park' movies, no matter how scientifically inaccurate the dinosaurs might be. The books were alright... but I'm seriously thinking of seeing the new 3-D'd 'Jurassic Park' on the big screen again. :D

Books: Long ago there was a book in the library called 'Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up', that had beautiful artwork about a maiasaur going up in the forests of Canada. I am bound and determined to find this book and add it to my Library. The 'Dinotopia' books by James Gurney are absolutely gorgeous to look at and fun to read. There was a Live/CGI mini-series made of it, but it did it No justice... And how could one forget 'Raptor Red' by Robert T. Bakker?

TV: I used to love 'Dinosaurs' when I was growing up - Roy the T-Rex was always my favorite. Another old favorite was the 90s 'Land of the Lost' with the strange looking Sleestacks (sp?). Today, I'll try to catch every new BBC/Discovery/History Special made for TV nowadays...

Live Events: 'Walking with Dinosaurs: The live Experience' - if you like dinosaurs, you HAVE to go see this - The music for the show is also fantastic (and for sale at the shows!)

Comics: I have One issue of 'Cadillacs and Dinosaurs', and a few issues of Lawson's 'Paleo'.

Online stuff: There's an artist on DeviantArt (http://droemar.deviantart.com/) that's currently working on a project called 'Mark of the Conifer', and she did a mini-comic prequel to the story called 'The Pact (http://droemar.deviantart.com/art/MotC-The-Pact-Page-1-75171017)', As well as post some of her major character designs. She does an amazing job...


If there's interest, I'd love this thread to become the new Dinosaur news/updates spot. And how is Raptor Red? Ive always been interested but never found the time to read it. I also forgot to mention I really enjoyed Dinotopia as a kid, gonna have to revisit that as well.


Thanks for all the awesome suggestions everyone!

[Blossombrooks]

[QUOTE=Shreddhead;1085629]

I'd love to see pics of those fossils if its not too much trouble. Ive got a huge nature collection myself including a decent amount of fossils, mostly plants and small sea creatures and one small chunk of dino i got in Yosemite. [QUOTE]

Sure I'll try to dig mine out (we have mouse sized spiders in the loft and I may be gone a while, lol). I'd like to see the sea creatures and the dino chunk from your collection too tho.

Argh, every time I say 'fossils' now I end up doing the 'dum, dum, dummm' from Phineas and Ferb :roll::lol:

[Powder]

Extreme Dinosaurs was on Netflix for the longest time, so if you by chance have it you could look on there.
Also always loved the animated film "We're Back!" about three Dinosaurs that end up in a city befriending two kids.

[Machias Banshee]

If there's interest, I'd love this thread to become the new Dinosaur news/updates spot.

Sounds good to me!

And how is Raptor Red? Ive always been interested but never found the time to read it. I also forgot to mention I really enjoyed Dinotopia as a kid, gonna have to revisit that as well.

Raptor Red is fantastic. You're basically following the life of a young female raptor and her flock members. I've rented the library one so many times (it's the issue that has some REALLY nice inside cover art...), but I'm hoping to get my own copy.

The artwork in Dinotopia is absolutely beautiful, and there's been several 'sequel' books since - The world beneath is the only one I've actually gotten my hands on. James Gurney has his own website where he blogs about dinosaurs, his books, different events that he attends...

[Pterobat]

Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, I love dinosaurs and other things prehistoric and reptilian!

Currently I live in Alberta, which is a gold mine for dinosaur fossils and home to the Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology, one of the best paleontological institutions in the world. Sadly, I haven't been there in almost a decade, but will change that this summer. It also bears a large Tyrannosaur statue as an attraction.

When it comes to dinosaur media, I like a lot of things, but I'm picky. Like many, I grew up in Jurassic Park and the Land Before Time, and a million other things. My current favourites are indeed Raptor Red, and Dinotopia has beautiful illustrations, but is a little cheesy now that I'm a grown-up.

But besides those, I haven't seen mentioned:

"The New Dinosaurs" by Dougal Dixon: a book of speculation about what dinosaurs may have evolved into had they not become extinct. Some are uninspired because they're basically dinosaur versions of current animals, but others are wonderfully weird, and many are furry.

Ricardo Delgado's "Age of Reptiles" comic series: a set of silent comics telling stories of dinosaur life at various periods during prehistoric times. It has incredible artwork and has been released in an omnibus edition by Dark Horse, so go for it!

Far-seer / Fossil Hunter / Foreigner: a trilogy of science fiction novels by Robert J. Sawyer involving the societal growth of a species of small Tyrannosaurs who are the result of aliens implanting dinosaurs from Earth. Fun reads.

End of an Era: Also by Robert J. Sawyer, a more standard time-travel novel.

Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds by John Long and Peter Schouten. The best illustrated book of feathered dinosaurs that I've seen.

And someday, I'm going to see the dinosaur statues in Crystal Palace Park in London. They were sculpted in the eighteen-hundreds and look very different from what we see today, but have been declared a national monument and been preserved.

My favourite dinosaurs were always carnivores, since they were more intelligent, and following that, I preferred the smaller models. My absolute favourite is Troodon Formosus, which is famous for having the largest brain of any dinosaur. Not that that's a huge achievement, but it's still fun, and inspired the odd thought experiment "The Dinosauroid" which involved building a statue of what a dinosaur would look like, had it evolved into a humanoid being:

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Reptilians/ReptilianAngelsDinoman.jpg

I am 100% in favour of the new depictions of dinosaurs as feathered. I like the look of reptilian dinosaurs, but feathers are reality and science, so there's nothing to disagree with. And I like the look of feathered ones, too.

[The Stryker]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/Allmyfriendsaredead_cover.jpg/220px-Allmyfriendsaredead_cover.jpg

[TheCanadiandrome]

I love Drumheller Pterobat! One of my fave places, I've been twice, last time being 2009!

[MikeyISbest]

Awesome a dinosaur thread.I love it.
Like most people here I was a Land before time then Jurassic Park man...loved the movies and the two novels....I recall having a dinosaur reference book or two as a youngster.
Is there any really good Encyclopedia type dinosaur books out there that anyone would recommend.
I still get to enjoy dinosaurs on tv now as my sons watch Dinosaur train and Dino Dan....and maybe another one came think what its called haha

I'm also keen to see these pictures when the get posted

[Blossombrooks]

New species of dinosaur discovered! :tgrin:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/dinosaurs/10005565/New-species-of-dinosaur-discovered-the-lonely-small-bandit.html

[TurtleTitan97]

New species of dinosaur discovered! :tgrin:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/dinosaurs/10005565/New-species-of-dinosaur-discovered-the-lonely-small-bandit.html

That's awesome!:tsmile:

[Blossombrooks]

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i412/Emma_Shortland/image_zps0dda2aa6.jpg (http://s1092.photobucket.com/user/Emma_Shortland/media/image_zps0dda2aa6.jpg.html)

Here you go guys, the best pieces of my fossil collection. I'm afraid over the years I've forgotten what some are, my list wasn't in the box anymore :( . I inherited most of these from my Dad, he got me started on my love of dinosaurs. I used to spend hours identifying and cataloging these :tgrin:

[Shreddhead]

Wow! Those are some awesome fossils Blossombrooks!! I especially like the ammonite.

I went through my basement today and this is what I was able to dig up. (Excuse the pun)

Behold, the awesomeness that is DINOSAURS!!!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8258/8666149483_f0962b54ce_z.jpg
Or the guy could have just ripped me off and sold me a rock... ;)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8255/8666149543_1b14d12010_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/8667249596_d7203b2edf.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8258/8666149801_efd35ac07c_z.jpg


Ok, so this last one isnt so much a fossil, as its just a cool rock i found during my search. But I put "Rock" in the title of this thread so i'm gonna let it slide:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8667249912_4525267dbd_c.jpg

I've got way more, mostly sea creatures as far as I can tell (really just shell imprints and shark teeth) but I cant seem to locate them right now.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Is there any really good Encyclopedia type dinosaur books out there that anyone would recommend.


Here's one magazine that was totally like an encyclopedia;

"Dinosaurs! Discover The Giants of the Prehistoric World"

I recently acquired the remaining issues (100 total) that I needed to complete my collection.

And BB and Shreddhead nice fossils you two 8)

[AT-Man]

Yes, they do rock.

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[Shreddhead]

Dang, can't watch that here in the US AT-Man. But along the same lines...
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[snake]

Speaking of dinosaurs, did anyone go see Jurassic Park 3D? The 3D was amazing! It was the IMAX-like-one.

[Blossombrooks]

Ooh those are cool Shreddhead! That one with the plants on is amazing! A really good specimen. So is the dino bone part of the spine? Did you get any info on which dino it came from? That's an awesome piece to have.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Speaking of dinosaurs, did anyone go see Jurassic Park 3D? The 3D was amazing! It was the IMAX-like-one.

It rocked in 3D! I fell in love with the movie all over again

[Roland]

Here's one magazine that was totally like an encyclopedia;

"Dinosaurs! Discover The Giants of the Prehistoric World"

I recently acquired the remaining issues (100 total) that I needed to complete my collection.

And BB and Shreddhead nice fossils you two 8)

Awesome I have those magazines too. I have 1 to 18. I also have the dino skeleton that came with it.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Awesome I have those magazines too. I have 1 to 18. I also have the dino skeleton that came with it.
yeah i managed to complete three, T-Rex; Stegosaurus, and Triceratops. but was unable to complete the last one, Teradactyl cause my subscription ran out

[Shreddhead]

Ooh those are cool Shreddhead! That one with the plants on is amazing! A really good specimen. So is the dino bone part of the spine? Did you get any info on which dino it came from? That's an awesome piece to have.

Sadly I don't really have much info about it. Though I believe I had previously stated that I got it in Yosemite, but I actually got it in Moab, Utah. Man I WISH I knew what kind of dino it came from...

Awesome I have those magazines too. I have 1 to 18. I also have the dino skeleton that came with it.

WOW! I didn't recognize the name at first, but I totally had the first 3 issues of that magazine! How could I forget those totally rad glasses??
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41T5Y7Z3S8L.jpg

And I had part of the Skeleton, But I think this was about as far as I got with it lol:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/p206x206/387287_255853537806914_1144036138_n.jpg

Man I wish I could find these agian, I would love to flip through their pages again.

[TheCanadiandrome]

they're pretty hard to find, but i've found some on ebay and a little help with google i found a site that i scored the back issues from. course they were the UK versions which are a bit larger than the NA issues

[Shreddhead]

they're pretty hard to find, but i've found some on ebay and a little help with google i found a site that i scored the back issues from. course they were the UK versions which are a bit larger than the NA issues

I did a quick little search myself and found a few issues on amazon. But each issue is over $5, and I just cant justify spending that on old magazines right now (as pathetic as that sounds). Thanks for the tip, and Ill gladly settle for a larger version if thats what I find later.


On an unrelated note, did anyone else have these bedsheets growing up?
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8257/8680785083_d39407236e_z.jpg

I remember seeing Fred Savage using them in the "Dinosaurs" vhs I linked a video to above and thinking I was soooo cool 8)
Then years later I was watching Seinfeld and low and behold George Costanza was using the same sheets!

[Roland]

yeah i managed to complete three, T-Rex; Stegosaurus, and Triceratops. but was unable to complete the last one, Teradactyl cause my subscription ran out
Whoa! So there where 4 dinos. I thought the later issue was just for trading cards. Do they sell the rest of the Teradactyl parts you need?

[Shreddhead]

So I've got a question for you guys. Do you have any recommendations for informative dinosaur books with good illustrations? I used to have a couple years ago, specifically one with Giganotosaurus on the cover (a very foreshortened image with its head in the foreground). But I have sadly lost these books over the years due to garage sales and/or just sloppy bookkeeping. I'd appreciate any recommendations, and I'd be truly grateful if anyone can help me re-discover the title of my lost Giganotosaurus book.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Whoa! So there where 4 dinos. I thought the later issue was just for trading cards. Do they sell the rest of the Teradactyl parts you need?

Nah sadly I couldn't get the rest of te Teradactyl parts from where I purchased the remaining issues I needed, they weren't offering the skeletons. Perhaps maybe eBay one day. And I actually have all the trading cards! They're cool.


And Shreddhead I love those Dino bead sheets!

Quick edit: this is the site I purchased my last copies of the Dinosaurs magazine:

http://www.partworks.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d110.html

[Roland]

Nah sadly I couldn't get the rest of te Teradactyl parts from where I purchased the remaining issues I needed, they weren't offering the skeletons. Perhaps maybe eBay one day. And I actually have all the trading cards! They're cool.

...

Quick edit: this is the site I purchased my last copies of the Dinosaurs magazine:

http://www.partworks.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d110.html

Hopefully ebay got the parts your looking for. Cool I'll check it out.

@Shredhead. I know of calender with beautiful art of dinosaurs. 2005 calender, Dinosaurs , Paintings by John Gurche.

[TheCanadiandrome]

eBay has squat lately

[Roland]

eBay has squat lately

That sucks. I remember googling for the magazines and got squat. No wiki's either but maybe try other countries buy/sell sites. The dinosaur magazine list these places UK , Australia, New Zealand, South Africa ( but you know this ), Singapore , Malaysia ,Malta.