The Apple Page -- Nothing About the Bakken -- May 20, 2022

Apple TV+: finally, something to get excited about. Gets big write-up in The WSJ.

• five-night documentary: delightful dinosaurs
• David Attenborough hosts
• begins Monday, Apple TV+, May 23, 2022

Mr. Attenborough restrains himself. But he does explain, with considerable enthusiasm, that what we are about to see over the following nights is based on scientific research into how dinosaurs “really lived,” adding that “the latest imaging technology enables us to bring them all to life.” 

It’s been almost 30 years since “Jurassic Park,” and what animators have developed in the interim is a consistently amazing thing. 

What’s equally consistent is the human animal’s hunger for stories, which is how “Prehistoric Planet” frames its examination of the various species: the gigantic Hoffman’s Mosasaurus of the sea; the relatively tiny but tenacious Dromaeosaurs of the poles (which are furry-feathery and look like penguin relatives); the Pterosaurs buzzing the desert landscapes; and the two-ton turtles that are feasted upon by the ubiquitous T-rex. The male, it should be mentioned, cares for the children. 

The series, being aired on consecutive evenings, is divided into “Coasts,” “Deserts,” “Freshwater,” “Ice Worlds” and “Forests.”

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