Darius Nau
@dariusnau.bsky.social
vertebrate paleontologist, interested in functional morphology, paleoecology and macroevolution, (focusing on reptiles and chondrichthyans), sporadic paleontographer, bushcrafter, woodcarver, cyclist, born 359.58 ppm, he/him
also→ ecoevo.social/@darius_nau
also→ ecoevo.social/@darius_nau
Anyone surprised this was going to happen?
April 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Anyone surprised this was going to happen?
What I do understand is that realities of big-budget productions involve compromises, but if those mean that every documentary has to feature T. rex and Triceratops, i.e. the most overused setting of all, that’s still no excuse to follow that up with two more eps. in the third-most overused setting.
February 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What I do understand is that realities of big-budget productions involve compromises, but if those mean that every documentary has to feature T. rex and Triceratops, i.e. the most overused setting of all, that’s still no excuse to follow that up with two more eps. in the third-most overused setting.
I don’t get why the current iteration would strive for a LESS, rather than more, diverse set of geographical and stratigraphical settings, especially now that we already have decades of overrepresentation of certain stratigraphies and localities.
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I don’t get why the current iteration would strive for a LESS, rather than more, diverse set of geographical and stratigraphical settings, especially now that we already have decades of overrepresentation of certain stratigraphies and localities.
Across identical runtimes, WWD1990 gave us: 4 different continents, all three periods of the mesozoic, 3/6 episodes set in the Cretaceous, 1/6 Late Cretaceous
WWD2025 is giving us: 3 continents, 5/6 episodes set in the Cretaceous, 4/6 Cretaceous North America, 3/6 Late Cretaceous North America
WWD2025 is giving us: 3 continents, 5/6 episodes set in the Cretaceous, 4/6 Cretaceous North America, 3/6 Late Cretaceous North America
February 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Across identical runtimes, WWD1990 gave us: 4 different continents, all three periods of the mesozoic, 3/6 episodes set in the Cretaceous, 1/6 Late Cretaceous
WWD2025 is giving us: 3 continents, 5/6 episodes set in the Cretaceous, 4/6 Cretaceous North America, 3/6 Late Cretaceous North America
WWD2025 is giving us: 3 continents, 5/6 episodes set in the Cretaceous, 4/6 Cretaceous North America, 3/6 Late Cretaceous North America
In my opinion, we should consider a moratorium on more Late Cretaceous North America representation in animated paleontology documentaries, until other important settings like the Santa Maria or Elliot formations have received their deserved attention. The bias is becoming ridiculous. #WWD2025
February 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In my opinion, we should consider a moratorium on more Late Cretaceous North America representation in animated paleontology documentaries, until other important settings like the Santa Maria or Elliot formations have received their deserved attention. The bias is becoming ridiculous. #WWD2025