The dinosaurs look pretty good, and the sets and costumes accurately reflect the Mucha-meets-Robin Hood/fairy tale renfaire look of the original James Gurney books. The writing is pedestrian and often predictable to the point that adults will be rolling their eyes and groaning. Don't let the kids know you're bored, though; they'll be completely enthralled.
Disney is threatening to make this into a series for fall 2002. If so, I hope they keep Katie Carr as Marion and Jim Carter as her father, Mayor Waldo. They were both lively, interesting and convincing.
Wentworth Miller (David), OTOH, should seriously consider another career. His total range of expression seems to consist of only a puzzled frown and "What's that smell?" This series would have been so much better if he hadn't been so wooden and unconvincing. I felt impatient and annoyed every time he was on screen.
Some aspects of this show just scream "Disney"- the good guys are either saccharine paragons of virtue or "troubled but kind" while the bad guys are scheming caricatures. And then there's the obligatory oochie-koochie, cloyingly cutesy baby dinosaur. Still, I give it a 6 out of 10. The kid in me was captivated by the excellent blend of live actors and computer-generated creatures. With better writers and a couple different actors it could be a good TV series.
Disney is threatening to make this into a series for fall 2002. If so, I hope they keep Katie Carr as Marion and Jim Carter as her father, Mayor Waldo. They were both lively, interesting and convincing.
Wentworth Miller (David), OTOH, should seriously consider another career. His total range of expression seems to consist of only a puzzled frown and "What's that smell?" This series would have been so much better if he hadn't been so wooden and unconvincing. I felt impatient and annoyed every time he was on screen.
Some aspects of this show just scream "Disney"- the good guys are either saccharine paragons of virtue or "troubled but kind" while the bad guys are scheming caricatures. And then there's the obligatory oochie-koochie, cloyingly cutesy baby dinosaur. Still, I give it a 6 out of 10. The kid in me was captivated by the excellent blend of live actors and computer-generated creatures. With better writers and a couple different actors it could be a good TV series.