Walking With Monsters [extended omnibus edition, 576p quality] (2005)
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The "prequel" and last installment of the Walking With... series.
Before the Dinosaurs, a succession of fantastic animals and plants ruled the planet. Many of us are completely unaware that these creatures ever existed, or believe our planet was home to just worms and bugs. Yet there was a time when two-ton predatory fish came on land to hunt, when 26-foot sea scorpions sliced sushi in the shallows, when just one species of lumbering reptile represented eighty percent of all life. State-of-the-art digital technology breathes life into these creatures that dominated both land and sea for 250 million years.
NOTE: This is the Reader's Digest version, in 576p quality (international PAL format) with all three episodes edited into one, plus additional and extended scenes not available in the US release, including:
Episode 1
- Extended toxic Earth footage, different order of planet shots
- Extended Brontoscorpio introduction shots
- Added shot of Silurian landscape
- Extended smaller arthropods intro in Devonian
- Added shot of Devonian environment
- Shows Mesothelae attack on reptile eggs
Episode 2
- Section on the Carboniferous' abundance of plants
- Small section on insects having shrunk in Permian
- Extended footage of winter season in Permian and section on Edaphosaurus eating tough plants
Episode 3
- Extra intro footage of Late Permian
- Different narration at end of Lystrosaurus migration
- Different narration of Euparkeria evolving into Allosaurus, and more Walking With Dinosaurs footage at the end, including the Triassic
Before the Dinosaurs, a succession of fantastic animals and plants ruled the planet. Many of us are completely unaware that these creatures ever existed, or believe our planet was home to just worms and bugs. Yet there was a time when two-ton predatory fish came on land to hunt, when 26-foot sea scorpions sliced sushi in the shallows, when just one species of lumbering reptile represented eighty percent of all life. State-of-the-art digital technology breathes life into these creatures that dominated both land and sea for 250 million years.
NOTE: This is the Reader's Digest version, in 576p quality (international PAL format) with all three episodes edited into one, plus additional and extended scenes not available in the US release, including:
Episode 1
- Extended toxic Earth footage, different order of planet shots
- Extended Brontoscorpio introduction shots
- Added shot of Silurian landscape
- Extended smaller arthropods intro in Devonian
- Added shot of Devonian environment
- Shows Mesothelae attack on reptile eggs
Episode 2
- Section on the Carboniferous' abundance of plants
- Small section on insects having shrunk in Permian
- Extended footage of winter season in Permian and section on Edaphosaurus eating tough plants
Episode 3
- Extra intro footage of Late Permian
- Different narration at end of Lystrosaurus migration
- Different narration of Euparkeria evolving into Allosaurus, and more Walking With Dinosaurs footage at the end, including the Triassic