Talk:Dinosaur! (1985 film)

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Footage from the 1979 film Meteor?[edit]

It should be noted that the scene showing the approaching asteroid and subsequent explosion is identical to scenes from the 1979 film Meteor. Apparently the makers of Dinosaur! used footage from that film. --Davoniac (talk) 23:24, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ID of dinosaurs?[edit]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall the duck-billed dinosaurs being identified by name in the film. This article refers to them as Edmontosaurus but doesn't provide any source. It later states that producers asked Tippett to include Hadrosaurus (also without a source). I remember assuming based on their behavior and similarity to contemporary artwork, that they were meant to be Maiasaura. Should the text simply refer to them as "hadrosaurs"? Edmontosaurus also strikes me as a somewhat anachronistic label for the early 1980s. It seems like they'd have been more likely to go with Maiasaurua, "hadrosaur" generically, Anatosaurus, or Trachodon at that time, especially considering that the live-action Reeve sequences were filmed in the pre-renovation AMNH, which had "Brontosaurus" and multiple "Trachodon" specimens on display. Dinoguy2 (talk) 11:26, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever terms the labels shown at the time at the AMNH, the documentary doesn't mention the terms that were readable on the labels. Kintaro (talk) 02:12, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, @Dinoguy2: I didn't realise we were talking about the same problem. Well, I reedited the article, so if you know well this documentary you may now think that the article presents a more accurate wording. From my point of view, now it is ok. Kintaro (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not Hadrosaurus[edit]

identified as Hadrosaurus in promotional materials, this text in the article is rubbish since it is not connected to the 1985 documentary but to a recent internet era website (this is the used source, how ridiculous). Plus, anatomically those animals visible in the show are clearly Edmontosaurus. Haven't you the will of mentioning them as Edmontosaurus, please at least leave the parts of the article that said the documentary mentions them as duck-billed. At least, the use of that latter term, in the documentary, is an objective reality. Kintaro (talk) 02:12, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I watched again Dinosaur! (yes, I do possess one copy). The term Hadrosaurus, which corresponds to the genus only, is only mentioned once, when in the documentary Christopher Reeve states that dinosaur names are fun to say. Otherwise, Reeve permanently mentions the term "duck-billed" as a synonym of "hadrosaur", which is true, at least referring to the taxon Hadrosauridae (hadrosaurids). In this Wikipedia, "hadrosaur" redirects to "Hadrosauridae" in that meaning, the very same meaning the 1985 documentary Dinosaur! refers to. Thus, we need to go back to proper statements in this article. Kintaro (talk) 00:26, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]