Rappy Reviews Dinotopia the Series: Episode 2-Making Good

Note/Credit: Dinotopia the Series is the copyright of Hallmark Entertainment Productions, LLC., and Artisan Entertainment Inc, and Dinotopia itself is the creation of James Gurney. The images shown here are for referential use in this satirical non-profit review only.

Continuing where the first of this opening two-parter left off, Karl and Frank are sheltering with a rural couple for the night thanks to the rampant Tyrannosaurus rex invasions, and David is whining to Marion about how his dad never appreciates anything he does. Conveniently enough for Frank, the local yocal he’s staying with happens to have been the last offworlder to have gotten shipwrecked on Dinotopia before Frank and his sons, and made extensive charts and studies of the ocean in attempt to escape back to

 

Rappy Reviews Dinotopia the Series: Episode 1-Marooned

Note/Credit: Dinotopia the Series is the copyright of Hallmark Entertainment Productions, LLC., and Artisan Entertainment Inc, and Dinotopia itself is the creation of James Gurney. The images shown here are for referential use in this satirical non-profit review only.

Edit: Let it not be said I am not a fair lass with a sense of integrity. I’ve rewritten this review slightly in light of an error on the name of a character and his actor, and I apologize for this mistake.

Our first episode of the TV series begins with a plane crash…that is actually merely the cause of a sweaty nightmare for Karl. Yep, only a few seconds in and we’ve already got a dream sequence. This is also basically an excuse to

 

Rappy Reviews Dinotopia The Series: Introduction

Note/Credit: Dinotopia the Series is the copyright of Hallmark Entertainment Productions, LLC., and Artisan Entertainment Inc, and Dinotopia itself is the creation of James Gurney. The images shown here are for referential use in this satirical non-profit review only.

The year was 1992. George H. W. Bush was president, the El Salvador Civil War ended, former Soviet lands were gaining their independence, Galileo received an extremely posthumous apology from the Vatican, and a man by the name of James Gurney published a lavishly-illustrated book entitled Dinotopia: a Land Apart from Time. Notable for its beautiful artwork and journal-style writing (where there was indeed writing), it told the tale of Arthur Denison and his son Will, men of the 1800s that found themselves stranded on a mysterious island where intelligent dinosaurs and shipwrecked humans had come together to create a utopian civilization. With a book that combined dinosaurs, excellent art, and the winning of a Hugo Award, it was bound to take off. And take off it did, with three full Gurney-illustrated titles (the deliciously steampunky sequel Dinotopia: the World Beneath, the prequel Dinotopia: First Flight, and the further sequel Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara), 16 young reader titles, two adult novels penned by Alan Dean “I wrote the first ever Star Wars Expanded Universe novel” Foster, video games, an animated kid’s film, and…alas…a miniseries.