Who fans might have to get out and push a little bit here, but a solid story proves worth the not-so-special effects...
Think of dinosaurs these days, and the first franchise that springs to mind is, of course, Jurassic Park. The trilogy of films was hot property at the time, with eye-popping visual effects and camera work. I must confess though, that the first film aside, the other two kind of left me cold. I saw the second one again the other day and I realised that for all its flashy budget, it amounted to very little. Richard Attenborough’s character loses his brain. Jeff Goldblum scowls a lot. Some baldy Pete Waterman lookalike character blunders around uselessly and then screams like a girl at the end when a dinosaur decides to eat him for tea. But hey, good effects, right?
Back in Doctor Who-land, Invasion Of The Dinosaurs works on the reverse principle.
Think of dinosaurs these days, and the first franchise that springs to mind is, of course, Jurassic Park. The trilogy of films was hot property at the time, with eye-popping visual effects and camera work. I must confess though, that the first film aside, the other two kind of left me cold. I saw the second one again the other day and I realised that for all its flashy budget, it amounted to very little. Richard Attenborough’s character loses his brain. Jeff Goldblum scowls a lot. Some baldy Pete Waterman lookalike character blunders around uselessly and then screams like a girl at the end when a dinosaur decides to eat him for tea. But hey, good effects, right?
Back in Doctor Who-land, Invasion Of The Dinosaurs works on the reverse principle.
- 8/30/2010
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