Search - Ultimate Dinosaur Collection (Walking with Monsters / Walking with Dinosaurs / Allosaurs / Chased by Dinosaurs) on DVD

Great for the dino-obsessed 4-y-o!

Rivkeleh | USA | 05/29/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My 4-y-o son is completely obsessed with dinosaurs. I was concerned about the level of violence/gore in the program, but after watching one episode on cable with him and seeing that he was unaffected by it, I bought the series. Once we got past the "yes, dinosaurs ate one another" factor, I've been AMAZED by how quickly he's learning the real names (triceratops versus "three-horn" that he learned from THE LAND BEFORE TIME) and facts about the various prehistoric creatures. When he told me that "dimetrodon was the largest carnivore on Earth when he lived!" I just about fell over. He loves it. I'm delighted.

CHASED BY DINOSAURS is a "Crocodile Hunter" style integration of dinosaurs and the narrator running around the prehistoric landscape in a kind of high-tech LAND OF THE LOST. If anything, I'm a little bothered by the false impression that's making. But it's a lot of fun.

My only note of caution is that WALKING WITH MONSTERS is available as a separate DVD, and if you're used to seeing it as "Before the Dinosaurs" (the subtitle), it could be easy to do what I did and buy it separately, and end up with two copies. Both of which were immediately opened by an enthusiastic 4-y-o, so not returnable. Backup copies are good, though, for something this insanely popular at our house!"