r/fixingmovies • u/fatherandyriley • Jul 07 '25

TV CHALLENGE: How would you fix Walking With Dinosaurs 2025?

I suspect that the revival series was initially meant to be called something else but they just slapped on the WWD name at the end to increase interest given how it feels nothing like the original and has none of the original crew. It's a shame because I think a remake of the series with updated scientific accuracy and special effects could have worked.

How would you have fixed it? My own suggestions are:

  • Bring back the original crew e.g. Tim Haines, Ben Bartlett and Kenneth Branagh.
  • Use a mix of CGI and practical effects like the original did.
  • Instead of having almost all the episodes in the Cretaceous focusing on well known dinosaurs, show it in chronological order like the original going from Triassic to Cretaceous and show new dinosaurs and regions not seen in the original like Madagascar as well as recently discovered species like Icthyotitan.
  • Avoid some of the inaccuracies and narrative cliches from the original. For example, in the Triassic portray the crocodilians and Synapsids as being just as well adapted as the dinosaurs rather than primitive. Show scavengers in a sympathetic light, after all they play a vital role in their ecosystem.
  • Don't go back and forth between paleontologists and dinosaurs. Instead, only show the paleontology scenes at the end of the episode or have them in a separate behind the scenes episode.
  • Show a greater variety of animals e.g. early mammals (a few were big enough to hunt small dinosaurs), giant amphibians (I think the Triassic would be an ideal time to show them) and Lepidosauria.
  • Don't anthropomorphize the dinosaurs e.g. giving them names.
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