Complete Walking with...Collection, The [DVD]

Honestly this is probably my favorite prehistoric documentary series. Walking With Dinosaurs is a real fun documentary to watch, and even though much of the information in the documentary is outdated, it is a very entertaining documentary that set the standard for future dinosaur documentaries. Walking With Beasts was just as entertaining and the facts (as of me writing this review and to my knowledge) hold up well today. The soundtrack is great in both.

My children love to learn about everything. They want to know how it works, where it came from, how big were the dinosaurs and what creatures are in the ocean so this worked well for us. My daughter is learning about dinosaurs in school and had to do a report on diplodocus with three different sources. It was fun to read all the books but being able to sit down and watch the movie was great. It brought everything to life for my children. My son is starting a dinosaur segment in preschool and is already excited to tell his teacher about what he learned from the movie. We spread it out over a few days and watched it after dinner as a family. The children got to watch a movie and learned a lot in the process. We are looking for more sets like this one to add to our collection.

My daughter saw part of this DVD and school and was so enthusastic about sharing it with me that we ended up purchasing it when we weren't able to rent it from any local video store. As she had not shown interest in dinosaurs or paleontology before, I was surprised at her insistence that we see it, but when we watched it together, I understood why she found it so compelling.It is done in the style of a wildlife documentary, and the effects are so realistic that it is easy to "go along for the ride" and believe that you are watching dinosaurs being filmed in their natural habitat. The storytelling is also quite engaging. The best part was my daughter's enjoyment of it; I haven't seen anything but manga have quite the same hold over her imagination!

Last year 2006, a local channel here in Manila, Philippines aired this series in our local tagalog dialect with local host and titled it "Hayop Na Hayop (great animals)." Unfortunately the tv series ended. However, my 6-yr old son Diego Miguel can't get enough of it and still hopes to catch it again on tv. Good thing I searched this title here at Amazon and upon reading the great reviews decided to do my first purchase in Amazon!I am so excited when it arrived (well upon paying almost the same amount of duties and taxes here) and surprised my son with this box collection!He was so happy!!!Now the whole family is enjoying this brilliant collection! I highly recommend WALKING WITH DINOSAUR COLLECTION to everyone!!!Thanks Amazon!

These videos are decidedly excellent. Definitely a must-have for dinosaur fanatics, lovers of paleontology and science teachers.I first saw Walking with Prehistoric Beasts as a summer camp instructor at the San Diego Natural History Museum, and it absolutely blew my mind. Paleontology has changed drastically since my childhood obsession with it was fed by mid-80's NOVA specials on PBS, and this series elegantly blends decades of research with realistic CG and animatronics. I feel that I would be hard-pressed to find someone who WOULDN'T like these videos.On the other hand, I was disappointed to find that this isn't truly a "Complete Walking with..." collection, in that Walking with Monsters (life before the dinosaurs) was not included.

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When this show came out, I was thrilled. I still like it, but now, compared to all the technology we have today in the field of film-making, it seems a little... slow. I love it, but for those who didn't enjoy the rest of the Walking with Dinosaurs series, don't watch this. If you enjoyed Walking with Dinosaurs, this is an extension of it, all about the life of one Allosaurus. I enjoyed it -- it has loads of information that is scientifically accurate for its time and the dinosaurs don't look too bad in the way they animated it (with actual props). I applaud this performance, and I recommend it to dinosaur lovers!

This is an amazing documentary. I remember checking it out from my local library when I was little.I think it definitely still holds up today. I'm sure some of the science has changed and evolved but that's what this series is all about.I would recommend this to anyone who is into science, evolution, prehistoric creatures, and life on this earth as a whole.