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Calling it a "documentary" may however be deceptive. [[Genre Busting|It combines elements of various genres]]: traditional wildlife documentaries, [[Body Language|silent movie-style "acting"]] and comic cartoon [[Slapstick]], and presents them in the form of [[Vignette Episode|vignettes]] or longer, cohesive stories, focusing on the characterization and the relationships between the animals. As always, whether this makes the show more entertaining or just plain dumb is up to the viewer to decide. However this isn't [[Dinosaur Planet|the first time]] that Discovery uses this borderline-[[Edutainment Show]] format for its dino-shows.

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the production, due to the bold claims of its creators, which can be read [http://press.discovery.com/us/dsc/programs/reign-dinosaurs/ here]. Basically, what the show set out to avoid was [[Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying|making paleontologists cry]], and to show off some [[Visual Effects of Awesome|breath-taking]] [[~~C Gi~~]]. Another major subject of discussion is the "sparse narration" the press releases promised. Do note, the slightly controversial dino-anthropomorphism ''is'' justified due to the fact that originally, the show was to be broadcast with no [[Narrator]], but [[Executive Meddling]] changed that.

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the production, due to the bold claims of its creators, which can be read [http://press.discovery.com/us/dsc/programs/reign-dinosaurs/ here]. Basically, what the show set out to avoid was [[Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying|making paleontologists cry]], and to show off some [[Visual Effects of Awesome|breath-taking]] [[CGI]]. Another major subject of discussion is the "sparse narration" the press releases promised. Do note, the slightly controversial dino-anthropomorphism ''is'' justified due to the fact that originally, the show was to be broadcast with no [[Narrator]], but [[Executive Meddling]] changed that.

A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op31dcC5FIM feature film version], re-cut to a format truer to the production's original intent, titled ''Dinotasia'', was released in UK theaters on May 4th, 2012. It received a brand new narration by [[Werner Herzog]].