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Death
Of The Megabeasts
The majority of prehistoric documentaries produced these days are from
either a British standpoint by companies such as the BBC, or
Americanised with Discovery or National Geographic. Thankfully, some
local production companies with the help of the Australian Government
and SBS have teamed together to focus on a largely untold section of our
planets biological history, the great Australian Megafauna.
Interviewing scientists from all across the globe, the feature brings
light to the Australian beasts that once roamed this great wide land
around 50,000 years ago. Using brilliantly imaginative 3D animation and
rendering, the environment and creatures themselves are lovingly
recreated and brought to life on screen, giving a rarely seen glimpse
into our ancient marsupials and lizards.
The key question in case here is, with Australia having such a unique
environment, what made these giant ramblers simply vanish? Surely the
case of some sort of cataclysmic event that seemed to wipe them from our
land forever. Through great expert interviews, detailed narrative, and
connecting recreations, it journeys through explaining who the beasts
are that are in question, and also a run of suspects from climate
change, to perhaps the ultimate suspect, the introduction of man to
their timeline.
‘Megabeasts’ does exactly what a documentary of this sort of topic needs
to do, be informative whilst entertaining. The 3D animation is fantastic
and is now also AFI nominated, and shows the giant natives like they’ve
never been seen. Adding to the DVD’s value there is also a extra 46
minutes worth of footage from its original airing, so even people who
watched it on TV will get a great kick from the DVD. The Special
Features is a bit slim with just a ‘Making Of’ but the making of itself
is also very informative and quiet surprising. All in all, it’s a
fantastic release and something that will still be relevant for a long
time to come.
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