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| Thinking about this, I remember seeing one in which someone so much like Nigel Marvin I think it was Nigel Marvin was walking around the paleozoic reacting to CGI basilosaurs as if it were a a genuine field documentary - speaking in hushed tones, like Attenborough among the silverbacks, lest he disturb the green screen. I remember wondering at the time whether this might confuse younger viewers; whether it was accidentally fostering an impression that prehistoric animals interacting with human beings was something other than a bizarre contrivance. Having since become aware of just how many people (particularly Americans, the target audience for these series) are actually teaching their children that all these creatures were gamboling around together just a few thousand years ago, it's cast this doubt into a whole new light. |
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