Jurassic Park in a whole new way.

Dinosaur lovers everywhere can now bond over the real thing. At least as real as it can get until Jurassic Park comes around. Walking with Dinosaurs is an animatronics show, which puts dinosaurs to life. Robot life, but life, nonetheless. The dinosaurs are controlled by three ‘puppeteers’. Two of the puppeteers are in the audience, controlling what they call a voodoo rig. When they move the neck on the voodoo rig, the animatronics dinosaurs neck moves. Pretty cool, right? The kids seem to think so.
There are many different kinds of dinosaurs in the show, including Allosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, and, of course, the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. They even have a flying Ornithocheirus. As an avid dinosaur fanatic, I am very excited about this. Surprisingly, most of the dinosaurs are the same size as they were believed to be millions of years ago. The dinosaurs run around and eat other dinosaurs and do dinosaur things. Although, the pictures on their website, www.dinosaurlive.com, make them look retro, if you will. Bright and playful, kind of video game-like.

On their website, pictures show kids touching some of the dinosaurs. The look on the kids faces are pure happiness. The parents and teachers in the back look equally enthused to see the dinosaurs, and to see how happy it makes their kids. NOTE: Dinosaurs are GREAT. They bring happiness to many people. What about dinosaurs can make people sad? I mean, they’re dinosaurs. These are creatures from the past coming to life, right before your eyes.

But, many children may be scared by these creatures. In the most of the pictures featuring people, there are children. Small children, probably about nine or ten, about three or four feet tall going to see this show. The dinosaurs, on the other hand, range from the ‘small’ Liliensternus who is 16.5 feet, to the Brachiosaurus who is 73 feet tall. Now, you can imagine how some kids would be incredibly scared or these dinosaurs, seeing as how the smallest one is at least five times taller than them. The Liliensternus is a carnivore, with blade-like teeth, is agile, and fast. The littlest dinosaur in the show is going to be incredibly scary to most small children. I mean, if I saw something five times my height running quickly around, eating unsuspecting animals with its blade-like teeth, I would be terrified, no matter how much I love dinosaurs. The 72 foot Brachiosaurus stood over 50 feet tall, gazing on the tree tops as a herbivore. The Blue Whale today is 80-100 feet long, so you can just imagine how giant this creature is. This dinosaur is about 17 times taller than the average child. The pure size and stature of this animal would surely make kids afraid.

It may also interest them more in the nature of these animals. The size might make them wonder about how they lived their daily lives. This show may make some kids more interested in dinosaurs, causing us to have more Paleontologists’ in the near future. More Paleontologists may make for new dinosaur discoveries. More dinosaur discoveries may make for new progressions in the Walking With Dinosaurs show. In turn, grabbing more of the public’s attention, dragging in more audience members. More children will see the show, and be more interested in dinosaurs, and so on.

This show has already had many, many good reviews from many widely known media sources across the globe. The Times said “WOW, WOW, WOW… IMFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING”. The Mail on Sunday claims it is “TERRIFIC… AMAZINGLY LIFELIKE”. The Independent claimed it was “FRIGHTENINGLY EFFECTIVE”. Personally, I can’t wait to go see Walking with the Dinosaurs show for myself.