travis betz » dinosaur rant http://travisbetz.com where the chicken tastes like people! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:23:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Goodbye Cruel Pangea http://travisbetz.com/goodbye-cruel-pangea/ http://travisbetz.com/goodbye-cruel-pangea/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:00:15 +0000 travis http://travisbetz.com/?p=470 I have six words that are irritating me right now. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.  Ummm…does anyone see something very wrong here? Anyone? Could it be the simple fact that these mammals and dinosaurs NEVER co-existed together? Look, I realize it’s just an animated movie for kids. I even read a thread where someone was saying, “leave the time-lines for the classroom”. Sure, I mean I’m all for having fun and stretching reality a bit to entertain…but what about all those kids out there like me? The ones who only half listened in class and got a good portion of their knowledge from the ol’ moving pictures? What about those unfortunates who will think the damn dinosaurs came after the ice age!?

WARNING: Before you read further into my rant I feel I must let you all in on the secret that I am pretty damn sure that the characters find a pocket of surviving dinosaurs and that it’s not about them co-existing together on a normal timeline. That being said, I still find it cheap and lame and the use of the word “DAWN” is enough to make me rant anyway…so suck on it.

So yeah, DAWN of the dinosaurs implies that it is their time in history. This is when they began to walk the earth. It is their DAWN. Their beginning. Man had his DAWN when he started learning about fire and wheels and microwavable macaroni and cheese. So, how does this movie have the balls to use that word in the title of a movie that takes place 66 fucking million years after the actual DAWN of these creatures. There are two explanations: 

1. They don’t give two shits, like the title and know it will sell tickets.

2. They REALLY don’t give two shits and are actually ignoring history.

I’m pretty sure it’s the former, but if it does turn out to be the latter than I may just blow my top. If this is the case then I can already see the next string of these movies fed to young, impressionable minds:

Ice Age: The Dawn of Man. Ice Age: Hangin’ with Jesus. Ice Age: Meeting Ben Franklin. Ice Age: Vote Palin. And finally, Ice Age: The Four Horsemen.

Much love

Travis

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