Theme: Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs refers to any of an extinct species of reptiles. Dinosaurs emerged on the Earth in the prehistoric past some 230-240 billion years ago and were killed off 64 million years ago.

There has been a great fascination with dinosaurs since the days of silent cinema. They are frequently found in Films About Lost Worlds – some undiscovered pocket of the world where prehistoric life still lives. There is the recurrent popularity of anthropologically absurd prehistoric adventures where cavemen are seen fighting dinosaurs.

The 1950s gave us the atomically revived dinosaurs beginning with The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953). The genre underwent a revival during the 1990s with the massive success of Jurassic Park (1993) and its revival of dinosaurs by genetic-engineering and their bringing to life with CGI effects.

There have also been a variety of animated and children’s dinosaur films or else comedy takes such as the various incarnations of The Flintstones, even a number of Alternate History Films where the dinosaurs have not died off.