Taking into account of him receiving means to build them from Ruby Sunstones which in turn, able to store knowledge among things, he arguably based his designs on those of Poseidos' works albeit with some modifications thus explaining aforementioned differences. They were also given digital screens inside the cockpits when in the books, the digital screens were absent. The mechanical, animal-like strutters of Poseidos from the original books are featured, but they are given a different backstory: Here they were built to bring destruction to Dinotopia in aid of Ogthar's plan to conquer the island as opposed of to revolutionize labor.Related to Ruby Sunstone's aforementioned ability to store knowledge he eventually abused, it's possible that instead of the genuine case of adaptational villainy, the warlord Ogthar may instead took the name of said legendary king of Poseidos for himself and even themed his armor after them all along.
Ogthar in the film appears as the main antagonist and instead of being the legendary king of the now-sunken island city of Poseidos who is said to look like a cross between a human and a ceratopsian, he is the fearsome Ruby Sunstone-enhanced warlord who was once a human who long ago arrived on Dinotopia in the same manner of the protagonists in the book only to it because it was primitive prior to being enhanced by the Ruby Sunstone. strutters), mutate dinosaurs into beasts of war, and endows the possessor immortality. Similarly, its darker counterpart, Ruby Sunstone, is given additional properties in addition of driving those who possess it insanity here, it can store knowledge of ancient sunstone-based technology (ex. In this movie, sunstones are portrayed as large as quartz stones. Aside from being able to power up machinery and emit bright light like in the books and miniseries, sunstones in the movie are given the additional ability to trap radio waves and create a shield that seals Dinotopia away from the rest of the world (even though in the books, the reason why Dinotopia is cut off from the rest of the world is because of storm systems and nearly impassable coral reefs). This movie still uses "sauro-partners" (a human and a dinosaur that have known each other for a long time) from the live-action series. #Dinotopia movie crystal series#
One theory as to this movie not being a continuation of the live-action series is because 26 is in the care of a human named John, whereas in the live-action series it was Carl Scott who adopted her as an egg. In this movie, 26, the young Chasmosaurus from the live-action series is featured as one of the main characters instead of a supporting character.In addition, dinosaurs in the animated movie are given anthropomorphic physical traits. The majority of the dinosaurs in this movie have the ability to speak like humans whereas in the books, only a few dinosaurs can speak the human language (there are few exceptions of dinosaurs and non-dinosaurs that can speak in human words but with grunting or parrot-like voices, such as Protoceratops multilinguis).'Kex' is not an actual given name or even an actual surname in any language, but it fits the style of the already pre-established characters who majority of which also have names not found in any language.Much like the Hallmark Entertainment live-action series adaptation, the setting of this animated adaptation is transferred from the 1860s (as was the setting in the original books) to modern-day.
George Segal - Albagon the Elderly Dryosaurusĭifference Between the Miniseries and the movie. Masasa Moyo - Shanise the Female Corythosaurus. Alyssa Milano - 26 the Young Chasmosaurus. Jamie Kennedy - Spazz the Dilophosaurus Hatchling. Wayne Knight - Thudd the Euoplocephalus. Kathy Griffin - Rhoga the Parasaurolophus. Michael Clarke Duncan - Stinktooth the Tyrannosaurus. They soon learn that the evil Ogthar has escaped his prison on the island with the use of a powerful artifact and must stop his plans of taking over their home. Kex wakes up to find that he has washed ashore on Dinotopia, where he meets 26, Mara, and the other residents of the island. After the Hallmark Entertainment live-action television series adaptation ended, Hallmark made this movie, though a lot of elements were changed from the original book.Īn orphan boy named Kex Bradley attempts to escape his orphanage by boarding a cargo ship only for it to be caught in a thunderstorm and leaving Kex stranded in the ocean on a stray lifeboat. Based on the Dinotopia series, this is the first related animated adaption of the book. Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone is a 2005 American animated film directed by Davis Doi.
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