Dinosaur is a prequel to the Lost World?!

On this singular and completely one-off episode of Paleomedia Theory we consider the possibility that Dinosaur, the much-maligned Disney film, is in fact a prequel to Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 classic The Lost World aka the original Jurassic Park aka the father of all paleomedia.

Music credits:
Dinosaur Soundtrack by James Newton Howard

Art and video credits:
Chadaphosaurus: @yoofilos
Iguanodon Taxonomy: Darren Naish @tetzoo
Negative reviews of Dinosaur: JelloApocalypse and Schaffrillas Productions
Dinosaur (2000) and The Lost World (2001) (duh)
Fantasia - The Rite of Spring (1940)
The Land Before Time (1988)
The Lost World (1992)
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Walking with Beasts (2001)
What Killed the Megabeasts (2002)
Prehistoric Park (2006)
March of the Dinosaurs (2011)
Ice Age Giants (2013)
Walking with Dinosaurs 3D (2013)
The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Contents:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Prehistoric Exodus Movies
1:40 - Disney's Dinosaur is good actually
2:33 - the story
4:45 - the Lost World
5:29 - where in the world?
6:37 - the look of the lost world
7:31 - walking with dinosaurs
9:05 - reptiles and mammals
9:45 - return to monke
10:55 - they laughed at Challenger too...

[skeepodoop]

I love how this is an April fools video, but the theory holds up shockingly well.

[christopherrichards]

I enjoyed Disney’s Dinosaur. This movie was part of my childhood alongside other dinosaur movies like The Land Before Time and of course Jurassic Park.

[godzillabebravethetrexretu]

I always thought both the land before time and Disney’s dinosaur took place in a alternative universe where dinosaurs never went extinct

[fang]

The funny thing here tho is that the into sequence for Disneys Dinosaurus where the Pteranodon flies over the herd is filmed in the tepui mountains wich are huge plateaus and mountains in north east South America and the oldest mountains in the world and I belive almost all of them have ecosystems completly unique to a single mountain at times with massive cave systems bellow them. And the Lost World just so happens to be on a plateau in South America.
So yeah Id say your not far off there Edaph.

[RickRaptor]

I don't think an April Fools video by you has ever blown up like this

[ironcarnage]

This actually works way too well, it's better than my childhood head-canon of it being a prequel to the Jurassic Park movies

[sheldesroches]

This has actually been my own fan theory for years. Cool to see someone else thought of it too. I'm also very glad to see the 2001 BBC version of The Lost World getting so much love. It has always been my favourite dinosaur movie but it was completely obscure until it was put on Netflix very recently.

[Hugo-yzvb]

There is two types of opinions about Dinosaur:

- The Virgin Disney Fanboy.

- The Chad Dinosaur Media Enjoyer.

[DeadpoolE]

What I find funny is that the Geosternbergia that carries Aladar's egg to the lemur island is given a ton of material to the point where she could be mistaken as a member of the main cast. Of course, she only has a role in the games where she's named Flia.

[Theonetrueerenyeager]

I’m so glad that there’s someone defending this movie! Thank you for reviewing this masterpiece!

[Aladar-ickq]

Dinosaur 2000 and brother bear are easily the most underrated disney movies ever!
Edit: thanks for the 35 likes!

[GamingIndominus]

Lmao, people will laugh at this until they realize how much of your evidence connects together very well like puzzle pieces. This is honestly the most interesting fan theory I have ever bumped into.

[tor-keeby]

4:37 “Kron dies of cringe” this man’s words is truly incredible

[TaxFraudTutorials]

I like being reminded that you still exist and are alive

[maxcarson]

First: Love the theory. I can see it being true.

Second: Massive respect for giving Dinosaur the recognition it deserves.

Third: A nod to The Prince of Egypt?! Nice!

[GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

I’ll always be very fond of this film, great video. I will never stop appreciating the addition of the Carnotaurus, it’s design is only rivalled by that of the individual seen in Terra Nova. Very interested to see more speculative content like this!

[Comrade_Jason]

Also, great use of "When You Believe" from Prince of Egypt when discussing exodus-esque narratives.

[justvibin]

I loved this movie as a kid, probably because I was huge dinosaur nerd. Thank you for actually giving it some credit, especially for that soundtrack. It went HARD.

[hiattgrey]

This movie is my second favorite Disney animated movie of all time behind Tarzan. And the way people call this a bad movie and rank this as the worst film in the Disney canon is just mind boggling to me. Chicken Little is the worst film in the Disney canon! (IMO) And this film is also my favorite dinosaur movie of all time as well, above Jurassic Park.

But nice theory.

[gosen]

James Newton Howard’s composing on dinosaurs soundtrack is still giving me goosebumps. Thank you for reminding me one of my favorite dinosaur movie