La Brea: The Creature Cut

All three seasons of NBC's "La Brea", but only when a creature is onscreen.
I threw this together just because I was curious about how much prehistoric life was in this show set in prehistoric times. The answer is not very much.

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[ShadowsAndScience]

Okay, so this video kind of exploded. Can't say I was expecting it to take off like it did, but thanks for watching, and I hope you stick around for some upcoming videos I put actual effort into lmao.
Anyways, to answer a couple of questions I've seen pop up a bunch:
1. The show is NBC's "La Brea". It ran for three seasons from 2021-2024, and can currently be viewed on Peacock. I would, however, strongly recommend against doing that because it is QUITE bad. If I gave any of you the impression that this show was worth watching, that was a mistake, and I deeply apologize for misleading you.
2. As I said in the description, this is ALL the creature action they've got. The rest of the show is about 20 or so hours of badly-written melodrama with some generic scifi garbage thrown in every once in a while for good measure.
3. I'm like 95% sure the only reason they were able to get away with just straight lifting dinos from Jurassic Park is because NBC is also owned by Universal. Can't get sued for plagiarism if you're technically stealing from yourself!

[OliverSierraW]

so did the showrunners think "Lets put all the budget on the mammoth, screw everything else!"?

[Tyrannosaurus_The_Rex]

“We have Primeval at home.”

Primeval at home:

[Mexishark]

Some of these animations you are like "Wow these are great" others are more like "I cant believe their supervisor said yea thats good enough put it on the show"

[lemonwheel]

50 foot ancient crocodilian covers in thick osteoderms: killed by small arms fire. T-rex with normal skin: bullet proof.

[hime]

I was thinking to myself “maybe this show is kinda outdated.. and old” And then I notice that this was made in 2024..

[TheWeejohn]

90% of the budget going into that spino fight

[alezot]

I love how they wisely choose as main setting La Brea, one of the richest fossil sites from the Pleistocene that would have given PLENTY of choices when it comes to the fauna to feature... and then a few episodes in they decided that they are gonna show whatever creature they feel like anyway 😅

[THeChoSenOne]

Best spinosaurus design I've ever seen paleo accurate and jp3 combination

[mrchimpinski]

Sees video
Sees Spinosaurus
Opens video
Vulture screams in face
Pauses video
Rethinks
...
Continues video
Ends video
Worth it

[cassidyjones]

I was thinking the cgi looked fairly convincing. Then the megalania (?) showed up. I don’t think the animators looked hard enough at how actual monitor lizards move.

[spacepopeextremis]

Can't imagine the creative meeting where somebody pitched "...and then they fight the tyrannosaur with the tricked out F-117" all with a straight face.

[spinojo]

both the rex and raptors looks like they rip straight out from Jurassic park.

[Saurophaganax]

The most unbelievable part of this show isn’t the inaccurate dinosaurs or the weird roaring, squealing rhinos, or the oversized Pteranodons. It’s the fact that this appears to be taking place in rural USA and nobody has any guns.

[alejandrovallejo]

They threw all the budget for the CG into the Spinosaurus and Rex 😂

[Pistachio-Man]

That mammoth was beautifully modelled and animated

[GandalfTheTsaagan]

They could have been a bit more imaginative with the dinosaurs, the T.rex is straight up from JP/W. The Spinosaurus too, but at least they changed it to reflect more modern reconstructions.

[rexduis]

Thanks for this. I didn't have time to watch it. Shocking that this is all they had in 3 entire seasons.

[micanizerhd]

They cooked with the Wooly Mammoth and Rhino. But man, idk why they struggled with almost all the carnivores except Spinosaurus

[lettherebedragons]

That Smilodon must be the noisiest cat ever😂