I have a special connection to this week’s documentary being
reviewed. When it first came out in 2008, I was eagerly anticipating it. You
see, it reminded me of a series I was really interested in as a teenager. It
was on Discovery, a show called Animal Face-Off, which discussed possible
battles between coexisting species such as lion vs tiger, elephant vs
rhinoceros, bear vs alligator, etc.
While the execution was terribly done, I liked the premise. When I heard
what sounded like a dinosaur version of the show was coming to TV, I couldn’t
wait.
This is Jurassic Fight Club. When I did watch it, it wasn’t as good as I hoped, but still a very
enjoyable show. The premise is
extrapolating from fossils about prehistoric conflicts. The discovery is first
shown, then the species involved, the environment, and then a comparison and
finally an action sequence showing the conflict. The host is George Blasing, a
paleontology expert and teacher who has a roadshow in Texas, educating at schools on fossils and
prehistoric animals. George is a great personality, dynamic and funny on the
show, and with a vivid imagination he describes, blow by blow, the incidents
implied by the fossil finds. When my
birthday came this past week, I immediately bought myself the DVD set for this
review.
