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Prehistoric Planet Is the Best Documentary I’ve Seen In a While
The 5-part Apple TV+ docuseries is nothing short of amazing.
I had to replace my broken iPhone a while ago, and got three months of Apple TV+ as a bonus. So far, I’ve used it to watch Ted Lasso, Mythic Quest and Physical, but that was it for my interest. I was about to let go when I saw one of my favorite dinosaur dudes, Steve Brusatte, tweet about the show Prehistoric Planet that just dropped last week.
As algorithms dictate most of what happens on Twitter, so they also determined that I was going to spend the next couple of days with commentary from several leading paleontologists about the show popping up on my feed.
Okay, now I was intrigued. So, given that I’d just paid a visit to the local Natural History Museum the weekend prior to that and also thanks to it being freezing outside in Buenos Aires right now, I took the time to watch the five-part documentary in pretty much one sitting on Sunday.
Verdict: it’s worth the watch. I’d actually pay the monthly $4.99 to watch it again.
Almost Real
Let’s get the deets out of the way first: Prehistoric Planet is a docuseries that shows life in the Late Cretaceous period, before the asteroid. This is when all the…
