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  Dinotopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dinotopia is a fictitious utopian place created from the imagination of author and illustrator James Gurney.
Upon the hidden island of Dinotopia humans and dinosaurs live and work together in harmony with one another and with the Earth itself, save for the few predators that roam the land.
The plot of Dinotopia: A Land apart from Time concerns Arthur Dennison and his son, Will, and the various people they meet in their travels in Dinotopia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dinotopia   (730 words)

  
 Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey for GameCube Review - GameCube Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey Review
Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey tries very hard to capture the atmosphere and style of the Dinotopia books, but for the most part, it just isn't a lot of fun to play.
Dinotopia chronicles the story of a hidden island where dinosaurs and humans live together in harmony.
Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey follows the story of Drake Gemini, his twin brother, Jacob, and their father, who have been stranded on Dinotopia for 10 years.
www.gamespot.com /gamecube/action/dinotopiatso/review.html   (1391 words)

  
 BreakTV -DINOTOPIA
Dinotopia, the epic story of a lost continent where dinosaurs and humans live together in an almost-utopian world, is brought to life as one of the most lavish and technically complex productions in the history of American television.
The boys are the keys to Dinotopia's survival, but in order to save their new home, they must journey to the World Beneath, a dark and dangerous territory forbidden to all the continent's inhabitants.
Dinotopia was shot at London's Pinewood Studios, home to the James Bond films, and holds the record as the largest production at Pinewood to date.
www.breaktv.com /community.aspx?show=102   (609 words)

  
 Show Guide: Dinotopia--AllYourTV.com
"Dinotopia," a new live action series filmed in Budapest, Hungary, follows in the footsteps of the lavish hit 'megaseries' which aired on ABC in May 2002.
Upon receiving their Dinotopian assignments, cynical Karl is assigned to a Saurian "hatchery," where he's charged with overseeing the birth of an infant Chasmosaurus named 26.
The sunstones, a force of life in Dinotopia, are mysteriously failing, and Dinotopia may soon be plunged into darkness and chaos.
www.allyourtv.com /shows/d/showguidedinotopia.html   (416 words)

  
 Dinotopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
However, reaction to this initial foray into the world of Dinotopia was so positive that the show was quickly picked up for a full-fledged series (albeit with a completely different cast).
Dinotopia tells the story of a utopian island — where dinosaurs and humans co-exist in harmony — as seen through the eyes of half-brothers David and Karl Scott, who arrived on the island after surviving a plane crash into the sea.
No doubt the secret of Dinotopia’s initial success lies in the fact that it is truly unlike anything else on offer to television audiences.
www.angelfire.com /realm/CultTVKingdom/Dinotopia.html   (251 words)

  
 DINOTOPIA: THE SUNSTONE ODYSSEY Review: Just Adventure - Reviews Walkthroughs and Adventure News!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey is that new breed of console game that has been appearing on store shelves lately to counteract the cookie-cutter $50 titles (many of which are not worth the cost of admission) - the $20 budget title.
Dinotopia is an uncharted island where a society of dinosaurs and humans have learned to co-exist.
Outside the city of Dinotopia’s main walls, however, a group of humans known as the Outsiders plot the violent overthrow of the dinosaur run government.
www.justadventure.com /reviews/Dinotopia_Sunstone/DinotopiaSunstone.shtm   (696 words)

  
 Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey Review | XBOX Games | Gamebiz Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dinotopia is a primitive, uncharted island far away, and a place where humans and dinosaurs coexist largely in peace.
Not all is happy and peaceful in Dinotopia, however; besides the usual threat of raptors and other ferocious carnivores that refuse to live in harmony with humans, an army of people known as the Outsiders threaten to destroy Dinotopia, being morally against the companionship between man and dinosaur.
And Drake Gemini, a resident of Dinotopia since the age of fourteen, mourns the loss of his father who was attacked by a Tyrannosaurus while collecting root for Drake and his twin brother Jacob’s twenty-fourth birthday.
www.gamebiz.com.au /reviews.php?action=display&id=380   (572 words)

  
 Dinotopia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James gurney (born 1956) is an artist, best known as the creator and illustrator of the dinotopia books....
An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water....
Alan dean foster (born november 18, 1946) is a prolific writer of science fiction, fantasy and movie novelizations....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/di/dinotopia.htm   (775 words)

  
 Extreme Gamer - Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odssey Xbox Review
Dinotopia is an adventure action game where you as Drake Genmini help save a race of dinosaurs as their sworn protector.
Dinotopia is a basic game which offers nothing new its genre.
Dinotopia is a few years behind in the innovation category.
www.extremegamer.ca /xbox/games/dinotopia.php   (761 words)

  
 DVD Verdict Review - Dinotopia
Marion is headed for Waterfall City, and Karl and David accompany her there on the bus—only, in Dinotopia, the bus is a brachiosaur wearing body armor to protect it from marauding T-Rexes.
Dinotopia is a time-warped roach motel—people from the outside world occasionally check in (the last newcomer arrived during World War II) but they can't check out, thanks to the razor-sharp reef that encircles the island (reminiscent of the impassable Deadly Desert surrounding Oz in L. Frank Baum's stories).
Dinotopia is convicted of not learning from the mistakes of previous dinosaur movies, of being nearly as long as the Cretaceous Period.
www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/dinotopia.php   (2085 words)

  
 "Dinotopia" (2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dinotopia's premise supports the idea that a multi-cultural society can live and thrive in harmony.
Dinotopia's doom will not be from the shows lack of success.
Dinotopia in our area was repeatedly exempted for sporting events and Christmas specials.
www.imdb.com /Title?0310443   (364 words)

  
 National Museum of Natural History: Dinotopia
"Dinotopia" draws on the works of author and illustrator James Gurney, whose stories tell of a fantastic world in which humans live peacefully alongside dinosaurs.
The Smithsonian's "Dinotopia" will include videos and models from the miniseries, which will air on the ABC television Network on May 12, 13 and 14.
"Dinotopia" coincides with the 10th anniversary of the publication of Dinotopia: A Land Apart From Time, the first in Gurney's series of books detailing the utopian world of Dinotopia.
www.mnh.si.edu /exhibits/dinotopia   (442 words)

  
 WORTHPLAYING - - All about games !
Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey is centered around a unique civilization wherein dinosaurs and humans coexist.
Defending the island of Dinotopia from a rogue group of thugs, players navigate this land through swamps, villages, ancient jungle ruins, and far above the ground in a town quietly nestled in a forest canopy.
Dinosaurs may be extinct (true story!), but the Dinotopia franchise has somehow, miraculously survived a quickly cancelled television series, a number of books, and a TV miniseries.
www.worthplaying.com /article.php?sid=13977   (1132 words)

  
 "Dinotopia" (2002) (mini)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Trivia: The Eleventh Code of Dinotopia (previously unknown since the tablet was broken) is "Find the Light".
This is the phrase written on the front of a previous matriarch's (Marion's grandmother's?) letter.
I hope parents will buy their children a copy of "Dinotopia" (the last two installments were aired at 8pm, cutting into bedtime hours for the youngest audience members), it really warrants an entire family viewing.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0233044   (459 words)

  
 James Gurney, Dinotopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After a brief introduction by James Gurney explaining the origin of Dinotopia, as well as how he found the notebook, the story is told through journal entries by both Denisons.
Dinotopia: The World Beneath is told in the third person.
Dinotopia has also been adapted into audio format and for TV (a movie and a mini-series).
www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_gurney_dinotopia.html   (475 words)

  
 EI > DVD > Dinotopia (2002 Made for TV)
Dinotopia is an epic screen translation of James Gurney's two best selling books "Dinotopia: A Land Apart From Time" and "Dinotopia: The World Beneath." Dinosaur fans of all ages took to Gurney's books with a passion.
Dinotopia is ruled by a senate with the Mayor of Waterfall City, Mayor Waldo (Jim Carter) as it's head.
Dinotopia is an epic family film which will enthrall viewers of all ages.
www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/dinotopia.php   (734 words)

  
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James Gurney's children's tales that are ingeniously brought to life in his two books, Dinotopia and The World Beneath, have been delighting children around the world for some years now and the popularity of these stories is sure to generate a lot of interest in this game.
Dinotopia -- the computer game -- transports the player back to the fantastic island of Dinotopia where any child who has read the books will be instantly at home.
Dinotopia comes packaged with a set of playing cards should they want to play some more away from the computer.
www.quandaryland.com /jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=97   (838 words)

  
 Filmtracks: Dinotopia (Trevor Jones)
Dinotopia: (Trevor Jones) Based on the best-selling books by author/illustrator James Gurney, the six-hour miniseries of Dinotopia debuted on the ABC network in the United States in 2002.
It is the epic story of a lost continent where dinosaurs and humans live together in an almost-utopian world, with their diverse culture dealing with many of the same issues as our more familiar humans-only society.
The six hours of Dinotopia would require Jones to compose a considerable amount of orchestral material, which, as usual for the composer, was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/dinotopia.html   (778 words)

  
 DVD review of Dinotopia - DVD Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In “Dinotopia,” Karl (Tyron Leitso) and David (Wentworth Miller) Scott are two teenage brothers who survive an airplane crash at sea.
I sat down and watched “Dinotopia” from beginning to end and only took a five-minute break between disc changes to secure myself a glass of iced tea (this was a common practice when my only source of home video was the LaserDisc).
The sound does not disappoint, and the sounds and ambience of Waterfall City and the island of Dinotopia are nicely brought to one’s speakers.
www.dvdtown.com /review/dinotopia/10502/1196   (2508 words)

  
 BookPage Review: Dinotopia Lost
It is a land where dinosaurs never became extinct but instead grew intelligent, developed their own high culture, and created a unique civilization in concert with the stranded seafarers who found their way there.
The island is bracing for a terrible storm, the culmination of a centuries-old cycle.
Dinotopia is a gold mine of stories, especially those that have yet to be told, and this novel is a testament to the genius of James Gurney's creation.
www.bookpage.com /9603bp/fiction/dinotopialost.html   (493 words)

  
 Dinotopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
License: Based on books by James Gurney: "Dinotopia" and "Dinotopia: The World Beneath." In Dinotopia, dinosaurs still live, but like the garden of Eden they are harmless intelligent and peaceful creatures who talk and live on the island as equals with people.
Plot: Dinotopia is set on an uncharted island that Nathan, the protagonist, was shipwrecked on.
You will eventually be rewarded by the ability to travel by dinocart, a Dinotopia equivalent of a taxi, and ride on the back of a flying dinosaur, but basically you walk everywhere.
www.thecomputershow.com /computershow/reviews/dinotopia.htm   (635 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dinotopia (Dinotopia (HarperCollins)): Books: James Gurney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dinotopia is written like it is the lost journal of a scientist who washed up on the island after a shipwreck.
Perhaps it is the unity of the people of Dinotopia, combined with their diversity (each region has a different culture, way of living, and style of life, but everyone believes in the same things).
Dinotopia is the first of the Dinotopia series.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060280034?v=glance   (1866 words)

  
 Dinotopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James Gurney's illustrations are still interesting and wonderful, but as others have said, the plot and characters are cookie cutter thin.
Dinotopia is a diary of a scientist named Arthur and his son Will who are shipwrecked and find themselves in a land called "Dinotopia" where prehisoric mammals, plants, and dinosaurs live in harmony with human beings.
As usual, the friendly, talking dinosaurs of Dinotopia are hard to accept.
www.therightstitch.com /amazon/mode_3330/type_browse   (358 words)

  
 Book Review: Dinotopia: The World Beneath
The premise of the Dinotopia books is that there is an undiscovered continent where dinosaurs (who are intelligent and can talk) co-exist with humans.
It appears that in Dinotopia a woman is allowed to join an expedition only if she can extort membership on the team by literally holding the key to the puzzle -- not because she has an interest in exploring the realm of her ancestors.
Permission to reproduce and distribute this material, in whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes, is hereby granted provided the sense or meaning of the material is not changed and the author's notice of copyright is retained.
fgms.home.att.net /dinotop2.htm   (1701 words)

  
 Dinotopia DVD Review
The adorable baby 26 was hand-held, and her intricate, life like movements were controlled off-screen by two operators, allowing the baby to blink, breathe and wriggle her tail convincingly.
There is also an animated three-dimensional photo gallery and a great three-dimensional gallery of the various dinosaurs in “Dinotopia” complete with animated CGI models, narrated text, and sound bytes from the film of the various animal sounds and whatnot.
This is supported by a tour of “Dinotopia” where viewers can choose between one of the four main locales seen in the miniseries with a clip from the film for each along with narration detailing information on each setting.
www.genreonline.net /Dintopia_DVD.html   (1032 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dinotopia: DVD: Tyron Leitso,David Thewlis,Wentworth Miller,Katie Carr,Jim Carter,Alice Krige,Colin ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The dinosaurs of Dinotopia are pretty good by video-game standards, but they pale in comparison to the ones we've seen on the big screen over the past decade.
Until that crisis comes becomes part of the thrilling climax, in which the citizens of Dinotopia prove themselves to be too stupid to go inside when a horde of flying carnivores descend upon their city, the boys are distracted by their divergent paths for becoming part of this society.
Karl is of the earth, so he is sent to a triceratops hatchery, where he is introduced to his saurian life mate, a baby that he peevishly names 26 (because that is the number on her egg).
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000687CX?v=glance   (2894 words)

  
 Utopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ecotopia (novel) (1975) by Ernest Callenbach blends elements of science fiction and utopian fiction in a future North America where the west coast states of Oregon, Washington and northern California have seceded from the U.S. to form an environmentally self-sustainable utopia.
Dinotopia, (1992) originally an illustrated book and now expanded into other media, is about an island where humans and dinosaurs coexist peacefully.
However, it's inescapable, and some are displeased by this lifestyle, so one character points out that the word "Dinotopia" doesn't mean "a utopia of dinosaurs," it means "a terrible place."
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Utopia   (3524 words)

  
 Dinotopia Press Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
However, advances in digital technology now allow great works of art to be reproduced in life sized proportions at a price which is affordable to an average family.
Murals are currently available for many of the most stunning images from Dinotopia, the nautical Art of Montague Dawson, Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper", Spencer Hodge's "Panda Pair", Claude Monet's "Argenteuil" and many, many more.
Copyrights or permissions - These images are copyrighted to ©2005 BDSP Inc. Dinotopia ® is a registered Trademark of BDSP Inc. However limited permission is granted for use in a news articles by journalists receiving this press release.
www.autographmurals.com /index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=17   (497 words)

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