Films featuring giant monsters have always been very popular among fans of the fantasy/sci-fi genre, hence the box-office success of movies like this year’s reboot of the King Kong franchise, “Kong: Skull Island,” which has grossed more than $535 million worldwide. For years, Hollywood has depicted giant beasts and pre-historic creatures in its films, but how accurate are these depictions? What might these monsters would really sound like in real life?
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A new video essay by The Verge sets out to answer those questions. The clip features Stuart Sumida, a paleontologist and animal anatomy specialist and professor at California State University, who advised the “Kong: Skull Island” filmmakers on how the prehistoric lizards in the film should move.
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A new video essay by The Verge sets out to answer those questions. The clip features Stuart Sumida, a paleontologist and animal anatomy specialist and professor at California State University, who advised the “Kong: Skull Island” filmmakers on how the prehistoric lizards in the film should move.
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- 4/11/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
“The very first thing that you have to say upfront absolutely is we know we’re not making documentaries,” says Dr. Stuart Sumida at the top of a new video from The Verge. Dr. Sumida, a professor with the laboratory for vertebrate paleontology at California State University, is an advisor on modern Hollywood creature features like this year’s Kong: Skull Island. His job is to help root these monsters in some semblance of reality, even if it’s still steps removed from our actual world.
One of the questions academics like Dr. Sumida help solve are sometimes shockingly basic ones: What would a giant ape actually sound like? Or a velociraptor? Do they roar like a lion, or honk like a goose? That’s the question this video posits, and it stumbles upon some fascinating stuff in its search for an answer.
Discussions with multiple academics reveal that the...
One of the questions academics like Dr. Sumida help solve are sometimes shockingly basic ones: What would a giant ape actually sound like? Or a velociraptor? Do they roar like a lion, or honk like a goose? That’s the question this video posits, and it stumbles upon some fascinating stuff in its search for an answer.
Discussions with multiple academics reveal that the...
- 4/10/2017
- by Randall Colburn
- avclub.com
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