r/Dinosaurs

A fitness influencer is filming a vlog in his backyard, leaving an open tub of high-stimulant, high-caffeine "Nuclear Berry" pre-workout powder on a patio table. Overhead, a giraffe-sized Hatzegopteryx swoops down, tilts its massive skull, and swallows the entire tub of powder dry. The intense stimulant tingles hit the 500-pound giant, and its muscles start twitching violently. It begins flapping its massive 10-meter wings so rapidly that it creates a localized mini-tornado, blowing away patio furniture and flipping the barbecue grill.Instead of taking flight, it drops onto all fours and goes into a jittery, ground-pounding frenzy. It gallops down the suburban street like a crazed, demonic gorilla, crushing mailboxes under its weight. It begins violently jackhammering the asphalt with its spear-like beak, digging massive potholes in seconds. Letting out an ear-splitting shriek, it violently launches itself into the upper atmosphere, breaking the sound barrier with a massive sonic BOOM. High in the clouds, the energy pump completely wears off. The giant reptile’s wings go totally limp, and it plummets back to Earth like a meteor, crashing directly into a neighbor's above-ground swimming pool with a massive tidal wave splash. Sorry written by Google AI

A teenager leaves a giant, extra-strength mug of steaming black coffee on the kitchen counter and walks away. His pet juvenile Pachycephalosaurus trothes over, sniffs the mug, and chugs the entire thing. For five seconds, nothing happens. Suddenly, the intense caffeine rush hits its nervous system—its eyes dilate into tiny dots, and its rear feet start rapidly tapping the linoleum floor like a high-speed jackhammer, making the kitchen cabinets rattle.Dropping its head into a low battering stance, the dinosaur unleashes pure kinetic force. It charges, using its 9-inch-thick solid bone dome to punch a perfectly clean, circular hole straight through the thick wood of the kitchen island. The teenager screams and dives onto the counter as the caffeine-crazed dinosaur ricochets off the walls, shattering the drywall like paper. It bursts through the screen door into the driveway and headbutts the front bumper of a parked pickup truck. The raw energy transfer instantly deploys the vehicle's airbags with a loud POP and sets off the car alarm, right before the dinosaur suffers a massive caffeine crash and collapses into a deep sleep on the lawn. Credits to Google AI story written by Google AI

After the last Jurassic World films blue balled fans with the concept of dinosaurs causing chaos around the world and couldn’t even execute it right with Midminion and Rebirth, this film gave me nearly everything I wanted. Dinosaur horror and action that didn’t hold back and at least to me, a great story about a family trying to survive in a neighborhood suddenly transported to prehistoric times.

Although, to be honest if it hadn’t involved dinosaurs I wouldn’t have cared otherwise. After Zara’s death in Jurassic World, I was also introduced me to the next most shocking dinosaur death in media. When the father is slammed into the ground by the Allosaurus then eaten. Though, when the family travels back to the past he’s alive because convenient plot.

I just really enjoyed The End of Oak Street. It delivered something to me that Jurassic World has failed yet again, reigniting my love and interest for dinosaurs and in their appearances in movies.

However, I have a couple gripes. I had the impression that the neighborhood was taken to the Jurassic Period since the Allosaurus shows up in ads so what’s a Spinosaurus doing there? Which is a plus anyway since I love Spinosaurus.

The furry/feather designs are rather bizarre but I guess it helped stray away from the popular, scaly look popularized by Jurassic Park. There also appears to be a few fictional creatives created just for the movie such as the massive turtles with Godzilla spines and a huge, albino amphibian/snake.

While looking up reviews, I’ve found that some people are upset with how apparently weak the husband was portrayed which I don’t get. I was just hyped throughout the whole thing watching ancient critters terrorize the neighborhood in the background.

If you want to see a decent dinosaur flick after being let down by Rebirth, The End of Oak Street is your August prehistoric cinematic experience.

so I just got back from seeing the movie and had an absolute blast!

but, being the little palaeo-nerd that I am, the biggest gripe I had with the film was that it had dinosaurs from all over, both geographically and chronologically. while it was nice to see my fav Coelophysis finally getting some recognition, I’d have much preferred the story take place in one period and in one formation.

in my mind, Marshosaurus could be a very good replacement for the film’s Coelophysis, as it was about the size that it was in the movie and would fill that smaller predator/scavenger role well. Camptosaurus could work well for that short moment of an Ankylosaurus getting got by the sneak attack Allosaurus, as it would be more or less the same size and not covered in armour that would make it a trickier prey item. finally, as nice as it is to see a Spinosaurus, I’d replace it with Allosaurus’ “underdog”, Ceratosaurus; let it have some spotlight out from beneath Allosaurus’ shadow for once and allow it to be a proper threat, even if it’s not nearly as big as Spino (I’d considered suggesting Torvosaurus, but that might just look like Allosaurus 2 and confuse casual viewers)

I don’t know much about non-dinosaur mesozoic life, so I can’t really comment on the pterosaurs and erythrosuchids, but I’m happy to hear suggestions!