Adventures in Dinosaur City
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Adventures in Dinosaur City is a 1992 television film directed by Brett Thompson. The story revolves around three teenagers who are transported into their favorite TV show, "Dino Saurs".
who can't fly. Although reluctant at first to help the kids, his knowledge of Dinosaur World proves useful, as he guides the three kids to Tar Town, where they join up with Rex and Tops, two dinosaur
freedom fighters willing to ignite a revolution against the villain, Mr. Big, and his evil caveman pawns, "The Rockies".
The film was made in the heyday of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
, and appealed to the same demographic. The film has a SNES
game based on it called Dino City
. Dino City 2, a planned followup (also for SNES,) incorporated plot and character elements from an unproduced sequel to the original film; the game was not completed past prototype phase and was not released.
The movie has never been released on DVD nor Blu-ray and as of January 28, 2010, Lions Gate has yet to announce any plans for a DVD release of the film.
Plot
The story involves a group of kids, (Timmy, Jamie and Mick) in their early to mid teens who enjoy watching their favorite TV show, named "Dino Saurs". Wanting to watch it on a better screen, Timmy, the youngest of the three, suggest they try and watch it on his dad's screen in his lab. The moment they turn it on, a vortex sucks the three into the TV screen, and into their favorite show. Upon entering the new world, the trio comes across the character of Forry, a DimorphodonDimorphodon
Dimorphodon was a genus of medium-sized pterosaur from the early Jurassic Period. It was named by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1859. Dimorphodon means "two-form tooth", derived from Greek δι/di meaning 'two', μορφη/morphe meaning 'shape' and οδων/odon meaning 'tooth', referring to the fact that...
who can't fly. Although reluctant at first to help the kids, his knowledge of Dinosaur World proves useful, as he guides the three kids to Tar Town, where they join up with Rex and Tops, two dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
freedom fighters willing to ignite a revolution against the villain, Mr. Big, and his evil caveman pawns, "The Rockies".
The film was made in the heyday of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
, and appealed to the same demographic. The film has a SNES
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
game based on it called Dino City
Dino City
DinoCity, originally released in Japan as , is a platform video game developed and published by Irem Corporation for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System....
. Dino City 2, a planned followup (also for SNES,) incorporated plot and character elements from an unproduced sequel to the original film; the game was not completed past prototype phase and was not released.
The movie has never been released on DVD nor Blu-ray and as of January 28, 2010, Lions Gate has yet to announce any plans for a DVD release of the film.