T. rex Madness Round 2: Prehysteria! (Elvis) vs. Prehistoric Planet (Flirt Man)
Prehysteria! (Elvis) – Debuting the same year as Jurassic Park, Prehysteria! asks the important question: what if dinosaurs were tiny and cute and could live in your house? For the real answer, you can look at pet birds, but either way, wacky shenanigans will ensue. Elvis is a miniature T. rex, part of a group of eggs accidentally obtained by an ordinary family. Each hatches into a different dinosaur (or pterosaur) and is named after a famous musician. The T. rex, naturally, is named Elvis because he was the king. These are fun, silly movies and the stop-motion animation is a welcome sight in the world of endless CGI.
Prehistoric Planet (Flirt Man) – Standing in contrast with Hank, and having no commonly used fan-nickname, Flirt Man is an older, single T. rex just minding his own business, cleaning his wounds after a narrow victory over a Triceratops, when a female of his kind appears on the scene. Prehistoric Planet excels at showing varied behaviors and avoiding unnecessary dino fights, and this scene is no exception. Rather than coming to blows, the older male presents his neck and courts the female instead and, based on his impressive battle scars, she accepts his offer. Thus, a new generation of T. rexes will be born. No doubt, Flirt Man will have his own adventures in fatherhood in the months to come.
I can't tell you how much I hate Police Academy, everything is so stupid. They keep discovering secret treasure maps, hidden passages and tombs, it's like this is what the police station in Resident Evil was up to before it was full of zombies. And yet, who else was brave enough to give us anything like Tony Longo's dirty socks.
I keep forgetting the comparison shots, here he is in a transitional state from hunk to chunk in 1993's Prehysteria, where he'll have been about 32
When I was growing up, I had a pet turtle. My first pet, actually. I named him Elvis. And I was always confused why every adult would laugh when I told them his name?
You see, they were thinking that I named him after Elvis Presley. But I had named him after the tyrannosaurus rex in Prehysteria! 3... who, in turn, was named after Elvis Presley.
I haev so many OC story ideas I’ve been keeping mute abt. NO MORE I SAY-
Scales and Tails - talked abt this one before; there’s dragons. and these lil guys called fribbles (I named em before I found out the word actually existed AAJABSBAGGAGW) all living in this pocket dimension that’s slowly collapsing. details here: https://www.tumblr.com/ammonitetheseaserpent/744352394841817088/hmmm-scales-and-tails-masterpost-3-dragon
Prehysteria (working title) - hmm animated series idea I think abt sometimes. Post-apocalyptic earth with all kinds of sentient prehistoric species. details here: https://www.tumblr.com/ammonitetheseaserpent/712600530702172160/uhhh-who-wants-to-hear-about-the-kinda-crude-so
Pre-Sapient Arts - sort of a story ig? Mostly an excuse for me to draw all sorts of Dinosaurs and other critters. An organization (the aforementioned title is their name) is making all sorts of creatures; the main branch is just doing genetically modified dinos, while the hidden branch is doing… something a bit more. Hidden branch creatures here: https://toyhou.se/BumbleDippity/characters/folder:4401336
Jabber From Tabloid Jungle - so basically there’s this jungle that’s like. the main place of magic on earth. It’s inhabited by a pack of magic dogs, a demon, a birdlike spirit, and a… pretty out-of-place mountain in the middle. I’ve been feeling on-again off-again inspired by pocketss and their comics, and I were to ever do a webcomic, I think I’d want it to be this.
Galvin - some guy named Alvin wakes up as a Gallimimus in a town with a superstitious hatred of dinosaurs. He’s joined by his paleo enthusiast niece, who helps him figure out why he’s a dinosaur now. I have…. no idea what I’ll do with this alansbagtatsgsgsc
Turbulence Time - OOOOOO this one’s one of my favorites. it’s abt a torture dungeon that an eldritch being enhances into something a lot more existentially terrifying. and him and the secret society behind it take over the continent it’s on w/ their practices. It’s v dark and gritty and a little bit inspired by MD
Centennial Paradox - my most recent idea hehe. Takes place on a planet called Edoris, which is afflicted by some sort of time curse where every 100 years, something screwy happens, as if the past were changed. The residents catch onto the weirdness, and build robots that can act outside of time, as well as being aware of any changes made to it. I wanna write this as a book someday
TRM Round 1: Fantasia (Rite of Spring T. rex) vs. Prehysteria! (Elvis)
Fantasia (Rite of Spring T. rex) – From the classic film comes an early animated depiction of T. rex. Here, we see Tyrannosaurus fighting with, and ultimately defeating, an anachronistic Stegosaurus. Though, sadly, like many of the entries in this competition, no success in hunting can save this T. rex from the extinction of the dinosaurs. Here, though, extinction comes not from a meteor but climate change.
Prehysteria! (Elvis) – Debuting the same year as Jurassic Park, Prehysteria! asks the important question: what if dinosaurs were tiny and cute and could live in your house? For the real answer, you can look at pet birds, but either way, wacky shenanigans will ensue. Elvis is a miniature T. rex, part of a group of eggs accidentally obtained by an ordinary family. Each hatches into a different dinosaur (or pterosaur) and is named after a famous musician. The T. rex, naturally, is named Elvis because he was the king. These are fun, silly movies and the stop-motion animation is a welcome sight in the world of endless CGI.
This issue includes the following: Stuart Gordon on filming Fortress; behind the scenes of Jurassic Park; previews of Dinosaurs Attack!, Prehysteria, and Witchboard 2; the making of Robocop 3; a production article on Jason Goes to Hell; the special effects of Body Snatchers; a piece on Carnosaur; and more. Jurassic Park cover painting
whats your top five nostalgic properties from when you were a kid?
Black Cauldron. I still accept no criticism of that movie, that shit was everything to me.
The Princess and the Goblin. I loved it, I used to pretend my plastic gumbal machine ring had a thread on it.
Critters. I didn't understand most of the movies as a child, but I loved the Crites. I thought they were adorable and wanted one as a pet.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space. I just vividly remember the alien sucking the captured people up through the crazy straw, and happily wanted to eat all my food the same.
And finally, Dark Crystal, for all the obvious reasons.
(Honorable mentions being Trading Mom, Prehysteria, Labyrinth, Ghoulies, The Magic in the Mirror, Legend, PuppetMaster, and Return to Oz)