Walking with Monsters

Name: Walking with Monsters
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-11-05
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Edward Gero

TV Mini Series
2005
Not Rated
30m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

2.5K

YOUR RATING

Nature Documentary Documentary

The final installment in the "Walking with" series is a 90-minute documentary about the evolution of life before the dinosaurs.The final installment in the "Walking with" series is a 90-minute documentary about the evolution of life before the dinosaurs.The final installment in the "Walking with" series is a 90-minute documentary about the evolution of life before the dinosaurs.

Stars
- Kenneth Branagh
- Edward Gero

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

2.5K

YOUR RATING

Stars
- Kenneth Branagh
- Edward Gero

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Episodes3

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TopTop-rated Season 2005

Trivia
Very late into production it was discovered that Megarachne, the basis of the giant spider seen in the Carboniferous segment was actually an eurypterid or sea scorpion like those seen in the Silurian part. The crew decided then to rename their now obsolete creature "Mesothelae", after the most primitive group of living spiders. There were Mesothelae spiders in the Carboniferous, but just not that big.

Alternate versions
There are two widely available variations of the show's original British version:
One that has all three episodes being separate. This version has previews and recaps at the beginning and end of each episode. Also, at the very end there is a never-before-seen shot of an Allosaurus walking on a Jurassic plain.
The other version combines the three episodes into a one-and-a-half hour long movie, with the episodes flowing together. This one lacks the new shot of the Allosaurus. It begins with primordial Earth being shown from afar, whereas the other version lacks this shot and starts out with a closer view. It also has an extended ending, with more stock footage taken from Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) as the narrator talks about the mammals' ancestors. The other version lacks this scene.

Connections
Edited into Primeval: The Chase Continues (2009)

User reviews11

Featured review

10/10

Lead up to Walking With Dinosaurs is its equal

The latest Walking with special follows life from one celled animals in the sea until the advent of dinosaurs. Its a thrilling trip that is the equal to the original series. Here the series looks not only at life at various times through the ages but also gives you a sense of how the various creatures may have evolved by having time lapse shots of the creatures moving up the evolutionary ladder. This is great stuff and the perfect way to begin a marathon look at how life has grown and changed over the eons. While there is the inevitable eat or be eaten theme to the whole thing you do get a nice sens that there is more to it all then just that. Also what we see here dovetails nicely with the other Walking specials so that when put together you get a sense of how life moves and evolves not only for dinosaurs but even now.

A must see, especially when coupled with the other series