Jurassic Fight Club
Jurassic Fight Club | |
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Narrated by | Erik Thompson |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | History |
Release | July 29 (2008-07-29) – October 22, 2008 (2008-10-22) |
Jurassic Fight Club (titled Dinosaur Secrets in Australia/the UK) is a paleontology-based television series on History channel which premiered in the US in July 2008. Jurassic Fight Club was hosted by George Blasing,[1] a self-taught paleontologist, and also features well-known paleontologists such as Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Phillip J. Currie, Lawrence Witmer, and others. The show ran for one season of 12 episodes and was not renewed.
Summary
Scientists study the battles of prehistoric creatures, such as dinosaurs, before they became extinct. Each episode features a forensic-styled breakdown of a prehistoric battle. Based on fossil evidence and paleontologic analysis, a computer-generated imagery rendering of the battle, based on the evidence and the imagination of George Blasing (the show's host) is the final act of each episode. In most cases, the battles are based on actual fossil finds, although in several episodes, scientists simply put two contemporaneous prehistoric animals, against each other. It is the second most-watched show on paleontology beaten only by Walking with Dinosaurs, has been quite controversial but has become very popular, for various show reasons.
Episodes
# | Title | Featuring | Original air date |
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1 | "Cannibal Dinosaur" | Male Majungasaurus vs. Female Majungasaurus (Identified as "Majungatholus" in the narration) | 29 July 2008 (2008-07-29) |
2 | "T-Rex Hunter" | Tyrannosaurus vs. Nanotyrannus | 5 August 2008 (2008-08-05) |
3 | "Gang Killers" | Deinonychus vs. Tenontosaurus | 12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) |
4 | "Bloodiest Battle" | Allosaurus vs. Ceratosaurus vs. Stegosaurus vs. Camarasaurus | 19 August 2008 (2008-08-19) |
5 | "Deep Sea Killers" | Megalodon vs. Brygmophyseter | 26 August 2008 (2008-08-26) |
6 | "Hunter Becomes Hunted" | Allosaurus vs. Ceratosaurus | 2 September 2008 (2008-09-02) |
7 | "Biggest Killers" | Allosaurus, Utahraptor, Majungasaurus, Albertosaurus and Tyrannosaurus | 9 September 2008 (2008-09-09) |
8 | "Raptor's Last Stand" | Utahraptor vs. Gastonia | 16 September 2008 (2008-09-16) |
9 | "Ice Age Monsters" | Short-faced bear vs. American lion | 23 September 2008 (2008-09-23) |
10 | "River of Death" | Pachyrhinosaurus vs. Albertosaurus | 30 September 2008 (2008-09-30) |
11 | "Raptors vs. T-Rex" | Edmontosaurus vs. Dromaeosaurus vs. Tyrannosaurus | 7 October 2008 (2008-10-07) |
12 | "Armageddon" | (Numerous species) | 22 October 2008 (2008-10-22) |
Turf Wars
The Jurassic Fight Club game, Turf Wars was a fighting game that could be found on history.com but is no longer available. You could play as one of six dinosaurs, skills are used to defeat the other five. Cheat codes can make players invincible, access special attacks, etc. These dinosaurs are featured in battle order with their own status:
Dinosaur | Offense | Defense | Speed |
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Female Majungasaurus | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Male Majungasaurus | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Tyrannosaurus | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Stegosaurus | 9 | 10 | 4 |
Utahraptor | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Pachyrhinosaurus | 8 | 8 | 8 |
References
- ^ George Blasing's bio Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine at his website.
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