‘Prehistoric Planet's’ second season is more comfort watching for Apple TV+ viewers (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — The best thing Apple did for the second season of its dinosaur show Prehistoric Planet was retain the familiar and soothing voice of Sir David Attenborough.
I am not particularly attached to nature documentaries, dinosaurs or no, but there is just something comfortable and familiar about turning on the likes of Planet Earth on a quiet night.
That’s what makes Prehistoric Planet a gem for those who are fans of both dinosaurs and that kind nature documentary where a narrator speaks in near-hushed tones as a gazelle stops by a watering hole.
Dinosaurs appeal to both children and childs-at-heart because they are fascinating just by having existed at all.
It boggles the mind to think, once upon a time gigantic lizards the size of the Petronas Towers existed and now we have little that remains of them besides fossils.
What Prehistoric Planet did so well in the first season was make dinosaurs and their day-to-day seem so real and present and the second season brings more scaled and fuzzy prehistoric fauna to our screens.
It is not just the regular scaly friends we might have gotten used to thanks to the likes of Jurassic Park but instead mammals, crocodiles and birds get their own time on screen.
Don't worry Tyrannosaurus Rex isn’t going anywhere as you will see a T.Rex or two along the way.
Predators, as they do, always make my heart beat a little quicker in nature docs, and they will too if you care about whether those adorable prehistoric animal babies stay safe from all the big things that want to eat them.
The show does also sprinkle a little science here and there, but the narrative remains at the heart of it and that’s what a good nature doc should be, informative without boring and effortlessly entertaining.
Prehistoric Planet’s second season begins airing May 22 on Apple TV+, with a new episode daily for a week.
Check out the trailer below:
