A pteranodon soars through a field of grazing dinosaurs in this impressive shot from the opening sequence. We now envision the earth as a former botanical paradise that has been ruined. Earlier artist portrayed dinosaurs living in a waste land. Culture is more in tune with the Biblical Genesis. Separated from his own species as a hatchling and raised on an island paradise by a clan of lemurs, a young iguanodon named Aladar learns to see things from a different perspective.
Family is important.
The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. Sudden catastrophic changes are more in vogue over former slow evolutionary change theories. In search of the new world following the apocalypse. Here is the the Biblical Exodus , and even Ward Bond's Wagon Train, and Kevin Kosner's Waterworld . Also, the personal spiritual journey is a big cultural theme these days.