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Jurassic Fight Club

(Rated TV-PG, Educational, Starring George Blasing, Where to watch: History, DVD)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Dino attack investigation is intense, educational.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    The show is quite educational, with the experts explaining in fascinating detail the instinctive drives that prompted dinosaurs to attack each other (though these needs rarely go beyond mating or feeding).
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Plenty of graphic computer-animated dino-on-dino action, often including fights to the death. There's biting, clawing, scratching, and more, and the losers usually end up as lunch. There's some blood, but it's also CGI.

  • Sex:

    The scientists often discuss dinosaur mating habits in clinical detail.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    Many of the experts are identified by their university affiliations.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Jurassic Fight Club

Parents need to know that this educational series recreates some very intense dinosaur battles, using computer graphics to show them fighting to the death. It's more educational than scary, but some of the scenes do get rather gory, including shots of bloody dino fangs and images of the winners feasting on their victims' carcasses. But the CGI blood and gore probably won't scare dino-loving young viewers -- in fact, it may even be a key draw for some of them, pulling them in as they learns some pretty complex scientific concepts.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about how much we really know about dinosaurs. The show's experts paint a detailed picture of each violent dino encounter, explaining which beasts are fighting and why, but much of the information in these stories, while compelling, is still just conjecture. Do you think the descriptions seem accurate? Can you think of a better scenario? Why are dinosaurs such fascinating subjects for movies and TV shows?
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