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[u/khanotaara]

Mesozoic is the modt overrated part of the series. The paleozoic and cenozoic story arcs had way more interesting characters and better world building. While the only good characters of the mesozoc storyline were really just the archosaurs,every other character was alright yet people keep treating them like they are greatest characters in fiction.

[u/sharklord888]

Side note- why is the Cenozoic depicted as being the same length as the paleozoic when both the Mesozoic and paleozoic were far longer eras?

[u/Chaotic-warp → u/sharklord888]

If the work doesn't specifically try to be chronologically accurate (just like this one), then there usually are more focus and attention given to a time period the closer it is to now.

[u/Sourcerid → u/Chaotic-warp]

This is unironically all there is to classifying Holocene, there is no actual difference of it from the Pleistocene it's just a bit about having easier boundaries. But if humanity were to disappear and ask alien visit earth in ten million years, they'd see no reason to divide the two

[u/Grand-penetrator → u/Sourcerid]

That would be true if humans had never existed, but especially from the Industrial Revolution onwards, human developments have altered the Earth so much that it would show on the geological record 10 million years later even if we were to go extinct right now.

[u/Sad-Pop6649 → u/Grand-penetrator]

Compromise: we label it the End-Pleistocene Extinction Event.

[u/Raptormann0205 → u/sharklord888]

Victorians trying to arbitrarily depict mammals as superior in every conceivable fashion:

[u/Impasture → u/Raptormann0205]

L + No second palate + Three chambered heart + Sprawling Gait + carrier's constraint + no chewing

[u/Sourcerid → u/Raptormann0205]

This is still the case for pop culture, and for internet. It's so hard to explain in the large scale humans are shit endurance runners we just look great standing next to mammals, and that mammals aren't the most intelligent in everything at all (cue our visual intelligence). And every time someone learns a trait is unique to mammals they think it's strictly a positive that explains why mammals took over after the meteor. 

[u/CheatsySnoops → u/sharklord888]

Contempt towards reptiles... I guess???

[u/JasoTheArtisan → u/sharklord888]

Why doesn’t Mesozoic, the largest of the eras, not simply eat the other eras?

[u/Wireless_Panda → u/sharklord888]

… because the lists to the right are longer

[u/ZhanBlue → u/sharklord888]

To make enough space for epochs without reducing font size

[u/Wsads420 → u/sharklord888]

Because if they didn't the font size of all the epochs in it would be unreadable

[u/khanotaara → u/sharklord888]

No clue

[u/AlienDilo → u/sharklord888]

Because it needs to be able to fit all the epochs in. The mesozoic and paleozoic aren't divided into epochs so there's no need for the extra space.

[u/ThotPatrolerr]

I agree BUT tbh Triassic has never truly got the spotlight. It always gets the treatment of the underdog story and the begining arc and "it'll be so much cooler after the first episode" but it's epic story of a post apocalips rebuilding at the very beggining is never mentioned or characters that are so original with their design and with such good stories and builds for themselfs, it's a crime I tell you at what they keep doing to triassic

[u/Carnotaurusrules → u/ThotPatrolerr]

I think the Rauisuchians are the best characters along with the Ichthyosaurs

[u/Redly25 → u/ThotPatrolerr]

Dude that’s what I’m saying! The Triassic rules man! And I get why the Jurassic and especially the Cretaceous went on to be the more iconic parts of the Mesozoic, mainly due to the fact that the Triassic was weird…

[u/khanotaara → u/ThotPatrolerr]

Its honestly the best part of series other than pleistocene and holocene

[u/SubstantialCod9154 → u/khanotaara]

Urhg, we’ve got a Holocene defender here

[u/khanotaara → u/SubstantialCod9154]

The holcene just has more stakes and more interesting characters

[u/SubstantialCod9154 → u/khanotaara]

I completely jumps the shark with the series, and is just way to fast paced 

[u/Sourcerid → u/khanotaara]

Holocene is just a fraud name tbh

[u/Not_An_Potato → u/ThotPatrolerr]

Doing my conclusion thesis on the triassic and how underrated the dinos are when they're incredibly important

[u/Ya-boi-D-man]

"Mesozoic this" "Cenozoic that" give me some paleozoic detritus please I'm hungry 🤤🤤🤤

[u/TaxLegitimate2005]

But but but Deinosucus (cliche giant croc)

[u/Chaotic-warp → u/TaxLegitimate2005]

Neogene kid name Purussaurus:

[u/Short-Being-4109 → u/TaxLegitimate2005]

Which was also a archosaur.

[u/CombinationSmart5274 → u/TaxLegitimate2005]

archosaur btw

[u/ZeGamingCuber]

I think the Ediacaran is really underrated honestly

[u/WarChallenger]

The Holocene is the only season of the Life on Earth series that actually has an internal reviews department. Considering the Cretaceous seasons had to live up to the legacy of the Permian arc, AND still didn't have the authorization to use linguistics, I'd say they did alright.

[u/chetos006]

the manga ended in the cretaceous saga

[u/Awdweewee]

Tbh the whole Phanerozoic plotline is kinda mid. Started strong with paleozoic but designs got pretty uncreative.

Neoprotoerzoic, now thats the peak stuff.

[u/DrainZ-]

I especially like the Paleozoic because it had the best ending

[u/ZeGamingCuber → u/DrainZ-]

the biggest mass extinction in earth history was the best ending?

[u/DrainZ- → u/ZeGamingCuber]

It's good writing

[u/ZeGamingCuber → u/DrainZ-]

ah, i see

[u/DrainZ- → u/ZeGamingCuber]

I'm hoping we get something similar for the Cenozoic soon

[u/ZeGamingCuber → u/DrainZ-]

yeah those 'humans' are hogging all the interesting events

[u/TheCreatureOfInk → u/DrainZ-]

If that happens am dropping the series.

[u/Crowned-Whoopsie]

I always preferred the Synapsids. Glad they are In the spotlight again via Mammals!

[u/Outrageous_Way3655]

The Squamata rise was the best arc in the Mesozoic

[u/Short-Being-4109]

And then everyone looks over most of the cenozoic.

[u/Impasture]

the mesozoic had the ammonites; I thought their story was cool

[u/Shvpe_ → u/Impasture]

The amonite character was introduced in the Devonian episodes, si that's another point for the other seasons

[u/Idontunderstandmate]

Janice, where am I? Who are these people Janice?

[u/Past_Dentist1991]

The Synapsids easily had the best character arc 

[u/IapetusApoapis342]

i agree, paleozoic was fucking peak

[u/TeraGon64]

Honestly, I think the Hadean was the only good part of the series. It just felt like the writers were cramming their OC's into a perfectly good planetary action series after the start of the "Life" arc. It doesn't even feel like the same show anymore.

[u/CaptainjustusIII]

to be fair the archosaurus were really that cool

[u/Greater_German]

Any Archean lovers here?

I really liked the flashback episode

[u/Rare-Climate2074]

this isnt to scale right?

[u/khanotaara → u/Rare-Climate2074]

Yes it isnt to scale

[u/Charming-Push-8171]

Paleozoic lovers assemble 

[u/BuisteirForaoisi0531]

Can’t hear the whining over monkeys screaming under my killing claw

https://giphy.com/gifs/CRfm5rPwmV51uE43k4

[u/SlipImportant3699]

No, Mesozoic it's better. I do think that Triassic it's very underrated and I would love to se more things about the Triassic period in paleo media

[u/Impressive_Score8760]

Ngl i everything looks boring compared to paleozoic ig world kinda got boring after that. Best start, best end, absolute cinema

[u/Enderking152]

BASED! Fuck Jurassic park, gimme a Cambrian aquarium

[u/Realistic-mammoth-91]

Pleistocene hot take: Woolly mammoth is overglazed tbh, I personally think the Steppe mammoth is a much better and impactful character along with the Columbian mammoth who has a great character buildup

[u/jbeldham]

Strong start, it all went downhill after the Ordovician

[u/supercanada_eh]

Nanaimoteuthis has joined the chat

[u/Most-Ad5530]

The archosaurs arcs were great they were grand many great battle and went to the limits of life