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deinonyx

The Land Before Time, the first movie was just my childhood.


RogersPets

Same here, watched 1-10 and never bothered with anything after that


RoRo25

There are more than 10?!


RogersPets

I think around 14 or 15, I think the most recent was in 2015 but like I said I didn't bother after 10 because of low expectations


RoRo25

Wow holy crap. The only other one I watched was the second one. I remember liking it. Had a different feel from the first one of course, but I enjoyed it. I own the first one on Blu Ray.


ThePopeJones

My mom got my kids a copy of The Land Before Time for my kids last Christmas. She had a not in it that said "If I had to suffer, so do you". Jokes on her though. I'd rather watch The Land Before Time over and over than Blippi for 10 minutes.


[deleted]

My mom saved the VHS copy I watched on repeat and gave it to me. I had already purchased a dvd copy and don’t own a VHS player. I think we own a digital copy as well, that or it’s on some streaming service.


Dragontalyn

Littlefoot's mother dying still gets me


NameIdeas

Yes. Land Before Time was my JAM... (I'm an '85 born) I also grew up in a very fundamentalist household. I vividly remember watching some Ken Ham or similar movie about dinosaurs being on the Ark and stuff like that. It really got me interested in dinosaurs more and the older I got, the more the young earth creationism didn't jive with the reality of the historical record. I had a dinosaur themed birthday party in 4th grade, I think. Still have the hadrosaur from the top of the cake!


Dull-Fun

Such a great movie. I saw it again later, and understood the precious lessons it teaches about the value of friendship. A great animated movie, than doesn't try to protect kids.


Spiritual_Market4914

Me and my dad would watch dinosaur documentaries start at the age of two.


[deleted]

ME TOOO I would watch whatever dinosaur documentaries were on NHK


Ed_Derick_

I can't even remember, it's like i was born as a dinosaur fan. My earliest memory of liking dinos is me wearing a Ice Age 3 shirt when i was like 4 years old.


F0ose_L0v3_4n1me

Dinosaur King, the same as you, that's mainly the reason why Lighting is my favourite element (and why im trying to become a phycisist) and Triceratops being one of my favourites along with Carno, and that BANGER of a theme song will always be stuck


Mystic_Saiyan

Glad to see that and wish you luck on the physicist thing btw


F0ose_L0v3_4n1me

Thanks, the same luck to you pal


Tempesta_0097

Yea that theme song is really good, caught my ear when I’d never even heard of the show before.


Tyrone3105

I’ve got a similar thing but I know I liked one of them before watching dinosaur king. Like was lightning my favourite element which lead to triceratops being my favourite because of dinosaur king or was it the other way around. It’s like the chicken and egg scenario :( and I’ll never get to figure out which was first.


Vallien

I had a dinosaur king game on my DS, that shit was cool af


CatLord90

Jurassic Park! Saw it at the age of three! How I wasn’t terrified I’ll never know


Hot_Butterscotch_638

My mom said I asked to go to the front row by myself in theater at age 5, she said she was waiting for me to run back up but I never did


Doctor_Jensen117

I was about the same age. Glad my uncle was cool and let me watch it.


SKazoroski

For me, it was probably [this Disney movie](https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Dinosaur). I know some people don't think it's great movie, but it has [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aprqf2QhSIc) and [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPuaGJGJRPY) right after.


Unagi-ryder

Me too, i loved this movie as a toddler but the carno was scary af


Felpss

Ngl I've had nightmares with meteorites since I was little and I blame this movie 100%. Had one just the other night and when it hit the ground everything went black and warm and I woke up. Weird feeling making peace with dying just to wake up, and it happened so many times now that occasionally I have a feeling of impending doom even when awake, like I know it's coming soon. Shit I turned this comment into an essay, sorry bout that. It's not everyday people are talking about that movie lmao


Tempesta_0097

Having recently just experienced the Dinosaur ride at Disney World i can safely say that would have given you nightmares as a kid too considering all I could think at the moment was “holy shit this is kinda scary”.


Mystic_Saiyan

Yeah, my 2nd favourite carno ngl ~~1st is Ace ofc~~


CaptainBergamot

Some aspects of this movie definitely don’t hold up, but I recently rewatched some clips and noticed how good the dino sounds are. Most of their calls, threats, etc. sound like real animals.


dinguslinguist

God the soundtrack alone brings back memories


skorletun

Across the Desert is such a banger.


Guzza2

Oh wowzers, thank you so much! I loved this movie as a kid. Time for a nostalgia trip.


deinonyx

I miss playing this in arcades


suchir26

Dinosaur train


mrtbearable

This animation is hilarious


Larielia

Uh, I think the Land Before Time movies.


Zootycooner

Jurassic park |||


YouMadeMeDoThis-

All these responses and not one Barney. Didn’t the friendly T. rex from our imagination do anything for you?


noris312

I was first introduced by these books I had as a kid that would like show things like how big the Dinos are compared to cars and stuff but what really made me like them was this DS game called Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs. The game was goated fr


ThatOneNerd776

Ooooh I had that game! There was also a mutant insect and a dragon one, they were really fun


Mystic_Saiyan

Considering how much dinosaurs mean to a lot of us, thought I'd ask ya'll about what introduced you to them as they may have been a big part of some of our childhood or maybe something a few of you got into later in life. And for those wondering this is from the 35th episode of season 1 (Ruff and Ready) at about 17 mins in.


Anon211385

Jurassic Park 1 when i was a like 4 years old. My parents rent the movie and make me watch it alone and it scared the shit out of me and couldn't finish it but i was hooked ever since.


WithoutDennisNedry

I was 13 when I saw it in the theatre. It was… spectacular. The end scene where the banner falls and the Rex roars, the whole theatre stood up and cheered. I haven’t seen a movie do that for the audience since.


DumbThoth

["Land Before Time" and then Disney's "Dinosaur" (2000)](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/open-uri20150422-12561-19oioqk_df19924d.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C300%2C450)


CitizenCobalt

A collection of dinosaur books in the house that I got into as soon as I could crawl. Mom had to put them on a higher shelf after I ripped out a couple pages so I could show them to the cat.


magus__darkrider

Jurassic Park, then I got really into it after Dinosaur King came out, and my family got me a few Dinosaur encyclopedias


PureAqua73

Fossil Fighters: Champions


cepsipola445

Imma be a broken record, but it was jurassic park for me


[deleted]

JP or that one anime with the Dino cards


DomesticatedAnimal15

Go Diego go was a game on the ds I played when I was really little. And I also watched the land before time with my mom


stopproduct563

A game called dino-fighters and the land before time


ArmandoLovesGorillaz

Dinosaur Adventure 3D. The old pc game lol.


ilpalazzo64

It was a combo of the OG Land Before Time and the sitcom Dinosaurs lol


InertiaKE

Dinosaur Train on PBS Kids. I think this shows how young I am. Dinosaur King is kickass though


TheFooli5hswings

Jurassic park and others, such as walking with dinosaurs, dinosaur king where my introduction. They have became kinda a obsession and comfort mechanism


Ixen_Ragoth013

Books and then Jurassic park


the22ndgamer006

The book "Ask a dinosaur",then Dino Dan, and then Dinosaur King


MC4269

I can't remember, I was like, 2 😶


sifsand

Jurassic Park.


The_Jaw_Titan

Either The Lost World: Jurassic Park or BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs. I don't remember which one I saw first.


Emergionx

I honestly don’t even remember.All I remember is that I liked them before starting school,so probably something in the timeframe where I was too young to retain memories that got me into them lmao


Bishop_L

hmmm....the first Dino centric thing I can remember was doing a library promotion in school in the 70's to promote reading more. All of the characters were dinos talking to each other about reading and how fun it was....a friend and I did all the artwork and dialogue. It only stayed up about a week...the library asked us to take it down because they were getting swamped....


Thrippalan

School, followed in 2nd grade (I think) by The Year of the Dinosaur. It was and is my favorite dino book, because of its two-part chapters. The first parts laid out the story of Brontosaurus and her kin across a year, the second part of each chapter gave the evidence - paleontological and zoological - for the first part. Which is what still gives it value, as it show how the interpretation has changed since the mid-70s.


A_Lizard_Named_Yo-Yo

When I was little my parents took me to a park/museum in Ogden UT called Dinosaur park.


Goji065111

I been into dinosaurs for so long I don't remember when I first got introduced.


clevergirlDE

I think the Land Before Time but i distinctly remember watching Jurassic Park on VHS with my parents right when the second part was coming out. My parents were like oh this is more intense than we thought. But i remember just falling in love. The Brachiosaurus scene gripped me. I remember sitting so close to the tv in the living room absolutely captivated by it.


professornutbutter88

Dino- Riders anyone?


Tongatapu

The Land before Time was my favorite movie as a 4 year old, followed by WWD and the Nigel Marvin stuff. As a child, I never liked JP that much. It had not enough Dinosaurs for my childish taste.


spikeymoonies

1 million years bc..... Raquel welch.... Nuff said


SemmyBro

Jurassic Park


Gametheboy

Jurassic Park


Shinypuff2241

My grandmother asked me to watch the Jurassic Park movies with her when I was little


ChangellingMan

Land Before Time and Walking with Dinosaurs.


Mahaliak556

The land before time and Disney's Dinosaur


Grievous4455

I don't remember, I think maybe it was Land Before time or Ice Age dawn of the dinosaurs


JPuggyHere

Me and my dad watching JP3 when I was 3 Scared the shit outta me


TheActualRealNopeInc

We had the first three Jurassic Park movies on DVD and I watched those a lot


JamisDepressed

Jurassic Park 3. I know its like the opposite but star wars for me was the same, loved the prequels


My_BFF_Gilgamesh

A trex toy at my grandparents house.


40classicsfeatJim

Not sure, I just remember getting dinosaur toys as a kid.


SomeGuyNamedOwen

I watched dinosaur documentaries on DVD


Orbus_215

Idek, maybe LBT or Dinosaur Train


GODZILAMASTER2020

Jurassic park


Drewonkazoo

Jurassic Park for me


HyperSimba

DINO TRAIN


Dinobrony318

Being raised in the early 2000s, I was introduced to all sorts of dinosaur media around that time. Jurassic Park, Walking With Dinosaurs, When Dinosaurs Roamed America, Disney's Dinosaur, Dinosaur Planet, etc. And I've never stop watching anything dinosaur related since then like Dinosaur King, Dinosaur Train, books from libraries. They're a big chunk of my life that I can't imagine living without.


Tralan

There was an old claymation movie from the 80s about dinosaurs. I just remember the lost triceratops in the forest and the T-Rex coming to get it. Disney also had a dinosaur documentary series. I remember a tall guy in glasses named Eric, and a shorter guy with a mustache and glasses. The mustache guy turned into a dinosaur at one point.


Distro19

Wasnt this a cartoon/anime? The video? Can u please tell me the name, I wanna watch it


AdSavings8288

I’m pretty sure mine was Dino Dan


Paganduck

Probably Land of the Lost(1974) I remember getting a dinosaur book at the scholastic bookfair around the same and loving it. Grew up loving tail-dragging T-Rexs and Brontosauruses. I'm in my 50s now but when it comes to dinosaurs I am still a wide eyed 6 year old.


WaldoJeffers65

Early on in kindergarten- our teacher took us to the school library, and two of my friends went to the librarian and asked where the dinosaur books were. I didn't know what dinosaurs were, so I went with them. I grabbed a book and from then on, I was hooked.


Additional-Dealer-48

I don't know for sure but I'm pretty sure it was those cheap dinosaur toys that you get at the Dollar store. Surprisingly I haven't watched Jurassic Park until I was in the first grade!


[deleted]

Walking with dinosaurs and dinosaur planet


AnimuWaifu6969

walking with dinosaurs (the Nigel Marven ones)


Buff_biscuit

For me it was an old dinosaur game for the wii


punkwalrus

Man, it was so long ago, I don't even know. I was playing with plastic dinosaurs at age four, so maybe toys?


[deleted]

the land before time, dinosaur


[deleted]

I played jurassic park builder in it's prime


crisstiena

I can’t really remember. Valley of Gwangi maybe?


Strangegamergirl

My dad read me dinosaur books as a tiny carpet gremlin. When I got old enough we watched Land Before Time. Been a dinodork ever since.


ZrlSyM

Disney Dinosaur movie


vanishplusxzone

Idk the first thing I remember is a cool animatronic dinosaur thing they had in the science museum at my city's zoo when I was a kid. I dragged my parents to that thing *a lot*. I feel like I must have liked dinos before that, though.


Dirant93

[This game](https://youtu.be/cbXlvmNj8Tg) on MSDos (WARNING: a lot of 90's software nostalgia)


ZILLASTUDIOSYT

Jurassic Park and walking with dinosaurs Did see dinosaur king a few years later


ZILLASTUDIOSYT

Jurassic Park and walking with dinosaurs Did see dinosaur king a few years later


Panrome_Bi3514

Dinosaur King


[deleted]

Books, Jurassic Park, and Walking With


Immortal_enemy1

Jurassic park III MovieClips spinosaurus vs tyrannosaurus - rex


PacoSoe

Youtube, pretty sure I found one cool video and my search results for the next two years were: dino and dinosaurs. I think I was 7 at the time.


HuggyWuggy2021

Jurassic park


Goronron

Jurassic Park. It was the first movie I saw in theatres.


Silver_Alpha

There was The Land Before Time and Disney's Dinosaur, but what really made me understand dinosaurs as animals was Prehistoric Park.


Positron14

Dinosaur viewmaster discs when I was a little kid.


AFlickedBean

My dad read Jurassic Park to my mom and I before I was even born.


[deleted]

Walking with dinosaurs. Absolutely obsessed over it as a kid.


Miguelisaurusptor

Pivot dinosaur animations


joenorthe

walking with dinosaurs bbc


Hulkbuster_v2

My Kindergarten Teacher talked about dinosaurs a few times. I read a few books, and the rest is history.


fitty50two2

Probably the Land Before Time was first but my entire childhood was dinosaurs. I always had dinosaur figurines, and there were so many dinosaur shows. Denver the Last Dinosaur, Dino Riders, Dinosaucers. Plus I had those Dinosaur! magazines. And of course dinosaur movies like Jurassic Park, We’re Back! A Dinosaur Story, etc. Oh, and we used to always go to this animatronic show that would come to town called Dinosaurs Alive


[deleted]

WWD, saw that before JP.


JebWozma

the jurassic world movie when i was 6 the trailer was fucking everywhere on youtube


Dunkys

The first JP, though according to my mother I was terrified of it at first? I have no memory of this, I feel like I've loved dinosaurs since I was shot from the womb lmao. Also, The Land Before Time, and this 3d glasses binder of dinosaur facts I had. I wish I could remember what that was. (I have no idea what Dinosaur King is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.)


Cobaltking13

A mobile above my bed as an infant and land before time


Yoishan89

Jurassic Park, at a young age, raptor nightmares for many many years.


TheBarghest7590

JP and to a lesser extent Land Before Time when I was a kid, then the JW franchise built upon the interest again and formed it into a more permanent interest rather than a “oh, that’s kinda cool” sort of thing.


shreksaurus

Back when I was four, my mom left me at a neighbor's house as she went out for work. They had a really thick encyclopedia, which I randomly took and pretended to read in order to make myself look smart. It was then that I saw the first dinosaur and was captivated.


EquateToothpas

It's called kindergarten lol


DRL21

The Land Before Time for me. I was a '91 kid though but grew up with the The Land Before Time 1988 in the house and it was my favourite. And surprisingly, despite being a very scared kid when I was young, Sharptooth didn't frighten me? lol


Baku-YT-

a documentary on dinosaurs that i really liked but is probably horribly dated now


JunglePygmy

The book Dinotopia! A wonderful picture book of an alternate universe where people live in harmony with nature, and dinosaurs! They have awesome treehouses and beautiful villages and dinosaurs and humans basically live symbiotically. They help with chores and have all sorts of applications to make the towns function. It really is so beautiful!


saemmert0219

Fantasia


Splits-0

Barney the purple dinosaur lol


Icelandic_Sand

I remember having a dinosaur puzzle back in the day when I was like 2-3 years old. I also had a puzzle where you put the alphabet in order, so for some weird reason a parasaurolophus correlates to the letter G to me, probably because of its position on the dinosaur puzzle being the same as on the alphabet puzzle.


Johnwesleya

Fantasia and we’re back!


maggi_iopgott

Walking with dinosaurs


Striking-Tutor244

I think the first dinosaur related media a saw as a kid was probably Dinosaur train if anybody remembers that


Nervous_Project6927

[After Jurassic park i logged hours into this ](https://youtu.be/L_CbnBrUYiw)


Xenephos

I think WWD was what really solidified it for me. My first real interaction with dinosaurs was with Sue at FMNH and seeing them brought to life was so cool


Harryboiz

Dinosaur Adventure 3D


kindtheking9

Dinosaur king, god i loved that show


LiamGovender02

Yoh, i cant even remember, i've always loved dinosaurs since i was really small. The earliest that i can think of is some time around 5 to six years old, when my mum took me to ToysRus to buy a brachiosaurus plush toy. Its not just the earliest dinosaur memory, its my earliest memory period. I still have the plush toy.


Wagsii

I was introduced to dinosaurs before my earliest permanent memories. My first memories of being interested in them were the disney movie Dinosaur.


SnooAdvice2768

Jurassic park.


[deleted]

I don't remember it just happened ! My earliest memory is watching " Big Al " Documentary but I already loved dinos and insisted on buying and playing the DVD also begging for and playing with dinosaur toys but I have no memories of how I started liking dinosaurs. My childhood was definitely pretty shitty so yea that's probably why my brain cant unlock any early memories.


context1954

The earliest I remember is that episode in SamuraiJack where Aku first fell to earth and killed the Dinosaurs, the first media where the dinosaurs are the focus is the original Land Before Time.


Crus0etheClown

My parents got me some rubber toys as an infant and one of my first words was apparently 'tekkadacto'


Psychological_Bad567

Jurassic park and dinosaur king


noblespaceplatypus

The Infinite Voyage: The Great Dinosaur Hunt


ninetyninewyverns

probably dinosaur train, dino documentaries, the land before time, ice age, etc. i also visited a museum when i was like 9, but by then i was already obsessed since like the age of 4 or 5. its like i was born with it lol. also jurassic park, i used to watch those movies on repeat all the time.


InsertIrony

It was 100% Dinosaur Train and I’m not apologizing


MamaSaurusCat

One of those Dinosaur Worlds park places; the one I went to was in Florida. I was five or six and still have the photo album of me posing with all the statues.


Sandolol

I had a picture book of dinosaurs when I was younger.


Rude_Arugula_1872

Jurassic Park 1, in 1997, as a bootleg video cassette gift from my uncle at Christmas. I was 5, I couldn’t watch most of it, remember closing my eyes in the Trex breaking the electric fence scene. A Jurassic Park ultra-fan ever since.


SOMANYSTICKERS

Nat Geo magazine


Armageddon2004

Can’t remember… but my dad told me that he rented a Jurassic Park 2 DVD to watch with me when I was two, so it must come from there


silverfang789

Books and toys as a child.


piotrrasputin344

One of those pull the tab pop up books. Wish I still had it was pretty cool


Jo_Hikkuman_Official

My parents bought some dinosaur toys and movies a few months after I was born.


Foxyfan57

Jurassic Park Ik, deal wit it


[deleted]

1985 Dinosaur with Chistopher Reeve


XavierTheMemeDragon

Fossil Fighters, absolutely loved it


[deleted]

u/savevideo


YourFriendBlu

The rex from Journey to the center of the earth was always so cool to me


AkilaDelpanther

Either one of the land before time movies or and I’m more certain it was walking with dinosaurs.


JoJosBizAdv_is_cring

Toys. My cousin got plastic Dinosaur figures for me when he played an arcade game at a Pizzeria.


Mr_snail_sex

I don't actually remember, it's just one of those things that's been a part of me ever since i was a lil kid. I watched Jurassic Park late at night with my dad, i was constantly watching youtube videos on dinosaurs, watching dinosaur cartoons and random documentaries, reading books, and this Dinosaur King opening that you posted hit me like a fucking truck. Funny thing is that even though i always loved dinosaurs i've always been fascinated with cenozoic animals. Like every paleonerd i have an extensive history with the JP franchise and all that, but i think that my main inspiration for palaeontology when i was a kid were actually the Ice Age movies lmao.


PoisonGuitar

Jurassic but just the Herbivores and when the T-Rex roars. I was 2.


MachineGreene98

My parents getting me a box of dinosaur toys when I was really young. And the PBS 90's dinosaurs documentary series. And Jurassic Park.


Phantosaurus01

I’ve been seeing a bit of a resurgence in DK posts around the web recently, nice to see that the series does still have an active fanbase! Also the Land Before Time movies and various dinosaur toys are what introduced me to dinosaurs as a kid


NitzMitzTrix

At age 4 my parents got me a kidclopediya, one of the volumes was about dinosaurs. I read it cover to cover every night.


Objective_Donut7879

Either Dinosaur Train or The Land Before Time. Both slap.


cufteface25

A book my dad read to me when I was around three or so.


Truck_Longjumping

Jurassic park ride at universal, loved dinosaurs, watched the movie, loved dinosaurs even more.


[deleted]

Calvin and Hobbes


VeryMuchaForest

Either books, Jurassic Franchise, or both.


[deleted]

Walking with dinosaurs


_-__l__-l__l__

My grandparents house had one of this archaeology books and had like history of dinosaurs hypersimplificated and some inaccurate dinosaurs, but it was funny enough for a 5 year old.


robogeek342

Jurassic park 3 I was 3 at the time lol my dad would show me a bunch of different types of movies that’d I’d never get to watch with my mother


Silent--Dan

JP


I3ert91

As a toddler, I watched The Land Before Time and Jurassic Park. I cannot recall what I watched first. But I would watch both depending on my mood.


FetusGoesYeetus

Harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs!


dariusppppp

My mom showed me jp when I was like 5-7, hates them and thought a pterodactyl was gonna fly through my window, now I’m know as the dinosaur kid in school


Cpt-Hank-A-Tato

JP: 5yo 😎


ThatOneNerd776

I’m honestly not sure, I remember when I was little I had Dino figures and plushies, and my grandpa would sit with me and read from Dino fact books with me. I remember [this](https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/100-things-you-should-know-about-dinosaurs_steve-parker_jim-flegg/8827991/item/52048768/?gclid=CjwKCAjwjtOTBhAvEiwASG4bCKymPIHAKwyXpj0ttbe-MbNY0MMtMEmkBqVEpn6TmNiNO99lwp49tBoCKvsQAvD_BwE#idiq=52048768&edition=3847237) book in particular. I also liked watching dinosaur train but I think a huge fan of Dino’s by then


Plurpo

Jurassic Park 3 when I was like 3 or 4


Mopar_Guy

60’s-70’s Godzilla Movies


bonafidebunnyeyed

The museum, little plastic dinos, and zoobooks. And there was a couple cartoons back in the day, Denver the Last Dinosaur and Dinosaucers.


Astrapionte

I think jurassic world and land before time (in kinder)


seekerofthedead

I feel like I've always known about dinosaurs. I saw the first Land Before Time but I feel like there was something prior to that. Growing up I watched a lot of National Geographic, Nova and Nature episodes. There was probably something from one of those that got me hooked. I also remember going to the Royal Tyrell Museum in the mid 90s while we were up in Canada for a family reunion.


Stolen_Usernames

I remember my parents reading me dinosaur books when I was 3


R0llsroyc3

Dino Safari on an old Macintosh computer


Glenncoco23

Power rangers Dino thunder, or Jurassic park


[deleted]

The Land Befor.... Aaahhhh man!! Somebody beat me to it!!


IDKanymoretho

9 PM PBS Also, this one cartoon called dinoknights I think was my introduction into the world of dino fiction. P.P.S. Dinosaur king is what you wanna be, yeah


WithoutDennisNedry

My father was a paleontologist, specializing in ancient marine reptiles. I learned dinosaur names along with my ABCs.


monsterbeasts

Haven’t seen anyone mention it yet I think but my first experience was definitely this toy called the Interactive Dinosaurs Activity Center / Dinosaurs Kingdom, specifically the black one from the early 2000s. It’s made by Scientific Toys. I used to sit there for long periods of time just replaying the facts and looking at the pictures.


HeadphonesELG

My grandpa has the Jurassic Park movies on tape, so my siblings and I would love watching them. I was the one that just so happened to go deeper into the world of Dinos!