Line #6 YMMV/TheodoreRex


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2	* AssPull: The film couldn't be bothered to come up with a good reason why Elizar Kane decided to revive dinosaurs as intelligent, anthropomorphic beings aside from a quick line from him remarking that he wanted to show how "science could change the world."
3	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A notorious example of such, so much so that its inconsistent tone leads to a glaring case of UncertainAudience, further alienating viewers with its inane plot and the poorly-designed animatronic puppets. Unsurprisingly, it failed spectacularly with test audiences and wound up being released direct-to-video.
4	* BileFascination: Quite a limited number of people have bought and watched the movie just to see how atrocious it is.
5	* CompleteMonster: [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Elizar Kane]] is the head of New Eden, a powerful billionaire, and [[BigBad directly or indirectly responsible]] for the crimes in the movie. Kane became a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity pillar of society]] by bringing back extinct species through cloning, especially his recreation of the dinosaurs, appearing as an empathetic father figure to them, but was unable to accept imperfections or flaws of the world; as such, he plans to launch a missile with the power to wipe out the world and recreate it [[InTheirOwnImage in his own image]]. Kane has two employees who attempted to leak the truth killed, setting the events of the movie in motion, and has two other lackeys who failed him killed. When Teddy and Coltrane uncover his plans, he has Coltrane's young friend Sebastian [[WouldHurtAChild kidnapped]], along with Teddy's LoveInterest Molly. Kane states he needs Teddy because he needs two Rex's as part of his cryogenic Ark plan, later trying to gun down Teddy and Coltrane when Teddy fights against him.
6	* QuestionableCasting:
7	** This is not one of Creator/WhoopiGoldberg's better movie choices. Sure, the studio threatened to ''sue'' her if she walked off the set, and she decided to do the movie so she would avoid what happened to Creator/KimBasinger with ''Film/BoxingHelena'', but it only succeeded in [[StarDerailingRole knocking her off the A-list]].
8	** ''Creator/RichardRoundtree''? What are you doing here?!
9	* RetroactiveRecognition: Yup, that's [[Creator/GeorgeNewbern Superman and Sephiroth]]'s voice coming from the body of an anthro, cookie-loving ''Tyrannosaurus''.
10	* SpecialEffectsFailure:
11	** The dinosaur suits in this movie are only slightly better than Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic's effort in ''Film/HowardTheDuck''. Which reflects badly on both ''this'' (considering it was made a year after ''Film/JurassicPark'') '''''and''''' ''Howard'' (considering not only it was made for a lower budget than that film but ILM's reputation as '''''the''''' definitive SFX powerhouse in Hollywood). It stings further when you realize that several members of the effects staff also worked on ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'', a series with more stylized characters but more effective animatronic effects.
12	** At one point, the eyes on the Theodore suit stop working properly.
13	** Many of the puppets are downright ugly to look at. And some don't even look like they're ''moving''.
14	** As [[http://www.slashfilm.com/theodore-rex/ this interview]] mentions, there were constant problems with the mechanics behind the scenes as well. A combination of the controls being broken, coupled with the cold weather during filming meant that the animatronics didn't work as well as expected. And it shows.
15	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
16	** The concept of an anthropomorphic ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' as a policeman of the future sounds like it could've been some of the best CrazyIsCool ideas out there, doesn't it? Too bad this movie screwed it up royally.
17	** Even by this movie's standards, some of its own ideas are dropped without any payoff. ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst'' points out that the fact that all the dinosaurs have psychic powers and can speak with one another telepathically has no payoff other than serving as Theodore's motivation to take the case. ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Psychic dinosaur detectives of the future.]]'' How can you possibly do so little with that idea?
18	* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Thanks to a combination of terrifying designs and barely working animatronics, the dinosaurs do not look convincing in the slightest.
19	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It's really hard to tell just what audience this movie would have been shooting for, especially if it had made it to theaters. Theo's [[SickeninglySweet sickeningly cute love of milk and cookies]] seems to keep it well within the realm of kiddie movies -- and then you get a scene that's [[MoodWhiplash as violent as any given cheap sci-fi B-movie]].

Context YMMV / TheodoreRex