It's strange to remember that "Primal" creator Genndy Tartakovsky broke into the animated mainstream more than two decades ago with "Dexter's Laboratory." Tartakovsky helmed several titles in the years between, including "Star Wars: Clone Wars," "Sym-Bionic Titan" and "Samurai Jack," but stylistically speaking "Dexter" and "Primal" are precise opposites.
"Dexter" is family-friendly, bright, and revolves around a title character who talks a mile a minute. "Primal" is gory, brutal and drenched in a bloody earth-toned color palette. It ran for 10 episodes before its protagonist, Spear (Aaron LaPlante) uttered a single word. He and his partner Fang never needed speech to understand each other. Spear is a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal with a heart of gold, and Fang's a Tyrannosaurus rex who cares about Spear enough to refrain from eating him.
