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Dave Meikleham

This new Apple TV show has the best visual effects I’ve ever seen — you have to watch it

A baby woolly mammoth in “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,” now streaming on Apple TV.

It’s the fur. That’s long been Hollywood’s biggest stumbling block when it comes to delivering convincing visual effects. Whether it’s ILM or Wētā at the helm, digital fur has historically been maddeningly difficult to crack. Now, Apple TV has finally solved CGI’s hairiest problem with the latest season of its best nature docuseries. Ancient hair has truly never looked so good.

“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” is the greatest doc I’ve seen since the BBC’s sensational “Blue Planet 2,” which first hit screens back in 2017. Apple TV's newest effects-fueled epic features some of the most gobsmacking CGI I’ve ever clapped eyes on.

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