Xenozoic

Xenozoic Tales is a 2014 Post Apocalyptic Television Series by 20th Century Fox Television and based on the comic book "Xenozoic Tales" by Mark Schultz. It followed the comics more closely then the Saturday Morning cartoon Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.

Its first season consisting of fifteen episodes debuted on Fox on March 2014 and finished on May 2014, on July 16th 2014 it was renewed for a second season.

Plot
By the 2030's, war, pollution and natural disasters have become all too much for the Earth to bare and as a result the atmosphere becomes hostile and mankind is forced to move underground into vast subterranean shelters to escape the apocalyptic disaster. However 450 years later they leave the cities to see if the surface is habitable but they discover that during their time away from the surface, vast jungle has grown, the mighty cities of New York, London, Dublin, Moscow, Tokyo and Cape Town have crumbled and become overgrown and the Dinosaurs have mysteriously come back from extinction to reclaim the Earth. Technology is now extremely limited and those with mechanic skills can command a great deal of influence and respect.

The main characters are Jack Tenrec and his scientist and lover Hannah Dundee, Jack who is one such mechanic operates a garage where he restores cars mostly his favorite types Cadillacs, however he uses a modified fuel made of dinosaur guano as the post apocalyptic world no longer has the ability to refine oil.

In the Post Apocalyptic future the Earth is not just inhabited by dinosaurs and mammoths but also by criminals, politicians, mad scientists, poachers and a mysterious race of lizardmen known as the Grith. Jack, Hannah and their allies fight both preserve nature and the Machinatio Vitai (The Machinery of Life).

Main Characters

 * Timothy Olyphant as Jack Tenrec - An Old Blood mechanic who runs a garage that restores old cars especially Cadillacs on the outskirts of the City in the Sea and the main protagonist. He is a firm believer in the Machinatio Vitai (The Machinery of Life) that all life should be respected, he has a pet Allosaurus named Hermes. He does not stand poachers as to him they are burdens to the animal world, his love interest is the beautiful Wasoon ambassador and scientist Hannah Dundee, he modified his cars to run on dinosaur guano.
 * Tania Raymonde as Hannah Dundee - A beautiful young ambassador and scientist from Wasoon and the second main protagonist. She came to the City in the Sea to build up relations and trade with her tribe so they they could get access to the city's library, it was there that she fell in love with the old blood mechanic Jack Tenrec despite their different views on certain things.
 * Jamie Foxx as Mustapha Cairo - An African American mechanic and Jack's best friend. He is a strong, loyal and friendly man who works in Jack's garage as a mechanic with him and helps him with some of his Cadillacs. Like Jack he is a firm believer in the Machinaito Vitai although he does not usually do drastic things like Jack does. Despite having a few deference's they still remain the closest of friends.
 * Ciaran Mcmenamin as Mess O'Bradovich - An Irish American mechanic and Jack's second best friend. He is more easy gping then Jack and like Mustapha he sometimes disagree with Jack's drastic methods but still remains one of his most closest friends.
 * Stephen Lang as Kirgo - An middle aged man who is a ferryman in the City in the Sea. He is a good friend to Jack and Hannah and is willing to help them in several dangerous situations. It is revealed that he knew Jack from his childhood and that it was his father who installed his fundamental belief in the Machinatio Vitai and the value of nature, he sometimes worries about Jack's beliefs as he thinks that they can go a bit overboard.
 * Simon Baker as Hammer Terhune (Season 1) - The main antagonist of the series. He is a ruthless poacher who has an intense hatred for Jack Tenrec and wants to own his garage, he is also leader of a gang of poachers who want Jack's garage so that they could build machines for hunting with. He has two brothers Wrench and Vice who are also in his gang, at the end of season 1 he is killed when he tries to strangle Jack but is shot by Hannah.
 * Ben Feldman as Wrench Terhune - The second main antagonist and brother to Hammer. He is a poacher who wears a headband and carries a modified Pump Action Shotgun.
 * Justin Berfield as Vice Terhune - The third man antagonist and Hammer Terhunes youngest brother. Like his two older brothers he is a poacher who sports a ponytail and wears a cowboy hat with dinosaur teeth around it.
 * Hermes - An Allosaurus who is the pet of Jack Tenrec. Jack rescued him after his mother was killed in a circus and has since become his pet and guard dog, although he is playful around Jack, Hannah, Mustapha, Mess and Kirgo but around others he acts quite aggressively.

Recurring Characters

 * Margo Martindale as Wilhelmina Scharnhorst - The leader of the Moles, a group of people who are in charge of the vaults of the City in the Sea. She hates the old blood mechanics with a passion as she sees them as the prevention of progress, she particularly hates Jack Tenrec whom she views as the worst of them all.
 * Council of Governors -
 * as Governor Nok -
 * Margot Robbie as Governor Dahlgren - A woman who is the voice of reason to the governors. Her governing styles are said to have been heavily influenced by Jack. Dahlgren has a bad habit of flirting with any man.
 * Seth Gillian as Governor Toulouse - Toulouse is the public relations man of the governors. His concerns all lie on the morale and attitude of the public regarding potential problems. Even though Toulouse means well, he is not used to the outdoor lifestyles of Jack Tenrec.
 * Toby Jones as Dr. Fessenden -
 * The Grith - A race of mysterious humanoid lizards who live in underground caverns they cannot speak, however they can communicate in either scrabble titles or hand gestures. They are evolved from an unknown species of dinosaur and had lived in secrecy for millions of years, after the great cataclysm they came out of hiding to become stories among the humans.
 * David Tennant as Hobbs - A Grith shaman who is a friend to Jack Tenrec. He is able to communicate with Jack with telepathy which makes him Jacks translator to the Grith.
 * Nick Robinson as Wild Child - A mute human who was raised by the Grith. When he was three years old he wandered from his parent home where he was attacked by a pack of Hyenas and wounded until the Grith saved him, they took him back to their village so he could recover and soon adopted him.


 * The Savage People - The Savage People are a nation of tribal men and women who descended from humans who stayed on the surface during the great cataclysm, they wear pieces of armor, made from various dinosaur bones and hand-made pieces. The Savages would group together in hut villages in swamps and still used certain types of technology, such as flashlights and various guns. They are also extremely territorial and sometimes attack and even kill whoever trespasses on their land.

Prehistoric Animals Featured
In the Xenozoic Tales universe the humans have developed their own names for prehistoric creatures for example Slither is a generic term for any dinosaur or prehistoric reptile. Below are names used in the show and the real life creatures they refer to.
 * Cutter - Allosaurus. A mid-sized carnivore, relatively common. Hermes, Jack's half tame dinosaur, is a juvenile.
 * Short-faced Bear - Same name. Large and aggressive bear, dangerous even if not threatened.
 * Harvestman / Cogspider - Giant opilione. Lives deep underground in huge colonies. If exposed to pressure at sea level, it will slowly die.
 * Hornbill - Parasaurolophus. A peaceful and gentle animal, travels in herds.
 * Mack - A general term for ceratopsians, generally used for Triceratops or Styracosaurus or Pachyrhinosaurus. Easily startled herd animal.
 * Mammoth / Big Woolly / Tusker - Mammoths. Ill tempered elephants. Hannah tried to catch one, and in a rage it followed them back to Jack's garage, before being killed in a run-in with a mack herd.
 * Sambuck - Apatosaurus. Large sauropod, lives in herds and startles easily.
 * Sailback - A general term used for sailed synapsids such as Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus.
 * Shivat - Tyrannosaurus Rex. The largest carnivore in the world, sticks to the higher regions. Mates for life. A mutated specimen possessed chameleonic abilities and an ultra tough hide. Genitals are highly prized on the black market.
 * Shrike - Deinonychus. Small pack animal.
 * Thresher - Mosasaur. Large sea hunter, possesses sonar.
 * Triton - Trilobite. An early arthropod, in real life they were usually 3-6 cm long, but in the show they can grow as long as 2 meters.
 * Rockhopper - Unknown animal: Smallish carnivore, non-hostile unless provoked.
 * Wahochuck - Stegosaurus. A fairly common animal.
 * Krenkel - Ceratosaurus. Mid-sized carnivore whose roar sounds like a car horn, some serve the Savage People as mounts.
 * Zeke - Pteranodon. Scavenger which is sensitive to underwater predators. A flock was drawn to the city to warn of attacks on fishing boats by Threshers.
 * Shark - Cretoxyrhina. A species of shark that are mostly found in the waters surrounding the City in the Sea.
 * Terror Bird - Kelenken. A large carnivorous bird that is extremely dangerous. Their beaks are powerful enough to sever a horses head.
 * Eurypterid - Same name.

Locations

 * The City in the Sea - The flooded remains of New York City in the 28th Century. It is where the Council of Governors live and where Hannah's delegation from Wasoon land, as they wanted open relations with them in hopes of gaining access to the library. The City in the Sea consists of a dozen tall buildings that stick out of the waters along with a few walkways.
 * Jack's Garage - A large building located near the City in the Sea and Jack's home where he restores old vintage cars like 1950's Cadillac's.
 * The Vaults - An underground trove located under the City in the Sea. It contains old, books and technology from before the cataclysm, it is where Jack got most of his cars from. It is worked by a group of people known as the Moles.
 * The Interior - The lands located outside of the City in the Sea. It is mainly fertile land with several small farms and settlements, however they often at the mercy of the elements, packs of carnivorous dinosaurs and bands of marauders. The Interior is wedged between the great glaciers to the north, the great Carboniferous swamp to the south and the great desert to the west.
 * Calhoon Mines - A copper mine located three days west from the City in the Sea. It is where copper is mined to supply the City in the Sea
 * The Great Carboniferous Swamp - A vast swamp located four days south of the City in the Sea. As its name implies it a large swamp inhabited by mostly sambucks and hornbills,
 * Mammoth Valley - A small temperate valley located a short distance from the City in the Sea. As it's name implies it is inhabited by mostly woolly mammoths and a few macks, Hannah and Jack visited the valley once in an attempt to catch a mammoth with the intent to domesticate one.
 * Wasoon - The remains of Washington DC in the 28th century, It's the people the Wasoon are a tribal of scholars, however their knowledge of life before the great cataclysm is quite inaccurate. Because of this they try to open relations with the City in the Sea in hopes of gaining access to their library.

Season 1:

 * 1) Arrival -  In the City in the Sea the governors are informed that a delegation from Wasoon is coming to their harbor, however soon as word gets out a group of bandits believe the Wasoon are coming to punish them for killing a patrol of their and so they plan to assassinate the leader. However news also reaches mechanic Jack Tenrac who is sure that someone will cause trouble decides to investigate, Jack and his crew manage to takeout the bandits and Jack's pet cutter (Allosaurus) Hermes kills the leader. The ambassador from Wasoon introduces herself to Jack as Hannah Dundee and explains why she has come.
 * 2) Rogue - Jack brings Hannah on a journey out to the Calhoon Mines where he introduces her to his good friend Mustapha Cairo. Mustapha brings Jack into the foreman's office who tells him that they are being menaced by a large man eating shivat (Tyrannosaurus Rex) has being terrorizing the miners and he asks Jack to try and take care of it. However whilst looking for it, the shivat attacks and kills many of the hunting party. Jack and Hannah eventually manage to trick into charging off a a cliff, whilst examining its corpse they both discover that it has a bullet logged in its eye. When they explain to the foreman, his assistant reveals that he shot and goes out harvest the shivat's valuable organs. However he forgets to bring his gun and then the shivat's mate shows up.
 * 3) Flyers in the City - Following a Thresher attack on the City in the Sea's fishing fleet causes Hannah to try and find a way to prevent any future attacks. She enlists Remfro Rynchus, one of City in the Sea's scientists, she explains that she plans to bring some zeke to the City in the Sea as they know when a predator is around. They sail to a small zeke colony as few miles up the coast,