Comments on: Jurassic Park IV

By: Tobiathan

Tobiathan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:50:55 +0000

Maybe they’ll turn the focus to the repeated implications in III that the velociraptors could talk and think, and lay traps. That would be relatively cryptozoological in nature. I’ve always wondered if there might a kind of sentient reptilian in the world…

By: MattBille

MattBille — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:40:49 +0000

Speaking of dinosaurs, I went to “Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Experience,” last weekend. It’s worth the admission. The dinosaurs are amazingly detailed, and they move so well you can suspend reality and just believe. The brachiosaur, 40 feet tall, was the highlight. (My only criticism is that there’s got to be some way to make the wires suspending the pteosaur less visible.)

The second JP had a few fun moments. I loved the little Godzilla homage when the T-rex chases Japanese tourists, one of whom says (in Japanese), “I left Tokyo to get away from this!”
I have several times in business had reason to quote Malcolm’s retort to the old man’s assurance, “We’re not going to make the same mistakes.” Malcolm’s reply was, “No, you’re making all new ones.”
And the early sequence with the Stegosaur was cool.

By: Cryptoraptor

Cryptoraptor — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:29:16 +0000

Will they update the dinosaurs to include colorful feathers like the ‘Conan O’Brien’ plumed Sinosauropteryx, which is capturing headlines?

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:20:30 +0000

I, for one, would have no problem with a fresh spin on the series.
The original JP was superb, the second one OK (but Goldblum DID get to be a BIT much) and the third one great but not as great as the first JP.
I wonder how they will spin the next trilogy. Can’t wait.

By: forsakenfuture

forsakenfuture — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:32:47 +0000

I was and still am a HUGE Jurassic Park fan. Everything I’ve heard about the new movie says that it will involve half human/half dinosaur hybrids which would destroy everything about what I loved about these movies.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:26:19 +0000

I loved the first movie; and I also loved Malcolm’s preachiness about Chaos and the responsibility of Science. I was in the US so not only I had the chance to see the movie a whole month before anyone else in Mexico, but I got to visit the exhibit at the NY Museum of Natural History —I was even interviewed by a local radio station in Connecticut about waiting eagerly to see the film! how crazy is that?

The second movie was 50-50 for me. The first part is awesome because it was derived from Chrichton’s novel; but then Spielberg wanted to make his own dino-version of King Kong, and all hell broke loose —how the HELL did the T-Rex manage to kill the entire crew of the ship transporting it to San Diego???

Third one was OK. Sam Neill’s return was great; the pterodactyls were amazing; but adding the Spinosaur to the fauna of the park was a bit too much. The only fun part about it was the Cpt Hook’s reminiscence with the cell phone’s ringing in the belly of the dino.

I guess I can go for a 4th trip to the island(s). As long as they don’t make it a live version of ‘Cadillacs & Dinosaurs’… although now that I think about it, that’s a pretty cool idea!

By: Cryptoraptor

Cryptoraptor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:23:09 +0000

As Chad Arment of the Strange Ark blog says, “I suppose it’s too much to hope for some sort of cryptozoological take.”

Like what? Bigfoot swoops in to attack one of the dinosaurs?

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:45:37 +0000

When I was teaching, at the university-level, for a couple decades, I would often use that line, when telling people I was looking for the “next, future ex-Mrs. Coleman.” People would instantly recognize the reference.

I’m still looking, but I refuse to hand out business cards, as John A. Keel once did, saying “Available Bachelor.” Most cryptozoologists, at some point in their lives, are often “available.”

By: MattBille

MattBille — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:15:22 +0000

The first film was the best, easily, although it was annoying to hear Goldblum’s lines in the first film about the evils of science and discovery and the unwise act of countering evolution by bringing back dinosaurs, because they were not things a “chaostician” would say. Chaos theory doesn’t define anything as “unnatural” or “forbidden.” (BTW, cafepress.com sells T-shirts that say “Future ex-Mrs. Malcolm.”)

It will be interesting to see what is meant by a new direction in the JP series. It would be fun to find out some dinos had been here all along.

By: cmgrace

cmgrace — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:36:35 +0000

I completely agree with MountDesertIslander.

Jurrasic Park was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I made my parents take me to the movie theater to see it 3 times and when it came out on video I made them buy it. I wore that tape out! I would love to see Jeff Goldblum come back as he is one of my favorite actors.