Re: Jurassic Park 4 - new dinosaur, no feathers

[David Krentz <ddkrentz@charter.net>]

On Apr 8, 2013, at 8:26 AM, Richard W. Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu> wrote:

"Maybe non feathery skin is easier to render, especially when lots of movement 
is involved, and thus cheaper to produce."


  With their budget, their top-end FX house and advances in feather/fur 
rendering that would be the lamest excuse.  I'm sure it has to do with the 
pre-conceived notions about what Jurassic Park dinosaurs are supposed to look 
like and the audiences expectations,  for better or for worse.

D

> 
> 
> http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00059253.html
> 'Jurassic Park IV' to Feature New Terrifying Dinosaur
> 
> "Jurassic Park IV" will debut a never-before-seen deadly dinosaur. Having 
> been serving on the franchise as the dino advisor, Jack Horner confirms the 
> news to USA Today. "I can't actually tell you who that will be. But you'll 
> want to keep the lights on after you see this movie," the paleontologist says.
> ...
> 
> 
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10876135
> Scientists' feathers ruffled over Jurassic Park 4 dinos
> 
> Palaeontologists are "pissed off" that the dinosaurs in the upcoming Jurassic 
> Park film will not have feathers.
> 
> Evidence has been piling up since the first Jurassic Park film came out in 
> 1993 that many dinosaurs were in fact feathered, New Scientist reports.
> 
> However the director of the fourth installment of the films, Colin Trevorrow 
> last month tweeted: "No feathers. #JP4".
> 
> While dinosaurs have long been depicted as leathery-skinned lizards, evidence 
> points to many dinosaurs, including velociraptors and some tyrannosaurs, 
> having feathers adorning their bodies.
> 
> Palaeontologist and film consultant Mark Wilton said he would be disappointed 
> if filmmakers had decided against putting feathers on the dinosaurs.
> ...
> Palaeontologist Darren Naish, from the University of Southampton, UK, agreed.
> 
> "I'm pissed off by a disregard for knowledge," Naish told New Scientist. "It 
> helps perpetuate the notion that dinosaurs were all scaly dragons, alien and 
> unlike modern animals."
> ...
> The tweet is all Trevorrow has said on the issue, and Wilton hopes he was 
> simply testing the waters to see what reaction featherless-dinosaurs would 
> get with fans of the franchise.
> ...
>