Who's next? (was Re: Lost World -SPOILER-)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

At 02:31 AM 6/3/97 -0500, Gertrude Smith wrote:
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>> Here's a final thought:  JP has it's Horner/Grant, LW has its
>> Bakker/Burke.  If the franchise continues, who's next in line?
>
>How about Larson/Larson? Between Pete and Neal, they should be able to
>correct all the boo-boos in the first two films.

[Jaw dropping to the floor in astonishment...]

Ummmm..., if Speilberg et al. aren't going to listen to Horner's advice all
the time, I sincerely doubt that Peter and/or Neal would have a better chance.

Besides, the obvious choice for the next paleontologist in line would be
People's Magazine's favorite dino digger, Paul Sereno, who (of all
non-bearded paleontologist) is rapidly rising as a darling of the media.
Could be a good thing, too, to have a paleontologist in a movie actually
mention cladistics once in awhile...

(Of course, I still think an young 30's-ish Yale educated dinosaur
paleontologist would be a good thing, particularly since one was in the
novel of The Lost World.  But, then, I'm somewhat biased that way... :-)

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist     Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
Dept. of Geology              Email:th81@umail.umd.edu
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