Re: My $.02 on THE LOST WORLD

[kmh <lonid@netone.com>]

Swift Claw wrote:
> 
> ::gasp!::
>   You mean there was actually some scientific RESEARCH done on this
> film?!?!?!

Okay, I've been good.  Mickey, you KNOW I've been good.  But this rips
it.  Those of us who write less than academic material --- fluffy lil
"fun stuff" writers --- may not be able to claim extensive hours locked
away in University library vaults, but we do care about the quality of
our work --- Steven Spielbert and David Koepp (and yes, even yours
truly, modest girl dino writer Kelly Milner Halls) included. 

We don't hit it right all the time, no.  But reality check --- YOU don't
hit it right all the time either.  

But that's not even the point.  No one ever even suggested THE LOST
WORLD was a documentary.  But they did have the sense and pocket book to
hire Jack Horner as a paleo consultant.  That alone merits at least a
few brownie points for good intentions.  AND...according to Jack (yes, I
did RESEARCH this, *gasp*), Spielberg frequently asked for Horner's
scientific opinions and once given, Spielbert took Horner's expert
perspective into consideration.  So let's step down off the superiority
box for a while. 

Sigh.  Now I'll get back to writing about Oppenheimer's hydrocarbon
hungry microbes.  It's not paleo, but a girl's gotta eat. 

*kel