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Re: Jurassic Park


Dear All,
Guess I'd better get this sent before it gets dated. Thanks for all the spoilers, since I will not be seeing the "whole" movie any time soon. Lots of different scenes shown on various television reviews, and of course the Discovery special last night.
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Dan,
The Deadline Discovery special was very enjoyable. However, when I saw the Spinosaurus & Tyrannosaurus fight, and what should have obviously been a lethal chomp on the neck resulted in nothing (was there even any blood?)---well, I am even more sure I will not be paying out good money (not to mention time) on JPIII. [addendum: I wholeheartedly agree with the observations of Mary and others on the neck bite].
From what I have seen, watching this movie would be just a long series of "deja vu" flashbacks to similar scenes in JP I and II. Luckily I didn't see JPII until it was on television, and probably will do the same with JPIII. Save up my money instead to buy Gregory Paul's book in October, which I am sure I will enjoy much more (and for a lot longer than 90 minutes).
Instead of a JP IV, maybe they should try something really different, such as a "Cretaceous Water Park" (like a marine version of Jurassic Park), perhaps with Mike Everhart as consultant. But let the park visitors (in submersibles?) do more watching as the animals interact with one another (rather than the animals wasting a lot of energy chasing after human "snack food"---I think that was the phrase John Leonard used in his review).
Put more money into research and consulting, and less on expensive actors that just get in the way and spout cliched lines. Until they come up with a fresh formula, I'll stick with documentaries (cheaper and you can tape them for repeated viewing). Unfortunately, even better special effects in JP IV may well be weighed down by more bureaucratic common-denominator blandness. Can't really blame the actors or animators, etc. But directors, producers, and higher ups are selling out in my opinion, and the result looks like fast-paced blah, blah, blah (cookie-cutter lack of real imagination).
------Ken
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From: Danvarner@aol.com
Reply-To: Danvarner@aol.com
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Jurassic Park
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:28:18 EDT

In a message dated 7/26/01 8:32:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
Srnka.Christopher@mayo.edu writes:


<< Actually, the machine used in the movie really does exist, and it does work
very much as described in the movie, translating data into sculpted foam or
plastic forms one layer at a time. >>

Judging from the posts on the list today, it would appear that no one
watched "Deadline Discovery" on the Discovery Channel last night. It was all
about Jurassic Park 3 and had Horner doing the foam sculpting bit, talking
about Spinosaurus, a look at his "Valley of the T.rexes", in fact it was kind
of a Jack Horner love fest. There was a lot with Stan Winston and the effects
crew (the cgi tyrannosaur/Spinosaur fight) along with Padian and Wann
Langston on the pterosaurs. Lots more, besides. They will be re-running it on
Saturday at 6 PM Eastern.
They must pay you pretty good to be on the Discovery Channel because
it looks like some of these boys have been buying a LOT of groceries. DV 

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