Re: Jurassic Park 4 Script Review

[Amtoine Grant <ajgrant@eastlink.ca>]

On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 12:05  PM, Tim Williams wrote:

> David Marjanovic wrote:
>
> > > All I can say is can we PLEASE get some
> > > raptors hopping out of trees?!
> >
> > Problem is... how are they supposed to get up there first, overgrown 
> > as they
> > are? Chatterjee's proposed method could work, but I'm not sure.
Ah yes, I forgot. They oversized the raptors for the purpose of 
'Spielberg-izing' them for dramatic effect. But then again, jaguars, 
leopards, some tigers & cats can get up there, so I can't really see 
any reason why a dromaeosaur of comparable weight couldn't. The only 
limitation is the size of the tree.
> WAIR?  (=Wing-Assisted Incline Running)
>
> I think we can all agree that _Microraptor_ was capable of some form 
> of aerial locomotion.  I think we can also also agree that 
> _Microraptor_ was incapable of a running take-off.  So then, it needed 
> an elevated site for its aerial launches.  Why not trees?
Now if they strapped a jetpack on the back of one of them babies . . .