Whose the real King?T.rex?Spinosaurus?GiganotosaurusNO!All of the above!

["TIMOTHY BRIDGEMAN" <timlee3005@earthlink.net>]

Hello,
While surfing channels last night,I had come across the second half of
"Jurassic Park 3" on TV.It had reminded me of an often missunderstood point
when it comes to T.rex sized or larger (only slightly though) or maybe only
longer but not necessarily heavier (as far as I know for Spinosaurus
aegyptiacus which in 2001,to my amazement,seemed to become the most hated
dinosaur of every geek on the internet who,upon finding out that it would
not only defeat Tyrannosaurus in battle in"Jurassic Park 3",but there would
not be a second battle between the two species ending with a Tyrannosaurus
victory.)
The specialists,(movie versions,anyway)would point out continually that the
Spinosaurus (Giganotosaurus would have been more appropriate for most of the
spinosaur's roles,but would likely have appeared to be just another T.rex
lookalike to the moviegoing public) was bigger than the T.rex,setting up the
battle,really giving the impression that T.rex didn't stand a chance against
it in any battle,at any time.I would really think of the spinosaur (if
really that big,remains are still too fragmentary to tell) as a potential
rival to the tyrannosaur with any conflict liable to go either way.
Not that it hurts my feelings to see a Spinosaurus take down a T.rex in an
action movie that's not realistic anyway,(I prefer the Spinosaurus over
T.rex any day!)I would have tried to make it more of a surprise to the
audience if I really wanted the T.rex to get killed in battle,say against
another incidental dinosaur like Triceratops,where the outcome of the fight
is not important to the rest of the film.

John Bridgman