Re: What do you hate about dino-docs?

[Jamie Stearns <stearns5@cox.net>]

Chris Harris wrote:
> I consider the raptors in JP a cool movie monster rather >than an actual 
> dino.
The fact that these "movie monsters" were perceived as scientifically 
accurate dinosaurs by the general public sounds like exactly what David 
Norman was trying to warn us about 17 years ago. The image of dromaeosaurs 
as creatures out of a horror film certainly sounds like his description of 
the "forget science, just create a cool image" mentality to me, especially 
when you consider how things like the "voice chamber" were just made up for 
JP3.

Again, we know the difference between Hollywood and reality, but the problem 
is that the general public still considers dromaeosaurs to be the JP 
monsters rather than what they really were.