Give me a second to find it. But I remember Goldblum saying he wished for a part that was more than sitting behind a desk.
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Give me a second to find it. But I remember Goldblum saying he wished for a part that was more than sitting behind a desk.
No, dinosaurs with frickin' laser beams
Didn't they already do both of those in JPIII?
I've long for a live-action adaption of this childhood classic!
Yes, I'm serious.
Did they? Other than the excellent pterandon sequence and the silliness with the velociraptors, I don't remember much of that film.
Hm, that does sound vaguely familiar. It's been years since I've watched it. Also, I'm getting old and my memory sucks. Now get off my lawn!
Technically, the JPIII raptors only had little tufts of feathers on their heads - like a consolation prize. Basically 'This is our acknowledgement that we got this wrong in the previous movies, but also we don't want to change our design from the previous films too much so the dinosaurs will still be 90% the same'.
Which isn't weird. JP isn't about historically accuracy, anyway. Velociraptors weren't even half as big as these movies show them - and people knew that for a fact before the first movie was made. Which is without even getting into the whole 'visual acuity based on motion' thing.
But a fully feathered dino as they likely actually existed would indeed be a new thing for the franchise.
Which isn't weird. JP isn't about historically accuracy, anyway. Velociraptors weren't even half as big as these movies show them - and people knew that for a fact before the first movie was made. Which is without even getting into the whole 'visual acuity based on motion' thing.
But a fully feathered dino as they likely actually existed would indeed be a new thing for the franchise.
Never mind the feathers; dinosaurs almost certainly wouldn't be able to survive in our comparatively oxygen-poor atmosphere in the first place. 
Yes, of course. But, when millions of dollars are being gambled with, and Jurassic Park is demonstrating staying power, why would a studio move away from that?
That's not how Hollywood works, sadly.It'd be the right thing to do. Then they could find true meaning in their product. Like in the glorious pre-Spielberg 1970s.
Frankly, every iteration of this franchise has lost my interest a little more each time, since the original, which in itself, if I'm being honest, was even more of a fluff piece for Spielberg than usual. The development of bigger & more elaborate CGI FX has actually done more to make these films less engaging imho, in the sense that when they did the 1st film, & the limitations of it were something which was a major concern in how it was implemented, they actually used them more sparingly, & therefore smarter. It's a lesson Spielberg learned well from his time on Jaws. Less is more, when you don't have the tools
Because of that, the blown out FX of these new movies don't do much for me. What they need is better personality as an overall production, & yes, a lot of that came from the original cast, but somehow, as with other similar series, I have a less than optimistic feeling that they can recapture that, with the new production model. Lord knows, none of these 3 actors could save a lackluster film just with their presence, & Bryce Dallas Howard, who I normally don't mind all that much, has a knack for sucking the life right out of these pictures, imho, & she's certain to return, I assume
I'm not sure what they have in store, but recapturing the glory days, while not impossible, seems unlikely to me
Because of that, the blown out FX of these new movies don't do much for me. What they need is better personality as an overall production, & yes, a lot of that came from the original cast, but somehow, as with other similar series, I have a less than optimistic feeling that they can recapture that, with the new production model. Lord knows, none of these 3 actors could save a lackluster film just with their presence, & Bryce Dallas Howard, who I normally don't mind all that much, has a knack for sucking the life right out of these pictures, imho, & she's certain to return, I assume
I'm not sure what they have in store, but recapturing the glory days, while not impossible, seems unlikely to me
I'm not trying to knock her. I actually like her, but she's doing these movies no favors imho, & yeah, that's surely not all her fault, but I can imagine she'll be back, & if the other outings are any indicator, I'm not optimistic
It's more likely one of the original 3 are sacrificed
If I was taking Vegas odds, my money would be on Alan Grant going out in a final act of heroism
"Life finds a way... eventually. It might be late for lunch."
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