Is that when the T-rex brings Dr. Ellie Sattler to a quivering orgasm?
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Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I love the movie, but my spouse talked me into reading the book and it’s an absolute masterpiece. Michael Crichton is to science what Steven king is to scary.
The tongue scene was easily the worst thing I’ve ever read.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 months ago
This was the first Crichton novel I read, and it got me into his other works. Most of them have the common theme of:
That formula doesn’t really detract from any of his books, but I did laugh when I had read enough of his catalog to see the pattern.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is a structure even more common than just one author. It needs a name like the hero’s journey has. Heck, your summary works for Alien Ressurection!
I nominate “Science goes wrong”
Sergio@lemmy.world 2 months ago
One term is “techno-thriller”. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-thriller
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That is more of an action vibe than a horror vibe though.
rbos@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I can’t dive into tvtropes right now, but I’ve got dollar on someone having coined a term already.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 months ago
Ludd Was Right
cisc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
or “science goes BOOOM”?
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The secret/nefarious science place with a thousand big red buttons?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
Have you ever read State of Fear?
I don't really recommend it.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Is that the climate change denial one?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
Yes.
AliasVortex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not to nitpick, but it’s only been a single page and I already feel like the author has over used the word “said”, is all the dialogue this bad?
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 months ago
Not really. There’s just a lot of characters in that scene (Muldoon, Hammond, Wu, Arnold, and Gennaro) all with dialog.