It’s named that way because of the raptor intelligence. “Can this raptor open doors?” “You bet jurassican”
"Jurassic" Park
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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
We really won’t talk about those “velociraptors”? The annoying kid at the beginning of the movie was the only one to get their description surprisingly accurate when he said they looked like a 2m turkey.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Velociraptors? Nowadays we have Wall Street
negativenull@piefed.world 1 month ago
Also, wrong continent for Velociraptors (they were in Hell Creek Montana/South Dakota).
Deinonychus or UtahRaptors are the right size and continent, but don't sound as cool as "Velociraptor"
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean, nowhere in the film do they say that they stuck to cloning local dinos.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 1 month ago
But a very smart one!
bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 1 month ago
This has been talked about again and again yes. Thymey wanted them bigger for better visual result, they made them bigger
Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I thought that they were a little smaller too
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Don’t be pedantic. They picked the name because it sounded cool and got the point across.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a pun on “electric park”, which is what amusement parks were called when electricity was still a new thing.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 month ago
that is a perfect TIL.
thanks
Klear@quokk.au 1 month ago
And “they” means the characters, not the writer.
itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Not just that but a character that is written as glossing over important details for profit
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 1 month ago
And most likely it’s because of that movie that regular people know a Cretaceous even existed and what animals where there. It did kick the field and public interest into high gear.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It absolutely did for me! I know I enjoy dinosaurs because of that movie alone. The awe, the wonder of what could be. It was a glorious time to rent it from Blockbuster and have a family night watching all these movie hits.
Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You aren’t suggesting that not every child has a dinosaur fixation somewhere from ages 2-10?
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 month ago
It wasn’t even a park, it was a zoo.
Wbear@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
A zoological park?
negativenull@piefed.world 1 month ago
A biological preserve?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cropped off the final text because fuck everyone that’s why
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The name itself was foreshadowing of their ignorance.
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 month ago
iirc the John Hammond covers this in the book. I was so young, but something is triggering it for me. Could just be the subconscious trying to protect nostalgia, though.
Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Yeah he talks pretty openly about it being a marketing term, and the scientists later criticise the accuracy too.
guy@piefed.social 1 month ago
Jurassish Park
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hupf@feddit.org 1 month ago
MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What if Neil deGrasse Tyson was a paleontologist
Wynnstan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Your personal paleontologist.
tomiant@piefed.social 1 month ago
The Huge Animals of Various Geological Periods Park.
mo_lave@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Username checks out
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 1 month ago
Dino Land!
logicbomb@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Welcome to Cretaceous Park!
West_of_West@piefed.social 1 month ago
Doesn’t quite have the ring to it.
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think it would, if that was what they named the book and movie.
tomiant@piefed.social 1 month ago
COME TO THE MESOZOIC MEGAPOLIS!
apex32@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Billy and the Cloneasaurus
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
We spared many expenses. Mainly IT and personnel expenses.
Klear@quokk.au 1 month ago
We spread no extents!