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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Velociraptors? Nowadays we have Wall Street
negativenull@piefed.world 3 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I mean, nowhere in the film do they say that they stuck to cloning local dinos.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
But a very smart one!
bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 3 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I thought that they were a little smaller too
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t be pedantic. They picked the name because it sounded cool and got the point across.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
that is a perfect TIL.
thanks
Klear@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
And “they” means the characters, not the writer.
itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Not just that but a character that is written as glossing over important details for profit
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
You aren’t suggesting that not every child has a dinosaur fixation somewhere from ages 2-10?
Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
It wasn’t even a park, it was a zoo.
Wbear@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
A zoological park?
negativenull@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
A biological preserve?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Cropped off the final text because fuck everyone that’s why
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The name itself was foreshadowing of their ignorance.
saltesc@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Yeah he talks pretty openly about it being a marketing term, and the scientists later criticise the accuracy too.
guy@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Jurassish Park
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hupf@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What if Neil deGrasse Tyson was a paleontologist
Wynnstan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Your personal paleontologist.
tomiant@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The Huge Animals of Various Geological Periods Park.
mo_lave@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Username checks out
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Dino Land!
logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Welcome to Cretaceous Park!
West_of_West@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t quite have the ring to it.
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think it would, if that was what they named the book and movie.
tomiant@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
COME TO THE MESOZOIC MEGAPOLIS!
apex32@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Billy and the Cloneasaurus
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
We spared many expenses. Mainly IT and personnel expenses.
Klear@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
We spread no extents!