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