Re: JP III Musings

["aspidel" <aspidel@infonie.be>]

A reply to everyone about JP "raptors":
Agree, it's only fun, not science at all, they're like giant and genius
Deinonychus...
But this could make a very good character for a dinosaur comic-strip, isn't
it !?
Still laughing just thinking about it, friendly,

                                Luc J. "Aspidel" BAILLY.

----- Original Message -----
From: christian farrell kammerer <cfkammer@midway.uchicago.edu>
To: Scott Hartman <scott_hartman@hotmail.com>
Cc: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: JP III Musings


> Given the complaints I've heard about the incredibly high raptor
> intelligence in the movie, I can't help but think about the prescience of
> the late, great TV program "The Critic" (ca. 1994) when it presented
> "Jurassic Park II: Revenge of the Raptor." A scene:
> ("Raptors" attack little girl, she traps one in a closet)
> Jeff Goldblum character: "You can't trap a raptor in a closet, they're too
> smart!"
> (Raptor claws shove a newspaper under the door, then the raptor shakes the
> key out of the doorknob, pulls the paper back under, and unlocks the door)
> Raptor: "Raaargh!"
> Hammond: "You may have us, but you'll never get off the island!"
> Raptor (in British accent): "Oh, I beg to differ. You see, the other
> raptors and I have begun constructing a crude suspension bridge to
> Venezuela. Once there, I will lie low and assume odd jobs under the name
> Mr. Pilkington. But perhaps I've said too much..." (chuckles evilly while
> smoking a pipe).
>
>
> -Christian Kammerer
>