Ken Kinman wrote:
Dear All,
Guess I'd better get this sent before it gets dated. Thanks for all
the spoilers, since I will not be seeing the "whole" movie any time soon.
Lots of different scenes shown on various television reviews, and of course
the Discovery special last night.
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Dan,
The Deadline Discovery special was very enjoyable. However, when I
saw the Spinosaurus & Tyrannosaurus fight, and what should have obviously
been a lethal chomp on the neck resulted in nothing (was there even any
blood?)---well, I am even more sure I will not be paying out good money (not
to mention time) on JPIII. [addendum: I wholeheartedly agree with the
observations of Mary and others on the neck bite].
From what I have seen, watching this movie would be just a long
series of "deja vu" flashbacks to similar scenes in JP I and II. Luckily I
didn't see JPII until it was on television, and probably will do the same
with JPIII. Save up my money instead to buy Gregory Paul's book in October,
which I am sure I will enjoy much more (and for a lot longer than 90
minutes).
Instead of a JP IV, maybe they should try something really different,
such as a "Cretaceous Water Park" (like a marine version of Jurassic Park),
perhaps with Mike Everhart as consultant. But let the park visitors (in
submersibles?) do more watching as the animals interact with one another
(rather than the animals wasting a lot of energy chasing after human "snack
food"---I think that was the phrase John Leonard used in his review).
Put more money into research and consulting, and less on expensive
actors that just get in the way and spout cliched lines. Until they come up
with a fresh formula, I'll stick with documentaries (cheaper and you can
tape them for repeated viewing). Unfortunately, even better special effects
in JP IV may well be weighed down by more bureaucratic common-denominator
blandness. Can't really blame the actors or animators, etc. But directors,
producers, and higher ups are selling out in my opinion, and the result
looks like fast-paced blah, blah, blah (cookie-cutter lack of real
imagination).
------Ken
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>From: Danvarner@aol.com
>Reply-To: Danvarner@aol.com
>To: dinosaur@usc.edu
>Subject: Re: Jurassic Park
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:28:18 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/26/01 8:32:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>Srnka.Christopher@mayo.edu writes:
>
>
><< Actually, the machine used in the movie really does exist, and it does
>work
>very much as described in the movie, translating data into sculpted foam or
>plastic forms one layer at a time. >>
>
> Judging from the posts on the list today, it would appear that no
>one
>watched "Deadline Discovery" on the Discovery Channel last night. It was
>all
>about Jurassic Park 3 and had Horner doing the foam sculpting bit, talking
>about Spinosaurus, a look at his "Valley of the T.rexes", in fact it was
>kind
>of a Jack Horner love fest. There was a lot with Stan Winston and the
>effects
>crew (the cgi tyrannosaur/Spinosaur fight) along with Padian and Wann
>Langston on the pterosaurs. Lots more, besides. They will be re-running it
>on
>Saturday at 6 PM Eastern.
> They must pay you pretty good to be on the Discovery Channel
>because
>it looks like some of these boys have been buying a LOT of groceries. DV_________________________________________________________________
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