Kick-@$$ explanation

AlphaChaosRaptor · Post by **AlphaChaosRaptor** » 25 Jul 2004, 05:47

QUOTE Well, it has been a while since I've read the novel, but I'm still a skeptic until I re-read Jurassic Park. I'm betting that what you're talking about is only a hinted explanation for the JP3 raptors, because I really doubt that the film makers would put in that much of an effort for it to fit seamlessly with the continuity of the novels.[/quote]

No, it doesn't say anywhere that they manipulated the animals in such a way that they differed vastly. The key to this idea is that the passage mentions Wu felt compelled to use any DNA he wished because it was all fundamentally the same to him. So, it's possible a different version of a given species would incorporate DNA from different living species, and therefore produce a creature that subtly differs from another version. I don't really believe they'd just throw in new raptors without having thought about how to make it seem sensible. They did try to use things from both novels that we didn't get to see in the other films, so I feel it's a safe bet that they used that chapter as the basis for being able to add a new look to the raptors. From a film-making standpoint, continuity is something that has to be considered carefully in order to at least minimize any overt flubs that may harm how enjoyable the film is to watch. Of course, the JP films have some clear inconsistencies in themselves, but I don't see that in this detail.

Continuity between the movies and novels is hit and miss, at best, so try not to confuse what I'm trying to say. Fitting the movies and novels together as a single universe just won't work because many things were altered in adapting the story to a cinematic format. Many of the ideas that make JP such a wonderful and entertaining idea were taken from Crichton's writing, but they have to remain separate from each other. Something that exists within the novels may not exist within the films and the reverse is also true, so there's no way they could fit seemlessly at all. That was never what I was trying to imply.

Rex-Jay · Post by **Rex-Jay** » 25 Jul 2004, 13:25

Nagisa wrote:Jurassic Park's T.rex was brown, The Lost World's were grey...

really? i thought JP's rex was grey and TLW's was brown with stripes etc.

Deepu_ravi · Post by **Deepu_ravi** » 26 Jul 2004, 10:43

me too.

Deepu_ravi · Post by **Deepu_ravi** » 27 Jul 2004, 01:59

what was the size of the t-rex in the jp,tlw and jp3?

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 16 Jun 2005, 22:35

there is one explanation that could work: when cloning a species using other species DNA to breed them, it usually takes a few generations for the wanted species to show up it its true form. for example, they said that if they tried to clone a Wooly Mammoth from that frozen sperm, they would have to use a modern elephant as the mother, and gradually, the offspring would become more and more Mammoth-like with every generation. this could be the case with the raptors, that they're eventually going to look very different because they are escaping the combined appearance of them and they're assistance DNA and becoming how they were millions of years ago.

as for Spino vs Rex being ridiculus, well...isn't that what they said to Gallileo, or Columbus with they're theories? yes i know their theories were much bigger, but Horner's theories have just as much substance as theirs did back then...plus he did say that when they showed him a video of Spino running, he said it wouldn't run that fast, so Spino might have been exagerated...and this is where it turns into a "movie monster" and/or "killing machine"

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 16 Jun 2005, 22:38

JP Rex was brown(you can see it at the very end in daylight)

TLW Rexes were also brown, again it's because most of the movie is at night

JP3 Rex was Green

B.JB · Post by **B.JB** » 17 Jun 2005, 09:31

SSJDinoTycoon42 wrote:JP Rex was brown(you can see it at the very end in daylight)

TLW Rexes were also brown, again it's because most of the movie is at night

JP3 Rex was Green

I was under the impression one Rex was brown and one green in TLW. Such as when Roland shoots the tranquiliser at the Rex, I could swear it was green. I think the colours represent the age/s** of the species.

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 17 Jun 2005, 14:34

that could be true too. they could also have had slight tints of other colors on them(like green or red) for genders. i still think it depends a lot on lighting, but i'm going to watch them again soon anyway

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 17 Jun 2005, 14:37

o i forgot, what i meant by tint was that what i remember when i looked at the male and female, the male looked brown with a tint of green and a darker color, and the female looked brown woth a tint of purple and/or red

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 18 Jun 2005, 00:53

i just watched all three in a row, and u were right, the male Rex looks green when Roland shoots him and at the end. it stil looked like it was a green shade of brown though, but the green was mostly noticable