Jurassic Park

Sola Raptress · Post by **Sola Raptress** » 02 Dec 2005, 16:10

If only Jurassic was rated R, and followed the book exactly...*mumbles quietly.*

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 02 Dec 2005, 18:30

haha, yeah...

We brought up that idea a little while ago. It would be about 5 hours long and be very dark....

Actually, as I think about it...the novel wasn't too graphic, and had only few curse words throughout it.

pack raptor · Post by **pack raptor** » 02 Dec 2005, 20:29

You know, I was actually disappointed when I read the book. (Ducks and covers) Usually I enjoy books more than film adaptations, but Jurassic Park is an exception. Frankly, I just think that Michael Chrichton doesn't write interesting dialogue when he writes sci-fi books. I've read a few of Chrichton's books, and he can come up with good dialogue when he has a character-driven plot, but when he doesn't, yeesh. It's like every character has about as much personality as a block of wood.

I'm not saying that Jurassic Park was a bad book, I just think it was a novel that, frankly, could have been written better. Chrichton had a great premise, and a clever way of executing it, but he could have done a much better job with the dialogue. If you've read some of his early medical dramas, like "A Case of Need", and then read one of his modern sci-fi books like "Prey" you would think that they were written by 2 different people. He used to write great dialogue before he found a niche in sci-fi.

Well, that's my 2 cents. Bash it if you want.

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 02 Dec 2005, 21:19

Hmmm....I didn't notice anything wrong with the dialogue. I thought it sounded like real people would talk. I also got a good feel of their personalities. Still, I was pretty caught up and interested in the story so I might have just not noticed.

I'll have to read it again to see if what you're saying is true.

pack raptor · Post by **pack raptor** » 04 Dec 2005, 08:13

Well, I guess to explain it better, there were alot of times in the novel where it seemed as if Chrichton was just inserting paraphrased cliff-notes from a science theory book and passed it off as dialogue. Which is just lazy for a writer to do. Certainly Crichton had to use some scientific jargon to make his plot seem plausible, but he just really over did it. Whenever he couldn't create an interesting conversation, he would just substitute a science lecture, and I found that irritating. Especially with Malcolm, I couldn't stand him. He's a pompous ass in the book. Malcolm would ramble on and on whenever anyone mentioned anything about science or technology. /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="<_<" border="0" alt="dry.gif" />

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 04 Dec 2005, 16:26

Oh I see what you mean. I do remember there were a lot of moments where they needed to explain something. I wasn't bothered by it though. I guess I was too busy taking in all that information to notice that they were lecture-like. I'd still need to re-read to really see what you're saying.

JP DrGrant · Post by **JP DrGrant** » 04 Dec 2005, 21:45

I never thought that he may have been killed possibly following Arnold, I always just assumed he left on the last boat.

nissin · Post by **nissin** » 04 Dec 2005, 22:16

Hm, well, what I did find annoying in the book the most was the moments where Malcome tried to explain things in his complicated ways...arrrgh. Talk about annoying... I'm surprised he even made it to the second sequal... *dry*

SSJDinoTycoon42 · Post by **SSJDinoTycoon42** » 04 Dec 2005, 23:06

Hmmmmm...well...if it's any consolation...Malcolm goes bald in the novel /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

nissin · Post by **nissin** » 05 Dec 2005, 19:04

he he he.... *grin*
I hope so... serves him right for being so annoying...