Jurassic Park lies that you once thought were true - Blu-ray Forum

CyberpunkCentral · 05-01-2021, 01:54 PM

John1701D · 05-01-2021, 02:04 PM

Lies seems pretty extreme don't ya think?

CyberpunkCentral · 05-01-2021, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by John1701D

Lies seems pretty extreme don't ya think?

I thought I was watching dinosaurs brought to life. But this whole time they were just movie monsters.

kylor · 05-01-2021, 02:08 PM

Ultimately we will never know what dinosaurs really looked like. Years ago we didn't even think they had feathers. All we had to go on were bones that were dug up. That didn't give us any indication of skin colour, skin tone, how the skin was shaped around the muscles, then there's the muscle mass, or if they were carnivore or herbivore. Nobody can truly know, not even their behavior or how they were raised by their family and what their family taught them to survive in the time periods they were in.

In 30 years from now we might gain some "new" knowledge about dinosaurs, for example, maybe Tyrannosaurs could fly or something, which is something we would easily consider to be absurd now and would not think it be true, yet it could be in 30 years. I don't think it is a lie to make a depiction of how we thought dinosaurs to be at one point in time. It's just that since then we have got new knowledge about dinosaurs and now makes the old knowledge obselete in some ways. Basically, being more informed about something doesn't equate to being a lie, IMO.

Having said that, Jurassic Park is fictional, so none of it really matters. It's not like the movie was trying to teach people about dinosaurs as a dinosaur exhibit in a museum would. Jurassic Park was made to entertain people, harnessing what we knew about dinosaurs at that time to provide a fantastic story, not to educate people on what dinosaurs were really like in reality.

It's also odd you would post this since I've actually just finished reading both Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park books. Both fantastic reads which were highly entertaining.

CyberpunkCentral · 05-01-2021, 02:11 PM

They say T-Rex was more like a giant chicken, but it's skin was more like a turtle instead of being scaly.

PenguinInfinity · 05-01-2021, 02:12 PM

Michal Crichton based the velociraptors in Jurassic Park on a different species: deinonychus. He changed the name to velociraptor because he thought it sounded more dramatic.

John1701D · 05-01-2021, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberpunkCentral

I thought I was watching dinosaurs brought to life. But this whole time they were just movie monsters.

PenguinInfinity · 05-01-2021, 02:17 PM

Michael Crichton based the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park on a different species: Deinonychus.

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Deinonychus were featured prominently in the novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World by Michael Crichton and the film adaptations, directed by Steven Spielberg. However, Crichton ultimately chose to use the name Velociraptor for these dinosaurs, rather than Deinonychus. Crichton had met with John Ostrom several times during the writing process to discuss details of the possible range of behaviors and life appearance of Deinonychus. Crichton at one point apologetically told Ostrom that he had decided to use the name Velociraptor in place of Deinonychus for his book, because he felt the former name was "more dramatic". Despite this, according to Ostrom, Crichton stated that the Velociraptor of the novel was based on Deinonychus in almost every detail, and that only the name had been changed.

The Jurassic Park filmmakers followed suit, designing the film's models based almost entirely on Deinonychus instead of the actual Velociraptor, and they reportedly requested all of Ostrom's published papers on Deinonychus during production. As a result, they portrayed the film's dinosaurs with the size, proportions, and snout shape of Deinonychus.

CyberpunkCentral · 05-01-2021, 02:24 PM

I'm aware that Jurassic Park is being inaccurate on purpose. It's suppose to be a Frankenstein-ish tale. That's the point. You can't really get dinosaur DNA in real life. That's BS. If scientists wanted to bring "dinosaurs" back in real-life, then they would probably have to mix multiple animal DNA together.

But yeah, Velociraptors are more like Deinonychus and Utah Raptors. They only named them Velociraptors because it sounds cooler.

mwynn · 05-01-2021, 02:26 PM

Martoto · 05-01-2021, 02:29 PM

Nothing can possib-lie go wrong...

John1701D · 05-01-2021, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberpunkCentral

They say T-Rex was more like a giant chicken, but it's skin was more like a turtle instead of being scaly.

Having been attacked by a rooster before I gotta say a 20 foot tall chicken would be terrifying af.

RalphoR · 05-01-2021, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberpunkCentral

They say T-Rex was more like a giant chicken, but it's skin was more like a turtle instead of being scaly.

If you look at the prehistoric "chicken" from Mysterious Island it doesn't make it less terrifying. Whatever your interpretation of dinosaurs is don't let it take away from your enjoyment of watching these awesome depictions on the screen.

mwynn · 05-01-2021, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by John1701D

Having been attacked by a rooster before I gotta say a 20 foot tall chicken would be terrifying af.

CSM101 · 05-01-2021, 02:34 PM

That doesn’t look very scary. More like a three foot turkey.

Come at me Dr. Grant!!

kylor · 05-01-2021, 02:37 PM

CyberpunkCentral · 05-01-2021, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by John1701D

Having been attacked by a rooster before I gotta say a 20 foot tall chicken would be terrifying af.

Himmel · 05-01-2021, 02:40 PM

Soon Elon Musk's friend will bring JP to life.

CyberpunkCentral · 05-01-2021, 02:51 PM

kylor · 05-01-2021, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Himmel

Soon Elon Musk's friend will bring JP to life.

I have high expectations:

05-01-2021, 01:54 PM	#1
CyberpunkCentral Banned Member since:Apr 2009 Blu-ray reviews:6	Jurassic Park lies that you once thought were true

05-01-2021, 02:08 PM	#4
kylor Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2015 Location:The past.. or the future. 4K collection:696 Blu-ray collection:7101 DVD collection:620 MA collection:1030 Digital collection:2058 Trading Score:3	Ultimately we will never know what dinosaurs really looked like. Years ago we didn't even think they had feathers. All we had to go on were bones that were dug up. That didn't give us any indication of skin colour, skin tone, how the skin was shaped around the muscles, then there's the muscle mass, or if they were carnivore or herbivore. Nobody can truly know, not even their behavior or how they were raised by their family and what their family taught them to survive in the time periods they were in. In 30 years from now we might gain some "new" knowledge about dinosaurs, for example, maybe Tyrannosaurs could fly or something, which is something we would easily consider to be absurd now and would not think it be true, yet it could be in 30 years. I don't think it is a lie to make a depiction of how we thought dinosaurs to be at one point in time. It's just that since then we have got new knowledge about dinosaurs and now makes the old knowledge obselete in some ways. Basically, being more informed about something doesn't equate to being a lie, IMO. Having said that, Jurassic Park is fictional, so none of it really matters. It's not like the movie was trying to teach people about dinosaurs as a dinosaur exhibit in a museum would. Jurassic Park was made to entertain people, harnessing what we knew about dinosaurs at that time to provide a fantastic story, not to educate people on what dinosaurs were really like in reality. It's also odd you would post this since I've actually just finished reading both Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park books. Both fantastic reads which were highly entertaining. Last edited by kylor; 05-01-2021 at 02:14 PM.

05-01-2021, 02:24 PM	#9
CyberpunkCentral Banned Member since:Apr 2009 Blu-ray reviews:6	I'm aware that Jurassic Park is being inaccurate on purpose. It's suppose to be a Frankenstein-ish tale. That's the point. You can't really get dinosaur DNA in real life. That's BS. If scientists wanted to bring "dinosaurs" back in real-life, then they would probably have to mix multiple animal DNA together. But yeah, Velociraptors are more like Deinonychus and Utah Raptors. They only named them Velociraptors because it sounds cooler. Last edited by CyberpunkCentral; 05-01-2021 at 02:31 PM.

05-01-2021, 02:04 PM	#2
John1701D Blu-ray Count Member since:Mar 2011 Trading Score:9	Lies seems pretty extreme don't ya think?

05-01-2021, 02:11 PM	#5
CyberpunkCentral Banned Member since:Apr 2009 Blu-ray reviews:6	They say T-Rex was more like a giant chicken, but it's skin was more like a turtle instead of being scaly.

05-01-2021, 02:12 PM	#6
PenguinInfinity Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2017	Michal Crichton based the velociraptors in Jurassic Park on a different species: deinonychus. He changed the name to velociraptor because he thought it sounded more dramatic.

05-01-2021, 02:29 PM	#11
Martoto Blu-ray Duke Member since:Mar 2014 Location:Glasgow Blu-ray reviews: 7	Nothing can possib-lie go wrong...

05-01-2021, 02:34 PM	#15
CSM101 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2012 4K collection:1693 Blu-ray collection:5447 DVD collection:507 Digital collection:8 iTunes collection:20 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:5	That doesn’t look very scary. More like a three foot turkey. Come at me Dr. Grant!!

05-01-2021, 02:40 PM	#18
Himmel Banned Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Northeast Corridor 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:301	Soon Elon Musk's friend will bring JP to life.

05-01-2021, 02:51 PM	#19
CyberpunkCentral Banned Member since:Apr 2009 Blu-ray reviews:6

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