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I still have a bunch of my toys from the movie. They're just too cool to let go of. And, being a sculptor, I appreciate a well made figurine.
I vividly remember visiting a toy store on a holiday in France where they had brand new Jurassic Park toys on display. This was before I ever heard of the movie, but as a huge fan of dinosaurs, the T-Rex toy was basically the best thing I had ever laid my eyes upon.
Unfortunately I had to settle for the Deinonychus. But it was still pretty cool.
Actually, I thought the aviary scene in JP3 was fantastic, but it pains me because I have to sit through the rest of the damn movie to watch it.
I saw that film in theaters, and that scene is literally the only thing I remember about it. I cannot even tell you off the top of my head who was actually in it.
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I remember for The Lost World they had a playset with an Allosaurus with massive amounts of dino-damage like a removable leg, ribcage, and organs. Dino-damage was an awesome thing.
There was also a Dieter that came with a Compsagnathus, and there was a magnet in its head and in dieter's chest and back so you could re-enact the scene where he's trying to tear the things off of him. In retrospect that's kind of gruesome but I thought it was fantastic.
I know nobody played it, but the Jurassic Park adventure game for Sega CD was actually pretty good. If they can capture the same sort of feeling I have high hopes for this.
Of the Jurassic Park games, the Sega CD version was easily my 2nd favorite. It was a very competient Myst clone, except you're exploring fucking JURASSIC PARK.
Still, the best version of JP had to be the SMS/GameGear version. It was a straight up action game, similar to megaman. Great game.
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The Sega CD game, for being a graphic adventure, managed to be pretty horrifying at times. Why look, there's the T-Rex egg- OH GOD KILL IT RUN
I am also convinced that they actually had no intention of making a real game, they were just looking for an excuse to get Richard Attenborough to read Ozymandias.
Actually, I thought the aviary scene in JP3 was fantastic, but it pains me because I have to sit through the rest of the damn movie to watch it.
aviary scene?
With the Pteranodons? I tried to find a clip on YouTube but the only one I could find was a video camera recording of a TV playing the movie so I'm not bothering with it.
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From what I can remember, originally Deinonychus and Velociraptor were both classified under the genus Velociraptor, and thats why the Velociraptors in the novel are modeled after Deinonychus. The book also mentions that Hammond wanted them to toy with the animals' DNA to make them more entertaining, ending with an island filled with theme park monsters that look like Dinosaurs more than anything else. The movie didn't mention any of that but nevertheless made basically a giant monster version of a Deinonychus for the Velociraptor design (Deinonychus, although larger than Velociraptor, was still only wolf-ish in size).
Interestingly, I think soon after the movie came out, Utahraptor was discovered, which almost legitimizes the size of the 'raptors in the movie.
Could be! Honestly, it doesn't matter to me whether or not the movie is completely accurate...it's still a damn fine film regardless. And given the dinosaur movies that came previously it was heads and tails better researched. Largely because most of the dinosaur movies that came before were things like Caveman!
Dude, according to this pic:
those things were like fucking giants.
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I am also convinced that they actually had no intention of making a real game, they were just looking for an excuse to get Richard Attenborough to read Ozymandias.
From what I can remember, originally Deinonychus and Velociraptor were both classified under the genus Velociraptor, and thats why the Velociraptors in the novel are modeled after Deinonychus. The book also mentions that Hammond wanted them to toy with the animals' DNA to make them more entertaining, ending with an island filled with theme park monsters that look like Dinosaurs more than anything else. The movie didn't mention any of that but nevertheless made basically a giant monster version of a Deinonychus for the Velociraptor design (Deinonychus, although larger than Velociraptor, was still only wolf-ish in size).
Interestingly, I think soon after the movie came out, Utahraptor was discovered, which almost legitimizes the size of the 'raptors in the movie.
Could be! Honestly, it doesn't matter to me whether or not the movie is completely accurate...it's still a damn fine film regardless. And given the dinosaur movies that came previously it was heads and tails better researched. Largely because most of the dinosaur movies that came before were things like Caveman!
Dude, according to this pic:
those things were like fucking giants.
I love how the human is basically waving to the camera like it is a photo op, even though he is mere moments away from being raptor food.
I remember for The Lost World they had a playset with an Allosaurus with massive amounts of dino-damage like a removable leg, ribcage, and organs. Dino-damage was an awesome thing.
There was also a Dieter that came with a Compsagnathus, and there was a magnet in its head and in dieter's chest and back so you could re-enact the scene where he's trying to tear the things off of him. In retrospect that's kind of gruesome but I thought it was fantastic.
The best toy is still the Paradeinonychus. Half Raptor. Half Parasaurolophus. All eye searingly bright colors.
Seriously, what was the thinking going into that design? I mean, you can't question the results, but...
Of course, I was a big fan of the old Sega game. Playing the raptor, of course. Man, the way you could jump across the screen in that game.
A million times YES! I loved the sections where you could play as a raptor. Did anyone play the Lost World on the PSX? The human stages sucked, but the dino levels were fantastic! There was a button to make the dino roar and nothing else, how great was that?
Very excited about this new game, I hope we get to play as a raptor at some point
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Dromaeosaurids are the coolest things ever. I think we can all agree on this, regardless of shape or size.
Am I a bad person for actually liking Jurassic Park 3? I feel like everyone ever disagrees with me on that one.
Probably, but hey.
I liked it too when I was a growing lad. Although the T-Rex Spinosaurus fight was bullshit.
Yeah, Spinosaurus was cool and all but the whole skeletal structure thing just doesn't work out. Maybe if it were Carcharodontosaurus or Gigantotosaurus, that could have flown. I really liked the 'raptors in 3 though.
Also I watch these films for the dinosaurs so yeah. Well, okay the first one actually had a plot that was worth caring about but if I'm in for the plot that's what the Crichton books are for. The second book is actually even better than the first in a few ways IMO, but sadly the movie drastically reverses that trend.
Yeah that's exactly why I liked 3's raptors. They had this whole kinda realistic and justified pack hunting gig going on, even if the plot got a little cheesy with it towards the last act.
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edited January 2011
You know what? I'd like to see a Jurassic Park movie/game set in the future, starring Zaeed the space mercenary who's been contracted to keep the Park safe for visitors. One he makes it out alive.
I hope that Dodson is the playable character and the goal of the game is to make people care that you are there.
And to have the most impressive hat.
Actually, I guess we could just reskin the blue team in TF2 as dinosaurs and go with that, couldnt we?
In other news, could someone explain exactly what this game is going to play like? I havent seen much on actual gameplay yet.
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It's Telltale -- they pretty much just make one type of game (excepting Poker Night at the Inventory): adventure games. Multi-part episodic releases optional (this is supposed to be a five-parter).
I know nobody played it, but the Jurassic Park adventure game for Sega CD was actually pretty good. If they can capture the same sort of feeling I have high hopes for this.
I know nobody played it, but the Jurassic Park adventure game for Sega CD was actually pretty good. If they can capture the same sort of feeling I have high hopes for this.
I played the shit out of this game.
me too
that game was awesome
To a 10 year old kid, that game was the tits. It pretty much set me up to love 90's style adventure games, and I think to this day that adventure games are a better fit for Jurassic Park than the all-out action most of the JP games had. I mean, dinosaurs are animals - really cool, usually really big animals. Being on an island with them would be like being out on a safari where most everything is rhino sized or bigger. You're not going to be under constant immediate threat, but you should feel pretty uneasy.
I think it's also kind of why I liked Trespasser. It was a bit laid-back, you explored an interesting place, saw some dinosaurs, and had to fight or run some of the time. It wasn't like the "Fuck you for being on Isla Nublar, even the dragonflies are trying to eat you" stuff that some of the other games had.
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Zxerolfor the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't doso i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered Userregular
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I think Capcom had the right idea with Dino Crisis, where it was more survival horror than blast the shit out of everything. Because, come on, they're fucking dinosaurs.
Which is why I was pleased when I heard that Telltale got the license along with BttF. Any other developer would've probably just done an FPS and called it in.
I think Capcom had the right idea with Dino Crisis, where it was more survival horror than blast the shit out of everything. Because, come on, they're fucking dinosaurs.
Which is why I was pleased when I heard that Telltale got the license along with BttF. Any other developer would've probably just done an FPS and called it in.
You're probably right, but even Dino Crisis was a bit too action-heavy for me to want it to be a Jurassic Park game.
I mean, you should have moments of abject terror. But you should also have some time to take in how awesome an island full of living, breathing fossils brought to life with SCIENCE! actually is.
That was pretty much the formula of the first movie - and why the movie sequels were never quite as good to me. They were less about the idea of the world's most amazing gamepark, and more about dinosaurs terrorizing people. That's cool and all, but there are hundreds of straight-to-video monster movies that do that.
I think Capcom had the right idea with Dino Crisis, where it was more survival horror than blast the shit out of everything. Because, come on, they're fucking dinosaurs.
Which is why I was pleased when I heard that Telltale got the license along with BttF. Any other developer would've probably just done an FPS and called it in.
You're probably right, but even Dino Crisis was a bit too action-heavy for me to want it to be a Jurassic Park game.
I mean, you should have moments of abject terror. But you should also have some time to take in how awesome an island full of living, breathing fossils brought to life with SCIENCE! actually is.
That was pretty much the formula of the first movie - and why the movie sequels were never quite as good to me. They were less about the idea of the world's most amazing gamepark, and more about dinosaurs terrorizing people. That's cool and all, but there are hundreds of straight-to-video monster movies that do that.
dino crisis... dino crisis...
when i think of dino crisis i think of jetpacks and space
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You know what i wanted to see? I wanted to see The Lost World by Michael Chriton, turned into a movie. Instead we got the second Jurassic Park movie, which was like someone had described The Lost World to someone with Schizophrenia, and all that came out was the madness that was that movie.
Fuck that second movie. The book was EXCELLENT, and that movie was just a piece of shit.
I think Capcom had the right idea with Dino Crisis, where it was more survival horror than blast the shit out of everything. Because, come on, they're fucking dinosaurs.
Which is why I was pleased when I heard that Telltale got the license along with BttF. Any other developer would've probably just done an FPS and called it in.
You're probably right, but even Dino Crisis was a bit too action-heavy for me to want it to be a Jurassic Park game.
I mean, you should have moments of abject terror. But you should also have some time to take in how awesome an island full of living, breathing fossils brought to life with SCIENCE! actually is.
That was pretty much the formula of the first movie - and why the movie sequels were never quite as good to me. They were less about the idea of the world's most amazing gamepark, and more about dinosaurs terrorizing people. That's cool and all, but there are hundreds of straight-to-video monster movies that do that.
dino crisis... dino crisis...
when i think of dino crisis i think of jetpacks and space
Remember the SNES JP game? The one where it was all top-down gameplay outdoors and then kind of shitty FPS inside? I fucking beat that game when I was like 13, it had NO saving and you got like 3 lives. I had to keep the Nintendo on overnight in order to do it and the ending was so shitty.
I do remember thinking the graphics were fucking amazing at the time though, at least the outdoor sections.
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I remember seeing both JP games and wishing I had a Genesis instead of an SNES, because the Genesis version just looked that much cooler.
Mind you, I've never played either.
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You know what i wanted to see? I wanted to see The Lost World by Michael Chriton, turned into a movie. Instead we got the second Jurassic Park movie, which was like someone had described The Lost World to someone with Schizophrenia, and all that came out was the madness that was that movie.
Fuck that second movie. The book was EXCELLENT, and that movie was just a piece of shit.
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I vividly remember visiting a toy store on a holiday in France where they had brand new Jurassic Park toys on display. This was before I ever heard of the movie, but as a huge fan of dinosaurs, the T-Rex toy was basically the best thing I had ever laid my eyes upon.
Unfortunately I had to settle for the Deinonychus. But it was still pretty cool.
I saw that film in theaters, and that scene is literally the only thing I remember about it. I cannot even tell you off the top of my head who was actually in it.
There was also a Dieter that came with a Compsagnathus, and there was a magnet in its head and in dieter's chest and back so you could re-enact the scene where he's trying to tear the things off of him. In retrospect that's kind of gruesome but I thought it was fantastic.
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Of the Jurassic Park games, the Sega CD version was easily my 2nd favorite. It was a very competient Myst clone, except you're exploring fucking JURASSIC PARK.
Still, the best version of JP had to be the SMS/GameGear version. It was a straight up action game, similar to megaman. Great game.
I am also convinced that they actually had no intention of making a real game, they were just looking for an excuse to get Richard Attenborough to read Ozymandias.
With the Pteranodons? I tried to find a clip on YouTube but the only one I could find was a video camera recording of a TV playing the movie so I'm not bothering with it.
Dude, according to this pic:
those things were like fucking giants.
Which is, to be entirely fair, a noble goal.
Why I fear the ocean.
I love how the human is basically waving to the camera like it is a photo op, even though he is mere moments away from being raptor food.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=drunk+jeff+goldblum&search_sort=relevance&search_category=0&page=
The best toy is still the Paradeinonychus. Half Raptor. Half Parasaurolophus. All eye searingly bright colors.
Seriously, what was the thinking going into that design? I mean, you can't question the results, but...
Why I fear the ocean.
A million times YES! I loved the sections where you could play as a raptor. Did anyone play the Lost World on the PSX? The human stages sucked, but the dino levels were fantastic! There was a button to make the dino roar and nothing else, how great was that?
Very excited about this new game, I hope we get to play as a raptor at some point
Am I a bad person for actually liking Jurassic Park 3? I feel like everyone ever disagrees with me on that one.
Probably, but hey.
I liked it too when I was a growing lad. Although the T-Rex Spinosaurus fight was bullshit.
Why I fear the ocean.
Yeah, Spinosaurus was cool and all but the whole skeletal structure thing just doesn't work out. Maybe if it were Carcharodontosaurus or Gigantotosaurus, that could have flown. I really liked the 'raptors in 3 though.
Also I watch these films for the dinosaurs so yeah. Well, okay the first one actually had a plot that was worth caring about but if I'm in for the plot that's what the Crichton books are for. The second book is actually even better than the first in a few ways IMO, but sadly the movie drastically reverses that trend.
The ones in 1 were freaking terrifying. The kitchen scene, that still scares me.
I would have liked 3 a lot more if not for that garbage.
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I hope that Dodson is the playable character and the goal of the game is to make people care that you are there.
And to have the most impressive hat.
Actually, I guess we could just reskin the blue team in TF2 as dinosaurs and go with that, couldnt we?
In other news, could someone explain exactly what this game is going to play like? I havent seen much on actual gameplay yet.
They namedrop Heavy Rain a lot in the interview.
It's Dodgson, son.
me too
that game was awesome
This is the noise i made when i found out about this.
But I can't imagine that it will be any better than the Genesis Jurassic Park game, where you could play as a raptor
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To a 10 year old kid, that game was the tits. It pretty much set me up to love 90's style adventure games, and I think to this day that adventure games are a better fit for Jurassic Park than the all-out action most of the JP games had. I mean, dinosaurs are animals - really cool, usually really big animals. Being on an island with them would be like being out on a safari where most everything is rhino sized or bigger. You're not going to be under constant immediate threat, but you should feel pretty uneasy.
I think it's also kind of why I liked Trespasser. It was a bit laid-back, you explored an interesting place, saw some dinosaurs, and had to fight or run some of the time. It wasn't like the "Fuck you for being on Isla Nublar, even the dragonflies are trying to eat you" stuff that some of the other games had.
Which is why I was pleased when I heard that Telltale got the license along with BttF. Any other developer would've probably just done an FPS and called it in.
You're probably right, but even Dino Crisis was a bit too action-heavy for me to want it to be a Jurassic Park game.
I mean, you should have moments of abject terror. But you should also have some time to take in how awesome an island full of living, breathing fossils brought to life with SCIENCE! actually is.
That was pretty much the formula of the first movie - and why the movie sequels were never quite as good to me. They were less about the idea of the world's most amazing gamepark, and more about dinosaurs terrorizing people. That's cool and all, but there are hundreds of straight-to-video monster movies that do that.
dino crisis... dino crisis...
when i think of dino crisis i think of jetpacks and space
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Fuck that second movie. The book was EXCELLENT, and that movie was just a piece of shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdutkVdDPQ
you must be thinking of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4yBC5qXVto
I do remember thinking the graphics were fucking amazing at the time though, at least the outdoor sections.
Mind you, I've never played either.
I find it very hard to believe that any book written by Michael Crichton is excellent
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