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Don't forget... in the movie/book... scientists were mucking around with the dino-dna...

So, it's possible that they've "super-sized" the velociraptors.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Someone's off their meds...

Maybe they dont have meds in Texas.

Besides we like our Frazzie just as he is.

 Orlanth wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Someone's off their meds...

Maybe they dont have meds in Texas.

Besides we like our Frazzie just as he is.

There's queso and dachshund playtime... those are his meds.

 Ouze wrote:
No argument here, Velociraptor sounds way more dangerous that Utahraptor.

Utahraptor sounds like he's going to come to my house in a nice white shirt and tie and try to convince me that only 3.2 beer should be sold on tap.

Also, he might want to give you a few tracts on the way out.

Yeah Utahraptor is an awesome predator - especially, as seems likely it hunted in packs

Packs of 25ft raptors - sweet.

fun novel about them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_Red

Probably a really dumb decision to put the rail bridge ACROSS the lake where they keep the Hainosaurus...

Which is this thing..coming in at 57ft long

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Probably a really dumb decision to put the rail bridge ACROSS the lake where they keep the Hainosaurus...

It is stupid to make the others, but having one of those lying around in the water is just pants-on-head. I also had trouble thinking people would just be happy and excited to see it leap out of the water like they showed.

 Mr Morden wrote:

fun novel about them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_Red

yeah, I loved that book - if you haven't read it, I'd highly recommend it as well.

 Ahtman wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Probably a really dumb decision to put the rail bridge ACROSS the lake where they keep the Hainosaurus...

It is stupid to make the others, but having one of those lying around in the water is just pants-on-head. I also had trouble thinking people would just be happy and excited to see it leap out of the water like they showed.

Eh, I have much less issues with the lake monster as something like that is far easier to contain. Now if we find out its enclosure is a "secure" gate or two away from open ocean... That's another story.

Movie looks like fun. I was one of those Dinosaur kids, so I'll take any chance to see well rendered Dinosaurs rippping people apart. I'll forgive them a 'hybrid' to see more of it.

 whembly wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Someone's off their meds...

Maybe they dont have meds in Texas.

Besides we like our Frazzie just as he is.

There's queso and dachshund playtime... those are his meds.

And the smell of burnt powder.

 AduroT wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Probably a really dumb decision to put the rail bridge ACROSS the lake where they keep the Hainosaurus...

It is stupid to make the others, but having one of those lying around in the water is just pants-on-head. I also had trouble thinking people would just be happy and excited to see it leap out of the water like they showed.

Eh, I have much less issues with the lake monster as something like that is far easier to contain. Now if we find out its enclosure is a "secure" gate or two away from open ocean... That's another story.

My issue was more with peoples reaction than with the thing itself. I just don't see people clapping and cheering such a creature.

That was actually one of the sentiments in the original Jurassic Park novel, as I recall.

I don't recall which character it was - John Hammond maybe? Being disgusted with the reactions of the guests when they fed the goat to the T-rex... That rather than feeling wonder, and awe; they all felt fear, and horror.



As a side note, how could you keep an animal like a Mosasaur fed? It's not like you can toss it a truckload of plankton, like a whale shark.

What do you think happens to the people who give the park bad reviews on Yelp?

Hah!

Just toss it the whale shark. I mean hell though, come to Iowa and clean out our overblown deer population.

That or it eats whichever poor dinosaur takes a dip in the lake lol.

Brilliant. I didn't need to sleep tonight, anyway.
I don't think I'll be going on any cruises any time soon...

if it is a velociraptor/tyrannosaurus, i will literally rip my own face off. literally. i will post a picture too.

Alternatively it could be the most horrible of dinosaur creations... Barney.

Was that the best Barney pic you could find?

lol

Hey I don't have access to youtube or photbucket any more. Come on people I'm dealing with 1920s technology here.

I like Picasaweb.google.com. It's dead easy to use, it's rare a job will block google, and the price is right.

Anyone get the sense that Spielberg has been watching Sharknado and other SyFy movies of the week and decided, "I want a piece of that action!"

If anything, this just goes to show how GOOD JP1 was, not just the plot, but the CGI. It still holds up 20 years later.

 Ahtman wrote:

 AduroT wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Probably a really dumb decision to put the rail bridge ACROSS the lake where they keep the Hainosaurus...

It is stupid to make the others, but having one of those lying around in the water is just pants-on-head. I also had trouble thinking people would just be happy and excited to see it leap out of the water like they showed.

Eh, I have much less issues with the lake monster as something like that is far easier to contain. Now if we find out its enclosure is a "secure" gate or two away from open ocean... That's another story.

My issue was more with peoples reaction than with the thing itself. I just don't see people clapping and cheering such a creature.

Really- it all looks like a pretty cool show - isn't the same as feeding other large predators in captivity like Killer Whales?

Hmmmm.....amazing dinosaur park on tropic island fails to contain dinosaurs...people die.

Feel like I've seen this already.

Wait.....how did a mosquito bite something that lives in the ocean?

I think the point is that genetics has developed far enough that they can recreate them from the bones, and no longer rely on amber containing blood.