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 Orlanth wrote:
The whole point of filming Lost World is that it is out of copyright, so anyone can film it and have dinosaurs and modern(ish) characters without having to pay for lawyers. Most Lost World stories are made for TV productions, and there have been quite a few. Some keep the Victorian setting, most keep the Victorian setting but Amercianise the characters, some port it to the modern day.
Very few are worth watching.

And basically none of them have anything to do with either the book "The Lost World", or the movie "The Lost World: Jurassic Park".

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
The whole point of filming Lost World is that it is out of copyright, so anyone can film it and have dinosaurs and modern(ish) characters without having to pay for lawyers. Most Lost World stories are made for TV productions, and there have been quite a few. Some keep the Victorian setting, most keep the Victorian setting but Amercianise the characters, some port it to the modern day.
Very few are worth watching.

And basically none of them have anything to do with either the book "The Lost World", or the movie "The Lost World: Jurassic Park".

I remember being a kid and just confused by seeing "The Lost World" on tv, then tuning in and just going "This isnt The Lost World"

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
The whole point of filming Lost World is that it is out of copyright, so anyone can film it and have dinosaurs and modern(ish) characters without having to pay for lawyers. Most Lost World stories are made for TV productions, and there have been quite a few. Some keep the Victorian setting, most keep the Victorian setting but Amercianise the characters, some port it to the modern day.
Very few are worth watching.

And basically none of them have anything to do with either the book "The Lost World", or the movie "The Lost World: Jurassic Park".

I remember being a kid and just confused by seeing "The Lost World" on tv, then tuning in and just going "This isnt The Lost World"

Yes, blame Michael Crichton (or his publishers) for being bereft of title ideas when they decided to push a sequel onto us. Aside from stealing from Conan Doyle, it's a total misnomer anyway. It's not like anyone at InGen had forgotten where Isla Sorna (or Site B) was.

You could call the title an homage to the original story - an untouched land full of dinosaurs - but no, there wasn't anything "lost" about Site B. InGen knew about it, but didn't tell anyone, and Biosyn apparently knew about it.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
The whole point of filming Lost World is that it is out of copyright, so anyone can film it and have dinosaurs and modern(ish) characters without having to pay for lawyers. Most Lost World stories are made for TV productions, and there have been quite a few. Some keep the Victorian setting, most keep the Victorian setting but Amercianise the characters, some port it to the modern day.
Very few are worth watching.

And basically none of them have anything to do with either the book "The Lost World", or the movie "The Lost World: Jurassic Park".

Jurassic Park: The Lost World is just a secondary title, it has no reference to the Lost World whatsoever.

Most Lost World movies however do have at least a nod to the book, if only including a lead character called Challenger etc. These however are just namedrops to justify the film title and dino content. Most productions are better and some are reasonably faithful to the original story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_(Conan_Doyle_novel)

Anyway.

Got to share this worth you. My favourite dinosaur film is One Million Years BC. Rather short on scientific reality, its a 60's cavemen vs dinosaurs romp that is awesome fun, and a loose remake of an earlier film from 1940 of the same name.. Stop motion dinosaurs have a place in my heart, far harder to do than CGI and in my opinion more characterful. What makes Omne Million Years BC epic is that there is no intelligible dialogue, everything is made up of single words grunt and mimes, and yet the plot is easy to follow. There were a number of caveman films in its wake, most with dinosaurs, however most had dialogue in English, which didnt work as well. The cliche caveman is supposed to grunt a lot look stupid but have fox l;ike cunning when he needs it.
It didn't hurt that the film had Raquel Welsh in a fur bikini, and not long after Dr No.



Epic stop motion dino fight.

Think we need a bigger boa...eerrrr grill

Judging by the trailer, Chris Pratt's character is gonna need a hybrid of his own:

We need a group of lawyers to volunteer.....

First pic of the hybrid

Pretty generic looking there with a rather cliche name.

does anyone else remember the disney movie "dinosaur"?
loved that movie when I was little.
I'll have to watch it again some time.

I feel like its the 90s all over again. Now we just need another die hard and the year would be complete.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
First pic of the hybrid

They named it "Diabolus"? Seriously? It's like the people running the park want the dino to get out and eat all the tourists...

squidhills wrote:


They named it "Diabolus"? Seriously? It's like the people running the park want the dino to get out and eat all the tourists...

With a name like Diabolus, we need a cameo appearance by "Deckard Caine" (with an e, so they arent copyright infringing )

squidhills wrote:
They named it "Diabolus"? Seriously? It's like the people running the park want the dino to get out and eat all the tourists...

Well, that might give some weight to the theory that the Jurassic World might be a comedy.

"Diabolus"? That's a little too on the money, don't you guys think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEJHaE7cfY

If I ever modify something's genetics, I'm naming it "Khan Napoleon Caesar". Even if it's just a Broccoli-Cauliflower hybrid, you know gak's gonna go down with a name like that.

Awwwww... So adorable!

I suppose that's suggesting he hand reared the raptors hence why there's no face eating during the motorbike scene.

I still think the film is Spielberg trying to cash in on Sharknado and the likes success.

 AduroT wrote:
Awwwww... So adorable!

Awesome - I want some

 AduroT wrote:
Awwwww... So adorable!

It's basically the same jacket from GotG, with the Marauders logo covered up.... Yep, this is the Star Lord in a spinoff movie, told you we needed other genetic/cybernetically modified creatures in this one

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 AduroT wrote:
Awwwww... So adorable!

It's basically the same jacket from GotG, with the Marauders logo covered up.... Yep, this is the Star Lord in a spinoff movie, told you we needed other genetic/cybernetically modified creatures in this one

Actually it might Be the GotG jacket. Notice where it says Fanart in the upper right corner.

 AduroT wrote:
Awwwww... So adorable!

Aw so cutez! You know thats not too far off actual velo size...

the thing about velociraptors being the size of chickens is a myth bro.
yes they were no where near the size they are in the movie, but:

 Compel wrote:
I suppose that's suggesting he hand reared the raptors hence why there's no face eating during the motorbike scene.

I still think the film is Spielberg trying to cash in on Sharknado and the likes success.

That might be a plausible explanation.
Mine still makes the most sense. That the raptors are running from an even bigger predator, and stopping for a snack will get them killed

 the shrouded lord wrote:
the thing about velociraptors being the size of chickens is a myth bro.
yes they were no where near the size they are in the movie, but:

I'd love to see a pack of these Utahraptor, estimated to have reached up to 7 m (23 ft) long and somewhat less than 500 kg (1,100 lb) in weight, comparable to an average sized polar bear.

 the shrouded lord wrote:
the thing about velociraptors being the size of chickens is a myth bro.
yes they were no where near the size they are in the movie, but:

Not quite, bro.

V. mongoliensis was the size of a turkey, not a chicken, meaning they were roughly .5-.6 meters tall to the hip, about 2 meters long, and weighed in at around 15 kilograms (and or course, covered in feathers).

That picture from National Geographic is shows an animal the size of Deinonychus antirrhopus and I'm not sure why they using it to show the size of V. mongoliensis. Check out The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory S. Paul if you want a more accurate representation of the animal.

 Mr Morden wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:
the thing about velociraptors being the size of chickens is a myth bro.
yes they were no where near the size they are in the movie, but:

I'd love to see a pack of these Utahraptor, estimated to have reached up to 7 m (23 ft) long and somewhat less than 500 kg (1,100 lb) in weight, comparable to an average sized polar bear.

Stop. Just stop. I'm craving.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor
Size comparison here. Its a small turkey. Team Wienie would pwon it!