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We have <i><b>evolved</b></i>.The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-54456651505898438272009-12-11T00:26:00.003+00:002009-12-11T00:54:46.955+00:00JP and The Island of Doctor Moreau<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s1600-h/post_header.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s400/post_header.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346551825734492738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We all know that the JP books are, of course, the result of the influence of various books and scientific theories. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Of those, the most evident one is The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Conan_doyle.jpg"><img alt="File:Conan doyle.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Conan_doyle.jpg" width="350" height="520" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The second book in the JP duology is some kind of homage to this book, which in turn is the book that started the trend of the lost world novels (where a group of adventurers find, well, a lost world). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So, if Michael Crichton is the father of the JP saga, then Conan Doyle would be some kind of grandparent.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">However, it seems that the JP saga has another grandparent... In the last few days I found myself with some spare time, and went on to read a classic novel. The similarities that it features with the first JP book are so striking that I cannot wonder how no one else has yet refered to it, as far as I know.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="font-family: arial;" src="http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/static/covers/all/3/5/9780141029153H.jpg" alt="The Island of Doctor Moreau" title="The Island of Doctor Moreau" /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Island of Doctor Moreau</span>, by H.G. Wells. You might know H.G. Wells from such novels as the <span style="font-weight: bold;">War of the Worlds</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Time Machine</span>. This novel is somewhat less known, but still a good read.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It is the story of a castway that finds himself in a island, where Doctor Moreau and his assistant have been performing vivisection on living creatures, turning them into humans. Of course, something awful happens, and then he has an "adventure".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Let's take a closer look:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">- The castaway: Not used directly in the JP books, it was however used indirectly in the beginning of the TLW movie. Well, sort of, since they weren't technically castaways.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">- A doctor perfoming biological experiments on an isolated tropical island: Just think about it, isn't this almost a JP description? Can't you imagine MC, wondering how could he write a dinosaur book without time travel or lost worlds, and then finding inspiration in this concept to create the JP ideia?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">- The ethical questions: The ones featured in this novel are quite powerful - what does it mean to be human? What right do we have to interfere with animals, and change the way they are? MC also focused his own ethical question in the JP books - how far can we go while doing biological experiments, and what kind of authority do we have to do so? Of course he didn't focus in vivisection, but he managed to do the update to our own technique: genetics.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">- Something goes wrong: What more can I say?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So, if Conan Doyle is the grandparent of TLW, H.G. Wells could very well be the grandparent of JP.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/H_G_Wells_pre_1922.jpg"><img alt="File:H G Wells pre 1922.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/H_G_Wells_pre_1922.jpg/430px-H_G_Wells_pre_1922.jpg" width="430" height="600" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I hope I have been clear about how I think that JP was directly inspired by The Island of Doctor Moreau. If you know of some other source where this kind of analysis has already been done, or if you have your own thoughts about this, please let me know.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You can read the novel here:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/159</span><br /></div></div></div></div>The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-8329852184323028812009-08-01T18:59:00.003+01:002009-08-01T19:32:51.920+01:007 - Lost, Rex background, and a couple of dinosaur movies<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s1600-h/post_header.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s400/post_header.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346551825734492738" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I must begin by saying how sorry I am for not posting last weekend. However, currently JP-RL is just an one-man-show, and therefore, falible. Neverthless, if you feel that you can contribute, just let me know!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">That being said, let's get to our weekly (or shall I say bi-weekly?) dose of JP!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">LOST and JP</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Recently I've been watching some LOST episodes, and I was reminded of an old theory that I had... that LOST got some of its inspiration from JP.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I mean, one of the basic premises of the show is that an enterprise (Dharma) was doing some kind of secret research in an isolated island. Something goes wrong, and the research (and its infrastructures) is abandoned. Some years later, other characters appear on the island, and start to find what happened...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Isn't this what happens in TLW and JP3?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course that LOST has much more to it than just this, but I can help to think that somewhere along the show development someone must have thought: "Hey, remember JP and that tropical feeling it has? Wouldn't it be cool to feature that in our show?".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Take a look at this picture...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_98r6NI75Exo/SWtlV0b2YuI/AAAAAAAAAvc/QEbzGMAy3QQ/s320/800px-Jumpest.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Can't you imagine that it is from a JP movie?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So, some months ago I posted this in the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.jplegacy.org/board/showthread.php?t=14813">JPLegacy forums</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> , and one of the members there said that he has read an interview where the show creators said that their main inspirations were the Castaway, King Kong, and the more relevant one, JP. How cool is that?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I've never read anything official about it, and I didn't even manage to find that interview online, but it surely makes sense!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">An amazing background</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A picture of the new T-Rex toy has surfaced at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.jptoys.com/index.php/2009/07/29/542-congratulations-ma-am-it-s-a-new-t-rex">JPtoys</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.<br /><br />It's a good toy, I guess, but the thing I like the most about it it's the background picture. It has such a strong JP feeling! The sun, the pteros shadows, all those greens tones, the waterfall and the mist, the fences... just amazing! Now, if only they could make a wallpaper out of it...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Give it a look, and let the child inside of you daydream a little!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">More dinosaur movies!</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It's summer outside, and you dream about dinosaur movies. Yes, I totally know how that feels. Lucky for both of us, after the Land of the Lost movie, we have another couple of movies featuring dinosaurs! Take a look:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Ice_age_dawn_of_the_dinosaurs_theatrical_poster.jpg"><img alt="File:Ice age dawn of the dinosaurs theatrical poster.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Ice_age_dawn_of_the_dinosaurs_theatrical_poster.jpg" width="299" height="444" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's the trailer of this animation film, the third of this saga:</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: arial;" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W4gvxUlGNAs&hl=pt-br&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W4gvxUlGNAs&hl=pt-br&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here it is the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.iceagemovie.com/">official site</a><span style="font-family: arial;">!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">On the other hand, coming from The Asylum, you've got The Land That Time Forgot remake:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=157"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 359px;" src="http://www.theasylum.cc/images/posters/lttf_large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's the trailer:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4JvvTbfGpDk&hl=pt-br&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4JvvTbfGpDk&hl=pt-br&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here it is the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="%3Cobject%20width=%22560%22%20height=%22340%22%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22movie%22%20value=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/4JvvTbfGpDk&hl=pt-br&fs=1&%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowFullScreen%22%20value=%22true%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowscriptaccess%22%20value=%22always%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cembed%20src=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/4JvvTbfGpDk&hl=pt-br&fs=1&%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20allowscriptaccess=%22always%22%20allowfullscreen=%22true%22%20width=%22560%22%20height=%22340%22%3E%3C/embed%3E%3C/object%3E">official site</a><span style="font-family: arial;">!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I've already seen Ice Age 3, and I hope to write a review of it soon. The Land That Time Forgot I haven't seen, but, again, I hope too!</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And that's it for this week. Thank you so much for visiting JP-RL, and join us again next week!</span><br /><br /></div></div>The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-25549727356806758782009-07-19T00:13:00.007+01:002009-07-19T00:45:59.863+01:006 - Jurassic Park /// birthday!<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s1600-h/post_header.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s400/post_header.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346551825734492738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">Jurassic Park /// birthday!<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />So, today is the birthday of JP3. I'm not really a JP3 lover, but I won't say that I hate it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But I have to say, there are some things that I don't like...<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">The Poster</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxI4DrOzhUf00uLfizn89FaHR9UHpw2w99l2ipCVJMjWfoH7vtJsuOZjJ_1r1B-8VnTGeaoJY2ZzHOpIt-1zbfJ_KiMHxCYFfyekKnUJDct59eMaIONwiw61oRZcVG3ZTvY-G5RrfH5tw/s1600-h/394px-JP3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxI4DrOzhUf00uLfizn89FaHR9UHpw2w99l2ipCVJMjWfoH7vtJsuOZjJ_1r1B-8VnTGeaoJY2ZzHOpIt-1zbfJ_KiMHxCYFfyekKnUJDct59eMaIONwiw61oRZcVG3ZTvY-G5RrfH5tw/s400/394px-JP3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359943006176561826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I just don't like the metal background. It doesn't feel JP. I'm fine with the spino in the logo, but it would work so much better if the logo was in a black background...</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Grant</span><br /><br /></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX54AE63OswV_k8mRQBDPEb6PqQUtKgIBFygkxDkb21hIGbnGfdg8-ioq31jv8dGh5U413kqpvE5Ke8vU6rLCQNx5ojdcCVZL1iVJRndgaLVDJt_GeSprYxzrjVt3tV3tFpIqVLyqP3b7L/s1600-h/jurassic2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX54AE63OswV_k8mRQBDPEb6PqQUtKgIBFygkxDkb21hIGbnGfdg8-ioq31jv8dGh5U413kqpvE5Ke8vU6rLCQNx5ojdcCVZL1iVJRndgaLVDJt_GeSprYxzrjVt3tV3tFpIqVLyqP3b7L/s400/jurassic2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359943799059929618" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I... want... my... blue... shirt... back!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >So, the movie starts, you see Eric, etc, and then you see this blond kid playing with dinosaurs toys. Ok, he is cute, and enjoys dinosaurs. Then the camera moves, and you see Grant. So, this must be Grant's son! And he also loves dinosaurs! Then the camera moves a little more, and you see Ellie with a baby! Hey, so this is Grant and Ellie's family! So they have a kid and a little baby and they are happy together and with dinosaurs in their lives. You know, I was smiling at this... but then some random guy shows up and kisses Ellie! What?! Who is this guy? Get the hell out of here, this is Grant's and Ellie's family! Go away!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >You know, this scene really made me feel sad. In JP, Grant and Ellie are in love and act like a couple... the way they speak with each other, the way they touch each other, or the hug that Ellie gives Grant when they finally meet again... the whole theme about having kids... they seem a happy couple, meant to be together. Plus, in TLW you see that Malcolm isn't a playboy anymore, and he isn't looking anymore for the next-ex-Mrs Malcolm... he has grow up, he cares about Kelly and Sarah, you know? He has changed for better, and you can only imagine that so as Grant.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >However, JP3 begins, and the movie destroys right away everything that you've believed before. And in such a mean way... they actually lead us to believe that they are a family with kids, and then they destroy that illusion, as if they were messing around with us, JP fans, that have grown up believing that Grant and Ellie were happy together.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Oh, and they go further than that. They make Grant, our childhood hero, a miserable man. He has lost the love of his life. Not only that, but he has also lost touch with her, and he still loves her. Although he is a bright paleontologist, and has been in JP, no one really cares about him or his work, and he keeps struggling for money. Plus, his best friend his a kid, Billy, that could be his son (or even grandson!). Then, in the island, he can't avoid to compare himself with Malcolm, as if he has something to prove.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >They just destroyed our Grant. And really, was it necessary to be this way? I could understand Grant not being married to Ellie if Laura Dern hadn't appeared in the movie... however, for her to be there, but not married to him, it's just mean. I understand that her husband has some kind of important job, that then allows for the quick rescue, but they could have done that in some other way. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">The Rex</span><br /><br /></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcrC4TNdvUs0Pw5AnDsfWsb4lgNMLcE9pxcZ0tpnOeXvnQndV0l0LbkcOGBhf3MVkhNsFq7XFD-Js_epXjfmcbG_lNmDWpnKa7OpLNQTWU64VYa8-EYHg3ourS_DglDN02nPRo0F_Y90h/s1600-h/jurassic_park1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcrC4TNdvUs0Pw5AnDsfWsb4lgNMLcE9pxcZ0tpnOeXvnQndV0l0LbkcOGBhf3MVkhNsFq7XFD-Js_epXjfmcbG_lNmDWpnKa7OpLNQTWU64VYa8-EYHg3ourS_DglDN02nPRo0F_Y90h/s400/jurassic_park1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359946451086955074" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Rex <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQwA8JRwlxIjiv8png3Kv1JzmJSnhsDueoY74FxiX9B4DtRh_v1XTFam_7aXrAzvwCPzTpzbwdNZAq3InFuee0NZCbdwHuGnYKTbYE0TcEbvcix_ehpR4JeLrGyiOLfdXDnNzsYTBzYMa/s1600-h/package_favorite.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 35px; height: 42px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQwA8JRwlxIjiv8png3Kv1JzmJSnhsDueoY74FxiX9B4DtRh_v1XTFam_7aXrAzvwCPzTpzbwdNZAq3InFuee0NZCbdwHuGnYKTbYE0TcEbvcix_ehpR4JeLrGyiOLfdXDnNzsYTBzYMa/s200/package_favorite.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359947173090888818" border="0" /></a> Nublar </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >And then, as if Grant's new character wasn't shocking enough, they go on and kill the rex. That's right. They kill the rex. How dare they?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >You see JP, and there (s)he is, the mighty ruler of the island. You see TLW, and now there are a couple of rexes, with a baby, but they still remain the masters of all dinosaurs. They're awesome.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >But then some random dinosaur shows up, and kills the rex. Really, how disrespectful is that to the franchise legacy? If they wanted to change the main dinosaur, and show that, they could still have the fight, but let the rex survive, even if by pure luck. Just don't humiliate the rex by letting this new guy killing him in a matter of seconds. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >My problem here isn't the spino, because I like him. My problem here is how they worked with the rex, humiliating him.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Conclusion</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, don't get me wrong. Although I'm not a JP3 fan, I still enjoy the movie, and I'm fine with other fans loving it. However, these three points that I mentioned ruin my JP3 movie experience. There's nothing I can do about it...<br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">That's all folks! Return next week for another edition of JP-RL, your weekly dose of Jurassic Park!</span><br /><br /></div>The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-62632498037720083122009-07-11T21:06:00.003+01:002009-07-11T21:10:42.810+01:005 - Jurassic Park in a minute - LEGO<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s1600-h/post_header.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s400/post_header.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346551825734492738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 180%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">Jurassic Park in a minute - LEGO</span></span><br /></div><br /><br />Ok, so this week we are really busy here at JP-RL, so this edition is gonna be really tiny. In fact, it only takes a minute and a few seconds... Enjoy!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1I_LBAGZzTc&hl=pt-br&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1I_LBAGZzTc&hl=pt-br&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Needless to say, this video does not belong to JP-RL. You can find the original Youtube Channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/innebateav">here</a>.The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-82779928212158737462009-07-02T20:48:00.021+01:002009-07-02T22:15:46.537+01:004 - Jurassic Park Toys - Collector Cards and an unexpected conclusion<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s1600-h/post_header.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s400/post_header.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346551825734492738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Jurassic Park Toys - Collector Cards and an unexpected conclusion</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I was 5 years old when JP came out. So, I can say that I experienced the dinomania, but I have a very blurry memory of it... consequently, I'm always eager to discover new things from that time period, that could help me to re-experience it.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">And, by luck, the other day I found something amazing... the collector cards that came with the JP toys, back in 1993. I have some memory of them, mainly of Grant with the Pteros. I deeply enjoy JP drawings (such as concept art and fan art), so it was great to see these cards... not only is the art incredible, but they also reminded me of a time long gone, when there only was the original JP movie, and <span style="font-style: italic;">anything</span> could happen.<br /><br />In fact, they are so amazing, that I'm sure they deserve a deep analysis, which I will do, like if we were back in '93, before anyone ever dreamed of TLW and Sorna.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Before we go on, please note that all these images belong to www.jptoys.com - head over there, and see the original toys!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:arial;" >Alternate Timeline</span><br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-family:arial;">The cards in this category feature situations that I believe to be impossible to fit in the movie universe.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSZ0KVe6XIfMkCP9Q5XH_sPRV_uBfoxzSkSndyzHOqRMe0F6xc0c92dsDIbUMSIiFo6ueHWecEilwGCZd37j9bJ-9v-sEmpcXQzX9kQtgZEKs-nChLpNt4bybrAo5-X2-HlaHNaLWwhcr/s400/MalcolmDilo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353955216264985298" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Here, you can see Malcolm being attacked by a Dilo. Obviously, it could never happen. Malcolm only saw herbivores in the Welcome2JP scene, and then the rex. Notice how mysterious the jungle looks... anything could be there!<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLebyBy_6x7sJBqc5HnVUYhAhQ4vUMS6ytwovcTXua5GCKAwcTXtU5lEihoq2fBdLYlm0BNDv-KdkwgfwqMzghuXUnT5IJCJX5WwW93noy2K5dndz0lIk-LDemKxlha4_xpR0Mm4j0_mMP/s400/MalcomCoelo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353955660757163378" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This one could be dubious, and belong to a Functional JP category (more on that later), but a man dressed in black must be Malcom for sure. So, the above arguments can be used again. And please, notice the jungle again...<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFALhMdh4OH0F1h_gEdadPy63wRvC3dlaf8KagqlpJsexeubhtYJR-zC89xbaDnZ4wkEM7wxcwKMOpPU5XUzRT-D4bR3G8FPlj2L_An_KaST9MJlhrpXmYysUx7918BJ-R7XU6jouiuDt/s400/NedryDilos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353956179909949522" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This one is definitely dubious... in a Functional JP situation, the baby Dilos could have escaped from the hatchery, and worked their way to the control room (perhaps that was the reason it is protected with such high security systems?). However, this card came out with the Nedry toy, so that worker is supposed to be Nedry; however, Nedry doesn't recognize the Dilo in the movie, which means that he has never seen a Dilo before - hence this card scene doesn't belong to the movie universe.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlL3L00I9Q9Ikg9obMhuLC7PJgKfdLxYfvC90Z2OQhPuZNT8kJA4DziMWQUL-xvg9fBLvgjRnF0ZXt6OG1yE9Fnbla8Vah_5POCQo1WzG6-QOay8HYxvjmER7O0gve8AzeMil16JCu1mZ/s400/Stego.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353957568133471042" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This is another card that could make it to the Functional JP category, but the man in the blue shirt is supposed to be Grant. Him being Grant doesn't define this card as being in the alternate timeline category, but I believe that the other man is a JP worker, not Tim... if he was Tim, maybe then this card could belong to the Unseen Scenes category (yes, more on that later!), but no way a kid like Tim could help Grant with the stego. Once again, notice the background... the park seems huge!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Functional JP</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These cards feature scenes that could happen in a functional JP, with workers taking care of the dinosaurs... that could be the case of the park before the movie events (maybe we could see scenes like these in a future JP prequel!), or an alternate timeline where JP is sucessful.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxklRC47rdT-h1XI4PaBEIjMqcQjsUU8h081_jU6fR5-zDTawSRZ5At6nmo4THhVjEpEkscMfhOtQ_nLrhyphenhyphenqIZIHOkdAn5rRvUBdu-p6VZpU9dUepQVMlAg8aPEgWM3x373ibdThFnyCU7/s400/AirPtero.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353961439284274658" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />A worker hunts down an escaping Ptero. Notice the use of the road in the scene, to remind us that we are in the park.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2qH0Bfr5EWSlyLEK46IlCek6Chw3npkCU5u-3N0VzZnEkzvm2k1jHIFLcsFOQk849KNWfzi9ZepsP7NqyW_lbReF4dZHLOQuxashaAjwO-7ZPUBw-ckRGrhzHoYCN5lRlsHz_Vcxkcjv/s400/DiloWorker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353958951468764242" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />A worker is hunted by a Dilo . This scene can be the moment when InGen finds out that the Dilos can spite! I know that this man could be Nedry (Nedry also wears a red shirt in the control room card), but as this card belongs to the Dilo toy, we can't know for sure.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7mUNPoOx4uptKYzNIlaGgI1TfRyBwgwnbaG2fh5DQzCrjx-fjrKfDmnLEeLQ_QCKT9b9YZj2p2HzG7lGGl7ECW1kUj6c9ceFxJHMdbxjhIrFK97NfWVKQEJOPk2K7t5RMkJIoRigyUP0/s400/MuldoonRaptors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353959906427166754" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Muldoon in the hatchery with some baby Raptors. Everything's fine with this card... look how cute the dinos are, playing with each other!<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpv-h8t9bfD-Qbc1Ojg2ocvxCUSPUV3KDFGPJNwo4tT1MhHP3GdNBH2n8iw6z76z6hM9s2meQ0XTGPgISDsjDpGrrq34IRr4kML6VpxprCpVwIK-6RwUtGwvs7NGL8EDj-nrknexQ5UcqT/s400/RaptorsRun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353960491752455874" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Yes, taking care of Raptors is a hard job! In this card, I like the hazard black-yellow stripe (which I also use a lot in JP-RL design).</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:arial;" >Unseen scenes</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />These cards feature situations that could have happened during the movie events, but that remained unseen to the movie watcher.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeRX_FjyI3-BbFWScKJAMNa5LGjoXB2HBu720Uffmfd_nmXKb_pLya4RxYFznsPrENSTX5C6oFR707WFodTPemDG96JD1kJGnYw-1vaM4dK90Vywmr6FoW7rlK_x9G_4cA8-O68uU1-zd/s400/RexJeep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353961018070126146" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The rex attack scene. Classic, and still awesome.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkGnAQzaFZhDUPKkaN5n7nwZLOEWtNQM7vyqiLHTTxLYBcV9IvrK3HN8JklEWu0CyGpyI_SVvEWMx-33AE7XavoGp9DX7h7Rv4OjBsJA2EGF7BK67LC9nvWsQTiPDJlUzFNtMlhvJiqF_/s400/TimEgg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353961825018850722" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Tim watches a Brachio being born. When the kids arrive, all the adults are having lunch, so it is possible that the kids also visited the labs, and happened to see this. We know that Hammond likes to watch every "Hatchling Surprise!", but we also know that it doesn't always happen (the baby raptor scene, early in the movie).<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKkLNRH7KTVHoDeiFmFwLet_s4dBFhwO7fGN3r0LBkNSvNX1F2h_Syup0cZuhwx2DS219zYQ5mPnsFc8bJVOZCcgMrUVuNuqYGC8VxhmCLWXd-Xr6GYzQoV9TMyMj_VjvO6LZIHGEqvr0/s400/EllieTrike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353962710117804994" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ellie tries to sedate a trike. For all we know, it could happen between the sick Trike, and her return to the control room.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Now, the next cards are the ones that I find the most interesting of all...<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2cKqyuOwthyQkMVYe0Xar0TtgcKIt765gw0gTsagRl5nqdj6POP0M_MU9FyrWoNqHXC8DKYSqdLz_a6r60hV11-fccIYOg1qtz9I36Rg_8nsCHEZed2Y5ell-z6eSJVeMr80UXs6-6qz/s400/GrantPteros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353963423060402034" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Grant with some baby Pteros. This scene could happen when he and the kids roam the park, seeing more dinos than just the Brachios and the Gallis. Once again, notice the jungle!<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRW1xOQqoU7vsjMaMdBNHFsCSJJ4uGpKpXr1zQeIkGFT-4Aq_YNHg11ZyxT-UOtlZ9oMjm237NzA8R3LSvIXmQejGXerzuhIDSs4AfopejrUY4F1gBUtQCnM9IKktYQh-938mcH1hlQV3/s400/GrantTrikeRun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353963890516170146" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The same situation as the above card. Look at Grant's hat... if they knew how important the hat is to him in JP3...<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBR2jG5IkdkTdD9WetP25Wgt4OcFuvcuVAatGQGtM_76G6WoDxpUO_KZuAkYxbuMTouF3UCl_jD6G19KTPAFYKgJ2EiQucmmivSW9popfV0xz2t3kv19sgrL3ZIc7aY3kBfWs1TZFuqbq/s400/YoungRex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353964108486977314" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Ok, this is one arguable: should it belong in the Alternate Timeline? Maybe, but we can try to believe that this young rex is in fact an </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.dinosaur-world.com/tyrannosaurs/alioramus_remotus.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">Alioramus remotus</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> , which is a dinosaur that could easily be mistaken with a young rex (as someone that knows a lot more about dinosaurs than I do told me). It's a little far fetched, but later you'll understand why I'm doing this exercise.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL6aV3_m4p6wmYyrpjSdlfaKEzojlDpWPsZ0f6SvdCfaGRVL8IIsj4UjPftzpBHQpyDLzcqX6Xvd4EgKOZt23ZHmLZ0e_q1NLtYSDIv8DTJq24JvESys3PhFcqQyj2LfKSEP3IFwhFeOR_/s400/Dimetro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353963087060438514" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This scene could happen after Grant finally met Ellie again, while they return to the visitors' center. In their walk, they find a Dimetrodon! And clearly, Grant is shocked...<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jptoys.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJSXgNl1iriCWKbj3Pqxod1tHc22avXaAX9FkdrxspMcBe70T0h3UBSF8UNazTUveO4PAKKbI0jYMuD2zksWtS5Q3g6Vlu7uTYQLJ1ltpVk47qP9VLaRJ59IykpkNXv6k1STl98dqviT7/s400/RaptorGrantEllie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353965056418325874" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Another scene that could happen in the same time interval... somewhere in the visitors' center, before finding the kids, they face a lonely raptor and manage to escape.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I must say that I daydreamed a lot with these cards, imagining the possibilities. And the conclusion that I arrived to was that a JP cartoon series was possible using these cards concept.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br />The main problem with a JP cartoon is how are they going to get people in the island every episode, and let the dinosaurs escape once again. It seems impossible.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, the other option (that I've never heard of before...) would be to follow Grant and the kids in their journey through the park, from the rex attack site, all the way to the visitors center.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Every episode they would face a different species of dinosaur, and learn something about it. They could even use some ideias from the book, like finding some tools in a maintenance building. They could show us a little more of the park. They could do so many things with this concept.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Would it be realistic to believe that their journey was so long? No, but cartoons aren't realistic. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br />And would it be realistic to believe that they faced so many dinosaurs, and always managed to escape? I don't know... In the book Lex rides a baby Trike. In the Primeval tv series, the characters face dangerous predators without using guns most of the time. So, considering these examples, for a cartoon it would be realistic.<br /><br /><br />Give this idea some thought, imagine all the possibilities that lie in the concept, and admit that you would love to see such a cartoon :)<br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And that's it. Hope you enjoyed seeing the cards (visit jptoys.com for more cards and toys), the rumblings about the categories, and the JP cartoon concept. Join us next week!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But, until then...</span><br /><br /><br /> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jptoys.com/toy-database/jurassic-park/jurassic-park-series-2/dinosaurs/lycaenops/index.htm"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4sbgCoqn4GiBYOAyDK5KEMGZrkl6WxKxtjywvbtZLTXqlxFJlMNhA-jj1mediCmB1YfFCwQ9vA3qxcZiLW76-NdQL17xvrY6zFC3Gmow07KyVebNqOC0TFjAcuPznVC0UTw6Q7R5yJkm7/s400/collcard_front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353973357515492450" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Headphones?</span>!<br /></div>The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-27859178781180341942009-06-26T22:17:00.005+01:002009-06-26T22:53:54.246+01:003 - Jurassic Park news roundup<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s1600-h/post_header.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s400/post_header.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346551825734492738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">Jurassic Park news roundup</span></span><br /></div><br />So, something strange happened this week: we actually got some JP news! Here we go:<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Producer Frank Marshall spoke about JPIV</span><br /><br />He didn't really said anything new, but at least he spoke about it. Those news spread around the usual cinema sites, people comment, and the JP franchise is once again a conversation topic. That's good, even if we didn't really got any positive news. You can read the article <a href="http://io9.com/5293165/jurassic-park-4-a-long-shot-but-neverending-storys-coming">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;">JP 2009 Toys pictures</span><br /><br />JPToys.com got a lot of pictures from the new line of JP toys. Of course I'm happy with this line, but I find the dinosaurs way too colourful, and that's a trend that I have noticed in the more recent paleoart... personally I don't enjoy it that much. You can see all of them <a href="http://jptoys.com/index.php/2009/06/19/539-jurassic-park-2k9-pictures-and-lots-of-them">here</a> and <a href="http://jptoys.com/index.php/2009/06/19/540-it-s-raining-jurassic-park-2k9-pictures">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">JP is among Yvonne Strahovski's favourite movies</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://starlog.com/franchises/sci-fi-tv/86-exclusive-yvonne-strahovski-sweet-a-lethal"><img style="width: 269px; height: 402px;" class="caption" title="Beauty and the geek. Some people don’t see why Sarah would find Chuck (Zachary Levi) attractive, but Strahovski understands the nerdy guy’s appeal." src="http://starlog.com/images/stories/yvonne/NUP_111042_1145.jpg" alt="Beauty and the geek. Some people don’t see why Sarah would find Chuck (Zachary Levi) attractive, but Strahovski understands the nerdy guy’s appeal." /><br /></a></div><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">It’s only fitting that her major credit is a genre series, not only because the actress is an SF fan who likes “ALIEN movies and JURASSIC PARK,” but also because it’s part of her upbringing.</blockquote>Well, this isn't really something new (the article is from April!), but it's new to me, at least. I've never seen someone famous talking about JP before, so I decided to share. And it's not just someone, it's the female star of the tv series <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/">Chuck</a>. Go on and read the full article <a href="http://starlog.com/franchises/sci-fi-tv/86-exclusive-yvonne-strahovski-sweet-a-lethal">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">The world outside Jurassic Park</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Primeval tv series has been axed</span><br /><br />Love it or not, it was a way to see dinosaurs on our tv. However, we still have the future <a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=55536">Warner Bros movie</a> to look forward to, and the production team said that they have "every intention of keeping Primeval alive in other ways". I wonder if that means new novels...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NS1G0PGLRaeKrxqUV6whFvSxZIn8DChyphenhyphenvl35NMTRZV3-O4LNDCrrO14mLJzxR05_dzGXqyyhwbGyTTyrMht2FWxJG2CIvMks_2gVPNApPHBCfD9qUg2Dk1t5NicUMcacr1iDgPO016Q6/s1600-h/primevallostisland.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NS1G0PGLRaeKrxqUV6whFvSxZIn8DChyphenhyphenvl35NMTRZV3-O4LNDCrrO14mLJzxR05_dzGXqyyhwbGyTTyrMht2FWxJG2CIvMks_2gVPNApPHBCfD9qUg2Dk1t5NicUMcacr1iDgPO016Q6/s400/primevallostisland.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351753693192729266" border="0" /></a><br />I've read only one Primeval novel (The Lost Island), and I did enjoy it. Since the series ended with a cliffhanger, that would be a good way to solve it. Plus, they could do stuff that the tv budget didn't allow.<br /><br />You can read the news <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8100579.stm">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">MonsterQuest - The Last Dinosaur</span><br /><br />The title pretty much says it: this episode will focus on a dinosaur. I haven't seen it, but I hope to. The episode site is <a href="http://www.history.com/shows.do?episodeId=452428&action=detail">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">1/10 T.rex skeleton</span><strong><br /><br /></strong>Go on and see it by yourself <a href="http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=151924">here</a>! It's worth it!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><br />And this was this week edition of JP-RL! Hope you enjoy it, and stay tuned for next week edition!<br /><br /></div>The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-51636320363552539402009-06-12T22:11:00.010+01:002009-06-12T23:50:18.596+01:002 - Jurassic Park in Empire magazine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s1600-h/post_header.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgh58BP-cFB-RxwsFzeOat4jPGojYjk43rkiio-fcj0bob_15e9Nvz5gZdnGeoaxhNJxGqBdhupktJdoJZxyRmTFF5Z4z1XsoQFv0x2LUcpLknzAU70pxO787f8EsNNYDF6XrBvxrSA-G/s400/post_header.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346551825734492738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Jurassic Park in Empire magazine</span><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As you probably know, last thursday was the "birthday", so to speak, of Jurassic Park. It is a special day for all of us, JP fans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">However, this particular month is also notable because of the 20th anniversary of the Empire magazine.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Being a cinema magazine, Empire was with us when Jurassic Park first came out...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/covers/image.asp?id=18664&gallery=1362&caption=%2350%20%28August%201994%29"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPN3gxzJLrJu59iDixyC98O4P4-RCfE6_868EmpOprRkqN5_dd9NYsY_5PkL7K56MPUTDEZ9cKENBR0WoS36sZXn4LL9KNSiQpid2d5hWGv6XvCnOBEC6cJCS0Pkti8G9q56F226SC47F/s320/18664.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346553640101759842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Lucky for us, Empire has online two fine essays about JP. Here's an excerpt from the first one, by Colin Kennedy...</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132856"><span style="font-style: italic;">Behavioural movement, breathing, pupil dilation: Spielberg wanted to capture the detail which suggests a living, thinking organism rather than a mere monster.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Eventually, all of this detail would end up on screen: the T-Rex eyes blinking in the flashlight, the velociraptor breath snorting against the kitchen door port-hole, the odd, nodding head movement of the poisonous dilophosaurus.</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">... and an excerpt from the second one, by Andrew Collins...</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132735"> </a><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132735"><span style="font-style: italic;">It's even tempting to read a Spielberg allegory into the story: after all, just as John Hammond (Attenborough) has graduated from flea circus to safari park, Spielberg has graduated from temperamental mechanical shark to Industrial Light And Magic — but the difference is, Hammond's dream goes sour and Spielberg's dream works.</span></a><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132735"> </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Then TWL was released, and once again Empire was with us:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/covers/image.asp?id=18714&gallery=1363&caption=%2398%20%28August%201997%29"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPLhC2wmHt8RlJ4CXAq5C2X5Qm8OoYwhtOdO8O3RlnDGYS1AoLZ7eERiT0AvKr_WJFKn3QNwXSW4CxFeCD8EzIx4WHxklcU2CoWZ1P0JB7iVK3M8_lOS-OdY5xgCgZ-1AwcQf9QwTDHxg/s320/18714.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346555898780067362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You can also find online an interesting essay regarding TLW, by Anna Smith:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132879"> </a><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;" href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132879">Firstly, JP2 was a much darker, more brooding affair than its predecessor, in which good guys died and literal armies of bad men — not just the rogue few — marched around meddling with nature. This was not simply a rehashing of the same old formul</a><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132879"><span style="font-style: italic;">a.</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Unfortunately, they don't have a cover nor an essay featuring JP///. But hey, I'm grateful for all the attention they gave already to our favorite franchise!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So, this month's Empire is a special edition, to celebrate its 20 years... and to do so, they did a portfolio with a lot of actors and actresses in some of their most memorable characters.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And guess what? Sam Neill is featured, as Alan Grant, along with our beloved rex!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.empireonline.com/features/20-birthday-portfolio/default.asp?id=15171"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_q6dng7erYYUqCHyHCTWVxJSTA-5LxFzEbLN9G6VNEp7-j8wve2Iu-niuhnhCP2Z-c1T5Xbp_Q12xZ-x0rTVUIu-hNBjyyNfncwAcz21oPlj7-PXJymOnCyQpz_xN-olWKgjmSSMQulG/s400/Grant.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346558449775441266" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.empireonline.com/features/20-birthday-portfolio/default.asp?id=15171">See it in its full glory!</a><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Great, right? What an unexpected gift for all JP fans, right now, when JP also makes sixteen years!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I really love this picture... First, it features Grant, with the flare and the rex. This is part of my childhood, and to see it recreated again, in such an artistic way, is really amazing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Second, it is great to see Sam Neill among so many famous actors and actresses, right where he belongs. Sometimes I feel that he doesn't have all the attention and respect that he deserves.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Third, it's quite meaningful that this portfolio features JP among so many others famous films. JP still remains to this day as one of the most emblematic movies ever, and it's good to see that it is recognized.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I can only be happy for this unexpected surprise by Empire, and hope that they'll give a cover and a couple of essays to JPIV, when it comes out!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">By the way, you can see the whole portfolio</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.empireonline.com/features/20-birthday-portfolio/thumbnails.asp"> here</a><span style="font-family:arial;">!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;">The world outside Jurassic Park</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.landofthelost.net"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbr658HIAleDOOdRRSopHg02K0q08AALQrq9y2QMauVlKkLKl-9lu44_GoOwMNmPq0RV_VhsD_vDcNt1hAEhYO7sjGTWzo3VCdX_zv1OXo7nYDDrBhPSg_AU21WiOJQ7WIG4l5av5mQEu/s400/land-of-the-lost-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346562709608411042" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;">As you may have noticed, a movie called "Land of the Lost" has just been released. Why is this noteworthy? Because this movie features dinosaurs!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This movie is based in a children's television series from the 70s, with the same title. You can find more about it </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Lost_%281974_TV_series%29">here</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, but right now I'll give you the original intro, for you to take a walk through memory lane...</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qSKIuJWRMaI&hl=pt-br&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qSKIuJWRMaI&hl=pt-br&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now, you can take a look at the trailer for the movie, just to have an ideia of what to expect from it...</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gDORApKiltM&hl=pt-br&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gDORApKiltM&hl=pt-br&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I haven't seen the movie yet, but I definitely intend to see it... I mean, it has dinosaurs, of course I want to see it!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You can find lots of reviews around the web, but I'd like to call you attention to a "review" made by paleontologist </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.geol.umd.edu/%7Etholtz/index.html">Thomas Holtz</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. It's more of an interview, actually. Anyway, go ahead and enjoy </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" href="http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2009/06/land-of-improbable-dinosaur-pee.html">Land of Improbable Dinosaur Pee!</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >JP-RL Insider<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"A beautiful, but deadly addition to Jurassic Park"</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;">Ok, so these upgrades are not deadly, but they may prove particulary useful...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:arial;" >- Blogroll</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now you have a reason to visit us everyday, instead of just showing up every weekend for your weekly dose of JP. Right now, the blogroll (which you can find on your right) features almost thirty sources of paleontology and JP news, always up to date!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">How does it work? It's quite simple, actually... the blogroll is constantly monitoring all those sites, and everytime a new post is made, it will appear in it. Please note that we aren't responsible for the content and that the process is fully automatic (</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >spared no expenses!</span><span style="font-family:arial;">), so you have to thank the various bloggers that make this possible!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So, visit us everyday, and you'll be sure to be up-to-date with all the buzz in the paleontological and JP communities! And if you have your own blog, or know of some other blog that isn't already featured, please let us know!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:arial;" >- JP-RL goes social!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/JPResearchLab"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://twitter.com/JPResearchLab"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq0BB6wMPKj5ODWU-0xrpRCMu9X8XErz6wC9-zh54r0z3gfIckwdPpg59nEa8npYEQpylJN7KK8Sp2gN_SCsyY6lpXjZrVZl0XYioVNHplw7FgCKjhKQjVR5G4EtTWYfH92c9CMFuqj9h/s660/twitter_logo_header.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">JP-RL now has a Twitter </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="https://twitter.com/JPResearchLab">account</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> which you can follow if you have your own twitter; we'll keep you constantly updated with paleontological and JP news, as well as warn you once your weekly dose of JP is released!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1811895685&hiq=jurassicpark"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 45px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpaMa-o9QfbGTcLjFtqpz0eyRZNFlDe_jHLB0_8ThJjTUUu81SGplNm58pR6MaWUPmI1MtzS5qUDWKIyLuCSUU6a5Z-BDPkr0mIN1x8d_YxW7DjmmSeDwAf_LbLeoxqxZp8C4po6YNDqy/s660/facebook.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">JP-RL is also on </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1811895685&hiq=jurassicpark">Facebook</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. Be our friend, and while you're in it, join the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51836318164&ref=mf">Get Jurassic Park 4 Into Production group</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, a jurassicparkiv.org initiative. And our congratulations right now go to </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1297452153&ref=mf">Joshua</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, for being our first Facebook friend!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:arial;" >- Links list</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A small list of JP links as been added to the site. Right now it only features the more famous sites, but it will be improved as time goes by!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s1600-h/cimo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69PmD7iXRBgGz9d8ec5EewY3-y46b-1_9ljRJ57ekoj8aDOLHmUh_p3eQ2GQo96XPRI19svzoxEhLz8Ee-tUBIsjT5tgAkU_FT68lpqfRQjQBVhVLY1sM1tQChFIVD18whUaYHWbMalKK/s400/cimo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346561099526954658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And that's it! Hope you enjoyed being with us, and don't forget to return next weekend for another dose of Jurassic Park!</span>The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-48665709618242691212009-06-06T21:54:00.004+01:002009-06-13T00:17:48.495+01:001 - WE WANT IV Campaign!And indeed we want!<br /><br />A campaign based on the selling of merchandise of a hypothetical fourth JP movie has just started, thanks to the work of two of the most notable JP fans: <a href="http://jurassicparkiv.org/">Jack De La Mare</a> and <a href="http://www.geocities.com/b_razzie/">Razzie</a>.<br /><br />Here's the campaign aim:<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">It has been a long 8 years since the previous film, and since any real activeness happening in the franchise. The campaign will mainly sell merchandise, directed at anybody (or any dogs) that want to see the fourth movie made. It's a good way of raising awareness about the film to others, as well as the film producers.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> The campaign will run until the movie is released, which may be quite a few years. Overtime there will be competitions to win prizes from the merchandise line and other Jurassic Park related items.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span>I'm really happy with this ideia, since it is indeed a good way to raise awareness to the demand of a fourth film by the fans. Although I don't really love the design, since it feels more like a horror/terror feel than a JP feel, I'll be glad to join in and buy some stuff! After all, it's JP stuff!<br /><br />And heck, why not a "We want IV, V and VI" campaing?!<br /><br />Here they are, the links:<br /><br />- <a href="http://www.wewantiv.com/index.html">the campaign</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.jplegacy.org/board/showthread.php?p=504452#post504452">the JP Legacy thread</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://jurassicparkiv.org/">Jack De La Mare site</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.geocities.com/b_razzie/">Razzie's site</a>The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749853016913206999.post-85383990631354691022009-06-06T21:46:00.003+01:002009-06-06T21:52:39.601+01:00Intro<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.geocities.com/b_razzie/"><img alt="http://www.geocities.com/b_razzie/JP1/JPholomed.gif" src="http://www.geocities.com/b_razzie/JP1/JPholomed.gif" /></a><br /></div><br />The aim of Jurassic Park - Research Lab is to provide the JP fan with a post regarding the JP universe every weekend.<br /><br />It can be a simple essay about a particular aspect of JP, it could be the sharing of some impressive fan art, or it can be something entirely different. However, the purpose remains the same: to give the fandom something to keep the JP alive on a regular basis.<br /><br />Enjoy it, and join us every weekend!The Hungry T-Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378905244104476356noreply@blogger.com0