The 1993 movie Jurassic Park had state-of-the-art special effects and convinced us that dinosaurs could be brought back from extinction. But we've learned a lot about dinosaurs since 1993, and now those movie dinosaurs just aren't all that accurate. They've made several sequels, and couldn't change the design of those monsters without seriously damaging the continuity of the franchise. But YouTuber CoolioArt went back and gave those raptors feathers as we know they should have. They are of the species Deinonychus Antirrhopus, only bigger because otherwise the movie wouldn't be as scary. The real dinos were about half the size of these. As it stands, our protagonists are menaced by giant crows. Here they are in a piece of the climactic scene.
Sorry, there's no scientifically accurate T. rex to save the day. Yet. (via Born in Space)
Friday, January 10, 2025
A More Scientifically Accurate Jurassic Park
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I was explaining to my son that back before 1993, "raptor" had a singular, well-understood meaning in English: bird of prey. Owls, hawks, eagles, falcons ... all raptors. Nobody thought "dinosaur" when they heard the word, "raptor."
The Toronto Raptors NBA team, whose name was chosen during (or shortly after) the height of the mania surrounding Jurassic Park, further solidified "raptor" as a noun that refers to a genus of dinosaur, rather than its already-established meaning as a type of bird. So rather than falling out of use as the movie became less relevant, "raptor" is still most often used today when referring to a dinosaur ... as an NBA mascot.
Today, if you ask people on the street what comes to mind when they hear the word "raptor," nine out of ten people will say it's a dinosaur.
I find it interesting how something like a movie can have such an impact on language.
Giant Crows... with teeth.
xoxoxoBruce
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