Transformers Jurassic Park. (A summary of impressions)

[Creature SH]

That's what this looks to be shaping up to be. Freakin' Jurassic Park with robots.

The humans will get all the character interaction. The Transformers will be the FX-inducing plot device. And just like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, they won't look or act even a bit like their source material.

This much becomes more and more apparent from the info that is coming in, and I refuse to give in to the denial. All a Transformers fan can expect from this are a few hopefully decent toys, but never a decent film.

Aaaaaaand I'm done.

 

[WalkingDead]

How the hell were the Dinosaurs not like their "source material"? They had Jack Horner and other Dino-Experts on set to help the filmmakers and the designers and CGI artists get the Dinosaurs right.

Or do you mean, the way the Dinos were in the Jurassic Park novel?

 

[xwolverine2]

jurassic park is a classic masterpiece......

sure id like it to be that.

 

[Flame on!]

Aaaaaaand I'm done.

Thank God.

 

[Creature SH]

Even though paleontologists were consulted in the making of Jurassic Park, it still remained wildly inaccurate. Here we have an accurate representation of a Velociraptor - Which was as tall as a turkey and didn't have the brain capacity or configuration to be "as smart as chimps" in any way whatsoever.

Another good example is the Dilophosaurus. As the most advanced predator of it's time (and - at 8 feet height - generally an exceptionally large animal for those days), it had no evolutionary reason whatsoever for poison glands.

One could continue this list for quite a while, but it would only lead further away from the point I am trying to make here. What I meant to say was that all evidence points towards the Transformers not being represented as central characters, but as special attraction. I am afraid that there is not a significant ammount of understanding regarding the concept of the franchise amongst the makers of this movie.

 

[SuperFerret]

Even though paleontologists were consulted in the making of Jurassic Park, it still remained wildly inaccurate. Here we have an accurate representation of a Velociraptor - Which was as tall as a turkey and didn't have the brain capacity or configuration to be "as smart as chimps" in any way whatsoever.

Another good example is the Dilophosaurus. As the most advanced predator of it's time (and - at 8 feet height - generally an exceptionally large animal for those days), it had no evolutionary reason whatsoever for poison glands.

The raptors were quite obviously deinonychus a larger relative to the velociraptor that scientist theorized to be very similar to the movie's dinosaurs. The velociraptor was most likely used in the book due to the name's inherent menacing sound.

As for dilophosaurus, the book states that the dinosaur is 8' tall (with a leopard like pattern) and that it did have poison. The dino that killed Dennis Nedry in the movie (which coincidently is the only dilophosaur seen in the entire JP series) could may have well been a young one.

 

[CFlash]

Jurassic Park is one of the best movies of all time. And, although it diverged somewhat from the book, it did it in all the right ways (for the most part).

Theories about Dinosaurs are changing all the time. The movie was outdated before it was even finished. What's important is that Crichton did indeed do his homework... and he did it exhaustively... and so did the people working on the movie (wasn't Chrichton on the set all the time?). In the end, it is "fiction" and dramatic licenses had to be taken.

All of Shakespeare's histories "Ceaser, Henry IV, etc" are wildly innacurate. That doesn't make their *essense* any less engaging or important.

 

[Orko Is King]

Even though paleontologists were consulted in the making of Jurassic Park, it still remained wildly inaccurate. Here we have an accurate representation of a Velociraptor - Which was as tall as a turkey and didn't have the brain capacity or configuration to be "as smart as chimps" in any way whatsoever.

Did scientists even know about the feathers back in the early 90s?

 

[ru8up75]

Unless the DinoBots are in the movie what is the point of all this JP talk.... we already know that no comic book movie is EVER an exact representation of the source material.

 

[InVictus]

Did scientists even know about the feathers back in the early 90s?

You know, the spinosaurus showed in the third movie was exaggerated in dimension too, to match the T-rex, but, recently it was found a bigger spinosaurus matching thoose dimensions

 

[zer00]

oh jesus

 

[nosebleed.]

There's a tiny difference between the dinosaurs in JP and the Transformers...Transformers are intelligent creatures who can *gasp* talk. So I think they might actually *shock* let them talk.

 

[Creature SH]

There's a tiny difference between the dinosaurs in JP and the Transformers...Transformers are intelligent creatures who can *gasp* talk. So I think they might actually *shock* let them talk.

And that's what I think they'll do wrong. I doubt that the actual Transformers will have many lines at all. They WILL be treated as FX, not as characters.

 

[Darkdd]

If this movie is anything like Jurassic Park,i will love it forever.

 

[Majik1387]

I'll be happy if it's like Jurassic Park in the way you described. The only thing I hated about Jurassic Park was in the end how the T-Rex came from nowhere to save the people.

 

[Spider-Who?]

WHAT?! that was one of my favorite partys of the movie!

would you rather them go with the script's original ending and have the skeletons fall on the raptors, then Grant and Co simply run away?

the T.Rex coming in at the end was an amazing end.

 

[Knives122]

There's a tiny difference between the dinosaurs in JP and the Transformers...Transformers are intelligent creatures who can *gasp* talk. So I think they might actually *shock* let them talk.

I remember reading about an incredibly early script where the dinosaurs could *gasp* talk...

 

[ComicKoryn]

....uh huh, sure you did

 

[ragdus]

And that's what I think they'll do wrong. I doubt that the actual Transformers will have many lines at all. They WILL be treated as FX, not as characters.

well then your fears are unjustified because that's a completely ridiculous idea.

 

[JeanGrey12]

jurassic park is one of the best movies of all time. whether it was scientifically correct or not, its always gonna be one of my favorites.

 

[hell killer]

i hope this movie is as good as jurassic park.

 

[hell killer]

what did you want, a strong character development with the t-rex? And quit calling a silly marketing tool for a toy that was bad animation, and slapped together with no thought because it was designed for children under ten, source material!!!!!!! its junkfood for kids in the 80's! Source material! you take a childrens cartoon so seriously that your acting like theyre basing this movie on a famous novel. this movie is for the world, not for guys in their late twentys who think the transformers cartoon is an intense drama and still get excited when they watch the movie and here the lamest song of all time-you got the touch! dont be such lame-asses about this film.

 

[Celestio]

And that's what I think they'll do wrong. I doubt that the actual Transformers will have many lines at all. They WILL be treated as FX, not as characters.

I think it's a bit premature to say that. Wait 'till we see some actual footage. The Transformers are very different from dinosaurs and everyone knows they talk. I doubt they will have little lines.

And I agree with everyone about Jurassic Park. It's awesome.

 

[CFlash]

what did you want, a strong character development with the t-rex? And quit calling a silly marketing tool for a toy that was bad animation, and slapped together with no thought because it was designed for children under ten, source material!!!!!!! its junkfood for kids in the 80's! Source material! you take a childrens cartoon so seriously that your acting like theyre basing this movie on a famous novel. this movie is for the world, not for guys in their late twentys who think the transformers cartoon is an intense drama and still get excited when they watch the movie and here the lamest song of all time-you got the touch! dont be such lame-asses about this film.

I think Hell Killer is Don Murphy.

Anyway, I think Jim Shooter and Budiansky at Marvel might take issue with your dismisals. They worked pretty hard to try and make these characters *real*. It's what made Transformers many times more successful than Gobots and Voltron and the like.

 

[ragdus]

I think Hell Killer is Don Murphy.

Anyway, I think Jim Shooter and Budiansky at Marvel might take issue with your dismisals. They worked pretty hard to try and make these characters *real*. It's what made Transformers many times more successful than Gobots and Voltron and the like.

I'm going to have to agree with all of this.