Jurassic Park Reboot

[ChupathingyX]

If they do the Velociraptors better not be 4 frakin' metres long and I want to see feathers!

OH and if I see a Spinosaurus kill a Tyrannosaurus again I'll be pissed.

 

[LongAndShort]

I am indifferent to this news. At the moment, since it's a "reboot seems likely", I'll reserve judgement until this is confirmed AND more information is provided.
The fact that it's still Steven Spielburg's baby and he'd have trouble shoehorning aliens into the continuity, helps its chances I think.

I think I'd be curious enough to go see it. Still, doesn't seem to me like the original was that old.

 

[AngloDoom]

will they have triceratops? didnt they find that they never existed?

I'm no expert on the matter, but I swear I've seen Triceratops fossils in museums.

Either way, after the third film I really don't care. Hell, it might even become fantastic once again but I'm pretty sure it's going to be a Cretaceous wank-off.

 

[CrystalShadow]

will they have triceratops? didnt they find that they never existed?

I'm no expert on the matter, but I swear I've seen Triceratops fossils in museums.

Either way, after the third film I really don't care. Hell, it might even become fantastic once again but I'm pretty sure it's going to be a Cretaceous wank-off.

Well, Triceratops did exist...

But they found evidence that suggested they weren't a separate species.
Instead, they were the juvenile form of a different species. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torosaurus is one claim - but I've also heard stories saying the adult form looked nothing like a triceratops, while Torosaurus still bears some obvious resemblance.)
But, it's all one form of speculation or another.


As to feathered dinosaurs, there's some evolutionary evidence for what the progression was with feather structure.
And also evidence that suggests feathers only became adapted to flight later on, but were initially related to keeping warm (much like fur).
Then again, there's also claims dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded, which marks a pretty radical departure from the idea they were 'giant lizards'...

 

[Chamale]

at first I was like WHAT HELL NO but Spielberg is the one making the reboot plus the author of the books is in on it so.. it will probably at least not suck..

I hate to break it to you, but the author of the books is dead. I preferred Michael Crichton's cut of Jurassic Park II, hopefully they don't screw up his legacy with a shitty reboot. I will definitely go see this movie if I hear that they gave Velociraptor feathers.

 

[Instinct Blues]

I know we live in a world of sequels and reboots, but wasn't Jurassic Park like a decade ago? Isn't it a little premature?

It actually came out in '93 so thats goddamn near 18 years since the first one came out and the third one was just awful. I can see why they want to give it the old reboot. I'll most definately see it unless something in the trailer is so egregious that I find myself disgusted and put off from seeing it. (Though I'm pretty certain I'll see it anyways). Maybe after it I'll know how all those Transformers fans from the '80s feel about Michael Bay blowing up all their childhood memories. (I enjoyed both Transformers movies and I plan to see the third)

 

[Instinct Blues]

I know we live in a world of sequels and reboots, but wasn't Jurassic Park like a decade ago? Isn't it a little premature?

It actually came out in '93 so thats goddamn near 18 years since the first one came out and the third one was just awful. I can see why they want to give it the old reboot. I'll most definately see it unless something in the trailer is so egregious that I find myself disgusted and put off from seeing it. (Though I'm pretty certain I'll see it anyways). Maybe after it I'll know how all those Transformers fans from the '80s feel about Michael Bay blowing up all their childhood memories. (I enjoyed both Transformers movies and I plan to see the third)

Edit- Goddamn captchas making me double post.

 

[Titan Buttons]

I'm not sure if this will be good or just a money grabber

 

[Merkavar]

will they have triceratops? didnt they find that they never existed?

I'm no expert on the matter, but I swear I've seen Triceratops fossils in museums.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/08/the-triceratops-never-existed/ there are heaps of other sources. basically some scientist think triceratops is actually just the baby version of this other dinosuar

 

[Mathak]

Can never be worse than 3. Bring it on.

 

[Nouw]

Steven Spielberg is helping create the film. Already sold.

 

[Stasisesque]

So very excited for this. Still remember seeing the first film in the cinema and hiding behind my dad's arm when the T-Rex first appeared.

I usually hate 3D but I hope this is in 3D SO MUCH.

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

So, will they bring it up to date and have feathery Raptors and a scavenger Tyrannosaurus? (My guess is: Probably not)

 

[Aurgelmir]

Will they be following the latest scientific theory that velociraptors and most other dinosaurs were likely to have had feathers?

Spoiler: fabulous and deadly

heh, looks cool! though it's a hard concept to sell. I mean, feathers are highly specialized, so unless they evolved FROM a bird, then I have a hard time conceptualizing that idea. what I mean is... feathers are very advanced "technology" err... biology rather; they lock together, they are light, all kinds of stuff to make you fly. so unless they were programmed to evolve into birds in a few million years, a feather as we know it is probably not what they had. though, I wouldn't doubt they had something similar... like, whatever you could imagine the prefeather to be... probably more hoarse and hairlike.

hmm... what was the topic again?

oh right, JP... yeah, I loved those movies and books. lets reboot! though they should always include Jeff Goldbloom(sp?) in there.

Well if the feathers could have been used for a lot of other things for instance increased streamlinedness increasing speed.

 

[Pariah87]

I really don't want this. JP was one of the first films I went to see at the cinema at the age of 5 during my dinosaur phase. I loved it, wouldn't shut up about it. Don't you tarnish one of my childhood memories by making a sub-par reboot that will have no sense of context to me anymore, thus making me appear to be a miserable 20 something who says things like "The original was better" or "It was better back in my day" !

Conan is getting a reboot, I hear Childs Play is getting a reboot (although I haven't heard much on this for some time), Robocop is apparently getting one as is The Crow. Even Total Recall, with bloody Colin Farrel playing Arnies role. Please Hollywood, stop! A whole generation of people love these movies, let that generation keep them and try and come up with good NEW ideas for the generation of today.

Old man rant over, sigh.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

My pants just got really tight.

 

[chickenlord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_7WiXKakAQ&feature=feedu
This is were i found out... In my opinion this reboot is unneeded and unwanted. Its just another way to get our money and i for one am not falling for it. The franchise is fine were its at and there is no need to reboot it... in my opinion the special effects are fucking twice as good as what we have in "modern" movies... i dont see the point other then to make money...

It is indeed a cash in. However, the franchise is not fine where it is. Only #1 should exist, #2 was passable but not nearly as good, and #3 should never have seen the light of day.

Actually i liked number 2 almost as much as number one, your correct about number 3 but if anything they should reboot that! make it better

 

[chickenlord]

I know we live in a world of sequels and reboots, but wasn't Jurassic Park like a decade ago? Isn't it a little premature?

almost twenty years actually...

 

[Blindrooster]

You know, I loved the original film, but comparing the Jurrasic park movie to the book..... the movie definitely has more it can draw from. The film left out alot of awesome scenes. However, alot of originality is lost in a reboot, and the first film was so....awesome.

 

[Cakes]

I know we live in a world of sequels and reboots, but wasn't Jurassic Park like a decade ago? Isn't it a little premature?

almost twenty years actually...

I feel like an old man.