Questions tagged [jurassic-park]
Generally relates to the first movie of a series created from the writings of Michael Crichton involving the recreation of dinosaur life in present day. Could refer to the series in whole or part.
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Why did the electric cars not circle back to the dilophosaurus and the T-Rex paddocks instead of going back through the gates? [duplicate]
In Jurassic Park (1993), the electric SUVs go all the way around past the gate and back to the Dilophosaurus and T-Rex paddock… why? It was late and a storm was coming.
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Why was there a child at the dig site in Montana?
In the first scenes of Jurassic Park, Dr. Grant and his team are at a dig site in Montana. Dr. Grant is shown explaining to a child of 8-10 years old how a velociraptor hunts. There are only adults ...
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Is the baby dinosaur "Dolores" a reference to the The Westworld TV series character of the same name?
While I am behind on the Jurrasic Park franchise, I noticed new promotional material and merchandise for the soon to be released film, Jurassic World Rebirth, including a new Lego set for baby ...
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Why did Jurassic Park emphasize the difference between gas and electric jeeps?
In Jurassic Park, there are multiple times when gas and electric jeeps are mentioned and compared. This always seems forced and superfluous to me. The gas jeeps are eventually portrayed as superior to ...
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Why does Tim not pick up the gun in Jurassic Park?
When re-watching Jurassic Park (1993), I felt a bit awkward at the security room scene. While Lexi was trying to reboot the system, Alan and Ellen were trying to keep the door closed due to a ...
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If John Hammond was known for "sparing no expense" all things Jurassic Park, why was Dennis Nedry so underpaid?
The entire reason why Jurassic Park had catastrophic issues was because Dennis Nedry considered himself severely underpaid (and underappreciated)...
Several times throughout the film, however, Hammond ...
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Why does Lex turn on the flashlight?
In Jurassic Park (1993) when the T-Rex breaks free from the cage, the two kids are alone in the car.
The T-Rex is interested in the Grant/Malcolm car, but Lex turns on a flashlight and attracts the T-...
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Why the T-Rex always attack at the rainy night in the first two films?
In the first two Jurassic Park films directed by Spielberg, we witness that the Dinosaur always attacks at night with the rainy weather. Particularly if the T-rex is the main dinosaur of the film you ...
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Was there a reason why nobody fired a gun on-screen in Jurassic Park?
Watching Jurassic Park, something odd stuck out to me that I've never heard talked about: why does a movie with at least three gun scenes in it never actually fire a gun on screen?
I can think of at ...
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Lex Falling Through The Ceiling in Jurassic Park
When Lex falls through the ceiling in Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic Jurassic Park, we clearly hear her screaming. However, as we hear her screaming, we do not see her mouth visually moving. How does ...
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Was Tim's reaction to the electric fence realistic?
In Jurassic Park when Tim, Dr. Grant and Lex are climbing the fence and Tim gets shocked, he immediately goes flying off the fence.
How realistic was this behavior?
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Was there a dinosaur-counter in the original Jurassic Park movie?
I remember seeing Jurassic Park when it first came out. And I remember a scene describing a counter that kept track of the number of dinosaurs, so the operators could detect escapees. I remember the ...
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Is it possible to debug 2 million lines of code? (The scene with Nedry at Jurassic Park)
In a famous scene with John Hammond and Nedry, Nedry says that he is the only one who can debug 2 million lines of code. So after that scene and with my frustration I googled and some websites say ...
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Did the Volcano on Isla Nublar exist in the first "Jurassic Park" movie?
In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life ...
My first thought was, why would InGen build a park on an island that has a volcano, especially since ...
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Could Isla Sorna support its dinosaur inhabitants in the Jurassic Park movies?
With a size of about 150 square miles, would the island from the 2nd and 3rd movies have had the necessary vegetation to support its herbivorous dinosaurs for very long? Or for that matter, enough ...
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