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 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) [closed]
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 ...
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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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Why did the Jurassic Park gas-powered jeeps have amber tail lights?
Beyond the electric tour vehicles, Jurassic Park operates a number of gas-powered jeeps.
Two scenes in particular...
...show jeeps with bright, strong amber tail lights, instead of the expected red. ...
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Where did the leg go?
In Jurassic Park, the two kids are in the car at night and there is the T-Rex trying to get them...all the while their torch is flashing.
When the leg landed on the car sunroof glass as seen here:
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Why turn back instead of following the Jurassic Park tour route?
I was re-watching Jurassic Park (1993) recently, trying to follow the characters' paths on a map, and noticed something a bit strange. Note this question relates to the film, not the novel.
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What is this glitch in Jurassic Park?
Watching the movie, Jurassic Park, even the first time I saw it, there's a glaring glitch when the characters Dr. Grant & Ian Malcolm, are waving the flare in the T-Rex scene.
There's a ...
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How did the T-Rex reach the vehicles in Jurassic Park?
In the T-Rex scene in Jurassic Park, our hero eats the goat and then she breaks the wires on the passenger side of the vehicles.
However, when Dr. Grant and Lex rappel off the edge of the cement in ...
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Vegetation in Jurassic Park
Is it ever explained how the vegetation in Jurassic Park was created - the dinosaurs were explained by blood preserved in a mosquito, however before Alan Grant turns Ellie Sattler's head to see the ...
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What happened to other characters from previous movies of Jurassic Park in Jurassic World
In Jurassic World, there are no references to characters from previous Jurassic Park movies, except Dr. Wu and John Hammond. There is no reference to characters such as Dr. Malcolm and Dr. Grant, who ...
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What happens to the embryos in Jurassic Park?
When Denis Nedry is attempting to escape the island with the embryos in Jurassic Park, he drops them. They are covered in mud. What ever happens to those embryos?
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Why it is called "Jurassic Park" instead of "Jurassic zoo"?
Why it is called "Jurassic Park" instead of "Jurassic zoo" ?
According to english dictionary: Park means
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural, or planted space set aside for human enjoyment....
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Within the world of Jurassic Park, how much does it cost to create a dinosaur?
A friend and I were discussing how much it costs John Hammond to acquire each dinosaur in the Jurassic Park movies.
My friend thinks that they can cost up to $30,000,000 USD, but I believe that this ...
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Was there any further relevance to the triceratops' disease?
During our protagonists' first drive through Jurassic Park they come to a sick triceratops. One of the park employees says that she gets sick every 6 weeks and they don't know why. Dr. Sattler deduces ...
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Source code on Nedry's workstation: real programming language/s?
There is what appears to be source code depicted on Nedry's work station before he shuts down the gates, I wanted to know if this belongs to real programming language/s? (so we can all laugh/cry at ...
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Did this quote from the book appear in any of the Jurassic Park movies?
The following quote is from the Jurassic Park book, spoken by the character Ian Malcolm:
Most kinds of power require a substantial sacrifice by whoever wants the power. There is an apprenticeship, a ...
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Scientific accuracy of Jurassic Park's premise?
I was just watching a documentary about dinosaurs and this question came to my mind. In Jurassic Park, the whole story is based on the premise that dinosaurs were recreated using the blood found in an ...
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Is this J. R. Dobbs on the picture at Nedry's desk?
So, some of you may have heard of this incredibly awesome website:
http://gizmodo.com/relive-jurassic-parks-iconic-hacking-scene-right-from-1535139292
which allows you to relive the classic scene ...
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How was the Dilophosaurus scene shot?
In the movie Jurassic Park, What was the Dilophosaurus made of? Neither can I make it out be an animatronic robot like T-Rex/Triceratops nor a human costume like Velociraptor (since it was very small)....
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What was the "Dinosaur Supervisor" actually supposed to do in Jurassic Park?
I was wondering around the internet and I came across a wonderful image that made me laugh for half an hour.
The joke was funny, but it rose a doubt in my head. What is the real job of a dinosaur ...
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Why is the breeding aspect important?
In one scene, we are clearly told that the dinosaurs couldn't breed on their own because they are all female. We later find that, in fact, since they used frog dna to create the dinosaurs, they can ...
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What was the reasoning for turning off the fences?
In Jurassic Park, Dennis Nedry uses his programming abilities to mess up the whole park while he makes his escape. My question is, why did he turn off the fences? The whole disaster could have been ...
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Is the Unix operating system featured in Jurassic Park real?
When the film Jurassic Park came out, and I saw that scene where Ariana Richards is sitting in front of the computer and says;
This is a Unix system. I know this. It's the files for the whole ...
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Is the electric track the tour vehicles follow on in Jurassic Park actually possible?
Based on the image above and examination while viewing Jurassic Park, it appears there is no physical connection between truck and track (though there may be).
Is the proposed method of moving the ...
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Where did the T-Rex come from?
Although there is no disputing the impact that Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park had when it was released in 1992, there has always been one scene that has bugged/perplexed me.
I speak of the climax, ...
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Why are Lex's and Tim's ages switched in the film adaptation of Jurassic Park?
In the novel, Tim is the older sibling, computer wiz, and dinosaur enthusiast. In the movie, their ages and personalities are swapped (mostly) so that Lex is the older sibling and the computer wiz (...
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