Comments on: Michael Crichton 1942 – 2008

By: Samuel Tinianow

Samuel Tinianow — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:57:56 +0000

Sure, if you recreate dinosaurs from amberized DNA they might eat you.

Of course, that part of the plot depends on whether a dinosaur would be even remotely interested in eating a human. Theoretically, it seems like velociraptors (and I’m pretty sure he wanted dinonychus or utahraptor; velociraptor was about 3 feet tall) would be far more likely to go after a herd of dinosaurs grazing somewhere than a couple kids in a building. And I think it’s doubtful whether something as small as a human would even register with a T-Rex, as food or as a territorial threat. It seems like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park exist for the sole purpose of maliciously exterminating humans, more like the aliens in Aliens than animals that fit into a diverse ecosystem.

So, yeah, if you manage to genetically engineer a dinosaur… cool.

By: HW

HW — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:13:00 +0000

Good Post. I loved Andromeda Strain (the old one). And of course the first Jurassic Park is a classic. Of Crichton’s books I have only read Sphere. Good book but not so great movie. Still it must have been a hard book to adapt.

Most good Scifi writers show the dangers of science without morals. So to me he was doing his job.

By: Cat C.

Cat C. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:13:09 +0000

I remember my parents took us to see Jurassic Park opening night. I was 9 and my brother was 7 and he had screaming nightmares for a week after we saw it. I think it was the raptors in the kitchen scene :0) (He’s gonna kill me for writing this). Anyway I read the book when I was twelve and I got really interested in chaos theory and fractals and all that. The book is fantastic and the movie rokked too. Love it!