# Jurassic Park questions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886 "2013-03-25T04:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/81 "2013-03-27T21:29:16Z")
I thought it was clever when they foreshadowed the “life will find a way” thing with Grant tying two female seatbelt connectors together. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/82 "2013-04-04T15:38:33Z")
Small bump to add this link: [http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/04/live-chat-what-have-we-learned-a.html](http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/04/live-chat-what-have-we-learned-a.html) There will be a live chat with a paleontologist on the topic “What have learned about dinosaurs since Jurassic Park” sponsored by AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) I’m not affiliated with it, except as a AAAS member I got the email. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/83 "2013-04-04T17:39:47Z")
> [@sohvan](#): > > Even if DNA could survive for 65 million years, wouldn’t we need more than just the DNA to actually create a living dinosaur? The state and conditions of the host and it’s **womb** also have a huge impact on the physical development of a living creature. DNA hasn’t evolved to work in a vacuum, as the host’s body also influences the process. “Womb?” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/84 "2013-04-04T18:16:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “Womb?” Wombosaur? Wombosaurus? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/85 "2013-04-04T23:17:33Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Many of the critters in the movie are from the Cretaceous period, not the Jurassic. That’s always bothered me. Almost as bad as Star Wars where no stars go to war at all, just people. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/86 "2013-04-05T12:17:30Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Almost as bad as Star Wars where no stars go to war at all, just people. Alec Guiness and Peter Cushing were stars when the movie was made and they were at war with each other. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/87 "2013-04-05T14:54:17Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Almost as bad as Star Wars where no stars go to war at all, just people. I saw the movie when I was 6, and while I loved it, I was disappointed there weren’t additional wars. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the first war, and the title “Star Wars” suggested there would be more. But after the Death Star blew up, there was a medal ceremony and the credits rolled. I actually asked my Dad why there weren’t more star wars. It wasn’t called Star War, dammit. It was called Star WARS. I wanted more star wars. “Don’t worry, son,” he said, “They’ll make another one.” Dad knew the power of money. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/88 "2013-04-05T14:55:50Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I saw the movie when I was 6, and while I loved it, I was disappointed there weren’t additional wars. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the first war, and the title “Star Wars” suggested there would be more. But after the Death Star blew up, there was a medal ceremony and the credits rolled. I actually asked my Dad why there weren’t more star wars. It wasn’t called Star War, dammit. It was called Star WARS. I wanted more star wars. > > “Don’t worry, son,” he said, “They’ll make another one.” Dad knew the power of money. But still, the first movie should have been titled “Star War” or maybe “Star War 1”. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/89 "2013-04-07T00:25:23Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Thanks for the replies so far! Many of you brought up other problems I had with the movie and forgot about… So thanks for that… I think. Y’know, none of these are big enough problems to keep you from enjoying the movie… if you want to. My kids can give you an even longer laundry list of inconsistencies, but they’ve been chomping at the bit to see it. Because when they saw it in the theater, it was magical. That’s where they first saw dinosaurs. As one paleontologist said when it came out: “We’ve been doing everything we can to make dinosaurs real to people, and along comes Mr. Spielberg, and now they are!” I expected to read this thread and go “Aha! There’s the straw that broke the dromedarisaurus’s back!” But I keep rereading this and thinking “None of these are deal-breakers.” I want to see it again and remember that sense of wonder I had the first time I heard “Dr. Grant, my dear Dr. Sattler… Welcome… to Jurassic Park.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/90 "2013-04-07T03:58:02Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Am I the only person who’s ever noticed that when the T-Rex attacks the cars, Dr. Grant and Lex basically leave her brother in the car to die? Yeah, I totally wanted to pitch the whinny girl to the Rex so me and her brother could make our escape. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/91 "2013-04-07T04:09:56Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Did you notice that Malcolm completely dropped any further attempts to hit on Ellie after she went digging in the poop? He may not have hit on her directly after that, but later, while sitting in the car with Alan during the power outage, he asks if Ellie is available (leading Alan to get a bit huffy with him). So one might say that when it came to poop, Malcolm ultimately didn’t give a . . . well, you know. ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/92 "2013-04-11T12:04:43Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > He may not have hit on her directly after that, but later, while sitting in the car with Alan during the power outage, he asks if Ellie is available (leading Alan to get a bit huffy with him). So one might say that when it came to poop, Malcolm ultimately didn’t give a . . . well, you know. We also see him (maybe) [feel up her leg](http://youtu.be/rxqHVoZ0fzc?t=1m12s) during the jeep chase scene. I guess he’s thinking, “Hey, we’re moments from death, why not?” Does anyone know the “mistake” being referenced in this Ellie quote? > [@](#): > > You never had control, that’s the illusion! I was overwhelmed by the power of this place. But I made a mistake, too. I didn’t have enough respect for that power and it’s out now. The only thing that matters now are the people we love. Alan and Lex and Tim. John, they’re out there where people are dying. That line bugs me more than any other in this movie, because I have no idea what she could possibly feel at fault for. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/93 "2013-04-11T13:31:20Z")
Those lines always struck me as little more than an Acting Moment Word Salad[sup]TM[/sup]. I have no idea what she meant by it; it wasn’t a “mistake” to be overwhelmed by the park - that was kind of it’s whole point, really. Nor did she show any indication of not respecting “that power”. And, of course, the only “people” who had died by that point, as far as she knew, was Gennaro. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/94 "2013-04-11T13:59:46Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Almost as bad as Star Wars where no stars go to war at all, just people. They are wars among the stars, in the opening crawl of Star Wars we are told there is currently a civil war going on. Then in the film Obi Wan mentions the clone wars, even a farm boy like Luke has heard of those. So there are multiple wars…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/95 "2013-04-11T14:09:09Z")
> [@Darwins\_Finch](#): > > Those lines always struck me as little more than an Acting Moment Word Salad[sup]TM[/sup]. I have no idea what she meant by it; it wasn’t a “mistake” to be overwhelmed by the park - that was kind of it’s whole point, really. Nor did she show any indication of not respecting “that power”. When she said “that power,” I thought that she was talking about the park’s electricity, and how everyone took for granted the fact that it was pretty much the park’s sole safeguard (electric fences). I agree that the statement is a little over the top, and the idea of someone respecting a power grid is indeed strange, but I at least thought that she was referring to something specific, rather than some vague “power.” ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/96 "2013-04-11T14:39:07Z")
Another possibility is that she didn’t have enough respect for Hammond’s effort to run Jurassic Park as a completely controlled experience: she was the one who split up the tour group by deciding to stay with the _Triceratops_. Not that Ellie sticking with the tour would have prevented anything that went wrong with it, but she might have regrets about not being with Alan to help him survive. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886/97 "2013-04-12T00:39:13Z")
I think her mistake was her failure to immediately say “No way, this is far too dangerous”, and shut it down right from the outset. Which isn’t really much of a mistake, but at this point everyone’s probably feeling a bit guilty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-questions/653886.md?page=4)