In retrospect, I completely disagree with that. I remember thinking that the book was so much better when I saw the movie. I remember being pissed when they changed all the plot points for the movie. All these different subjects that Michael Crichton wants to geek out on, so he creates all these characters having these conversations so he can present it, even with the graphs.īasically, a TED Talk built around this flimsy plot. Basically, it’s a TED Talk on DNA and chaos theory and genetics and dinosaurs. What I realized … by page three hundred was, this is a TED Talk wrapped around a plot. Rider: “I could not believe how much dialogue there is in this book. Tod: “Crichton has this weird tic-well, it’s not even a tic, it’s bad craft-where, to explain some of the science frequently, he’ll have Hammond talking to Wu, who is the master scientist, and have him say, “As you know…” And then he’ll explain complex science in the history of evolution.” The book launched a franchise that spans two novels, five movies-with a sixth on the way-that has raked in $1.2 billion worldwide, multiple amusement park rides, millions of plastic dinosaur toys, and it ensured we all know the words “velociraptor” and “chaos theory.” But is the book any good? This week, Julia, Rider, and Tod go all the way back to the prehistoric days of November 1990 when a man named Michael Crichton published a little book called Jurassic Park.
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