I am still so sad that I didn't try to get my JP novel signed by Crichton sooner - he passed RIGHT when I saw an opportunity to. Still my favorite book of all time!
Yeah the egg raptor counting could feel out of nowhere and im sure someone as through as Crichton wanted to fold into the story more naturally but had to compromise
I get the feeling Crichton tinkered with this story for a long time, and made sizeable changes - and as a result, there are just a few issues with continuity. I think this "egg-counting" plot is one of the subjects that get a bit of a short shrift as a result.
Man, Muldoon was much more proactive in the novel despite how much he was in the movie. I suppose Muldoon had more manpower in the novel to attempt cleaning up the park mid-crisis
The movie did Muldoon and Gennaro dirty. I get that adaptations inevitably have to change things but the changes done in Jurassic Park are so incredibly unnecessary and petty it boggles my mind how its fans cannot get it through their heads how the novel was more like an 80s horror movie whereas the movie is literally an 80s Disney flick.
I get what you mean, but knowing Speilbergs tight pacing approach, I can understand why he'd want the story to be simplified. Also, keep in mind the technical and budgetary limitations preventing more scenes from being adapted. The novels, of course, are more in-depth. However, that comes down to the different mediums both stories are told through.
@@Dektoonics_inc. I can understand simplification, but Muldoon could have been...more competent. And Gennaro did not need to be a coward. Unnecessary changes. Also, Grant in the movies rather miraculously knowing tyrannosaurs cannot see unmoving objects before going to Isla Nublar. They coulda done it like in the book where Grant slowly realises Rexy can't see him when he froze.
@@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319Yes, the way Grant discovers the rexes eyesight could've been handled better. I think it just comes down to chekovs gun and Keoppe wanting to set up multiple payoffs involving dino behavior in the digsite. Ironically, that information about the rexes eyesight could've been quietly dropped on the tour like the Dilophosaurs spit but eh.
@@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319I thought Muldoon was pretty competent in the movie. The only time I thought he wasn't was when he decided to hang outside the bunker instead of going inside once he saw Ellie made it there safely. Tho I suppose he's like Quint from Jaws and wanted a chance to blow a hole in one of the raptors...but that didn't turn out well for him😅 As for Gennaro, he's another example of simplification as well as Speilbergs bias. We can't have an honest lawyer in this story now can we! Personally I don't think the Regis character would've added much to the film, aside from maybe exposition and a cool death scene.
I am still so sad that I didn't try to get my JP novel signed by Crichton sooner - he passed RIGHT when I saw an opportunity to. Still my favorite book of all time!
Indeed. Gone too soon.
Yeah the egg raptor counting could feel out of nowhere and im sure someone as through as Crichton wanted to fold into the story more naturally but had to compromise
I get the feeling Crichton tinkered with this story for a long time, and made sizeable changes - and as a result, there are just a few issues with continuity. I think this "egg-counting" plot is one of the subjects that get a bit of a short shrift as a result.
Man, Muldoon was much more proactive in the novel despite how much he was in the movie. I suppose Muldoon had more manpower in the novel to attempt cleaning up the park mid-crisis
Yes, it's with great regrets, I'm sure, that the film wasn't able to put more Muldoon in the script!
The movie did Muldoon and Gennaro dirty. I get that adaptations inevitably have to change things but the changes done in Jurassic Park are so incredibly unnecessary and petty it boggles my mind how its fans cannot get it through their heads how the novel was more like an 80s horror movie whereas the movie is literally an 80s Disney flick.
I get what you mean, but knowing Speilbergs tight pacing approach, I can understand why he'd want the story to be simplified. Also, keep in mind the technical and budgetary limitations preventing more scenes from being adapted. The novels, of course, are more in-depth. However, that comes down to the different mediums both stories are told through.
@@Dektoonics_inc. I can understand simplification, but Muldoon could have been...more competent. And Gennaro did not need to be a coward. Unnecessary changes.
Also, Grant in the movies rather miraculously knowing tyrannosaurs cannot see unmoving objects before going to Isla Nublar. They coulda done it like in the book where Grant slowly realises Rexy can't see him when he froze.
@@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319Yes, the way Grant discovers the rexes eyesight could've been handled better. I think it just comes down to chekovs gun and Keoppe wanting to set up multiple payoffs involving dino behavior in the digsite. Ironically, that information about the rexes eyesight could've been quietly dropped on the tour like the Dilophosaurs spit but eh.
@@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319I thought Muldoon was pretty competent in the movie. The only time I thought he wasn't was when he decided to hang outside the bunker instead of going inside once he saw Ellie made it there safely. Tho I suppose he's like Quint from Jaws and wanted a chance to blow a hole in one of the raptors...but that didn't turn out well for him😅
As for Gennaro, he's another example of simplification as well as Speilbergs bias. We can't have an honest lawyer in this story now can we! Personally I don't think the Regis character would've added much to the film, aside from maybe exposition and a cool death scene.