It's true. Fossil records show that real velociraptors were the size of small dogs, and even had feathers! However, the latter part of that wasn't discovered until the late 2000s, so at the time of the 1990s, scientists didn't actually know that.
I read why the movie-makers used larger raptors than what fossil records indicated. It was to create a secondary danger to the T-rex, as well as add to the action in the film. They used a combination of mock-ups, actors in partial costumes, and CGI for the raptor scenes, particularly in the kitchen stalking scene.
I'm not certain what the deal was with Crichton, though I actually have not read his book, and I heard it was different than the film that came out. The least he could have done was write somewhere that some idiot scientist decided to genetically manipulate the velociraptors to make them larger and more interesting for the park. That would have made sense, considering they already were engineering the animals to all be female, and made the mistake of using the DNA of African frogs that could change their sex if need be.
reply
share
GreenGoblinsOck8 (7734)
5 months ago
Just to let you know, AmeriGirl26, in the novel the raptors that they originally cloned are in a big cage near the lab. They aren't part of the park cause they discover they are too dangerous to have on tour. Like the movie the raptors killed a workman. Also a big difference between the book and movie is that in the book, they find out durring the tour that some of the dinosaurs are breeding. The premise of them breeding is a larger plot point than the movie where it ends up being kind of pointless.
You should check out both the Jurassic Park books Michael Chrichton wrote. They both are very different from the movies that became really popular. Not that the first 2 movies are bad but the 2nd novel is better than the 2nd movie imo.
reply
share