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[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The first Jurassic Park movie is brilliant & important.

The 2nd one is fun, but not as good as the first.

The 3rd one isn't very good, but is still better than any of the Jurassic World movies.

The 'Jurassic World' "movies" aren't part of the 'Jurassic Park' franchise in my house.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The 2nd movie was also based on a book (Lost World by Crichton), so it had solid source material to work with. It also helped that Spielberg was still involved.

I actually really liked the Lost World book, it was really engaging.

The movie was OK, it could have been a lot better, they failed to fully capitalize on the source material.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Both screen & written versions of 'The Lost World' are inferior to 'Jurassic Park'.

We both know this is true. So does everyone else, including Crichton himself.

Another thought, wouldn't it be super cool to see a really good screenplay for 'Timeline'!?

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I never said Lost World was better than Jurassic Park. :) I did think the book was closer to the quality of the original (but never reaching it) while the movie version was mediocre.

I am surprised they haven't released a Timeline movie yet, it seems like a good fit for a mass market movie (plus you'll have all the Crichton fans).

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They did.

Over 20 years ago. Didn't do great, probably why they haven't taken another crack at it...

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How did I miss this? Although it sounds like they completely butchered the concept.

I will have to check it out, thanks for sharing!

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Timeline!?

Yeah, if you love the book you'll probably be disappointed.

Just pretend you haven't read it. It's actually a pretty fun flick, it just doesn't live up to the book; in any proportion.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

That's no excuse. How many Marvel films (starting with 'Howard The Duck') did it take for MCU to begin to be successful.

They just need to reboot it a billion times. I forget the latin addige, but it is basically 'Some Will Hit, Some Will Miss'

'Nec Omiss nec nulla' or some shit. Not gonna 'duck duck go' it... got meat cookin'.