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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Jurassic Park (1993) in Movies

May 31, 2018

Jurassic Park (1993)

1993 | Adventure, Sci-Fi

8.8

(128 Ratings)

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Why do we like dinosaurs so much?

Just when Spielberg was on a minor low after the critical and box office disappointment of "Hook" in 1991, he decided to make not only A movie about dinosaurs, but THE movie about dinosaurs to turn things around.

The original Jurassic Park is a modern marvel of cinema in many ways, but mostly the ground-breaking visual effects. Yeah, there had been other movies with prehistoric beasts, but none that integrated them seamlessly with human actors before this film.

What a great idea (based on the book) of having human beings visit a remote coming soon amusement park and watch what happens when everything goes wrong.

There are so many iconic scenes, I can't even begin to list them. The T-Rex, the raptors, the spitting ones. It was all just magic.

The tension build to the ultimate climax will never be beaten even with the 27 sequels.

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David McK (3562 KP) rated Solo Command (Star Wars: X-Wing, #7) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Released pre Episode I, the Star Wars: X-Wing books are, I believe, amongst the first EU ('Extended Universe') novels that do not focus on the main protaganists of the films as their central characters, taking instead LucasArts X-Wing/TIE fighter games of the 90s (as an aside - somebody really REALLY needs to re-make those for modern machines) as their inspiration.

This is the 7th book in the X-Wing series, and the 3rd to focus primarily on the activities of Wraith squadron, after both <i>Wraith Squadron</i> and <i>Iron Fist</i>. Unlike the previous novels in the series, this also includes a larger role for some of the characters from the original film series - the 'Solo' of the title actually refers to Han Solo, and not to Solo as in 'single'. As well, this also includes members of the first 4 X-Wings books (i.e. Rogue Squadron) in the story.

Blasted through this one in about 2 days flat.