Jurassic park the lost world novel
“I wouldn’t take any of it too seriously…You see all of us together? That’s real. Maybe every few eons, some animal comes along that kills off the rest of the world, clears the decks, and lets evolution proceed to the next phase.” “Are you listening to all that?” Thorne said. We destroy things so well that I sometimes think, maybe that’s our function. “Human beings are so destructive,” Malcolm said, “I sometimes think we’re a kind of plague, that will scrub the earth clean. Now that I’ve finished reading “Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World,” all that’s really left to do is wait for the “Jurassic World” sequel and ponder some of Crichton’s more brilliant thoughts: This awesome article basically sums up all my feelings on this topic (but sadly leaves out my new hero, Sarah Harding).
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Sure, she has an awesome career managing a dinosaur amusement park, but she struts through the jungle in heels and depends on Chris Pratt’s Owen to protect her and her nephews.ĭid Ellie need Grant’s help in either the film or the novel when she went to turn the power on or distract the raptors? No.ĭid Sarah Harding need in either the film or the movie Malcolm’s help when she was on the island, documenting the dinosaurs alone or while she was escaping the falling trailer? No. Which got me to thinking about why “Jurassic World” wasn’t as good as the originals…Īs much as I love Bryce Dallas Howard, her character, Claire, was the embodiment of the boring old-school horror film female protagonist who can’t fend for herself. Book version of Sarah Harding is a bad ass who chases raptors on a motorcycle, encourages a young girl to think for herself and saves the day (and everyone on the island) more than once! Her fearless, go-to survival attitude is completely inspiring. In both of his novels that I have read, the women are just as tough – if not tougher – than the men. My other favorite thing about Crichton is that he doesn’t discriminate between who can and cannot be a hero. But he makes you work to understand them through the faulty “dinosaur island in modern-day time” scenario.
Crichton has a lot of interesting and thought-provoking ideas on genetics, evolution, extinction and more. I think that’s what I like about these books so much. The intelligent, sophisticated society we glimpsed at the end of “Jurassic Park” is gone, and Crichton builds up to the genius “why” throughout the novel. They are vicious and covered in scars, constantly attacking (and sometimes killing) each other as they fight for food. And, most importantly, the dinosaurs are terrifying. The characters are well developed and likeable most of them completely different from those in the movie. The novel by Michael Crichton is much better than the film,and lacks the silly “T-Rex travels to San Diego” part. But I was wrong! “The Lost World” is easily my least favorite of the three original “Jurassic Park” movies. I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting much from this one.