Okay, I must've missed the "Dinosaurs will die out on their own" ending in Jurassic Park (the book). Where did you see that? The message I got at the end was that the dinosaurs have gotten out, and would multiply and take over the earth, and that man was tremendously arrogant in thinking he could pull the genie out of the bottle (so to speak) and control it. We are just not in control.
As for the movie, I thought it was terribly done, except for the special effects (which were cool.) But Special FX do not, in my humble opinion, make a good story. Judith (speaking critically as a writer) >I think it's a bit *scarier* the way he wrote them - >here's this very frightening situation, and somehow it >works out ok - but *not* because of anything we did. > >In other words - "hey dudes, ya lucked out again, next >time ya might not be so lucky". > >So, you go off not totally bummed about a horror ending, >but still worries... > >-Ben > > It was okay. I have this problem with Crichton: he builds up this > powerful > > plotline, and then wimps out at the end. The andromeda strain mutated > > harmlessly. Jurassic Park ends with the revelation that the dinosaurs will > > die off on their own without viatmin supplements. Sphere is a similar > > copout. In Congo, IIRC (it's been a while since I read it, and the awful > > movie has contaminated me) they just run off (except the ape, who "goes > > home"). > > > > If the rest of the book is so great, why does the last chapter always suck? > > > > > > > > --Ben Doom > > Programmer & General Lackey > > Moonbow Software > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
