Jurassic World

[C5SilverBullet]

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[C5SilverBullet]

:hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray:

[marrepka]

meh... Even the trailer shows a dino trying to jump the shark :dance:

[simpleman68]

Special effects budget appears substantial. With Spielberg behind it, it may be worth a lookie see. :cool:
Scott

[ApexOversteer]

meh... Even the trailer shows a dino trying to jump the shark :dance:

Mosasaurs aren't dinosaurs, they're marine reptiles.


I can't believe it's actually here, after 14 years. I remember when this was going to be about a para-military special ops unit made up of genetically modified and specially trained dinosaurs, with dog DNA (for obedience, of course) and opposable thumbs (so they can use machine guns!), traveling the world saving children and busting drug dealers... imagine Mission Impossible 5, only Tom Cruise is a Velociraptor.

That was once the core of the Jurassic Park IV pitch. You can even see the fallout of this in the trailer... those raptors aren't chasing Star Lord on the bike... they're his team.

I can't wait to see this...

For those keeping score, that is one down... one to go. BRING ON THURSDAY!

[Fasglas]

:iagree: Marine reptile is correct.

Why not use the meanest of them all?

KRONOSAURUS

[ApexOversteer]

:iagree: Marine reptile is correct.

Why not use the meanest of them all?

KRONOSAURUS

She's a bit big to be a Krono, Liopluridon perhaps...

[Fasglas]

She's a bit big to be a Krono, Liopluridon perhaps...

OK, though some of the Kronos were LARGE.

Kronosaurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Current estimates put Kronosaurus at around 9–10 meters (30–33 feet) in length.

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How about this guy?

Predator X - Most powerful marine reptile ever - Planet Dinosaur - BBC - YouTube

I kinda like this "explanation." Clears everything right up. :rofl:

The Plesiosaur Site (http://plesiosaur.com/plesiosaurs/liopleurodon.php)

Scaling factors

It is important to take some basic mathematics into account when thinking of the size of animals. If the length increases, the volume and hence the weight goes up by the cube of the proportional increase in length. So if the length is doubled, the weight increase by a factor of eight. Too look at it another way, to double the weight of an animal we need to increase the length by fractionally over a quarter. A 15 meter pliosaur is twice the size of a 12 meter pliosaur, and an 18 meter animal twice as big again. If we add a meter to the length of a 15 meter animal, we are increasing its weight by a quarter. It's easy to add an odd meter to an estimate, or to round it up a bit, but this has a dramatic effect on the size.

[Chuck A]

looks
very interesting, indeed

[Low12s]

Special effects budget appears substantial. With Spielberg behind it, it may be worth a lookie see. :cool:
Scott

I'm there!

[78SA]

:waiting:

[OddBall]

:hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray:

:iagree: