Jurassic Park Functions On One Principal - "Dinosaurs Are Totally Rad"

[phil_]

Originally Posted by Magus

Probably because they're vicious, speedy, highly-skilled pack hunters that may have even killed for sport? They're like wolves but six-foot tall dinosaurs that can leap on you and slice you open with talons. They make a better antagonist than a t-rex because of their size. The t-rex achieves one type of fear through being huge and overwhelming, but it's not the same kind of fear that the velociraptors achieve through their speediness and guile. It's kind of like the kind of fear you feel for a protagonist in an action movie versus the fear you feel for a protagonist in a horror or thriller movie.

Except velociraptors are a foot-and-a-half tall.

I mean, yeah, the book goes to greater lengths to emphasize the "they aren't really dinosaurs, more like amusement park monsters" angle, but that just strengthens Seil's case. If we have six foot tall velociraptors, where are my carnivorous pachycephalosauruses? Where are my wiry, speed-form stegosauruses? If we're just making stuff up, let's make up a lot of stuff. Like Chaos Effect, except less dayglo.