Movie, “Jurassic Park”

The movie, Jurassic Park is about mad scientists who create a dinosaur theme park. An eccentric old man, Hammond creates a preserve housing real dinosaurs including triceratops, velociraptors, and a tyrannosaur rex. The dinosaurs were created by cloning DNA harvested from pre-historic insects preserved in amber. I thought that this was interesting because I have learned about specimens and evidence preserved in amber in our Article of the Week. At the beginning of the movie, I wondered how these dinosaurs would fit in with what life is like now, because they’re natural time to be here was a very long time ago. I was thinking that the idea of cloning dinosaurs would backfire and the dinosaurs would somehow cause trouble in our society. I do think that this idea of creating dinosaurs after they went extinct so many years ago is interesting. Using DNA and genetics to create these creatures definitely is a great example of the possibilities that mad scientists can pursue.

The real excitement in the movie starts when the power supply to the park is cut off by a storm. This is the part of the movie when you can see the ways that dinosaurs/genetically created creatures can affect normal life. Because of the power shortage, the electric gates surrounding all parts of the park are not working. The chaos begins when the dinosaurs rage out of control and Hammond’s grandchildren need to be brought back to safety form one of the controlled tour cars of the park. The kids are chased by man-eating dinosaurs.