Most franchises that run this long eventually become about the franchise instead of the people in it. New leads show up, old ones get a nostalgic cameo, and the theme park (sometimes literally, in this case) keeps expanding while the actual characters quietly calcify into action figures. Jurassic Park has done plenty of that too. … Continue reading Life Finds a Way Back: How Grant, Sattler, and Malcolm Grew Up Alongside the Franchise
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My Favorite Movies #32 – Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park 1993 Directed by Steven Spielberg Quick synopsis... A multimillionaire (Richard Attenborough) unveils a new theme park where visitors can observe dinosaurs cloned using advanced DNA technology. But when an employee tampers with the security system, the dinosaurs escape, forcing the visitors to fight for their survival. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern … Continue reading My Favorite Movies #32 – Jurassic Park
My Favorite Movies #45 – Independence Day
Independence Day 1996 Directed by Roland Emmerich Quick synopsis... When aliens in an enormous spacecraft suddenly arrive in Earth's atmosphere and start blowing things up, it falls to a cocky pilot (Will Smith) and a goofy scientist (Jeff Goldblum) to save the planet from total destruction. With plenty of action, special effects sequences and pithy one-liners, … Continue reading My Favorite Movies #45 – Independence Day
