Every time I see a headline about scientists successfully extracting ancient DNA or making breakthroughs in de-extinction technology, I can't help but think: Haven't we literally watched this movie? Multiple times, in fact. Yet here we are in 2025, with researchers seriously discussing mammoth cloning and genetic resurrection while seemingly having learned nothing from Steven … Continue reading Jurassic Park and the Dangers of Scientific Hubris
Michael Crichton
Westworld: Reimagining a 1970s Sci-Fi Film for the Peak TV Era
When Michael Crichton's Westworld hit theaters in 1973, it introduced audiences to a prescient nightmare: a theme park where life-like robots, indistinguishable from humans, malfunction and turn against their creators. Four decades later, HBO's ambitious reimagining would transform this straightforward cautionary tale into something far more complex – a philosophical meditation on consciousness, free will, … Continue reading Westworld: Reimagining a 1970s Sci-Fi Film for the Peak TV Era
The Lost World
Title: The Lost World Author: Michael Crichton Published: 1995 I never read this as a kid, unlike its predecessor, Jurassic Park. My reasoning? Because I saw the movie first and was supremely disappointed. And even though I know the book is generally better than the movie, I just couldn't bring myself to read this thing. … Continue reading The Lost World
Jurassic Park
Title: Jurassic Park Author: Michael Crichton Published: 1990 I read this when I was a kid. And as much as I've always loved the film, I thought the book was better. Even at the tender age of 11 or 12, whenever it was that I read it. I picked it up again, thinking that, as … Continue reading Jurassic Park
The Confusing Middle 