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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Luckily there are plenty of lawyers to go round, so the poor creatures won't have to starve.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 45 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

My neighbor told me Permian Fauna keeps eating his lawyers so I asked how many lawyers he has and he said he just goes to the law firm and gets a new lawyer afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding legal representation to Permian animals and then his daughter started clapping.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Where would one find such Permian fauna? Asking for a friend.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also, is their diet varied enough that they would accept politicians instead?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Only one way to find out.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Permian park, apparently

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I read Jurassic Park recently and was surprised that the lawyer was one of the only level-headed characters. Everyone else was like "this place is gonna make so much money, let's fucking GOOOOO!" And he was like "holy shit this is a disaster waiting to happen, we have to shut this place down."

The movie did him dirty.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The movie did him dirty.

Wait till you read the lost world.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Lol what happened there? I actually made a conscious decision not to read it because I didn't really enjoy reading Jurassic Park.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

BOOK SPOILERS

The entire story is different. For starters there's no t-rex loose in LA or whatever. Hammond is dead in the book (he gets eaten by compys at the end of the first book). There's a few details that are the same, like the fancy research lab on wheels, but in the movie the child that stows away on it is Malcolm's daughter. She's not in the book. Instead in the book two research assistants to another character are the stowaways. Small things, lots of them.

The trex getting loose is probably adapted from the first chapter in the book that predicates the entire adventure - there are reports of raptors on the mainland snatching babies out of open windows at night. I can see why Hollywood might have left that part out

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

The Lost World has Dodgson. Not that anyone cares.

[–] DrWorm@piefed.social 5 points 10 months ago

A huge Tyrannosaurus ate our lawyer

Well, I suppose that proves they're really not all bad

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I would genuinely be more interested in seeing animals from before The Great Dying.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

And jellyfish.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I would want to see an "ediacaran biota" park, though that one would have to be more like a public aquarium than a park I suppose.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

I was going to say the same about Cambrian biota, but it would be faster, cheaper, and less horrifying to simply make more movies based on H.P. Lovecraft novels.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 10 months ago

That would still be cool.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 14 points 10 months ago

heckin chonker

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A huge Moschops ate our lawyer, I suppose that proves they're really not all bad

edit: probably not of the moschops, sue me. oh wait you can't hahahaha

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Synapsids and sauropsids are honorary dinosaurs in my book, and I'm not just saying that cause I'm one

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

Still waiting for dimetrodons to get revised with fur like dinos did with feathers.

[–] BJ_and_the_bear@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

In the book, the lawyer was a good dude and grandpa was the asshole

[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheBannedLemming@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I am not criticizing the comic. It's great. The concept, however, I have seen multiple times in various mediums. The webcomic franchise Cyanide & Happiness has a three-part animated comedy video sketch parody of the Jurassic Park franchise as well that was released several years ago.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

Dropping acid for a lad's trip to Cambrian Park

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's alright, that lawyer is just outside counsel, he was expendable.