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[Valdfellgar]

lol then why we still got birds if dinosaurs died from a meteor? That's just logic man.

Uh-- so, assuming this isn't a joke post. It's because the smaller dinosaurs that survived eventually evolved into many of our modern day birds.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I think it makes them cooler IMO

Yeah. But then, I was a kid who liked archaeopteryx more than "regular" dinosaurs.

 

[Hatty]

All these people wanting their Dinosaurs naked, exposed to the elements. Shameful

 

[BFIB]

The true hero of Jurassic Park is the asshole kid at the beginning. They truly do not look very scary, more like a 6 foot turkey.

 

[jroc74]

The size of his head....lmao.

This is amazing.

 

[AuthenticM]

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

Yes we do, if only to watch the fans lose their mind.

 

[Diprosalic]

The true hero of Jurassic Park is the asshole kid at the beginning. They truly do not look very scary, more like a 6 foot turkey.

i'd be pretty scared if i met a 6 foot turkey.

think about a 6 foot swan, that thing would fuck shit up

 

[HStallion]

How does this look worse than 1993?

Because Chris Pratt is in it.

 

[HellforLeather]

The child in me is disappointed....feathered dinosaurs are much less cool.

 

[jmdajr]

everyday is bad news

 

[ValkyrUser]

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

Huh.. someone managed to give them feathers and keep them badass looking? I'd take it.

 

[WorldStar]

Uh-- so, assuming this isn't a joke post. It's because the smaller dinosaurs that survived eventually evolved into many of our modern day birds.

Yeah okay, that's sure AWFULLY convenient...

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

This thread is amazing.

Too bad the DNA thing was a lie too. Damn you Spielberg.

 

[Sephzilla]

Jurassic Park 3 already lightly experimented with giving Raptors some feathering. I think the main reason they've stayed w/out feathers is for franchise consistency.

 

[Ishida]

All these people wanting their Dinosaurs naked, exposed to the elements. Shameful

Tell me who's more badass? A dude that survives and thrives naked in a snowstorm? Or a dude fully covered in a warm coat in the same conditions?

Touché.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

The conspiracy to make dinosaurs less cool by saying they had feathers must stop!

dinosaur feathers are more cool tho.

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

a better solution would be for spielberg to recall all copies of that film and delete them.

 

[shaneskim]

Not sure about this tonal shift over the last couple of decades.

 

[HStallion]

This thread is amazing.

Too bad the DNA thing was a lie too. Damn you Spielberg.

I mean most of the movie is soft scifi. The atmosphere when the dinos lived was also different from today so if we somehow created Dino's based on they were tens of millions of years ago then they would most likely have some issues breathing/living outside of a climate controlled bubble.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

Yeah. But then, I was a kid who liked archaeopteryx more than "regular" dinosaurs.

I'm much cooler than regular dinosaurs.

OT: This is a great find. I love artistic renderings of dinosaurs with feathers, I have a whole folder of it.

 

[jmdajr]

Jurassic Park 3 already lightly experimented with giving Raptors some feathering. I think the main reason they've stayed w/out feathers is for franchise consistency.

In Jurassic World the scientists in the lab basically admits ,"we all know that's not what they really look like."

So eh. It's fine.

 

[Kalentan]

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

I honestly liked the explanation the movie gave as to why their dinosaurs didn't have feathers. Being that they were creating what people wanted to see not so much the reality of things.

 

[ninge]

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

Can we get him to fix the shadows going the wrong way too? Cannot unsee.

 

[djkimothy]

WTF is going on in this thread? What is this feathered dinosaur meme. I'm so out of touch...

 

[tuxfool]

How about we bring up the Dinosaur sound thread too?

 

[fabricated backlash]

The rejection of scientific evidence is an unfortunate byproduct of pop culture.
Too many kids (myself included) grew up thinking scaly dinosaurs were rad as fuck. So to see these things look like prehistoric birds is rubbing many the wrong way.

Pop culture has way too much importance in our society... and that's coming from someone who tries to make a living off his drawings and comics.

 

[jackal27]

I just don't get this though because they acknowledge in the movie that they mutated their "dinosaurs" in order to fit the public perception of how a dinosaur looks rather than an accurate depiction.

Also, super cool to have real dinosaur feathers.

 

[CopperPuppy]

I actually think feathered dinosaurs are cool

This. The meme about feathers making dinos uncool is poison.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

Looks so much better with feather.

 

[PSqueak]

Jurassic Park 3 already lightly experimented with giving Raptors some feathering. I think the main reason they've stayed w/out feathers is for franchise consistency.

Eh, they could bullshit that the reptilian look was a side effect of infusing them with frog DNA (a plot point in the first movie), and they can go like "With our modern bio-engineering techniques the frog dna is no longer needed so we have more accurate raptors now".

 

[Phox]

How small is that thing!?

 

[Netherscourge]

Jurassic World: Special Feathered Edition Steel Book

(includes remastered feathered dinosaurs and commentary from ILM FX wizards)

$99.99 4K/3D/Digital/BD

Coming January 2017

 

[WorldStar]

So this "proves" raptors can fly? Cmon guys you're better than this

 

[Meier]

wtf, so we thought dinosaurs didn't have feathers for all this time, now that we think they do we find proof like a year later

Just to reiterate the others, it was actually right around the production of Jurassic Park that the feathers theories were being brought about. I think it was too far into production but more than anything it was too far removed from the public's general perception and understanding of dinosaurs for them to change the portrayal.

 

[Peru]

Now bring it back to life

 

[Salty Rice]

Best dinosaurs are real again. Feathers for days.

 

[jstripes]

Don't worry, I'm sure Trump will install some anti-feather scientists and Make Dinosaurs Great Again.

 

[Pagusas]

Seriously fuck 2016.

 

[Joni]

We should stop teaching evolution. These are just planted by god to test our resolve. Jesus rode scaly, not feathered dino.

 

[Boem]

wtf, so we thought dinosaurs didn't have feathers for all this time, now that we think they do we find proof like a year later

It's been a strong theory for ages, long before Jurassic Park 1 even.

Just to reiterate the others, it was actually right around the production of Jurassic Park that the feathers theories were being brought about. I think it was too far into production but more than anything it was too far removed from the public's general perception and understanding of dinosaurs for them to change the portrayal.

Nah it wasn't 'too far into production', they knew about it way before they started on the movie. Spielberg talked about this a lot - about how they wanted to include as much real-looking elements into the animal's behavior, movements and sounds, but not necessarily sticking close to reality. Movie magic/rules trumped reality for him. See also: basically switching the Dilo and Raptor sizes because it seemed cooler for their respective action sequences. They never claimed it was all supposed to be as close to 'real' dinosaurs as possible, just real in the sense that, given the then-current leaps in technology, it seemed like it could be real. Not doing the feathers was a creative choice, not a lack of knowledge.

That's why I could never get angry over them not doing feathers in Jurassic World. The original also played it very fast and loose with reality, and the established look for creatures like the T-Rex and Raptors are iconic at this point. Makes complete sense to me (within that universe) to stick to that, and the idea that they're altering the creatures to fit the audience's expectation/their coolness factor is a part of the original novel as well (as well as, very lightly, Jurassic World). Walking with Dinosaurs was always the place to learn about how they actually lived back in the day - that's the place for the feather discussion, not a theme park popcorn flick.

 

[bengraven]

okay so this confirms that possibly one dinosaur had feathers

This is the route to take.

 

[Gnome Scat]

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

I wouldn't mind, they look better with the feathers.

 

[HK-47]

Tell me who's more badass? A dude that survives and thrives naked in a snowstorm? Or a dude fully covered in a warm coat in the same conditions?

Touché.

Probably the guy who isnt an idiot without a coat in a snowstorm.

 

[Amalthea]

So this "proves" raptors can fly? Cmon guys you're better than this

Uh, birds developed from "raptor"-like dinosaurs but nobody thinks that a velociraptor was flying around like a bird.

 

[Doodis]

What's the background scene from?

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

I always thought that if we discovered dinosaurs all had feathers, it would be really neat...surprised people don't like the idea.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

Amazing find.

 

[The Jackdog]

sorry, im a dinosaur change skeptic.

Have you walked outside lately? Where are the dinosaurs huh?

You cant explain that.

 

[Mechanized]

Feathered dinos are so much cooler than the old ones. 80s kid reporting.