tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239973789011419490.post1179655364451207760..comments2024-03-22T03:38:57.954-04:00Comments on Superoceras: Jurassic REBOOT!David Tanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072328548753126802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239973789011419490.post-57916171900588539832010-02-04T14:22:58.411-05:002010-02-04T14:22:58.411-05:00At the time (1990) Michael Crichton wrote the book...At the time (1990) Michael Crichton wrote the book, the idea that you could clone an animal from bits of DNA was still pretty new, and of course, with any new science/technology, people began imagining what could be done with it in the future. I think for the purposes of his story, the idea worked well, and was believable, but there were a lot of technical problems with the "dino DNA" explanation. Two big flaws I can point out quickly are: 1) if you're getting your DNA from the gut of a mosquito, there is going to be mosquito DNA in there too. 2) Why would you use frog DNA to fill in the "holes" in the genetic code, when bird DNA is readily available, and birds are living dinosaurs? Basically in the end, the animal you would end up with is not a dinosaur at all, but rather, a dino/mosquito/frog monster. Yikes!<br /><br />But you're absolutely right in pointing out that no matter how they rearrange the storyline, 15 years from now we may look back and think it was silly as the first time around, no matter how entertaining it will be to have JP back on the big screen again.<br /><br />Either that, or we'll all have our own dino-chickens!David Tanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072328548753126802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239973789011419490.post-58782399926978417202010-02-04T10:04:47.514-05:002010-02-04T10:04:47.514-05:00The cloning bit wasn't that hard to swallow (a...The cloning bit wasn't that hard to swallow (and I think was better explained in the book imho), and as far as premises go, it worked. I would love to see another Jurrasic park, though I wonder if fifteen years from now scientists will look back at the idea on how to clone dinosaurs as silly just as we look back to the original idea.Fangbitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731862687044704586noreply@blogger.com