![]() ![]() ![]() The story once again involves a group of cynically clever paleontologists and researchers, hampered with two brainy/geeky computer whiz kids stranded on “Site B,” the secret factory floor where Hammond’s genetic dinosaurs were breed and kept before transport to the main island. ![]() So, with the latest movie still hot off the reels and my excitement once again re-ignited, I went into The Lost World a second time. Maybe, just maybe, my first reading of Lost World (during my teen years) had been too harsh and too informed by unrealistic expectations. The latest edition to the movie series inspired another visit to one of my favorite novels and after re-reading Jurassic Park the reminiscence felt incomplete without hashing my way through the sequel yet again. I venerated all things Jurassic Park as a child, later discovering the visceral edge-of-the-seat novel that inspired the film franchise. Following on the phenomenal (and multi-billion dollar) Jurassic Park novel and accompanying blockbuster movie, Michael Crichton, forced by publishers and the pressure of an adoring audience, regurgitated pedagogy and plot in The Lost World. ![]()
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