Never Lose Your Dinosaur

[ericadawn16]

Never lose your dinosaur.

Usually, I totally forget how close in age I am to Tom Hiddleston. After all, he's starred in films made by Oscar winners and I have to occasionally worry about the bills.

Then, he does something like this and it totally hits me. I was ten when Jurassic Park came out and was always good about not drinking too much but everything else is the same.
It was utterly, utterly AMAZING! You have to realize there was nothing like it before at all. It was like you were watching REAL dinosaurs that moved and breathed and didn't have zipppes or claymation parts. They were REAL DINOSAURS!

Sometimes, I think the younger kids are spoiled. They won't ever have that moment of something being real like that because they are constantly surrounded by computer generated images all the time. For example, when someone disses Toy Story without allowing the context of IT WAS FIRST! No one thought a full length CGI film was even possible.

Plus, the females in Jurassic Park were awesome. Heck, all the dinosaurs that were killing everybody and the T-Rex coming in to save them? All female. They even had Lex be a nerd AND save the day. I never got to see females be awesome on the big screen; that was something reserved for the television.

It was my most favorite movie ever for over eight years; the yardstick to which all other movies were measured.

Oh gosh, the raptor bit...so dead on, too.

I also forgot to mention how we went to the Disney Store yesterday. I got my Lotso Cutesation, YAY! They had some Avengers glasses on sale but they only had the main four. The cashier was very empathetic as I explained this. Then, she mentioned how awesome she felt the movie was and how her favorite part was when Hulk hit the guy. She made a motion to demonstrate how she meant Thor but before she did, my mom was agreeing.

Actually, no, the beauty of it was that she was acting out which scene she thought the cashier meant. With her arms and hands, she was acting like she was Hulk slamming Loki repeatedly and she was doing this in the middle of the Disney Store.

It was glorious.

Until I said she meant Thor and then my mom agreed that that was funny, too.

"Basically, if you're an Asgardian, it's not good to be anywhere near the Hulk."

Also, they had Nick Fury, the Hulk and Thor on the magic trees! It was awesome.

Comments

[i-llbedammned.livejournal.com]

That video made me smile. It's hard to imagine that he is so close in age to me. When I see his skill it always seems like he has to have been acting for a lot longer than he has been.

I loved the raptors. They were always my favorite.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I see his skill it always seems like he has to have been acting for a lot longer than he has been.

I KNOW, right?

Triceratops actually for me...