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.

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[cruel-fortuna.livejournal.com]

I still remember Jurassic Park although I don't think I saw it in theaters. I was maybe a bit too young or it just didn't appeal to me at the time. Yeah I was only four when that movie came out, I didn't see it for a few more years.

...I wish my mall still had a Disney store.
Just like I wish Suncoast still existed.
Oh well.

Lol, my mom has still yet to see the Avengers but she loved the character of Thor, so I think she'll like it pretty well when I take her to see it in IMAX this weekend. I'll be doing my best not to smile when I know certain points are coming up.

In fact, we just finished watching season 2 of Sherlock ( or my parents did, I've seen it a few times by now, thanks Tumblr. ) but she cried when she thought Sherlock was dead, so I was pleased. ...up until my dad said that the person the paramedics were tending to were Moriarty because his face was bashed in. Made me wanna slap him because ... that's just ... he pulled an Anderson. But this is off-topic.

// Sorry, I go off topic a lot.
& also hello - thanks for adding me to your f-list.
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[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

...I wish my mall still had a Disney store.,/b> Well, there are perks to being in Tampa Bay...
We have three Disney Stores in a 70 mile radius, plus Downtown Disney and a Disney Store at the outlet mall.

Just like I wish Suncoast still existed.
Oh, I loved Suncoast. My main Suncoast had this crazy guy with a beard and a ponytail and he'd just talk for HOURS. I remember one time he warned us how we should go to a convention on the first day to see Kevin Smith or he might just take off for the bar and not return...not sure how true that actually was but we followed his advice.

Oh, I'd love to see it on Imax...actually, we have a dome Imax that shows Hollywood films sometimes, but not Avengers yet...
:(

Ooh, Moriarty, interesting idea. I liked that we had a real cliffhanger like the book unlike the RDJ film but it worked with the RDJ film.

[cruel-fortuna.livejournal.com]

One of these days man, one of these days.
I'll move to either CA or FL to be near Disney.
Then again, I also wanna move/live in London, NYC or Athens. ...when in reality I just want out of Arkansas. Ha!
I have fond memories of Disney World ... I should go back there for my 25th birthday. c :

Lol, sounds like a righteous guy.
I think it was a requirement that if you worked at Suncoast you had to be a little bit crazy. Heh. They were the hipsters before anyone even knew what Hipsters were, man.

Our drive-in is playing it & it's gotten to the point where I've talked about the film so much that my mom finally said, "Shut UP! Just SHUT UP about the Avengers." ... & that lasted for maybe one day. I think she's just annoyed because I'm bothering her about seeing it & have been for the last 3 weeks. But dammit, I'm determined that she see it in theaters!

Yeah with the RDJ movie it worked & I loved the end scene in that movie, I was crying & then look at the wall & I just started laugh-crying.