For years, the scene in Jurassic Park where Ian and the crew are being chased by the T-Rex terrified us all. But now science says it wouldn’t happen.
Well, the world finally made Jurassic Park a joke. As if 2017 hasn’t taken enough away from us, now we know (because of science UGH) that the T-Rex couldn’t actually run. Which sucks when you think about it in terms of the movie.
Yeah, sure, science is cool. We are all alive still because of it and all that jazz, but I’m here to talk about one of my favorite film franchises now making zero sense. You know that scene where Ian Malcolm is in the back of the car and the T-Rex is running after them?
WOULDN’T BE ACCURATE NOW. I mean, I’m well aware that the fact that we can even learn this information is pretty cool. Science has come a long way and anything about dinosaurs is awesome. But can’t we just pretend they can run so that absolutely terrifying scene in Jurassic Park still makes sense?
FAKE (Peer reviewed, and impeccably researched) NEWS! https://t.co/a8zNb7p01g
— SUE the T. rex 🦖 (@SUEtheTrex) July 20, 2017
On top of ruining a perfectly tense moment in a flawless film, it does make The Lost World: Jurassic Park even funnier. Why? Because now that T-Rex just strolled through San Diego since it couldn’t run. So they literally could not find a strolling T-Rex.
It makes them a little less threatening too which is a bummer. Yeah, you still wouldn’t want to meet up with one but to know that you can run or jump in a car and escape is a whole different thing. It’s not like you can outswim a shark (looking at you, Michael Phelps).
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So the predator we all feared as a kid watching Jurassic Park isn’t as scary as we want them to be. It’s upsetting and I’m mad at science for figuring it out. Stop being cool and ruining great movies, science. Let’s just pretend that the T-Rex can run really fast, okay?