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Jurassic Park: Pushing the Limits of VFX

Jurassic Park: Pushing the Limits of VFX

YouTuber kaptainkristian praises the use of digital animation in Jurassic Park, one of the first movies to convincingly blend visual effects with live action. It found success not by relying solely on software, but by studying real animals and using physical puppets when necessary.

American Ninja Dinosaur

American Ninja Dinosaur

Who knew that they allowed prehistoric dinosaurs in the American Ninja Warrior competition? This T. Rex does a much better job making his way through the challenging course than we could, that’s for sure. Though we’d like to see him do it with realistic tiny arms.

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Dino Lamps

Dino Lamps
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Give your room a Jurassic spark with these fun and colorful dinosaur desktop accent lamps. Choose from green diplodocus, white triceratops or orange T.Rex, which we happen to know was the real color these things came in. Then again, we were out sick that day in school.

We Love You Stegosaurus!

We Love You Stegosaurus!

Joel “Rathergood” Veitch and his pals present a musical tribute to the spiky herbivore with a little ditty that is at once a catchy kid’s song, a track adults can enjoy, and surprisingly educational. Lyrics here.

Inside the VFX: Jurassic World

Inside the VFX: Jurassic World

ILM shares an effects breakdown reel from last summer’s popcorn blockbuster. By today’s standards, it’s a fairly typical, yet still impressive mix of CGI, rotoscoping, and matte work, but the way they did the kiddie rides and the mo-capped raptors is worth a chuckle.

Jurassic Parkour

Jurassic Parkour

A ridiculously clumsy looking parkour run through a Ninja Warrior training course by athlete Reko Rivera as he makes his way through the obstacle course in an inflatable T.Rex costume. We’re waiting for the Indominus Rex wall climb.

The Land Before Time Blu-ray

The Land Before Time Blu-ray
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Here’s a great holiday gift for kids and adults alike. Universal Pictures has finally released Don Bluth’s 1988 classic in Blu-ray at 1080p widescreen (1.85:1). Box of tissues not included. If we hold on together…

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Dad Builds a Dinosaur

Dad Builds a Dinosaur

Jockeying for the title of “Coolest Dad of the Year,” builder Izzy Swan took his drill-powered walking machine and turned it into a 10 foot-tall T.Rex for his son. Its legs, mouth, and tail move. We think it should be named “Mechasaurus Rex,” but it’s simply known as “Bob.”

The Good Dinosaur (Trailer)

The Good Dinosaur (Trailer)

Disney Pixar once again goes straight for the feels with The Good Dinosaur, which envisions a world in which the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs never hit Earth – and how dinos somehow created the English language way before mankind managed to do it.

Dinosaur

Dinosaur

Animator Ning Cheng’s half-minute-long film is ridiculously simple, but packs a hilarious and unexpected punchline that’s sure to make you giggle, and reminds us that not everything is what it seems on the surface.

How Jurassic World Should’ve Ended

How Jurassic World Should’ve Ended

How It Should Have Ended knows how Idiots vs. Dinosaurs should’ve ended: badly. So if you somehow end up in a dinosaur park, follow these tips. You’ll probably die anyway, but at least you won’t be remembered as a moron.

A Critique of Dinosaur Toys

A Critique of Dinosaur Toys

University of Columbia professor Paul Olsen hilariously overanalyzes several children’s dinosaur toys, pointing out the numerous mistakes in their anatomies and sounds. He came up with the best dinosaur name in the process.

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The Good Dinosaur (Teaser)

The Good Dinosaur (Teaser)

Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur is set in an alternate universe where dinosaurs didn’t die and eventually came to coexist with man. It follows a young human boy who befriends an Apatosaurus named Arlo. Coming this Thanksgiving.

Ark: Survival Evolved (Trailer)

Ark: Survival Evolved (Trailer)

Ark: Survival Evolved is a first-person sandbox game set in an island filled with dinosaurs and other extinct creatures. Hunt and tame them to help you survive and escape. The game will have local and online game modes. More on Steam.

Jurassic World (Trailer 3)

Jurassic World (Trailer 3)

With the boneheaded plot – let’s make a killing machine so more kids will come to the park! – the hilariously expository dialogue and the goddamn raptor training, it’s crystal clear that you need to check your brain out before seeing this movie.

Back to Dinosaur Island

Back to Dinosaur Island

Direct-feed footage from Crytek’s immersive demo built for virtual reality systems like the Oculus Rift. We can only imagine how cool this will be when viewed with the proper headgear – or if they turned it into a full-fledged game.

LEGO Jurassic Park Fan Film

LEGO Jurassic Park Fan Film

Digital Wizards Studios used over $100,000 worth of LEGO to recreate some of the most memorable scenes from Jurassic Park. Though in the spirit of LEGO films and games they added humourous twists here and there as well.

LEGO Jurassic World (Trailer)

LEGO Jurassic World (Trailer)

LEGO Jurassic World features events and characters from the four Jurassic Park movies. Like many other LEGO games, it will support drop-in/drop-out local multiplayer. You’ll also be able to collect and play as 20 dinosaurs.

Jurassic World (Trailer 2)

Jurassic World (Trailer 2)

The Super Bowl spot for How to Train Your Raptor Jurassic World features a mutant dino that “kills for sport”, a pterodactyl storm and Chris Pratt training velociraptors. Without any armor or weapons. This movie looks nuts.

Nessie Ladle

Nessie Ladle
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Next time you want to serve up a big bowl of primordial soup, we can think of no better way to present it than with this blue-green soup ladle made in the form of the elusive Loch Ness Monster, complete with tiny feet to stand on.

Jurassic World (Trailer)

Jurassic World (Trailer)

22 years after the conclusion of Jurassic Park, Isla Nubar is now home to a dinosaur theme park. And now their scientists have gotten cocky enough to create their own genetically mutated dinosaur. What could possibly go wrong?

The Stomping Land

The Stomping Land

The Stomping Land is an upcoming multiplayer survival game where you play as tribes of hunters. What are you hunting? Dinosaurs. You can eat them, turn them into resources and even tame them. If you can catch one, that is.

Jurassic Park without CGI

Jurassic Park without CGI

While we thought that Jurassic Park worked best with cats, it turns out that the movie would have been just as entertaining without its big-budget visual effects, as is evidenced by this clip by Michael T. Mann. Rawr. Yo.

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