Jurassic Park was nothing short of a phenomenon when it arrived in cinemas back in June 1993. Like Robert Muldoon being pursued by a pack of velociraptors, there was simply no escaping the clutches of what was a cultural phenomenon. But while much of the focus was on Steven Spielberg’s movie and its heady mix of stunning special effects and a shirtless Jeff Goldblum, what helped give Jurassic Park that extra bit of bite at the box office was the astonishing amount of merchandising surrounding the film.
Jurassic Park was ubiquitous that summer, whether it was the iconic Kenner line of toys featuring familiar characters from the film apart from Lex (blame Jurassic patriarchy), the Sega Genesis game that let you play as a raptor chomping on foolish humans, or the bizarre line of salami and beef jerky products that hit store shelves, life found a way.
Yet by far...
Jurassic Park was ubiquitous that summer, whether it was the iconic Kenner line of toys featuring familiar characters from the film apart from Lex (blame Jurassic patriarchy), the Sega Genesis game that let you play as a raptor chomping on foolish humans, or the bizarre line of salami and beef jerky products that hit store shelves, life found a way.
Yet by far...
- 6/21/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
<b>[This story contains spoilers for season two, episode three of HBO's </b><a href="http://thr.com/westworld"><b><i>Westworld</i></b></a><b>, called "Virtù e Fortuna."]</b>
"Clever girl."
Velociraptor expert Robert Muldoon of <i>Jurassic Park </i>fame is tragically absent from <i>Westworld</i> (despite the Michael Crichton ties that bind the two franchises), but the dinosaur hunter would have been very much at home in the latest episode of the HBO series.
It's not just because Muldoon's proficiency at hunting big game would have come in handy in the Park Six sequence that opened up Sunday's episode, though that's certainly a factor. It's more ...
"Clever girl."
Velociraptor expert Robert Muldoon of <i>Jurassic Park </i>fame is tragically absent from <i>Westworld</i> (despite the Michael Crichton ties that bind the two franchises), but the dinosaur hunter would have been very much at home in the latest episode of the HBO series.
It's not just because Muldoon's proficiency at hunting big game would have come in handy in the Park Six sequence that opened up Sunday's episode, though that's certainly a factor. It's more ...
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