Paleontologists Make Sure to Point out ‘Jurassic World’ is Not Scientifically Accurate
Not accurate!
The College Fix reports.
Shocker: ‘Jurassic World’ not scientifically accurate, paleontologists say
Anyone who’s a fan of Saturday Night Live and is old enough knows well the 1986 episode with host William Shatner.
In a sketch mocking Star Trek conventions, Shatner fields questions involving ridiculous minutiae associated with the classic TV series. This is when he tells those assembled to “get a life,” and reminds them that Trek is “just a TV show”:
It seems some paleontologists need to heed Bill’s advice:
“Jurassic World” is poised to make monster money at the box office this weekend. And while that’s certainly good for Universal Studios, it’s a pain in the neck for another group: paleontologists.
They say while it’s good the movie series has renewed interest in dinosaurs, audiences come away with skewed ideas about how dinosaurs really lived.
“You deal with these inaccuracies over and over every time you give a talk,” James Kirkland, who has been involved in the discovery of 20 dinosaurs, including the Utahraptor, told CBS News.
“It gets really old after a while,” Kirkland added. “If they wouldn’t do that, we wouldn’t have to deal with this. We could step to the more interesting issues like what we are discovering next.”
Shocker: ‘Jurassic World’ not scientifically accurate, paleontologists say (The College Fix)
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TRex would applaud this post. But TRex can’t…because TRex can’t clap and TRex is extinct.
audiences come away with skewed ideas about how dinosaurs really lived.
Wait… is he saying dinosaurs didn’t REALLY eat people?