Movie Malcom is cool, due in great part to Goldblum's charismatic portrayal. But book Malcom is the GOAT! Predicts everything and gives his abstract philosophy real weight in accordance with the events taking place. Absolute master class writing for his character.
I completely disagree, to me book Malcomn comes across as unlikeable and a some how genius who just says something bad will happen. Then is rather smug when it does. Yet at the same time is incredibly vague about how it will go wrong.
@@TheDemonartahe is not incredibly vague at all about how it will go wrong lmao. Have you read the book? He outright tells them that the dinosaurs will breed, they have no doubt already bred, and shows that they are unaware of this because of a flaw in their counting system. Again… have you even read the book???
@@FemboiMars No he doesnt say that they will breed. When he says they are all female he acts all suspicious, and just says yeah we will see. but how could he as a none expert know. He just claims 'the maths' which is nonse.
I read the book before the movie came out (there was a ton of hype around the film at the time, and the book was everywhere). I love both versions, but I think I actually enjoy the grittiness of the book over the shine of the Spielberg movie. Great channel, btw!
Yes, both versions are amazing! I think because I grew up with the film, I’m partial to Spielberg’s take on the characters! Thanks, also, for the compliment! This little hobby of mine is really starting to grow which is rewarding and scary at the same time.
I'm about 110 pages into the book and already I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I have a certain fondness for dark themes and horror stories that I can't explain very well, but so what. The characters are very well described and I can picture them clearly in my mind as the story moves along. That is, except for one. I can confidently say John Hammond in the movie was a better character. In the book he is pushed too hard as the villain and is given no redeeming qualities so far. He is written as the cranky money hungry businessman everyone loves to hate. It's the one part of the book Crichton clearly got carried away with.
I can agree with that... it's nice to have SOMETHING good about the park, and Hammond could be that person. His optimism and overall joyfulness is a much needed breath of fresh air given the circumstances of everything else.
I know how you feel, I was shocked at the gruesome detail the book had, but I loved it anyway. Same with Lost World, and I was stunned at how different the movie was. Seriously, Spielberg asked Crichton to write a sequel so he could adapt it, yet used barely anything.
Oh, that's interesting that Spielberg asked for a sequel and then went on to write his own version... I'll keep this in mind when I finally sit down to read it.
@@TooBadAboutKenny the movie has exactly four things in common with the book: 1. The fact that Isla Sorna is the main location of the story 2. That awesome trailer scene. 3. The fact that a second group wants to take Dino-related things off the island. But it’s not InGen, they’ve been bankrupt for years. 4. Most of the hero team, but not all of them and several are changed.
Thanks Vacirca! I appreciate the comment! Ever since going back to school, I haven’t been uploading regularly… I don’t think the algorithm likes that 😂
There is one scene I always wanted to see from the book made into the film. Where Grant is in the velociraptor nursery. He then has to inject the eggs with the poison and the description of the velciraptor's death is just chilling.
It’s Ed Regis that runs away not Ian Malcom in the movie Ed Regis is the one in the pink shirt that opens the door and drives the heap to the brachiosaurus enclosure in the movie
Yeah, that’s my bad! I think because that whole scene was very different as far as who was there and what they did, I must have conflated a couple characters… thanks for calling me out, I’d hate to be that guy just ranting nonsense 😂 That book was amazing, though. I haven’t gotten to The Lost World yet, but I’m looking forward to it.
@@TooBadAboutKenny it’s okay thanks for replying though I’m not going to spoil the lost world but in my opinion it’s quite good different from the movies for sure Michael Crichton writes one of the best quotes in the end in the first novel and Ed Regis also gets killed by the juvenile T. rex and if you can remember Muldoon and gennaro find his severed leg that gushes down blood and I’ll try not to say much about lost world but like only four people maybe less even share the same name from the second movie I won’t say any more though but I like the lost world novel
Your channel deserves to blow up, you’ve explained and talked about things in a way I don’t see much of on here, I actually felt engaged the entire time and I thoroughly enjoyed this, you’ve gained a sub
Antion, thanks so much for the comment! Ever since going back to school, I haven't been able to upload consistently... I don't think that makes the algorithm happy.
This is wrong. Dr. Wu is a protagonist in the novel. He begs John Hammond to terminate all of the life on the island and start over fresh. The novel goes into a lot of detail that Wu is not taken seariously by Hammond over how everything will go wrong. Hell, Wu is the only one that taked Dr. Grant's observations seriously about the dinosaurs mating. Dr. Wu even suggest making the animals slower because the tourists won't believe their speed and won't appreciate how fast they move. Meanwhile, John Hammond is all about money. He even says in the book that it would be stupid to use genetics to help mankind, and better to create entertainment. Also, Ian Malcolm did not abandon the kids. Ed Regis is the one who abandons them (Malcolm was in Grant's car and the book makes a point of Ian needing to talk to Grant privately before they entered the cars. Ed Regis was pissed because he had to babysit kids.) Ian Malcolm was injured because the T-Rex attacked BOTH cars, and not just the one car like in the movie. The novel even has a different explanation of how Tim's car ended up in a tree (The T-Rex threw it). I think you got Lex and Tim okay. Lex sucked. In the book, Tim was the useful one. Thank you for bringing up the time urgency of the raptors on the boat heading to the mainland. That was HUGE. You also did a good job with discussing HOW it was possible and how to feed the dinosaurs and such. Ian Malcolm is the character that exposes the flaws with the island, not Nedry. Malcolm goes on for pages about how people cannot create nature, but they can create an abomination of nature. Nedry, on the other hand, betrays the company because he works for someone who will spend millions of dollars for fences, but will only hire him alone to code billions of lines of code for a system that the world has never seen before. He is an absolute slob and an asshole, but he is the only one allowed to know what he is working on, and he should really have a team of 50 or more people working with/under him. Of course he will take a $1,500,00 bribe from a rival company. (This honestly seems low to me with how the novel values the embryos, but maybe he's just a goon. He is described as being very young in the novel, and also fat.) The movie and the novel are both superb, and they have many, many differences while both maintaining their excellence. Please give the novel another read. Your video was entertaining, it has good editing, but I think you got very confused on some parts of the novel. Also, I do agree that the parts of the novel in the river and the Aviary were unnecessary. In the book, they get to the Aviary, are attacked, and suddenly they are on a raft again, assuming Grant brought the extra emergency raft. Sorry if I come across as a jerk.
Wow, I really appreciate all of these corrections! About Dr. Wu: My thoughts on him were greatly influenced by his final moments, when he was impressed with how well he succeeded in recreating animals that are capable of reproducing despite everyone dying around him. And regarding Malcom: I’m surprised I got that wrong! I remember reading him bailing on everyone for some reason! Anyway, I’m happy you laid down the facts! I stand corrected!
Wasn’t it Lex that first saw the raptors on the boat with Grant having trouble finding them as it was getting darker out. And Tim had seen one on the loose earlier as well.
Yes, I think you’re right. But I just focused on Grant because he was the one more or less in charge of getting everybody back to the facility. Also, sorry for the late reply! Sometimes UA-cam doesn’t do the best job at notifying me about comments.
The movie leaned so hard into action and adventure, I was surprised by how horrific the book was! Absolutely different tone that I think would lend itself to another GREAT movie… I imagine the tone of the first Alien with dinosaurs.
Great video! And I love how you explain all the differences. Internet need more videos like this. I know there are a lot of videos that explains book vs movie differences, but I like what you did here. Also, congrats on the subs going up! There are a few issues in my country with international payments but I promise as soon as I can, I'll buy you a cup of coffee
Oh no! We must have different versions of the book... I'm using the Barnes & Noble Collectors Edition. If you figure out what page the quote is from in your version, could you post it here?
Good good good video! The movie is amazing, the novel is much much more. The scene (in the novel) about the first time they see the velociraptors, in open field behind a metal grid, and they jump out of the bush to attack, is frightening and spectacular, they appear like really mean and distubingly intelligent (sorry for my english). When they first see the tyrannosaurus and says something like "now I see it, I was not looking high enough". Pure poetry.
The biggest difference between the book and movie is the inclusion of another character in the book, Ed Regis. Who is the one that abandons the kids when the T-Rex appears and is subsequently killed. For the movie, his character was dropped and combined with Gennaro. In the book, Gennaro is totally different. He accompanies Muldoon in hunting the T-Rex. And the tour vehicle in the book was a Toyota Land Cruiser. It was changed to a Ford Explorer for the movie. Which was a clever marketing ploy by Ford, as the Explorer had only come out two years earlier.
But book Malcolm didn't abandon the kids; that was Ed Regis, one of the park execs. Malcolm only ran when the T-Rex began making its way towards he and Grant's car, and they were out of options. Quite different from movie Gennaro, actually, who leaves the kids, runs and hides. And regarding the cliff theory, the cliff was on the other side of both the T-Rex enclosure and the road, where we didn't see it. It wasn't IN the T-Rex enclosure, THAT wouldn't make any sense.
Yeah, I think because Malcom didn’t sacrifice himself for the kids like I expected from the movie, I must have conflated the two characters. Gennaro was SO different! He was actually one of the heroes who searched for the kids.
@@TooBadAboutKenny Gennaro made me proud in the book; going to look for the kids, fighting off the raptor that killed Arnold in the power shed. I'm glad he lived in the book!!
You could also do the sequel book and movie. The amount of differences is wow. From how it started to key characters including the motivation coming to the island. As for this book vs. Movie, I saw Jurassic Park when I was a kid and loved it and being older now ai read the book numerous times (more cause I love Crightons writing style) and I love the grittiness and how dark it actually is. The movie is cute with some horror that kids can enjoy, whereas the book is definitely for older audiences. And both are highly recommended
Yeah, the book is so brutal! I’d actually like to see a more accurate movie/miniseries. Not that Spielberg did a bad job (I love his movie) but I’d like to see a more horrific big-budget dinosaur movie.
I grew up at my grandparents place when my dad was deployed in Afghanistan. I watched the first two films every day, for years. I drove my family crazy. But man did i love jurassic park. Then i started hearing about the books when i grew older. I asked my patents for it as a birthday gift for my 17th birthday. I cannot express into words how much I love the books, this is coming from a person who has seen all the films multiple times. Especially the first two films I think I've seen the first two films hundreds of times. Read both the books once, and i think they are 5× better then the films. I still love the films, its just that the books are amazing
@1:19 Pretty sure I had that exact shirt growing up. @1:22 Pretty sure I'm experiencing the Mandela Effect. And Deja Vu, because I'm pretty sure I do the same thing every time. And what's with the constant zoom and resolution jumps?!? It's like I can never really focus on you. Stay still dammit! 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much! I’d love to do Lost World, too! I just haven’t gotten around to reading it 😵💫 Have you read it, yet? I hear it’s very different from the movie.
The one GOOD thing the Jurassic World movies do is bring JP Henry Wu to life. Even tho he dies in the book. But yeah the way he's portrayed in the JW movies is kind of how I read him in the novel.
@@TooBadAboutKenny It’s fine, but I loved when Lewis Dogson figures out about InGen’s secret plans and sends Nedry to steal the embryos, such a great chapter.
I like these book vs movie comparisons. I've read Congo by Crichton, but it was a little too academic for me, including footnotes. I like to read a book after seeing the movie adaption, and get more details, and usually the book is more logical.
@@TooBadAboutKenny it's definetly worth It! I dont wanna spoil It but theres some pretty good and gruesome/coldblooded scenes. And It gives the raptors a bigger role.
Rubbish Aaron. We were all small children at one point. And I at 8 years old wasn't a tenth as obnoxious or useless as Lex was in the book. I get your point: obviously some young children are like that, and I'm not faulting them (or Lex) for it, because well: they're basically toddlers. But it's still nonetheless irritating especially in crucial times like when a 40 ft long prehistoric super-predator is actively hunting you and yet the child won't shut up lol
To Me 9:29 this scene has two ways you can look at it. 1.) I felt like it should’ve been film on a Narrow path where the T-Rex enclosure is on one side and the drop off is on the other. The limitations of 1992 tech couldn’t do this scene properly so they compromised and left the suspense do the work. Another way you could view this is that there is a Drop-off point near the innermost part of the T-Rex Enclosure! Acting like another precaution to keep the beast from escaping. This drop Off is closer to the tip of Middle of Lex And Tim’s Explorer. But like I said before, there had to be a lot of compromises and changes to these plans due to the limitations of technology. It’s why I can suspend my disbelief, because the film is So Good and actively thoughtful in how it presents its ideas and narrative. Even Michael Crition is a fan of the film.
I prefer the book over the movie. I would actually love the idea of a remake mini series that follows the book more closely and the dinosaurs are more paleo accurate. It makes the story more scary with a paleo accurate T Rex. The velociraptors however would have to be replaced with Utahraptors for dramatic effect.
They made that TV show for kids, “Camp Cretaceous“ or whatever. I’m not sure if it was successful? But if it was, they might use some of that momentum to put into a new miniseries!
Maybe Lex is infantile because she’s 5 years old? Yeah you wouldn’t want her with you in a dangerous situation but jeez people, don’t hate on a little kid who doesn’t know any better.
Reading the Jurassic Park Novel, I find Lex absolutely annoying and thought just telling her to stop whining. Buuut! She is literally a child and even in a island full of dinosaurs, children can be as scared as we do when dinosaurs get loss in Jurassic Park.
Yeah, I have mixed feelings about Lex, too. I get that having a little kid along for the journey gives the situations more peril. But at the same time... she's so annoying!
@@TooBadAboutKennySo, what do you think about The Lost World? Even though some people have a problem with the movie, I still have a soft spot for the film since I was eight. And after reading the remake novel by Michael Crichton, I absolutely ended up loving it.
After I finished the book, I dont think I can watch movie same way ever again. Book is so much better. There is so much unused content. Like raft scene.
Yeah, I don't blame you. The book pretty much supplied enough content for 3 movies. The waterfall scene from part 2, the pterodactyls in part 3... They should make the first book into a miniseries with several episodes.
I loved your video, so this nitpick is exactly that, a nitpick. But actually generro in the movie was combined with ed Regis in the book. It’s Regis who abandons the kids in the land cruisers when the tyrannosaur appears. Grant and lex and tim witness him get played with and then brutally killed by the juvenile T. rex. So actually it is not Malcolm that movie generro is emulating. When Malcolm runs, he and grant have just witness the T. rex toss the Land Cruiser into the tree and neither of them have attempted to help the kids. Malcolm more or less takes fight or flight and chooses to run. At that point they assume the children are dead. It’s kind of a every man for himself scenario at that point. So it’s not exactly the bravest thing, but I wouldn’t call book Malcolm a coward. But man I really enjoyed the video and a lot of people that have only experienced the movies need to read both Jurassic park and the lost world because they are both packed with some great scenes that never made it to the film versions of the novels. Edit: I just now see this has been pointed out in another comment or two so my apologies for being redundant.
Oh, please don’t apologize! I appreciate your comment! That means you actually watched and thought about my video - which means a lot to me! I think what happened was when I didn’t read Malcom sacrifice himself for the kids, I was disappointed and must have conflated the characters 🤨
James Cameron missed out on the rights to the novel by about an hour. He stated that he was glad Spielberg got the rights, because dinosaurs should be for everybody, young and old. Cameron claims he would have made the movie basically Aliens with dinosaurs. I read the book in early 1993 before the movie hype, and when the movie got a PG-13 rating I just knew it was going to be wrong. Went to see it opening night June 11, 1993. Walked out legitimately MAD, not just because they took out all the gore and softened the kills, but because everything that made the book intellectually interesting was essentially gone: Malcolm's talks about chaos (in the movie they seem like fortune cookie recitations), the implications that Compys have gotten off the island, turning bad people into good people, basically erasing the moral implications of cloning as business money-maker, all the inner-working on Ingen, just to name a few. I was really pissed off about Hammond. In the novel, he is a ruthless egomaniac who is willing to let his own grandchildren perish for the sake of his vision. In the movie he is a jolly old grandpa who never once comes across as the man in the novel. Everyone knows that in great science fiction, if you play God, you suffer at the hands of your creation. In the movie, Hammond lives. Dammit. I would love to see a legitimate remake of the first movie making it very close to the novel, even if it is 3 1/2 - 4 hours long. Hell, those Rings movies were that long. This won't happen, as the movie is a Spielberg film and he would never allow it. Instead we'll just get sequel after PG-13 sequel. Sigh.
For all of these reasons, I'm so glad I watched the movie first. I think I would have had a similar reaction to you. Also, I agree that this franchise needs a miniseries reboot that is more closely related to the book.
@@TooBadAboutKenny Lately I have felt that Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) would be a fantastic choice to bring the science and the weirdness of cloning dinosaurs to the screen in a good long R-Rated epic.
I like the certain symbolism that as unassuming kiddo iWoulda suspect prior them actually landed on the island. However, most ppl iWas already obsess w/ the movie before iRead the book. But, thanks to this great ingen-eration Rex thru the youtuber-verse & the fan theories…iWas able to fill in my own dna gaps to expose to same manipulative personality traits of Hammond Dr. Jerky mr hybrid in both Spielberg films. 1st his introduction. We meet his ass before his face as rummaging thru a kitchen & liquor, like he owns the place. Somehow bypassing detection like all great villains do. With a supposed, handicap. And what was the mission of this visit? A b & e and bribe. Now, let’s fast fwd the last time we see John on screen interaction with any his prey. Once again, (but less obvious than the first) we see him sinisterly champion bamboozling Ian to the secret island because he fulfilled the quota, by strategically sending Sarah there first. Couple that his target audience Were indeed the “target” audience at this constant “flee” circus
Wow, I can tell you've spent a good amount of time looking into the films! I never considered the fact that we meet Hammond's backside before his face! That's an interesting observation.
@@TooBadAboutKenny on the contrary, i'm embarrassed to admit but never occurred to me until they announce the OG's were returning for the final film. So, of course, naturally SYFY, USA, & AMC had to run Jurassic marathon until we saw an official trailer during the superbowl. But, the fact iCan almost quote the first 2 movies verbatim & still missed how much John blissfully relished how manipulated Ian to La cinco muertes, made me question: "What kinda person would do something that duplicitous? Such an illusionist?" Then it finally hit me. His fascination with parasites (no pun) and bloodsuckers. Fleas? Mosquitoes? Lawyers? OMG....he is one. #JohnThatHurt Long story, less long: I'm on Nedry's side. I know he's an easy target because he's so big, but he also was those shoulders Ian was talking about.
What else do you recommend from him? I’m eventually getting to Jurassic World, but might want to try Congo? I didn’t like the movie much and heard the book is good
@@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376 I do too! It was so painful reading the Hammond scenes because I’m so used to him being more optimistic and kind. I know those aren’t typical CEO traits, but I relate better 😂
Movie Malcom is cool, due in great part to Goldblum's charismatic portrayal. But book Malcom is the GOAT! Predicts everything and gives his abstract philosophy real weight in accordance with the events taking place. Absolute master class writing for his character.
I really liked Malcom in the book - although I can’t tell how much of my appreciation for him had to do with the influence from the movie 🤨
Also he’s ‘balding’ in the book. Very jarring difference for me.
I completely disagree, to me book Malcomn comes across as unlikeable and a some how genius who just says something bad will happen. Then is rather smug when it does. Yet at the same time is incredibly vague about how it will go wrong.
@@TheDemonartahe is not incredibly vague at all about how it will go wrong lmao. Have you read the book? He outright tells them that the dinosaurs will breed, they have no doubt already bred, and shows that they are unaware of this because of a flaw in their counting system. Again… have you even read the book???
@@FemboiMars No he doesnt say that they will breed. When he says they are all female he acts all suspicious, and just says yeah we will see. but how could he as a none expert know. He just claims 'the maths' which is nonse.
I read the book before the movie came out (there was a ton of hype around the film at the time, and the book was everywhere). I love both versions, but I think I actually enjoy the grittiness of the book over the shine of the Spielberg movie. Great channel, btw!
Yes, both versions are amazing! I think because I grew up with the film, I’m partial to Spielberg’s take on the characters!
Thanks, also, for the compliment! This little hobby of mine is really starting to grow which is rewarding and scary at the same time.
I'm about 110 pages into the book and already I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I have a certain fondness for dark themes and horror stories that I can't explain very well, but so what. The characters are very well described and I can picture them clearly in my mind as the story moves along. That is, except for one. I can confidently say John Hammond in the movie was a better character. In the book he is pushed too hard as the villain and is given no redeeming qualities so far. He is written as the cranky money hungry businessman everyone loves to hate. It's the one part of the book Crichton clearly got carried away with.
I can agree with that... it's nice to have SOMETHING good about the park, and Hammond could be that person. His optimism and overall joyfulness is a much needed breath of fresh air given the circumstances of everything else.
I’m reading it too it’s so good 🤩
I know how you feel, I was shocked at the gruesome detail the book had, but I loved it anyway. Same with Lost World, and I was stunned at how different the movie was. Seriously, Spielberg asked Crichton to write a sequel so he could adapt it, yet used barely anything.
Oh, that's interesting that Spielberg asked for a sequel and then went on to write his own version... I'll keep this in mind when I finally sit down to read it.
@@TooBadAboutKenny the movie has exactly four things in common with the book:
1. The fact that Isla Sorna is the main location of the story
2. That awesome trailer scene.
3. The fact that a second group wants to take Dino-related things off the island. But it’s not InGen, they’ve been bankrupt for years.
4. Most of the hero team, but not all of them and several are changed.
This is a very underrated channel. I’m not sure why you have so few viewers, you’re doing a great job!
Thanks Vacirca! I appreciate the comment!
Ever since going back to school, I haven’t been uploading regularly… I don’t think the algorithm likes that 😂
Malcom being a good guy was Actually an idea from Jeff goldblum. He read the original book or script and suggested to make Malcolm a good guy.
I wouldn’t be a fan of a Jeff Goldblum bad-guy! I’m glad Spielberg agreed to that change
@@TooBadAboutKenny And I'm also glad that Malcolm get to live, unlike in the book ...
@@TooBadAboutKennyyou don’t like the fly then x)
There is one scene I always wanted to see from the book made into the film. Where Grant is in the velociraptor nursery. He then has to inject the eggs with the poison and the description of the velciraptor's death is just chilling.
It’s Ed Regis that runs away not Ian Malcom in the movie Ed Regis is the one in the pink shirt that opens the door and drives the heap to the brachiosaurus enclosure in the movie
Yeah, that’s my bad! I think because that whole scene was very different as far as who was there and what they did, I must have conflated a couple characters… thanks for calling me out, I’d hate to be that guy just ranting nonsense 😂
That book was amazing, though. I haven’t gotten to The Lost World yet, but I’m looking forward to it.
@@TooBadAboutKenny it’s okay thanks for replying though I’m not going to spoil the lost world but in my opinion it’s quite good different from the movies for sure Michael Crichton writes one of the best quotes in the end in the first novel and Ed Regis also gets killed by the juvenile T. rex and if you can remember Muldoon and gennaro find his severed leg that gushes down blood and I’ll try not to say much about lost world but like only four people maybe less even share the same name from the second movie I won’t say any more though but I like the lost world novel
They both do
Your channel deserves to blow up, you’ve explained and talked about things in a way I don’t see much of on here, I actually felt engaged the entire time and I thoroughly enjoyed this, you’ve gained a sub
Antion, thanks so much for the comment! Ever since going back to school, I haven't been able to upload consistently... I don't think that makes the algorithm happy.
This is wrong. Dr. Wu is a protagonist in the novel. He begs John Hammond to terminate all of the life on the island and start over fresh. The novel goes into a lot of detail that Wu is not taken seariously by Hammond over how everything will go wrong. Hell, Wu is the only one that taked Dr. Grant's observations seriously about the dinosaurs mating. Dr. Wu even suggest making the animals slower because the tourists won't believe their speed and won't appreciate how fast they move.
Meanwhile, John Hammond is all about money. He even says in the book that it would be stupid to use genetics to help mankind, and better to create entertainment.
Also, Ian Malcolm did not abandon the kids. Ed Regis is the one who abandons them (Malcolm was in Grant's car and the book makes a point of Ian needing to talk to Grant privately before they entered the cars. Ed Regis was pissed because he had to babysit kids.) Ian Malcolm was injured because the T-Rex attacked BOTH cars, and not just the one car like in the movie. The novel even has a different explanation of how Tim's car ended up in a tree (The T-Rex threw it).
I think you got Lex and Tim okay. Lex sucked. In the book, Tim was the useful one.
Thank you for bringing up the time urgency of the raptors on the boat heading to the mainland. That was HUGE.
You also did a good job with discussing HOW it was possible and how to feed the dinosaurs and such.
Ian Malcolm is the character that exposes the flaws with the island, not Nedry. Malcolm goes on for pages about how people cannot create nature, but they can create an abomination of nature. Nedry, on the other hand, betrays the company because he works for someone who will spend millions of dollars for fences, but will only hire him alone to code billions of lines of code for a system that the world has never seen before. He is an absolute slob and an asshole, but he is the only one allowed to know what he is working on, and he should really have a team of 50 or more people working with/under him. Of course he will take a $1,500,00 bribe from a rival company. (This honestly seems low to me with how the novel values the embryos, but maybe he's just a goon. He is described as being very young in the novel, and also fat.)
The movie and the novel are both superb, and they have many, many differences while both maintaining their excellence. Please give the novel another read. Your video was entertaining, it has good editing, but I think you got very confused on some parts of the novel.
Also, I do agree that the parts of the novel in the river and the Aviary were unnecessary. In the book, they get to the Aviary, are attacked, and suddenly they are on a raft again, assuming Grant brought the extra emergency raft.
Sorry if I come across as a jerk.
Wow, I really appreciate all of these corrections! About Dr. Wu: My thoughts on him were greatly influenced by his final moments, when he was impressed with how well he succeeded in recreating animals that are capable of reproducing despite everyone dying around him. And regarding Malcom: I’m surprised I got that wrong! I remember reading him bailing on everyone for some reason!
Anyway, I’m happy you laid down the facts! I stand corrected!
Wasn’t it Lex that first saw the raptors on the boat with Grant having trouble finding them as it was getting darker out. And Tim had seen one on the loose earlier as well.
Yes, I think you’re right. But I just focused on Grant because he was the one more or less in charge of getting everybody back to the facility.
Also, sorry for the late reply! Sometimes UA-cam doesn’t do the best job at notifying me about comments.
I just read the book! It's so much better!
True
The movie leaned so hard into action and adventure, I was surprised by how horrific the book was! Absolutely different tone that I think would lend itself to another GREAT movie… I imagine the tone of the first Alien with dinosaurs.
Great video! And I love how you explain all the differences. Internet need more videos like this. I know there are a lot of videos that explains book vs movie differences, but I like what you did here.
Also, congrats on the subs going up!
There are a few issues in my country with international payments but I promise as soon as I can, I'll buy you a cup of coffee
Matias, always appreciate your support! Thank you for the feedback!
1:32 thats the wrong page. The page you linked too is when muldoon and gennaro are hunting the rex.
Oh no! We must have different versions of the book... I'm using the Barnes & Noble Collectors Edition. If you figure out what page the quote is from in your version, could you post it here?
@@TooBadAboutKenny sure also i got my Copy from Arrow books.
Good good good video! The movie is amazing, the novel is much much more. The scene (in the novel) about the first time they see the velociraptors, in open field behind a metal grid, and they jump out of the bush to attack, is frightening and spectacular, they appear like really mean and distubingly intelligent (sorry for my english). When they first see the tyrannosaurus and says something like "now I see it, I was not looking high enough". Pure poetry.
Thank you for the comment, that's very nice of you!
And yes, I agree - Michael Crichton is a good writer! Lot's of good quotes in there!
Damn, good channel. You deserve to blow up! Keep up the fantastic work. I have read that damn book so many times and watched that movie so many more!
Thanks so much, I appreciate that! I am planning to read the second book eventually… probably during summer break
The biggest difference between the book and movie is the inclusion of another character in the book, Ed Regis. Who is the one that abandons the kids when the T-Rex appears and is subsequently killed. For the movie, his character was dropped and combined with Gennaro. In the book, Gennaro is totally different. He accompanies Muldoon in hunting the T-Rex.
And the tour vehicle in the book was a Toyota Land Cruiser. It was changed to a Ford Explorer for the movie. Which was a clever marketing ploy by Ford, as the Explorer had only come out two years earlier.
Yeah, I was surprised to read about Gennaro riding around the island helping Muldoon… the movie did him dirty!
Malcom didn't run away! It was Ed Regis
Yeah, I think because I was expecting Ian to be more heroic, I must have conflated those two characters.
@@TooBadAboutKenny to be fair, I didn't have a clue who the hell Ed Regis was.
Movie : 😊😁😇😌
Book : 😨😰😥😧
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But book Malcolm didn't abandon the kids; that was Ed Regis, one of the park execs. Malcolm only ran when the T-Rex began making its way towards he and Grant's car, and they were out of options.
Quite different from movie Gennaro, actually, who leaves the kids, runs and hides.
And regarding the cliff theory, the cliff was on the other side of both the T-Rex enclosure and the road, where we didn't see it. It wasn't IN the T-Rex enclosure, THAT wouldn't make any sense.
Yeah, I think because Malcom didn’t sacrifice himself for the kids like I expected from the movie, I must have conflated the two characters. Gennaro was SO different! He was actually one of the heroes who searched for the kids.
@@TooBadAboutKenny Gennaro made me proud in the book; going to look for the kids, fighting off the raptor that killed Arnold in the power shed. I'm glad he lived in the book!!
You could also do the sequel book and movie. The amount of differences is wow. From how it started to key characters including the motivation coming to the island.
As for this book vs. Movie, I saw Jurassic Park when I was a kid and loved it and being older now ai read the book numerous times (more cause I love Crightons writing style) and I love the grittiness and how dark it actually is. The movie is cute with some horror that kids can enjoy, whereas the book is definitely for older audiences. And both are highly recommended
Yeah, the book is so brutal! I’d actually like to see a more accurate movie/miniseries. Not that Spielberg did a bad job (I love his movie) but I’d like to see a more horrific big-budget dinosaur movie.
I grew up at my grandparents place when my dad was deployed in Afghanistan. I watched the first two films every day, for years. I drove my family crazy. But man did i love jurassic park. Then i started hearing about the books when i grew older. I asked my patents for it as a birthday gift for my 17th birthday. I cannot express into words how much I love the books, this is coming from a person who has seen all the films multiple times. Especially the first two films I think I've seen the first two films hundreds of times. Read both the books once, and i think they are 5× better then the films. I still love the films, its just that the books are amazing
It really is amazing that the book and movie can both so amazing, even though the movie makes a lot of changes!
Wu wasn't that bad. He just acted that way with Hammond really. Aside from the breeding part
I was mostly shocked with his internal monologue about how great of a scientist he was while everyone around him was dying 😂
@1:19 Pretty sure I had that exact shirt growing up.
@1:22 Pretty sure I'm experiencing the Mandela Effect. And Deja Vu, because I'm pretty sure I do the same thing every time.
And what's with the constant zoom and resolution jumps?!? It's like I can never really focus on you. Stay still dammit! 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the comment, and especially the candid feedback... I'm still working on my editing skills XD
@@TooBadAboutKenny Yeah, no problem, that's why I'm laughing about it. Best of luck with your channel!
One of the most disturbing scenes in the book is the baby raptor scene
Absolutely! Such a gruesome scene that set the tone for the rest of the book.
Great video. I grew up on the movie and book so I'm familiar with both but i love hearing you talk about it. Do the Lost World next
Thank you so much! I’d love to do Lost World, too! I just haven’t gotten around to reading it 😵💫
Have you read it, yet? I hear it’s very different from the movie.
In the book, all the best parts are those not involving dinosaurs chasing people.
The one GOOD thing the Jurassic World movies do is bring JP Henry Wu to life.
Even tho he dies in the book. But yeah the way he's portrayed in the JW movies is kind of how I read him in the novel.
Yes, Wu was completely sidelined in the movie… like an afterthought
I read the novel and I can tell you, the movie is much more tame compared to what actually happened in the novel
Yeah, Spielberg watered this down a lot! It doesn’t make the movie bad… just different.
I think you forgot to mention Lewis Dogson, like Henry Wu, he was in one scene in the movie but had a bigger role in the novel
Oh my god! Yes! He was the main character for a couple chapters! I’m surprised that slipped my mind
@@TooBadAboutKenny It’s fine, but I loved when Lewis Dogson figures out about InGen’s secret plans and sends Nedry to steal the embryos, such a great chapter.
I like these book vs movie comparisons. I've read Congo by Crichton, but it was a little too academic for me, including footnotes. I like to read a book after seeing the movie adaption, and get more details, and usually the book is more logical.
It wasn’t until recently that I started being okay with watching the movie before reading the book. The movies acts as a brief summary for the book.
@@TooBadAboutKenny I watch the movie for the suspense and then read the book for the details. I'm reading Rollins' Sandstorm, which is Crichton like.
@@epiphoney did you read that new Crichton/Patterson mashup, Eruption? Omg, it was terrible! Nothing like Crichton at all
@@TooBadAboutKenny Nope. Seems like Patterson doesn’t even write anymore.
Are you gonna make a video on the lost world? If not what do you think of the book?
I have not read it yet! When I finally get to it, I'll definitely put up a review. Have you read it? Is it worth it?
@@TooBadAboutKenny it's definetly worth It! I dont wanna spoil It but theres some pretty good and gruesome/coldblooded scenes. And It gives the raptors a bigger role.
You should do The Lost Word novel next the sequel to Jurassic Park
I would love to see a faithful adaptation done as a miniseries.
Now that’s a good idea! I remember that had that cartoon show for kids! Not that a cartoon lends well to a true adaptation… but it’s a start?
Never understood the hate for Lex in the book, she is a small child, no shit she wouldn't be useful or act smart in a life or death situation.
Yeah, I can see your point. I suppose my more accurate complaint would have been including someone that age in the first place.
Rubbish Aaron. We were all small children at one point. And I at 8 years old wasn't a tenth as obnoxious or useless as Lex was in the book.
I get your point: obviously some young children are like that, and I'm not faulting them (or Lex) for it, because well: they're basically toddlers. But it's still nonetheless irritating especially in crucial times like when a 40 ft long prehistoric super-predator is actively hunting you and yet the child won't shut up lol
Nice work!
Thanks, Steve!
Can’t beat John Williams music. ❤
The man hits it out of the park every time!
My first viewing of this channel tells me this guy is related to Michael Keaton
Hey, now! I’ll take that complement! Thanks for the view and comment!!
To Me 9:29 this scene has two ways you can look at it. 1.) I felt like it should’ve been film on a Narrow path where the T-Rex enclosure is on one side and the drop off is on the other. The limitations of 1992 tech couldn’t do this scene properly so they compromised and left the suspense do the work.
Another way you could view this is that there is a Drop-off point near the innermost part of the T-Rex Enclosure! Acting like another precaution to keep the beast from escaping.
This drop Off is closer to the tip of Middle of Lex And Tim’s Explorer. But like I said before, there had to be a lot of compromises and changes to these plans due to the limitations of technology.
It’s why I can suspend my disbelief, because the film is So Good and actively thoughtful in how it presents its ideas and narrative. Even Michael Crition is a fan of the film.
Yeah, the movie is that good that mistakes like these are easy to miss. I'm okay with it.
You need more views and subs, this is amazing. This is one of my favorite books.
Thank you for the support!
This channel is a side hobby I do for fun - it’s good to know people out there appreciate it 😀
@@TooBadAboutKenny can’t wait to see more content from you. This vidoe was awesome.
It's really terrifying and creepy when the snakes you gets killed by the dilophosaurus
I prefer the book over the movie. I would actually love the idea of a remake mini series that follows the book more closely and the dinosaurs are more paleo accurate. It makes the story more scary with a paleo accurate T Rex. The velociraptors however would have to be replaced with Utahraptors for dramatic effect.
They made that TV show for kids, “Camp Cretaceous“ or whatever. I’m not sure if it was successful? But if it was, they might use some of that momentum to put into a new miniseries!
Maybe Lex is infantile because she’s 5 years old? Yeah you wouldn’t want her with you in a dangerous situation but jeez people, don’t hate on a little kid who doesn’t know any better.
Touché, I see your point! And having such a young child raises the stakes! I guess I’m just more accustomed Lex being older and more useful.
@@TooBadAboutKenny she was a scream queen though lol.
I just read the first book and finished it last night
It’s pretty good
It’s really good! I have part 2… just haven’t gotten it yet
And the girl is younger
Reading the Jurassic Park Novel, I find Lex absolutely annoying and thought just telling her to stop whining. Buuut! She is literally a child and even in a island full of dinosaurs, children can be as scared as we do when dinosaurs get loss in Jurassic Park.
Yeah, I have mixed feelings about Lex, too. I get that having a little kid along for the journey gives the situations more peril. But at the same time... she's so annoying!
@@TooBadAboutKennyAgreed. But, hey, Tim was better in the book. In the movie he’s annoying, in the book he’s the son that Grant never had.
@@anthonytorresproductions yeah, I was surprised how much Grant liked kids in the book
@@TooBadAboutKennySo, what do you think about The Lost World? Even though some people have a problem with the movie, I still have a soft spot for the film since I was eight. And after reading the remake novel by Michael Crichton, I absolutely ended up loving it.
After I finished the book, I dont think I can watch movie same way ever again. Book is so much better. There is so much unused content. Like raft scene.
Yeah, I don't blame you. The book pretty much supplied enough content for 3 movies. The waterfall scene from part 2, the pterodactyls in part 3... They should make the first book into a miniseries with several episodes.
Ed Regis!! Then the juvenile rex got him! Not Malcolm. Sure Ian also ran but it was after the attack on the kids car
Yeah, I think because I was expecting Ian to be more heroic, I must have conflated those two characters.
I loved your video, so this nitpick is exactly that, a nitpick. But actually generro in the movie was combined with ed Regis in the book. It’s Regis who abandons the kids in the land cruisers when the tyrannosaur appears. Grant and lex and tim witness him get played with and then brutally killed by the juvenile T. rex. So actually it is not Malcolm that movie generro is emulating. When Malcolm runs, he and grant have just witness the T. rex toss the Land Cruiser into the tree and neither of them have attempted to help the kids. Malcolm more or less takes fight or flight and chooses to run. At that point they assume the children are dead. It’s kind of a every man for himself scenario at that point. So it’s not exactly the bravest thing, but I wouldn’t call book Malcolm a coward. But man I really enjoyed the video and a lot of people that have only experienced the movies need to read both Jurassic park and the lost world because they are both packed with some great scenes that never made it to the film versions of the novels.
Edit: I just now see this has been pointed out in another comment or two so my apologies for being redundant.
Oh, please don’t apologize! I appreciate your comment! That means you actually watched and thought about my video - which means a lot to me!
I think what happened was when I didn’t read Malcom sacrifice himself for the kids, I was disappointed and must have conflated the characters 🤨
James Cameron missed out on the rights to the novel by about an hour. He stated that he was glad Spielberg got the rights, because dinosaurs should be for everybody, young and old. Cameron claims he would have made the movie basically Aliens with dinosaurs.
I read the book in early 1993 before the movie hype, and when the movie got a PG-13 rating I just knew it was going to be wrong. Went to see it opening night June 11, 1993. Walked out legitimately MAD, not just because they took out all the gore and softened the kills, but because everything that made the book intellectually interesting was essentially gone: Malcolm's talks about chaos (in the movie they seem like fortune cookie recitations), the implications that Compys have gotten off the island, turning bad people into good people, basically erasing the moral implications of cloning as business money-maker, all the inner-working on Ingen, just to name a few. I was really pissed off about Hammond. In the novel, he is a ruthless egomaniac who is willing to let his own grandchildren perish for the sake of his vision. In the movie he is a jolly old grandpa who never once comes across as the man in the novel. Everyone knows that in great science fiction, if you play God, you suffer at the hands of your creation. In the movie, Hammond lives. Dammit.
I would love to see a legitimate remake of the first movie making it very close to the novel, even if it is 3 1/2 - 4 hours long. Hell, those Rings movies were that long. This won't happen, as the movie is a Spielberg film and he would never allow it. Instead we'll just get sequel after PG-13 sequel. Sigh.
For all of these reasons, I'm so glad I watched the movie first. I think I would have had a similar reaction to you.
Also, I agree that this franchise needs a miniseries reboot that is more closely related to the book.
@@TooBadAboutKenny Lately I have felt that Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) would be a fantastic choice to bring the science and the weirdness of cloning dinosaurs to the screen in a good long R-Rated epic.
I like the certain symbolism that as unassuming kiddo iWoulda suspect prior them actually landed on the island. However, most ppl iWas already obsess w/ the movie before iRead the book. But, thanks to this great ingen-eration Rex thru the youtuber-verse & the fan theories…iWas able to fill in my own dna gaps to expose to same manipulative personality traits of Hammond Dr. Jerky mr hybrid in both Spielberg films. 1st his introduction. We meet his ass before his face as rummaging thru a kitchen & liquor, like he owns the place. Somehow bypassing detection like all great villains do. With a supposed, handicap. And what was the mission of this visit? A b & e and bribe.
Now, let’s fast fwd the last time we see John on screen interaction with any his prey.
Once again, (but less obvious than the first) we see him sinisterly champion bamboozling Ian to the secret island because he fulfilled the quota, by strategically sending Sarah there first.
Couple that his target audience
Were indeed the “target” audience at this constant “flee” circus
Wow, I can tell you've spent a good amount of time looking into the films! I never considered the fact that we meet Hammond's backside before his face! That's an interesting observation.
@@TooBadAboutKenny on the contrary, i'm embarrassed to admit but never occurred to me until they announce the OG's were returning for the final film. So, of course, naturally SYFY, USA, & AMC had to run Jurassic marathon until we saw an official trailer during the superbowl. But, the fact iCan almost quote the first 2 movies verbatim & still missed how much John blissfully relished how manipulated Ian to La cinco muertes, made me question: "What kinda person would do something that duplicitous? Such an illusionist?" Then it finally hit me. His fascination with parasites (no pun) and bloodsuckers. Fleas? Mosquitoes? Lawyers? OMG....he is one. #JohnThatHurt
Long story, less long: I'm on Nedry's side. I know he's an easy target because he's so big, but he also was those shoulders Ian was talking about.
Malcom didnt run away it was a character that wasnt even in the movie . Tf
Yeah, I think because I was expecting Ian to be more heroic, I must have conflated those two characters.
That’s false it was Ed Regis that ran away and was eaten by the juvenile rex
Yeah, I think I was so struck by Malcom not being the selfless hero I expected, I ended up conflating him with Regis.
Crichton does concept better than human characters.
What else do you recommend from him? I’m eventually getting to Jurassic World, but might want to try Congo? I didn’t like the movie much and heard the book is good
@@TooBadAboutKenny andromeda strain.
@TooBadAboutKenny Congo is a pretty good book. Andromeda Strain and Sphere are my favorites outside of JP. Heard the Sphere movie was awful though
The book smokes the movie. Which says a lot, cause the original movie still slaps.
It’s true! It’s so rare for the book and the movie to both be so good!
Who's Kenny
Lex is more realistic in the book, Spielberg is a feminist. Very few girls are into computers.
I seriously doubt you know a lot of girls.
@@natwolf687 been married twice, have two daughters, but sure. What you think is very important Timmy.
@@user-rn3rn6nl3h Two daughters? Makes sense. Only real men have sons.
@@user-rn3rn6nl3h As opposed to your sexist comment?
@@user-rn3rn6nl3h Is what you think important?
I never read the book version I only seen the movie versions.
I like The movie versions more.
The movie is no slouch!
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I do prefer the nicer Grandpa over the evil villain grandpa though.
@@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376 I do too! It was so painful reading the Hammond scenes because I’m so used to him being more optimistic and kind. I know those aren’t typical CEO traits, but I relate better 😂
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Yeah glad he was changed to a heroic character.
It's not funny it's terrifying
The book or movie aren't scary at all. The book is much better.
That’s one of the things I love about the book and movie - they are so different, but both so good in their own ways.