So, what started as a joke is now a reality. I now have the free time to do this, so I’d like to start hosting liveblogs purely for the sake of it. These one-offs won’t have reviews. This is just for us to watch things totally spoiled and yell and flail and post GIFs. And what better thing to do this with than Jurassic Park, one of the greatest movies in the history of the world?
IT’S HERE. JURASSIC PARK LIVEBLOG.
Image by the lovely and talented Melissa/beepbeeprobot.
EDIT: SO. My hosting service went down completely on January 29th, so the liveblog has now been moved a week later. I hope y’all can come!
This is not a review. This is just a chance for us to all hang out for a couple hours and have a good time. It’s like a field trip for Mark Watches! Except we chose to go to the local theater, take it over, and now we’re going to yell at the screen.
This liveblog will start at 11:00am PST on Sunday, FEBRUARY 5TH. Please consult a world clock to determine what time that is for where you live! At exactly that time, we will all start our DVDs, streams, downloads FROM THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE UNIVERSAL LOGO. That means you may need to start the movie before hand and then pause it as soon as it appears on the screen.
The rest is simple. Comment. GIF. Yell. ALL-CAPS. Laugh. Cry. Realize Laura Dern is a better person than you are. Desire sex with Jeff Goldblum. WHATEVER. It’s a party, and you’re all invited.
There will be more of these in the future. You are so not prepared.
No, he's totally right, children are terrible
I do want to clarify that it's baby poop that smells bad. Actual babies in their natural state smell really nice. And then you hand them off to their owners when they poop.
Terrifying little kids since 1993. They started early, yes.
HE SHOOK HIS FINGER.
LOL I love how Hammond just shakes Grant's finger.
"Okay, who's the jerk?!" <3<3
Is that an Attenborough?!
He sort of looks like a cross between Attenborough and Pratchett. I approve!
Yes he is adorable!
Oh my God, you are like the enigmaticagentscully of this movie.
lol I'm loving her comments too
yet you were just rubbing your hands all over bones
heh heh heh. yeeeeaaaah. (I'm still twelve.)
"Spared no expense." DRINK.
apparently, your gift does not extend to dinos
THAT JOY WON'T LAST MUCH LONGER.
As annoying as Hammond can be sometimes, his excitement over showing his park off is kind of adorable
It is; he's so honestly gleeful about it.
Aaaah scientists, we always need grant money!
DENNIS NEDRY.
jealous of their champagne, opening some wine myself
Ooh, this reminds me, I have Belgian cherry beer. Huzzah!
I love the way you roll.
gotta make up for no-wine Fringe
HELLO….Nedry.
Good work movie, define the large person by food-eating :/
…newman
I love how excited he is.
Me too! Because I would also be super excited to have that awesome little piece of spy equipment.
I love his laugh. So much.
i love dennis even though he's a traitor
That fruit plate looks super good.
Eeeeew he's gonna eat shaving cream, isn't he?
"Dodgson. Dodgson. We've got Dodgson here!!!" Oh Nedry, you glorious bastard.
lol when Ben was on the scavenger hunt and screwed open the whipped cream, I thought of this scene
I'm cackling like newman
LOL, this would not work at an airport today.
HE PUTS IT ON THE PIE.
I can't believe how much I remember about this movie. I have not seen it in forever, but I must have watched it so many times when I was a kid.
I want his sunglasses
YES. MY HUSBAND. I LOVE YOU.
Fuck Nedry for putting shaving cream on someone's pie. That's how you know he's a bad guy.
YAY FAVOURITE PIECE OF MUSIC. And favourite part of the movie, I think. The scenery, the first time they see the dinos…
ASDKLGJASL;DJGS;ALGJASGJ MALCOLM
his laugh is amazing
he is amazing
Goddamn, you chew that gum, Jeff Goldblum.
Mrs Sam Neill really is very pretty, isn't she?
everything is amazing
D'aww! Look, it's Goldblum!
Ye gods, he reminds me of Neil Gaiman. Totally works with the rockstar comment too.
too busy ogling jeff goldblum to type
OMG Malcolm, seriously, that line. I love the way Ellie just turns her head away and laughs.
Such beautiful scenery, an amazing scene all around
WHAT UP JOHN WILLIAMS.
That is a prettyass island.
I like the cheerful exciting music!
part of my decision to be a math major may have been because of ian malcolm. MAY
Math majors FTW!
you make all the right life decisions
I wanna be a math rockstar when I grow up
and then you can become an observer!
oo! good idea!
SAM NEILL YOU ARE FOREVER MY FAVORITE.
THIS MUSIC. MY GOD.
I KNOW. So many swooping feelings
IT'S SO PERFECT!
Ugh, those trucks. I REMEMBER THEM.
…I wanna go to Kauai. 🙁
hahaha lawyers.
SHUT UP LAWYER MY CHILDHOOD IS COMING
WELL OKAY I WAS TECHNICALLY A YOUNG TEEN BUT THAT COUNTS
THIS IS STILL A BEAUTIFUL RESPONSE.
Oooh suspenseful….
I LOVE THIS MOMENT SO MUCH.
Especially when he turns her head.
uh, shouldn't y'all have thought of that before the whole island buying part?
DRAMATIC TAKING OFF OF SUNGLASSES IN 3…2…1.
<3 <3 <3
Yes, leave the car and go to the giant dinosaur. Always a good decision.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SCENE IS BEAUTIFUL. MY CHILDHOOD, RIGHT HERE.
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH HAPPY DINOSAUR! 😀
"It's a dinosaur."
Nice summary!
Why did you have to take off your hat to see?
DRAMATIC EFFECT.
~~~~DRAMA~~~~
Does anyone remember the giant article in Newsweek about how they did the dinosaurs? I read it with my jaw on the floor, but I still wasn't prepared.
Just fucking beautiful.
no!! was this back when the movie came out? i'll have to find it!
Yes, it was when the movie came out — before it came out actually, if I remember correctly. There was also a "making of" on HBO at the time. It was super fascinating.
yessssss
ngl this part makes me tear up a bit :')
"It's a dinosaur"!
I swear when I watched this scene and heard that beautiful music it was like I looked into the face of baby Jesus. THIS WAS LIKE MY BIGGEST CHILDHOOD DREAM
Except that it was better than baby Jesus because JESUS DIDN'T HAVE A T-REX.
Have you never seen the pic of Jesus riding a T-Rex? He so had a pet T-Rex! : )
Also, I'm eternally jealous of Satler and Grant for having that experience. No, I don't care that they are fictional.
oh god, yes.
me too, even though it goes to shit later on. And i would have died
Yeah, I don't they dying part. Or really any of the parts after the DNA cartoon. That's more than enough for me.
yup yup yup
man the FX look amazing! i forgot how good they were especially for a 1993 movie
haha I was just thinking how dated it was
idk there are some recent movies with worse effects and this movie is what 18 years old?
Yeah I think they're pretty good! (from what I've seen so far)
Ummmm, you have a T-Rex? How could this end well?
SPOILER WARNING: IT WON'T.
Oh noes you spoiled it for me! :p
I <3 this guy, he's basically fainting with excitement!
LOL I've always loved that moment.
it's amazing how the effects still stand up today
animatronics >> shitty cgi
Also, sparing use of CGI.
lucas could learn something from this
grass stains on your butt
I MEAN. In theory this is kind of an amazing idea????? lol but in execution, WHAT A DISASTER.
If they had maybe STUCK TO THE HERBIVORES
Right? You don't need predators to make this happen, dudes!
LOL I know. "Hey, let's bring these enormous animals which we don't really understand back to life. Oh and a lot of the cool ones will want to eat people. THERE'S NO WAY THIS COULD GO BAD."
God, I fucking love this movie.
I would wave at the screen, too Ian <3
they're moving in herds!! <3
even though i know how this movie ends, I'm still so sad that this isn't real
HE IS SO EXCITED. I LOVE IT.
lol i love ellie's awkward hello
"So what are you thinking?"
"We're out of a job?"
"Don't you mean extinct?"
Apparently Phil Tippet said something like that when he saw the computer graphics. WAY TO RUB IT IN, SPIELBERG.
YES! Mr. DNA! I love this skit
But… why start with cloning dinosaurs? Why not start with the mammoths?
The mammoth park wouldn't have quite the same ring to it, would it?
Hah! I love the look of amused contempt mr Goldbloom has during the DNA talk.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/woolly-mammoth-…
so it begins
MR DNA!!!
right, that's not terrifying at all
Biology lesson! I love this part, it's so missleadingly cute.
great acting
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH OMG CARTOON DNA!
hahaha I FORGOT ABOUT THIS ANIMATION. SO AMAZING.
when i was a child, i thought mr. dna literally lived inside me :/
like, the cartoon
dino-sahres
lol at the virtual reality
..Wait why was the dude wearing a splatter-shield when he's just waving his hands around and looking at a computer screen?
Remember when they apparently found tissue and blood cells in that fossilized t-rex bone? I was terrified this movie would happen because I didn't yet know about how DNA broke down over time.
We just need a T-rex that's been frozen the whole time, like how scientists are still working on re-creating mammoths!
bb dinos
Why on earth a frog? Why not, like, A BIRD!
Um um um but what about if you have gaps in both strands and you don't have a reference sequence to check against….(ok, I should turn my Science Brain off now :P)
i forgot about the auto-erotica line
AUTO-EROTICA. I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THAT.
*ded*
I thought that's what he said!!!!
the three troublemakers <3
BD WONG. I LOVE YOU.
I FORGOT HE WAS IN THIS MOVIE.
It's okay as a random statement, too.