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.
i so wanted those night vision glasses as a kid
me too!
FUCK YES IT'S COMING.
Aah the water is shaking!
soundtrack to my nightmares
BOOM. BOOM.
Be afraid. Be very afraid!
I wanna be in the drinking car…it's the only way I could cope with what's to come
i'm sorry this is the most genius way to develop suspense in the modern world.
THIS. So perfect.
Steven Spielberg… making you fear what you can't see for over 30 years.
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Oh no the goat is gone!
YES
I LOVE THIS PART
SHIT GETS REAL
Oh, there it is :S
Yes kid, it's a good idea to finally close the car door.
BEST ENTRANCE EVER
Followed by a superior exit.
"He left us. He left us."
"Maybe it's the power trying to come back on."
Yes. Because you know how you can hear the power coming back on after a blackout? What?
HE WENT INTO A TOILET THIS MEANS HE:S GONNA DIE!
HAHAHAHAHA
I love your comments for reasons
Oh, there he goes.
HE LEFT US HE LEFT US.
yessssssss t-rex
AND THEN I HAD NIGHTMARES FOR AGES. T-rex terrified me as a kd!
Oh shit that's a giant angry dinosaur!
Why the hell would you have bathrooms near the T-REx paddock? That implies people can GET OUT OF THE CARS.
Staff?
Could be. The big, obvious signage just looks to me like something you'd have for a public bathroom.
It's for the dinosaurs. Saves on cleaning.
AKSDF;AJSD THE T-REX AND HER LITTLE ARMS
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This is totally why I took up the ukulele. ^__^
Oh my God, I need to see this in a movie theater again.
They just showed it in select movie theatres in Canada yesterday. I wasn't close enough to one to go. THIS FILLS ME WITH SUCH ANGST.
NO, LEX NO, STOP
Don't eat the kids!
THIS STILL FREAKS ME OUT
DAMMIT SAM, THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH THE KIDS
Didn't t-rex have forward-facing eyes, making its eyesight really good? Or am I remembering my science wrong?
Oh god slightly terrified STAY IN THE CARS METAL ISN'T FOOD I'm glad it's like noon
AGREED
AGH
THE EYE
I love lex's face
Cars, the surprise eggs for dinos! "Warning, does contain little parts."
Crunchy outside, gooey inside!
UGH WHO NEARLY DIED THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW THIS
IT WAS SO REAL, MARK! IT WAS SO REAL!
PRESENT
I DIE
SO FUCKING TERRIFYING
T-rexes hate canned food. Fact!
That is one hell of a sunroof.
i love how malcolm's side is all fogged up
An eminently appropriate punishment for adults who abandon children, imo.
THAT FUCKING ROAR
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I'm legit terrified of my sunroof caving in
Your sunroof is a hero. It's the only thing that will save you from T-Rex nibbles.
good point. I'm buyin it valentine's day chocolate
GO GRANT! <3<3<3
SAMN NEILL CLOSE UP
BAMF
IAN MALCOLM CLOSE UP
I love his two first names
MALCOLM YOU IDIOT HE WAS GOING AWAY
As a kid, during this scene I would sit next to the television, close my eyes, and cover my ears. I wouldn't leave the room because I still wanted to watch the rest of the movie. JUST NOT THIS PART
dammit, ian, don't be a hero
EAT THE LAWYER
LOL everybody's favourite moment.
THOSE CRUNCHING SOUNDS OWOWOWOWOW
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I have gif envy
*NOMF*
I was scared of using flashlights at night for a long time because of this movie. This was inconvenient as my family did a lot of camping back then.
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YES BEST DEATH EVER
IT REALLY IS
can it not smell??
Seriously this still looks amazing.
It really does. WHY AREN'T MORE MOVIES LIKE THIS
I know! I watched last week (I had already rented it, failed liveblog or not) and all I could think the whole time was how well almost all of the effects hold up, especially considering how early on in the use of CGI this was.
t-rex breath
I dont' care if that's only half a T-Rex and you know it's all robotics, if I was one of those actors I would have been shitting my pants.
I LOVE THIS ENTIRE SCENE
DAMMIT SPIELBERG, WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE MOVIES LIKE THIS ANYMORE?
SHIT that was close!
bless this movie.
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ALSKDJF;LASF;KLAJKSF
This looks so fuckin real it's ridiculous. I'm half convinced they really cloned dinosaurs just to make this movie.
Except now we know the raptors would have had feathers! 😀
Which, admittedly, DOES make them look less scary.
Maybe we can fanwank that that they really cloned the Utahraptor and just got the names wrong 😉
Oops, I guess that one has feathers too. Giant evil turkeys FTW
lol I love the mood shift
i love how calm muldoon is about this whole thing
Maybe he's a different kind of plant-life fan than Ellie is?
He wants those motherfucking dinosaurs out of his motherfucking park.
*hands you an internets*
Okay you're a fucking idiot if you have one IT person and you can do nothing without him.
So, we need this guy to get the park back online, and now he's gonna be killed by a dinosaur. Great.
See Hollywood, THIS IS WHY USING A COMBINATION OF ANIMATRONICS AND CGI IS BETTER THAN JUST PLAIN CGI. IT LOOKS MORE REAL!
I continue to be amazed by these special effects. I can't see them EVER looking dated, honestly.
THIS. I think part of the reason this movie still works so well even now is because there are so many practical effects as well as CG.
This. A million times this.
See also: John Carpenter's The Thing.
mm-hmm
Which dino area is he in?
You can afford more glasses, but you really can't afford not to be able to see right now. Trust me on this one.
nedry's velma moment
They make such fun sounds!
SOUNDS OF MURDER
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNN
Oh, it's so cute! It'll be cute while it kills him!
when he slipped, was there one of those gag banana slip sound effects?
i thought i heard one, glad it's not just me
so cute!! i want one
I will name it dennis in nedry's memory
i hope it doesn't need a litterbox, because two is enough
they make little cooing sounds! so adorable!
awww, itss cute little coos <3
aww who's a cute dino
HAHA "I have no food on me" YOU ARE THE FOOD
My first thought exactly.
Dude, your whole family is made of meat!
As a fairly shortsighted person, I'm terrified of losing my glasses. Not because I couldn't afford more, but because I couldn't see after that!
OMG so much this. If I lost my glasses in an emergency–especially when it's dark out–I would be so boned.
I don't worry about not seeing things in my home, but not seeing things outside is terrifying!
Also, Nedry, I bet your glasses would have shielded you somewhat from the poison. That's why you need them!
Yeah, my response would not fucking be "I can afford more". THE MONEY IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE.
Yes, my response would be "I'm going back, the money is just not woth walking among dinos blind."
Like, was there not some other day he could have decided to do it whent he storm came in?And why did he shut off the fences, anyway? There did not appear to be a good reason.
Am joining the party kinda late! (Better late than never!) If someone could tell me where exactly you are in the movie right now (time wise) I'd be much appreciated!!!
It started 1:14 minutes ago.
nedry just got killed and lex and sam neill are at the bottom of the wall, about to look for her brother
or ~1:21:00 if that's easier
also:welcome
Awesome, THANKS!!!
Ahhhhhhh Scary Dino DO NOT WANT!!!!
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lol no wonder you're extinct…I'm gonna run you over…way to make nedry my fave before his death
CHAOS THEORY IN ACTION.
Goodbye eppendorfs of dino DNA
cicada noise
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This is the best ever!
Oooooh Sam Neill being all protective and caring and stuff 🙂
They had a touring Jurassic Park ehibit at my Children's Museum once and they had the robot head of that thing and you could move it around with this joystick and make the frills come out of its neck. IT WAS SO COOL
Look deep into those beautiful blue eyes and trust him, Lex!
Poison spitting thing is pretty sweet looking.
I lost a pistachio
it's with your lost blueberry from friday
i hope they keep each other company
throwing up is THE WORST. I understand, tim 🙁
WELL, SHIT
Again, even if I knew that tree branch was made of reinforced steel and the car was being lowered in a controlled manner, I'd still have shit my pants as an actor as that car landed on the branch above my head.
We're back in the car again <3
At least you're out of the tree!
Such great stunt work
Don't shout and wave your light, where is T Rex?!?!
This movie is flawless. It is without flaws.