Board Thread:Movie discussion/@comment-1259419-20151215230131/@comment-1791057-20151227084311

Shannon Shea has been known to be wrong in the past - including on the conception of the Velociraptors. He claimed that SWS used first rate information in their design, while interviews with many of the paleontology conultants say otherwise, and say that Stan Winston and Steven Spielberg rejected many factual suggestions (such as feathers out of prudence and practicality. I don't trust his judgements on every one of the animatronics. All other reports given by non-Shae SWS employees (including Stan Winston himself) states that the animatronic was 40ft long, and that the animatronic was a pure 1:1 replication of the animal we see on screen. Because the animal we see on screen IS the animatronic, and thus the full, life sized creation. We must accept any animatronic measurements first, and any other sources second. no matter how "official" they may seem. The film is the first, and only, source that matters when it comes to the facts. Any other sources, any of which are found in secondary (making-of materials), or even tertiary materials (such as merchandising, pamphlets, collectible size charts must be valued less than the film itself). Frankly, where Shae got the "45ft" measurement is beyond me, and contradicts several different accounts from people who had worked first hand in the creation of the animatronics (Shae was on the Triceratops team, and not on the T. rex team). Also, keep in mind, that the JW material are measurements of the animal 20 years after the original measurements. Reptiles continue to grow throughout their lives, including Tyrannosaurus. She could easily be 40ft long in 1993, and 44ft long in 2015. And finally, please do keep in mind that Jurassic Park is an an American franchise created by an American production company. We should use all international or metric numbers second to any Imperial numbers given.