User blog comment:BastionMonk/No feathers in JPIV/@comment-7961419-20130411195424/@comment-5870856-20130413203955

And they found Velociraptors with structures on their bones that are the roots of feathers on modern birds today.

Why should a dull, green scaly raptor be any less frightening than a feathered, colourful raptor preening blood from it's feathers? I think that would be awesome. Trouble is, nobody has done that yet because they're afraid it wouldn't look good, so they make half-cooked raptors with a row of feathery quills down their back. That fear of realism is sad.