I published a new In the Frame piece at The Escapist this evening. For no reason other than because I watched it this week, I took a look at Jurassic Park and how it feels strangely prophetic.
Jurassic Park is many things: a cautionary tale about science run amok, about mankind’s hubris, about dads. However, watched decades later, it stands out as a cautionary tale about the kind of movie that it is. Jurassic Park is one of the best blockbusters ever made, but it was also a game-changer. It seemed to herald a revolution in computer-generated imagery that fundamentally altered the blockbuster landscape. In that sense, the film’s anxiety about the unforeseen consequences of these sorts of innovations, and of bringing the past to life again, have aged very well.
You can read the piece here, or click the picture below.
Filed under: On Second Thought | Tagged: blockbusters, Computer-generated imagery, jurassic park, jurassic world, steven spielberg |
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I certainly do grow tired of a series that seems to keep problematizing the same concept only to bring it back again. their characters never grow, because those producing the stories never grow.