About Dilophosaurus size...
Asking the TellTale guys, were you told to keep Dilophosaurus small or was it a design choice? I'm just wondering because during the movie, when they go by the Dilo paddock area, you hear distant roaring that, frankly, is too loud and too deep to be made by a small animal.
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That said, I do believe our dilos are slightly bigger than the ones in the movies, tho that line of Nedry's has been argued about amongst team members, as well.
Well, my point isn't that we "now" know how big they are. We've always known how big they were. And my point is mostly that when they drove by the paddock on the tour, you hear roars in the distance, and they're far too deep and obviously loud for small animals.
Some people also have claimed that Spielberg said in an interview back in '93 that the Spitter in the movie was a juvenile... But nobody can find it, sadly.
right, THAT was actually said in the making-of book by Don Shay & Jody Duncan.
But I can hardly follow that argument because even for people who do not know anything about dinosaurs the Dilophosaurus would look completely different to Velociraptor. I mean, if the Dilophosaurus was at least 20ft long it would have been bigger than the raptors plus with the V-shaped bone crest and the thrill it looks totally different.
For me it's actually a good element of suspense because we have seen the T-Rex attack just minutes before Nedry's demise and people are expecting a rather huge threat again.... BUT then a small Dilo jumps out of the jungle. Small and somehow cute looking. And you don't know if it just wants to play and is wondering. Finally it turns out to be a real deadly confrontation.
The scene is done really well.
Of course the Dilophosaurus shown in the movie is a juvenile. Simply because of its size. I do not get the point why people say it is an incorrect appearance when it comes to the size of the body. Who said that every animal we see has to portray an adult one?
On the other hand think of exspensise as well...
another giant robot dinosaur would have been a lot more money, and at the time a larger CGI dinosaur probably would of been even moree money. Mabye i's size was cut down due to that as well.
Or that the particular dilos created by InGen are a separete, smaller species not known from the fossil record. This would also explain the frill and venom, which known dilophosaurs did not possess.
JP Legacy has a pic of the screen here, and a shot of the image in action in the movie here.
First of all, let's establish that the real animals indeed grew up to a size close to 20 feet in length. The animal portrayed in the film would, in the real world, not be considered an adult.
In the Jurassic Park film universe (that is: in the first film) the Dilophosaurus is presented as an adult. We have some evidence for this: the size of the fence surrounding the paddock. Perfectly fit for the animal we see later in the film attacking Dennis Nedry, but terribly small for a real adult Dilophosaurus; it would simply hop over the fence without much effort.
The roar heard in the distance could be coming from another part of the park. Isla Nublar is by no means a large island and sounds might carry far, especially produced by big animals.
It's true that both The Lost World: Jurassic Park and the official merchandise (all size comparison charts for the first film show an adult dinosaur, when compared to a human figure) contradict what is seen in the film. But going by the set up of the fences around the paddock, we have to accept the film's dinosaur as an adult.
About Dennis Nedry knowing or not knowing what animal he's dealing with, this is a quote from the novel:
(Page 196, paperback edition.)
If we go by the novel and Nedry's line ("I thought you were one of your big brothers,") it seems Nedry has no clue about the animal he's dealing with. Further evidence for this can be found in Muldoon's line, spoken in the control room: "Even Nedry knew not to mess with Raptors." Apparently, Nedry was warned by the park's management about the extremely dangerous Velociraptors and he kept the fences of the holding pen active. (Seeing as how that holding pen - strangely - is located very close to the Visitor's Center, it might even be possible that Nedry passed the, heavily guarded, pen regularly.)
Is it conclusive that Nedry does not know what animal he's facing? No. But it seems most likely that he indeed has no clue and goes by the first appearance of the dinosaur: which seems rather cute and playful.
From The Winston Effect by Jody Duncan;
(Page 177, chapter Jurassic Park.)
It would still not explain why the fence is so low: a real life Dilophosaurus would scale it without much effort. As far as I'm aware, in the first film, the Dilophosaurus we see follow and attack Nedry is accepted as being an adult, despite the (later) found evidence in merchandise and the sequel(s).
It's cool that Telltale made note and even has the voice over on the video attached to the map explain that these animals are young Dilophosaurs. But it doesn't solve all inconsistencies within Jurassic Park's universe.
Moat on the other side?
Uhhh, I believe that someone from the production of the movie said that the Dilophosaurus was juvenile. I think.