The Raptor Game

[yebellz]

No, it was “The Room”

Since @You_Know_Me guessed first, I believe it is their turn.

[Gia]

Ah, “football”.

[Barbanaira]

[Image - 69516] | The Room

[You_Know_Me]

The Room… Lol… I guess the hint was right there… too good, man. Sorry, I crashed early last night let me get one going… I’m going to use the plot I tried when I butted in earlier (I tweaked it a little to better follow the rules):

An older raptor hesitantly saves a young girl after her family is murdered by a corrupt drug enforcement agent. He takes her under his wing, forms a unique relationship with her, and teaches her his trade. In the end, as the raptor is attempting to save the girl from the detective, he fumbles at the heroics (he cannot pull the pins from the grenades) and instead eats his way out until he is gunned down.

[mark5000]

@You_Know_Me

raptor hesitantly saves a young girl

@You_Know_Me

He takes her under his wing, forms a unique relationship with her, and teaches her his trade.

@You_Know_Me

the raptor is attempting to save the girl

@You_Know_Me

he fumbles at the heroics

@PiggyStardust

the raptor behaves like a raptor, not like a human

[You_Know_Me]

An older raptor hesitantly saves a young girl after her family is murdered by a corrupt drug enforcement agent, then eats her.

This game is honestly really hard for me… I hate how we have to reinforce these raptor stereotypes… what do we really know about raptors, anyways?

[BHydden]

@You_Know_Me

what do we really know about raptors, anyways?

That if they were alive today, we’d probably eat them.

[Equinus_Ocho]

Lol, I can understand your point of view, but it’s a game, not a documentary about raptors. You’re just supposed to use your imagination. The less you know the better, actually, Jurassic Park gave us a very useful stereotype

@You_Know_Me

@You_Know_Me

what do we really know about raptors, anyways?

That if they were alive today, we’d probably eat them.

[You_Know_Me]

@BHydden

That if they were alive today, we’d probably eat them.

then why are the humans eaten in all these movies?

I’m scared no one has guessed…

[mark5000]

Fast facts from Wikipedia:

The “Fighting Dinosaurs” specimen, found in 1971, preserves a Velociraptor mongoliensis and Protoceratops andrewsi in combat and provides direct evidence of predatory behavior.

Velociraptor may have been nocturnal.

Velociraptor may have used its sickle claw to pierce vital organs of the throat, such as the jugular vein, carotid artery, or trachea (windpipe), rather than slashing the abdomen.

Dromaeosaurs killed their prey in a manner very similar to extant accipitrid birds of prey: by leaping onto their quarry, pinning it under their body weight, and gripping it tightly with the large, sickle-shaped claws. These researchers proposed that, like accipitrids, the dromaeosaur would then begin to feed on the animal while it was still alive and prey death eventually resulted from blood loss and organ failure.

The feet and legs of dromaeosaurs most closely resemble those of eagles and hawks, especially in terms of having an enlarged second claw and a similar range of grasping motion. The short metatarsus and foot strength, however, would have been more similar to that of owls.

The arms, which could exert a lot of force but were likely covered in long feathers, may have been used as flapping stabilizers for balance while atop a struggling prey animal, along with the stiff counterbalancing tail. The jaws, thought by Fowler and colleagues to be comparatively weak, would have been useful for row saw motion bites like the modern day Komodo dragon, which also has a weak bite, to finish off its prey if the kicks weren’t powerful enough.

[You_Know_Me]

You really went there. The anticipation to that reply was killing me.

[bugcat]

Great post from Mark.

This image shows the diversity of “raptors” (aka. dromaeosaurs).

The basic profile of a raptor was an animal that was:

• Bipedal
• Heavily feathered
• Fast
• Social
• Vocal
• Intelligent

The story behind the Jurassic Park Velociraptor is that Michael Crichton was on pretty good terms with a paleontologist called John Ostrom, who had discovered this raptor called Deinonychus (“fearsome claw”) and written some stuff about how birdlike and active it seemed, and that probably birds were dinosaurs.

So Crichton decided to put Deinonychus in a book, but he figured it didn’t have a cool enough name; he took the name from Velociraptor (“quick thief”), a small turkey-sized animal and stuck it on Deinonychus. Then he sized Deinonychus up, like, 50% and the film-makers gave it a disproportionately large claw (the claw is actually a similar size to that of the much larger Utahraptor. There was probably some speculation about dinosaur feathers at the time, but there was no proof until very well-preserved fossils started coming out of China in the 2000s and 2010s, so that’s why the Jurassic Park raptors are featherless.

Jurassic Park is actually my favourite film! You might have guessed.

[bugcat]

PS. Pet peeve, in Jurassic World they could have feathered the raptors. It was a reboot that (unlike Jurassic Park 2 and 3) wasn’t using any of the original population of dinosaurs. They had a great chance to repeat what they did in the first film, ie. to bring a new vision of dinosaurs to the public, and they passed it up.

Imagine this pic but the herbivore is an unlucky patrol guard

Pet peeve 2: They couldn’t pronate their hands (turn them downwards) to open the bloody doors! We knew that for ages!

[yebellz]

@You_Know_Me

I’m scared no one has guessed…

Sorry, the game is on hold. Dinosaur pedantry is far more important.

[Vsotvep]

@BHydden

That if they were alive today, we’d probably eat them.

I bet they taste like chicken

[You_Know_Me]

I must admit Jurassic Park is a classic I have seen dozens of times. The cast. The soundtrack. The F/X. It’s all so good. Even now it has become nostalgic and campy I still love it. Did you read the books? I read the first two when I was in 6th or 7th grade so it’s been a while, but I remember thinking Hammond was a lot nastier in the books, as far as being the antagonist.

[bugcat]

I’ve never read the book – John Hammond is an antagonist in it?

[You_Know_Me]

You may think it was the dinos… but it’s Hammond… Or maybe he’s, like, a puppet. It’s hard to say. I’m sort of trying to fill in the gaps with the movie in my memory right now.

He’s such a sweet old man in the movies, except for maybe towards the end where he might get an evil glint in his eye.

[Vsotvep]

@You_Know_Me

Leon the Professional

[bugcat]

But Nedrey in in the book, right? Surely he is the principal antagonist?