When I got up today, I really thought it would be a relaxed one just like yesterday. But my expectation was short lived, as usual. And I was in this official call dealing with some last minute stuff for almost 7 hours straight, with a few minutes break in between where the cell phone company thought that I was talking for over 2 hours on my phone and they cut the call themselves every 2 hours and I had to redial. And now since I am waiting on something to finish, thought of taking a break and post about something I saw a couple of days ago and which got me thinking a little bit. And pardon me if it feels like rambling because my head is slightly swimming with visions after seeing the monitor for so long. But can’t take a full break as of yet.
I saw the Jurassic World movie trailer recently after hearing about it in radio that it is done well. Whoa!! Way too cool. And sound effects were chilling.
And when I saw it later, I realized a few similarities from the first one, Jurassic Park. I remember seeing that in theater and being in awwwwwe That gate, the lake, the way they want to evacuate, the gyro-sphere etc. Then found a webpage and an article which explained all the similarities between the two. Amazing and very well done. Definitely a must watch in IMAX and 3D, what do you say? Honestly I am not a big fan of Dinosaurs as a living being. Am glad to have so many centuries between them and me, you know. While talking about the trailer I asked my friends, if there was such a world would they be interested in visiting it at all ? or is it just the fantasy of it that they like. One of them told me, ‘Hell no!, I am not going anywhere near them’ and the other was like, ‘if I had enough money to pay for that trip, I would definitely go’. And when I asked him if he wasn’t afraid of them, he just said, ‘I will be in my gyrosphere, what is there to be afraid of?’. And when they asked me, I just replied, ‘I won’t go anywhere near them or the part of the globe where they reside. Especially if they are genetically modified, I won’t even think about them.’
Then I got thinking about my reply. Not a few days ago, I was again confirming with my friends about our next trip to a African Safari and trying to gain as many votes. Not many are interested, but there is still time to pull them to the dark side 😉 Now, is the Jurassic World any different from any other Safari that we do ? If we leave alone the part where they might be alive because of genetics ? There is always a risk involved. Wild animals are just that. They are wild. But don’t we get a thrill to go by their natural habitat and see them in their natural environment ? And accidents do happen (even in a zoo in fact) and they can turn against us in a blink of an eye. How is visiting a park full of dinosaurs in an island any different ? When I think of myself sitting in that gryosphere and looking around and being close to them, I get goosebumps and think that may be it is indeed a good idea (damn my curiosity and that rush of adrenaline) but when I calm down my skin gets ice cold. I know that I won’t harm any animals, but the animals don’t know that, do they. What if my kindest act triggers a predatory instinct in them ?
What do you think? Would you visit a Jurassic World if there was one?
Taking the liberty to stretch your thought further, even domesticated animals are not really completely ‘un’-wild. 😉 So Jurassic World, African Safari, coming home to your pet at the end of the day — it’s all the same. Hehehe…
Anyway, since the probability of risk at Jurassic World or at an African Safari is probably equal, I think I’d visit Jurassic World. (That does not mean I’ll agree to this African Safari trip.)
Nice change of theme, by the way! I feel like I’m in someone else’s blog… 🙂
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Jeez and here I thought I will get at least one more additional vote from you 😦 Come on Anita ….pleeeease (puppy eyes expression will be scary on me so..)
Nooooo….pets are cute and I consider dogs, cats, rabbits, and such animals as pets (that means, snakes, crocodiles, spiders and such don’t count).
This is the longest time I have stuck to one theme I guess 🙂 I keep changing the UI frequently, just like my manager.
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I’m sure there’ll be a whole lot of discussions about that vacation, so we’d better wait for those. (I don’t want to repeat myself for our non-blogger friends.)
Dogs and what now? 😛
Just like your manager — lol…
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Hell no! Dinosaurs are scary! I would go on an African safari though, I don’t know why one is scarier than the other but in my mind it is.
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Yeah. It is right? May be because of their scary looks and heights and the teeny tiny fact that we brought yhem from dead 🙂 If they were always around I am not sure if they would seem this scary.
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a new Jurasic Park movie? if it’s for real, I’ll probably have to go, cause my kids are crazy about dinosaurs and I’ll have to accompany them LOL 😀
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Yeah.. I guess it will be released during the summer of 2015 to get the kids attention 🙂
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[…] World! – The trailer was very well done and intrigued me and made me write a post on it last December. But the actual movie, not so much. Just as I said in the title, something was […]
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I’ve been checking out your blog and thought you’ve got some great posts! Have you ever thought about posting elsewhere?
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Thank you 🙂 I occasionally do some guest posts but that’s about it.
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ok cool, if you ever want to chat about taking your work to another platform and a bigger audience. Hit me up on bridget.case@creators.co
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