Dinosaurs: - Horizon

Dinosaurs have been consistently popular since they’re discovery, in books, films, television and comics, the idea of dinosaurs has been taken in many forms and modified to suit different needs an example of this could be the Lizard Man from the Spiderman comics he was a scientist who combined his DNA with a lizard.  This is strong for the future of dinosaurs as the Lizard is the main villain in the up and coming spiderman movie the lizard works as a stealthy killer who stalks his prey. This shows that dinosaurs have a futureahead of them.

Cover art to the Spiderman book 'Everyday Hero' by Daniel Qauntz and Todd  Dezago

The popularity of dinosaurs is still around and there is also a new Godzilla film to be released in 2012 which show’s that consumers are still very interested in dinosaurs and monster movies  they’re also rumours of a new dino crisis game being released.

This is concept art released by 'Legendary Pictures' at 'Comicon 2010' for the new Godzilla Movie

There have been many rumour's that there is to be a fourth Jurassic Park film and the rumours have been justified however there has been no set date for the film to be released as the producers haven't settled on a script as yet the film has been in development for some time. There have been many popular ideas for what will happen in the film the main theory behind it is that it will include genetically altered dinosaurs that have been trained to act as military operatives. 

Fan made poster for the in production film Jurassic Park 4  film

On the topic of Jurassic Park the original three films are to be released in the cinema again with the technological advancement in 3D. The films are to be released in 3D and shown in all cinemas in the near future this shows that there is still a market for dinosaur films. In my opinion I find that the addition of 3D is just a fad that is soon to die out however I believe that this will be successful for this particular film as it was a highly successful film in its own right.

This is a mock image for the original Jurassic Park film 1993

Scientists have been toying with the idea to clone dinosaurs for some time however after researching a variety of different sources I have found that it is impossible to bring back a living dinosaur, many scientists agree that the way that it was portrayed in Jurassic Park was a clever method it is impossible to actually clone them as the insect  inside the amber would be too young to have fed on the blood of a dinosaur and be to badly decomposed.  *'The short answer is no. the slightly longer answer is defiantly not.' 


The future seems very promising for dinosaurs as their popularity never truly faded, it is easy to say that they will be included in many different media forms in the future no matter how small a part they play they'll still be included in some way.


*Matt Ridley. (2000). Will We Clone A Dinosaur?. Available: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,996609,00.html. Last accessed 11th Dec 2011.