I was too 'young teenage girl-ish' to want to see it when it first came out
And I've just not been bothered to watch it since.
A bit rubbish that Crichton did that. Everyone knows that books don't follow films and vice versa. (Except for very odd occasions)
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Joliet,
Mon 2 Aug 2010, 9:28,
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I can sort of see why he did it after they cast Goldblum as the lead in part two
but at the same time it makes for a very unsatisfying read with all the hand-waving "he was very ill but got better" stuff
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emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Mon 2 Aug 2010, 9:35,
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