[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Optimus Neeson

I find it hard to believe you had this reaction about the feathers, since feathers on dinosaurs was hardly a widely publicized theory at the time - theropods were still commonly perceived as being reptilian. I'm not saying you're lying, it's just very unlikely that the public would have known about feathered dinosaurs at the time.

I am also aware, and have been since shortly after the movie came out, that JP's raptors are all wrong, as are the t-rex, dilophosaurus, and brachiosaurus. The only dinosaurus the movie seems to have gotten right are triceratops and parasaurolophus.

They did not get Parasaurolophus right. And it's debatable about triceratops (Especially given the massive house cleaning the ceratopsian family branch has gotten the past several years, with complete clades of famous animals being debunked, like Torosaurus).

But for the real reason of my responce. I've been studying dinosaurs since before I could read. Since before I can remember.
Obcessively.
The only thing that has slowed me down about it is I my poor internet connection has stopped me dead in my tracks.
I do not represent the public. In the early eighties I was already bitching about dinosaurs being portrayed as taildragging coldbloods.
The deinonychus was my favorite dinosaur by the late eighties, when "the public" still thought there was such a thing as a "Brontosaurus." I knew more about dinosaurs when I was 8 than the "public" will ever know.
Jack Horner and Bob Bakker were my heroes in the eighties.

I'm offended by your assumption that it's unrealistic that I should not have known scientific knowledge as a child. And yes, that is an accusation that I'm lying. So stuff it.