I think I understand why JP fans don't want Velociraptor to change, apart from stubbornness. The JP Velociraptors were reptiles, but they were human-sized, quick-moving and intelligent, a combination that made them more than just killing machines. If the raptors were just large seriemas with fangs and long tails they still could have inspired fear, but only in the sense of "watch out, the fluffy things are going to eat you!" You can't change the raptors without changing their archetypal role.
I find that attitude to be very objectifying, but unfortunately it seems like most nerds have that sort of mindset, raptors or otherwise.
Wait, what attitude? You mean you think totally changing the appearance of a fictional character doesn't affect its impact? What people see is very important to their subconcious reactions to it. I think you could make a great movie with realistic dromaeosaurs, but it would neccesarily be different from Jurassic Park, or at least from JP1. The raptors were much more animalistic in JP2.
I didn't mean that, I just feel like a lot of nerds are very objectifying towards character writing. Like for example; inner strength is a necessity and crushing self-doubt is forbidden.
But you make a good point. I've read somewhere that the problem with the perspective of these dinosaur-fanboys is that they think of dinosaurs as characters we know for sure and not animals that we're still trying to understand. Isn't that just frustrating?
But you make a good point. I've read somewhere that the problem with the perspective of these dinosaur-fanboys is that they think of dinosaurs as characters we know for sure and not animals that we're still trying to understand. Isn't that just frustrating?