someone’s been watching too much jurassic park
More cruelty, as Shanna, the only one trying to think things out instead of just running like hell and diving for cover, is the next and last one to be singled out. Usually, seeing things a bit differently helps the Fans overcome their challenges. Not this time.
In fairness, her analysis is a little off. Spiders do have poor eyesight, but they rely more on touch, taste, and the vibrations in the webs they spin to catch their prey, which clearly isn’t analogous to air-to-ground combat. And giving the Tarantuship poor sonar and radar just to mimic a real-life animal is crazy and stupid and… and actually totally something the Head Alien might do. Remember when Monkey Master didn’t even have elbows?Just as well, though, that I didn’t go for an easy but OOC Jurassic Park reference.
look i can’t point any fingers regarding jurassic park references
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tbf, they don’t know it’s an aircraft vs. a flying robotic spider?
Considering that an aircraft is defined as a machine capable of flight, I’m not sure what the distinction is.
That idea was not very clever, girl.
Originally Posted:
April 25, 2003
Shanna’s character design is great, there are so many interesting shapes.
Yeah, I think it’s why she comes across looking the best (well, to me, at least) out of all the characters being drawn by the ‘other’ artist in the crossover.
That nose! Quick, someone do fanart of her cosplaying as Pearl.
Also, spiders aren’t bugs.
The common informal usage of the word “bug” usually includes not only insects but some other terrestrial arthropods, even if many dictionaries still refuse to acknowledge it.
Most insects aren’t even bugs!
(the number of bugs is puny compared to the number of beetles)
(and that’s not even getting into the butterfly/moth, wasp/bee/ant, and fly groups, all of which also vastly outnumber bugs)
Assuming bug should mean the same thing as true bug, which is not a great assumption. Not everyone you say you love has to be your true love.
Common usage may go even beyond that.
Walky disagrees.
http://www.itswalky.com/comic/i-got-it/
It’s a flying machine, not a t-rex.
And for what it’s worth, the vision of T. rex is currently believed to have been quite superior to that of humans or even modern birds of prey.
That’s ok, no one ever accused Crichton of having a really robust knowledge nor understanding of the science he was writing about anyway. His shtick was always most akin to Verne’s, adventure fiction with some cool near future tech in the setting details.
I’m afraid I have to take issue with that: people ABSOLUTELY accused Crichton of that. Dropping real science into adventure stories was a major part of his brand. The issue here is more that science does move forward and that Jurassic Park, the book, is 28 years old and based on research that’s even older.
Hey, it works when you do it. It just ain’t gonna sound right coming from Shanna’s lips, that’s all.
Oooooooh if only it wasn’t a robot.
Besides, an airship is more like a jumping spider, and those do have good vision.