You could come in and join Illinois!

Book Hammond paid for that hubris, too.  I can see why Spielberg changed the character, but him getting eaten by the cute little compys was a just reward for his actions and would have been kind of fun on-screen.

I thought I remembered the book explaining this as well:

“So why, oh why, do they breed velociraptors, who are clearly way too smart and violent for a zoo?”

They had no idea the raptors were THAT fast, smart, or dangerous until they were able to observe living ones. I might be misremembering the book, though, because…

I’d like to ask them whether their party’s new push to “There’s more to life than living!” is also inconveniencing their pro-life stance. (I kid; of course they don’t care.)

Sure, but that’s not “artificial.”  It’s “oxygen.”

It’s like when they say “artificial diamonds” in the real world.  Uh yeah, those are “diamonds.”

My immediate question as well.  Just say “manufactured oxygen” or something!  Come on, Hollywoo!

In a way, though, I’m honestly glad that they’ve so completely dropped the pretense that it was ever about “ILLEGAL!!!!” immigration.

“China Virus” didn’t catch on like he’d hoped, so he’s test-marketing a new one.

With the added bonus (for the Saudis) that a lower price of oil badly hurts the fracking industry in the U.S.

“even die-hard MAGAts would think twice about dissing Saint Ron”

Side note, but I would absolutely not put any money on that bet.   

For the purposes of discussing the pandemic, though, the part of the chain that actually matters is the weakest link, which means the most crowded one.

Never mind - I follow it better now.

Plus we no longer have to worry about them getting stuck in the VCR.

This is one of those things that makes me think I’ve suddenly shifted into a different parallel universe where 311 has had a dedicated following for decades after I least heard of them.  I wonder what the rest of this reality is like?

Thank you!  Truly, you are the real deal.

From what I remember (and it’s obviously been decades), TV static instead of the film stopping/melting thing they did in the theater, and a different way to get it going again (but I don’t remember what). In the novelization, the Brain Gremlin forceably restrained the author and wrote a couple of pages about something…

I always love that - “in order to go fight against the evils of socialism I’m going to need you all to band together and each contribute what you are able to!”

Their children Brayden, Jaden, Aiden, and Kayden take offense at your brash generalizing, I’m sure.