[your-lesbian-friend]

me: I’m not gonna let it affect me

also me: *thinks about it constantly*

[plotsjotsandespressoshots-deact]

Remember in 1993 when Jurassic Park was like…the end all, be all of special effects?

[suicunesrider]

not gonna lie that still looks intimately real

[drtanner-dickery]

I’m still somewhat convinced that someone sold their soul to create the special effects in Jurassic Park because that shit is over 20 years old and it still really, really holds up, better than the stuff in a lot of current movies, even.

Fucking witchcraft, man. 

[fanboyingoverdemigods]

fucking look at this shit though

[mauridianhallow]

Literally see this post flying around with a few different responses added to the bottom each time so I’ll say it for this one myself:

THEY ACTUALLY BUILT A GIANT MASSIVELY DETAILED FUCKING ANIMATRONIC T-REX FOR ALL OF THIS THAT’S WHY THE EFFECTS ARE SO GOOD. CAUSE IT AIN’T CGI. AND IT AIN’T GUY IN A COSTUME. IT’S A BIG FUCKING ROBOT DINOSAUR. AND EVERY PART IS DESIGNED TO MOVE. IT COST LIKE HALF THE BUDGET OF THE FILM.

[mizushimo]

amazing

[shadowthorne]

And they had the film it in small increments, especially in the outdoor scenes, because the rain fall kept soaking into the ‘skin’ of the rex and would slow down and mess up its movements. So they would stop filming and have a crew out there drying off this massive, fake dinosaur, and then they’d start filming again until it was too wet. Repeat until the end of the scene.

[mad-dyspunktional]

They used animatronics and detailed costumes for most if not all of the dinosaurs in the first movie.

The triceratops for instance, was also animatronic.

And the raptors were dudes in suits. I shit you not.

[datneeks]

One of my favorite anecdotes I’ve read on tumblr is how the t-rex robot from Jurassic park would malfunction while it was drying out. How did it malfunction, you might wonder?

Motherfucker randomly started moving.

So apparently if you were on the jp set you would sometimes hear people screaming bloody murder even though they were all well aware that it was a giant animatronic puppet and wouldn’t actually, you know, eat them.

[muck-raker-deactivated20181222]

(link to said post about malfunctioning t-rex)

[alessariel]

Did not know this, had to reblog for awesome movie history insights.

[brainsforbabyjesus]

So, I knew about the animatronics bit but I did not know the raptors were guys in suits and the malfunctioning t-rex sounds terrifying.

And i just googled malfunctioning t-rex and was not disappointed. Apparently in order to put the skin on over the steel frame a guy had to crawl inside the t-rex while it was turned on and glue the skin down. And if somebody turned the t-rex off or the power went out the guy in the t-rex stood a very real chance of getting mangled and killed by the hydraulics.

So of course, the power goes out.

And this guy is still in there gluing the skin down.

Apparently the way to survive getting sheered to death by huge sheets of metal while you’re inside a giant t-rex robot is to curl into a ball and hope for the best.

And this guy hoped for the best and got it.

Some other people on stage pried open the t-rex jaws and glue guy crawled out of its mouth and was totally okay.

[alessariel]

This is getting better and better.

[red-dirt-roads-deactivated20161]

I think they only had like 6 minutes of CGI

[teslasturtle-deactivated2023011]

I’m just waiting for the T-Rex to come to life and leave its stand.

[perspectivemax-deactivated20181]

@spinosaurus-the-fisher is this the kind of content you love?

[myloverhammurabi]

Realism comes at a cost, it seems.

[gorsime]

i mean ok but why has nobody posted this:

[myloverhammurabi]

It’s a three piece raptor suit.

[flamingbluepanda]

Old movies had the best special effects

[saltrat88]

[killin-the-machine]

These people went from lifting chips to pulling off some action movie shit

[fluffytail-kills-time-and-space]

This is the most Chaotic Neutral thing I’ve ever seen.

[qsy-complains-a-lot]

The teamwork is fucking outstanding.

[angelicguy]

what if the joker just did normal clown shit like spray people with prank flowers and make balloon animals but batman beat the shit out of him anyway

[thegenerousqueen]

LEMONADE [2/12]: HOLD UP

Can’t you see there’s no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you

[quietemptydiariess]

To All The Boys I Loved Until I Heard Them Talk

[cheapfilling]

college is catered towards the able bodied and able minded. school applauds people who can stay up all night, skip meals, and work endlessly. that kind of extreme contribution is expected. why are disabled people being squeezed out of academic institutions? why should I feel inferior because of some arbitrary and ridiculous standard?

[sickly-tired]

The undying truth.

[sylveon-trender-deactivated2019]

Not to mention, every college campus Ive ever been on is MADE of stairs and hills.

[feministism]

[chemicalheart-deactivated202009]

See this is why that “it’s only men enforcing masculinity” shit is, well, shit

[sarah-bae-maas]

I used to get really confused about the geography of Prythian and Hybern until I realised it’s literally just the UK and Ireland

[seeingstarberries]

It’s even better when you realize the classical name for Ireland is Hibernia

[sarah-bae-maas]

@seeingstarberries omfg I completely forgot about that

[wpbianca99]

And then Prythian is Britain if you say it fast enough

[capricornluna-deactivated201810]

this blog hates donald trump

[pearlmarley]

Look how many people hate him. I’m pretty damn happy about that 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[aggressivetapdancing]

I’ve never reblogged something so fast

[advice-animal]

You either die a Matt or live long enough to see yourself become a Gabe

[omghotmemes]

The fear in those eyes.

[srsfunny]

Celebrating A Turtle’s Birthday

[srsfunny]

This One Bird Is Not Like Other Birds

[hydro-homies]

A dose of logic in the fight against flat earthers

[mxnrique]

SNL - Cut for Time: My Little Step Children

WHY WOULD THEY CUT THIS?????

[proto-homo]

This is legiterally the funniest thing snl has done in decades

[laughconfetti]

they cut it because of the ONE gay reference

[eschaton-the-imminent]

Same energy

[nikadd]

both of these sketches were written by julio torres - here’s his twitter

[somewhereinthedetails217]

Omg 😂

[pseudo-seraphim]

I just want you all to know that my dramatic 6 year old ass would have loved all of this shit.

[baker-p-i]

I’m the dramatique™ hand to face moment in the broken mirror.

[that-twink-over-there]

“Some kids like to play. Others just sort of… wait for adulthood”

[doriansgirlfriend]

Me-*only asks for books for Christmas*

Also me-*doesn’t get any books for Christmas*