Thanks to Jurassic Park, we’ve all looked in our side view mirrors at one point or another and imagined a raging T-Rex charging at us from the next traffic light. But have you ever wondered how Steven Spielberg saw it in his director’s eye? Now you can get a look at how he brought it all together in this nearly 8-minute piece of footage from the making of the movie. Originally included in the press kit, this rarely seen piece of video shows Spielberg laying out the scenes, talking to actors and even filming and smiling as he sees the vision in his head become real.
Check out the video after the jump!
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Looking for a stunning focal point for your living room? You need this giant T-Rex or “Thermosaurus” designed by Art Lebedev Studios. He will not only warm the room, but provide handy bones for hanging wet mittens mittens and socks after a day in the snow. This cast iron work of art hooks up right where your old, ugly radiator currently rests.
Alas, this is just another April Fool’s Day product that is only real in your dreams. Oh, but I want one.
(Art Lebedev Studios via Yanko Design)
Would you rather spend $350,000 on a nice house in the country or buy a 20-foot animatronic triceratops that “responds to onlookers with lifelike reactions and fortissimo bellowing”?
From the product page:
Motion-activated cameras installed into each eye work in unison with customized interactive software that enables the Cretaceous creature to recognize multiple subjects’ facial features. Once identified, subjects’ tracked movements trigger a set of responses: it sways its tri-horned head right, left, up, and down, stomps and scuffs its right forelimb, and opens its jaws while growling–all powered by digitally controlled servos and silent, pneumatic air-activated cams. Its exterior is crafted by professional sculptors from polyurethane foam and textured silicone over a steel and aluminum frame, replicating the beast’s massive horned frill, powerful hindquarters, and tapered tail with convincing realism. The rumbles that issue from a hidden 1,000-watt speaker are based on paleontological approximations of what sounds the original 67 million year-old saurian might have vocalized.
Yes, I believe the choice is clear. I’m going to spend my $350,000 pretending to be a triceratops for 17,500 hours.
Product Page ($350,000 via TGH)
Balloon sculptor Mark Verge’s life-sized Spinosaurus replica.
(IIHIH via Geekosystem)
All the time these Dinosaurs spend hanging out in a bag, waiting to be bought has gotta be pretty damned boring. They’ve gotta do something to help the hours pass, and that something appears to require more practice.
(via 9GAG)
Real fossilized dinosaur poop is branded as educational, but it will probably teach your kids more about off-color jokes than anything else. Then, before you know it, he’s in his early 30′s writing blogs that prominently feature poop-related products. It’s a slippery slope.
Product Page ($4.25)
Mounting a t-rex head on your truck really adds a whole new dimension to the “monster truck” theme. The only way it could be better is if it had a Frankenstein, Wolfman or Dracula head hood ornament. Additional animal versions are available after the break.
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Yeah, I don’t think the Orkin man is going to be able to handle the situation you have going on here—unless he happens to have a shotgun in that van of his.
This giant Pterosaurs statue measures 208″ x 37″ x 106″ (approx. 17′ x 3′ x 9′ )
Product Page ($1800)
