No god, no jobs, no do over's

[redandguilty]

hmmm... would PETA complain about the mistreated dinosaurs being used for food, even if human beings were solely responsible for bringing them back? Seems like if you play god by creating life, you get to be cruel and capricious to that same life, like god is to us, without any moral quandary arising.

either way, I'm sure Byco will be posting on here that he doesn't eat that "genetically engineered dino crap" and acting all superior over those of us who do (or would do).

We should make a good faith effort to be humane to the dinos. Cows and pigs too.

Of course...eventually, we won't need to harvest our meat from animals at all once we can get people used to the idea of lab grown meat (and bring the price down from $1M/lb.)

 

[redandguilty]

they screw up; and they bring the dinosaurs back with cognitive abilities; they have reason, they can speak languages and communicate with each other, and with humans...and are roughly our size.

You mean, they'd look like this?

 

[redandguilty]

That works; but remember, we have artistic license, here, they can be neighbors, but they don't HAVE to be in North Carolina...they can be anywhere...

I mean, it CAN be North Carolina...maybe Myrtle Beach, or Hilton Head, if it is...

Mayberry.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Mayberry.

I'm thinking Christopher Lloyd for the byco character - if we could get him, that is...

That's my wish list.

For you...

Maybe Rick Moranis.

 

[redandguilty]

Still better not to have them clogging the slopes or the beaches just to have the occasional Brontosaurus Burger* or Stegasaurous Steak*...(or even the luscious Triceratops Tritip*); just MHO...



*I have little doubt that Red is not gonna have field day with this.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Raptor Ribeye
T-Rex T-bone
Triceratops Taco
Seismosaurus Sandwich
Stegosaurus and Meatballs
Pterodactyl P?t?
Archaeopteryx with Grilled Artichokes
Bar-B-Que Brachiosaur

 

[redandguilty]

I'm thinking Christopher Lloyd for the byco character - if we could get him, that is...

That's my wish list.

For you...

Maybe Rick Moranis.

They're going to need the right hats.

 

[mhughes0021]

...on the other hand, dinosaurs, being more similar to birds than reptiles, were probably delicious. I hope the cloning of dinos is possible in my time...think of the tailgating!

Imagine myron mixson on a episode of bbq pitmasters smokin up some brontosaurus. Mmmmmmm.

 

[Thumb]

Has anyone here ever eaten reptile and actually enjoyed it?

I had some rattlesnake years ago and thought it was ass. I'm guessing alligator is similar.

Not to mention it's probably not going to be cost effective to breed and raise, and contain/control meat-eaters, so you'll likely get stuck with Hadrosaurus, which you can probably graze like cattle and even let the kiddies play with.

 

[redandguilty]

Has anyone here ever eaten reptile and actually enjoyed it?

I had some rattlesnake years ago and thought it was ass. I'm guessing alligator is similar.

Not to mention it's probably not going to be cost effective to breed and raise, and contain/control meat-eaters, so you'll likely get stuck with Hadrosaurus, which you can probably graze like cattle and even let the kiddies play with.

Sort of. Deep fried alligator is like deep fried anything. It's ok.

In the same vein as pointing out that dino should be like bird meat rather than reptile, sometime people forget whales are mammals when you talk about steaks. Unfortunately, the only description of whale meat I've read said it tastes like moose, which doesn't help me.

 

[redandguilty]

Imagine myron mixson on a episode of bbq pitmasters smokin up some brontosaurus. Mmmmmmm.

Some people think mammoths will be cloned in our lifetime. Not a dino, but still an epic bbq.

 

[Michchamp]

I'm thinking Christopher Lloyd for the byco character - if we could get him, that is...

That's my wish list.

For you...

Maybe Rick Moranis.

I don't agree. Red should be more like Harold Ramis in ghostbusters (but more reckless with his scientific pursuits), and Byco should be more like Andy Rooney.

I don't understand why you're wedded to the idea that the dinosaurs skateboard and surf... I'm not prepared to concede that part of the plot.

I want William Shatner to play the president.

I know some people consider me difficult to work with, but I think my record speaks for itself. You want a hit, I'll deliver a hit...

 

[grandy]

Has anyone here ever eaten reptile and actually enjoyed it?

I had some rattlesnake years ago and thought it was ass. I'm guessing alligator is similar.

Not to mention it's probably not going to be cost effective to breed and raise, and contain/control meat-eaters, so you'll likely get stuck with Hadrosaurus, which you can probably graze like cattle and even let the kiddies play with.

Had some alligator jerky in Louisiana about 10 years ago. Didn't taste much different than beef jerky. I suppose it all depends on how it's cooked.

 

[Michchamp]

Some people think mammoths will be cloned in our lifetime. Not a dino, but still an epic bbq.

hmmm... interesting side note: I'm finally getting around to reading "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and the author makes a convincing argument that humans were responsible for its extinction.

for some reason, this is extremely controversial, but his point is that mammoths, and other so-called "megafauna" from the period survived numerous ice-ages and warming periods, but all died out upon the appearance of humans in their geographic regions. the conventional theory is that the end of the ice age resulted in their extinction.

 

[redandguilty]

What I'm thinking is...Red and byco get together, and re-create the dinosaur, intended to be livestock -

but -

they screw up; and they bring the dinosaurs back with cognitive abilities; they have reason, they can speak languages and communicate with each other, and with humans...and are roughly our size.

They escape, and populate...

And as they roam amongst us, humans are faced with a moral dilemma -

Do they have souls?

Would killing them be murder?

Do they pose a danger to humankind?

And the dinosaurs are faced with the same dilemmas, to a degree, regarding humans.

Oh, yeah, and one motif that HAS to be included -

The dinosaurs, they love to ski (or board, the younger ones anyway) and they love to surf.

Deal breaker, if that's not included.

Artistic license.

I'm guessing the dino that loves to ski befriends BYCO...probably saves his live in an avalanche...that's how we learn of their "humanity".

 

[Michchamp]

I'm guessing the dino that loves to ski befriends BYCO...probably saves his live in an avalanche...that's how we learn of their "humanity".

hate it.

 

[Michchamp]

I'd also give KAWDUP a part, just to make him hate me less. He can be the more reasonable scientist guy, brought in to advise President Shatner how to fix the mess Red & Byco created.

he kinda looks like a NASA scientist, circa-1960. Crewcut, sensible glasses, short sleeved shirt with a tie & pocket protector. think Ed Harris in Apollo 13, or Michael Douglas in Falling Down.

this movie is going to be fantastic.

 

[redandguilty]

hate it.

It's tired. I won't fight you on that.

...but here's a skiing dino you have to deal with.

 

[byco42]

Ever heard of shape shifters? That addresses the "reptiles as intelligent humans" concept. Michchamp, you have me way miscast. I'm thinking more like Sam Elliot or Ray Winstone to play me.

And, of course, you are the lawyer who gets bitten in two by the Rex as you are taking a crap in the woods.

 

[redandguilty]

Are you settled on movies or could this be a stage show?

http://www.wimp.com/velociraptormelbourne/

 

[byco42]

hate it.

Gotta save somebody to establish sympathy for the character.