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Having seen the TV series on Amazon Prime I will now purchase the book. Having watched the TV version I have a hunch the script writers probably buggered up a perfectly great story as they usually do. Great acting but the script had more holes than a Swiss cheese. Although the acting was quite good I found listening to various "French men" speaking Aussie English quite grating. I suppose it should not matter but added to the script blunders it sort of ruined the show. On the technical side, there were quite a few "interlace" artifacts, as Amazon had obviously taken a copy straight from DVD. Sad that they could not have used the original film version, but I imagine it has been lost long ago or perhaps it would have been too expensive to re-master. Interlacing by the way is how video was presented on old TV's. You probably don't care and you are right it should not matter. I am just being fussy. The other factor was that scenes filmed in Australia were almost always shot in groves of pine trees to make it look like France. It fell a bit flat - but then there was probably just not enough money. Now I will read the book and see what was left out and what was added.

OK - so I should be reading my Thucydides or Suetonius or Dalrymple's Anarchy - all three great entertainment and educational works of history. Yet there are times when you need to grab a glass of red wine and just sit back and watch dross. Jurassic Park III has been given some bad reviews. Some say the dinosaurs looked like plastic and others say that it was just stupid. Perhaps - but this is entertainment for kids. It is just fun. It does not need to make sense. The Marx Bros never made any sense, but they were fun to watch. While watching my wife was screaming, "Watch out - OH NO !!!!!!" So it kept her awake and glued to the screen - and that is all you want. It is just a dinosaur movie for kids and it was relaxing to watch after my 12 k hike in the Adelaide Hills this morning.

Jurassic World 3 directed by Colin T. Trevorrow, will begin filming in 2020 and I hear that it will be excellent. That is all I can say for now, but I am sure you will enjoy it as much as the first one made so many years ago.