Talk:The Lost World (Michael Crichton)
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[edit] Differences between the movie and the novel?
I want to point out that there is already a 'Differences between the movie and the novel' section in the The Lost World: Jurassic Park article (the one about the movie). I'd suggest that the section in this article be taken out and merged into the section in the article about the film (the film is based on the novel, and not the other way around, so it is in the article about the film where a section about the differences that the film has in relation to the source material makes more sense, or so I'd say).
In any case, some of the facts stated in the section 'Differences between the movie and the novel' in this article don't seem completely all right to me. For instance:
- Malcolm does not have any children in the novel. <- I don't think Malcolm has any children in the film, either.
- In addition, The Lost World novel itself deviates from the established "universe" of its predecessor in the use of Ian Malcolm as a lead character, Malcolm having died from injuries suffered in the initial Tyrannosaurus attack in the pages of Jurassic Park. In this, The Lost World novel takes its cue from the film version of Jurassic Park, in which Malcolm survived. <- I guess mentioning this may have some point. However, I think this might be interpreted as saying that the novel just ignored what happened in the previous novel and went along with the script of the Jurassic Park film, and that's not right. It is true that Malcolm was said to have died in the first novel, but if I remember well the second novel justifies how that didn't actually happen. --gonzy 00:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Oh, yeah, and I made some propositions for changes in Template:Jurassic Park, in Talk:Jurassic Park --gonzy 00:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Malcolm does have children in the film - you'll recall that Kelly is now his daughter in the movie, and of course in the first film he mentions having multiple kids. As for the rest, well, I think you have a point that we shouldn't assume that Crichton was following the example of the movie unless we can cite that. However, I would debate whether the second novel really adequately justifies Malcolm's survival, but that's probably just semantics on my part. --Bishop2 13:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
