Friday Favourites: thing we read and watched in June
By Hodderscape Team
When the sun comes out and the heat is on, you lock yourself indoors and spend some quality time with dragons, dinosaurs and aliens.
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POSTED ON: June 26, 2015
FILED UNDER: Friday Favourites
TAGS: Dinosaurs
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Jurassic Park Past: My Time with Michael Crichton
By Oliver Johnson
Editor Oliver Johnson published Jurassic Park at the very beginning of his career. Today he looks back at the publication of one of the biggest-selling books of the 1990s, and the incredible London premiere of the 1993 film.
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POSTED ON: June 15, 2015
FILED UNDER: Film
TAGS: Dinosaurs, Film ReviewReview: Jurassic World
By Sharan Matharu
Jurassic World was everything I could have wanted and more. Not to say that it was perfect, but it was pretty close. When I first heard there was going to be a fourth movie in the Jurassic Park universe I thought that it couldn’t possibly get any worse, the third film well and truly killed my hopes for the movies. But I also knew that nothing could keep me from going to see this film – literally, nothing.
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POSTED ON: June 12, 2015
FILED UNDER: Film, Friday Favourites
TAGS: DinosaursFriday Favourites: moments from Jurassic Park
By Hodderscape Team
Jurassic World is finally here! If you’re at all familiar with the contents of this blog you’ll know that we’ll probably collectively watch it at least 100 times. But, until then, we’re taking a look back at where it all began and sharing our favourite moments from Jurassic Park.
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An affectionate look at monster movies before Jurassic Park
By Pat Black
The original Jurassic Park signalled a new geological era of celluloid magic in 1993, with its eye-popping mix of practical effects and CGI (the latter is not used as much as you might think). But, pre-CGI, our monsters were not always so impressive (by that I mean, they were not all animated by Ray Harryhausen). Let’s take an affectionate look at the sometimes genuinely terrible lizards of the past:
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POSTED ON: November 14, 2014
FILED UNDER: Hodderscoop
TAGS: Dinosaurs, Futurama, Iron ManHodderscoop: 14 November 2014
By Anne Perry
Check out our weekly round up of news related to topics and events close to the hearts of the Hodderscape Team. This week, dinos and dodos and the Dread Pirate Roberts!
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POSTED ON: November 14, 2014
FILED UNDER: Friday Favourites
TAGS: DinosaursFriday Favourites: Dinovember Dinosaurs!
By The Hodderscape Team
DiNovember is still in full swing, so here are team Hodderscape’s favourite dinosaurs. When picking out our favourite dinos, we used rigid and objective criteria such as: coolness, badassness, pointiness and whether or not they make a cameo in Jurassic Park.
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POSTED ON: November 12, 2014
FILED UNDER: Fun Stuff
TAGS: Dinosaurs, PhilosoraptorThe Best of Philosoraptor
By Sharan Matharu
Philosoraptor is here to answer some important questions. Well, actually, Philosoraptor is here to answer a lot of questions that most people never even think to ask. Let’s go through some of my favourites.
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Seven Dinosaurs to Follow on Twitter
By Anne Perry
There are a number of dinosaurs on Twitter and, while T-Rexes seem to show up most often (one wonders how they type, with those tiny arms – voice recognition software?), they aren’t the only sauropods in town! Here are a few of our favourites.
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POSTED ON: November 7, 2014
FILED UNDER: Film, Friday Favourites
TAGS: DinosaursFriday Favourites: Dinosaur Films
By The Hodderscape Team
It’s DiNovember, so we’re pick out our favourite dinosaur films! For an extra dose of dinosaur delight, check out our list of awesome dinosaur webcomics.
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