Daily Dialogue — July 7, 2012

“Remind me to thank John for a lovely weekend.”

— Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), Jurassic Park (1993), screenplay by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, based on a novel by Michael Crichton

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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is gallows humor suggested by churnage.

Trivia: The original idea for Jurassic Park, came from Michael Crichton’s attempt in 1983 to write a screenplay about a Pterodactyl being cloned from an egg. The screenplay and movie never came to fruition. Originally, Crichton’s novel was rejected by his “people”, a group of about 5 or 6 personal acquaintances who always read his drafts before he sends them off. After several rejections, Crichton finally figured out what was wrong: he had originally intended for the story to be through the eyes of a child who was at the park when the dinosaurs escaped, which his peers felt was too ridiculous, and could not identify with the character. Michael Crichton re-wrote the story as it is today, and it became a huge hit. (The story also incorporates the “amusement park run amok” element of Michael Crichton’s Westworld.)

Dialogue On Dialogue: It’s always great to have a character who cracks wise, even in desperate situations. And that is often a function provided by a Trickster character such as Malcolm.