Daily Dialogue — March 12, 2017

“Clever girl…”

— Jurassic Park (1993), screenplay by David Koepp, novel by Michael Crichton

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Last words.

Trivia: There seems to be a color code to a character’s chance of survival. All of the main characters who survive are colorful in their costumes (Alan Grant wears blue, Ellie Satler wears pink and blue, Ian Malcolm wears black, and John Hammond wears white.) Meanwhile, the characters who die all wear very bland colors (Gennaro wears brown and white, Nedry wears gray blue and brown, Arnold wears striped off-white and Muldoon wears brown.) Tim and Lex wear a combination of colors and browns; they survive but arguably go through the worst attacks. Black is considered a lack of color, so although Malcolm survives, he suffers one of the worst injuries of the group. White is considered a mix of all colors, so John Hammond is the only one of the group to never once be attacked by a dinosaur.

Dialogue on Dialogue: If you’re going to die via a velociraptor, why not go out with some memorable last words?