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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Jurassic World Questions

 

How long has Jurassic World been open? How did they reclaim the island from the rogue dinos from the first movie? Are any of the dinos in Jurassic World the ones that have been there all along, just recaptured? Why didn't they clean up the ruins of the original community centre? How did those kids manage to get a Jeep that's been sitting unused for 22 years into working condition at all let alone so fast? How do you even sell an idea like Jurassic World after the events of the first three movies? How was the T Rex in California from the third one spun in the media? What do animal rights activists think of the park? What about conservationists when they're literally feeding endangered sharks to that water thing for entertainment? Do the employees live on-site or are they ferried in every day? Why is a park in Costa Rica staffed exclusively by Americans? How does Costa Rica feel about having an island full of murder-lizards close by? Are the scientists using this gene splicing and cloning tech to save other endangered species? To fight disease? What are the scientific ramifications of the Jurassic World universe? Is 22,000 people a good visitor turnout for a park that size because I feel like they could do better? What does admission cost? Do they have tacky themed resorts like Disney? Why are people literally no longer impressed by fucking DINOSAURS that they need something bigger and scarier? How did they get everyone off the island when the T Rex was still loose? What were they even trying to accomplish with that thing who thought that was a good idea? Dr. Wu you were there in the first one WHY DID YOU THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? HOW THE FUCK DID CLAIRE OUTRUN A T-REX IN THOSE HEELS?!??

Friday, June 26, 2015

Google Unveils 'Which Phone"

 

Android is open source operating system and there are hundreds of manufacturers which sells several thousand types of smartphones. Selecting the perfect Android smartphone can be pain and confusing.

To overcome this issue, Google has unveiled a new tool called “Which Phone”. The tool allows to you to find the perfect Android smartphone according to your needs.

It is a simple tool which asks you the purpose of buying the smartphone. It shows several options and you can select the options according to your needs. You can select all options but selecting one is compulsory.

There are several options available on the ‘Which Phone‘ tool like Taking Photos, Listening to the music, Being Productive, Social Media, Gaming, Staying Fit, Talking, Web surfing, etc.

After selecting the need, the tool further ask about the time spend on the selected options. Like if you have selected taking photos, then it will ask you how much photos you take in a week. After that you need to select whether you want fast camera or selfie camera.

Once you have selected all your needs, it ask you to select your favorite carrier and then it will show the perfect smartphone according to the needs specified. It shows several smartphone and lists the interesting features about the device.

 

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Dr Henry Wu

Following the two sequels to the 1993 smash hit "Jurassic Park," actor BD Wong realized he had to take things into his own hands.

As Dr. Henry Wu in "Jurassic Park," the chief engineer responsible for the recreation of the dinosaurs in the park, there was never any resolution to what happened to the character.

Did he get eaten by his creations once the park lost power and roamed free? Did he make it on one of the last boats off the island?

The character's absence in any followup sequels led to years of people asking Wong what happened to Dr. Wu. Finally, the actor was ready to finally give the fans what they wanted.

"I was at the point where I wanted to make some videos to put online showing what happened to him," Wong told Business Insider. "Silly things for the fans, like he somehow ended up with the shaving cream can." Referring to the infamous Barbasol can filled with dinosaur embryos that dropped out of Dennis Nedry's coat when he was attacked by a Dilophosaurus in "Jurassic Park."

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YouTube/Universal/"Jurassic Park"

But before he could follow through on his zany idea the phone rang, and it was "Jurassic Word" directorColin Trevorrow.

A year before "Jurassic World" went into production, Trevorrow reached out to the actor and asking if he would like to reprise the role of Dr. Wu.

"I was like, 'Sure, of course, that sounds great,'" Wong recalled. "I didn't really take it that seriously because things change all the time."

Wong knows that from first-hand experience.

The 54 year old is a veteran character actor having worked on "Law & Order: SVU" for 11 years playing Dr. George Huang and starring in countless movies since the 1980s. But when he got the call to play Dr. Wu the first time around in "Jurassic Park" he thought it would bring him to the next level.

Mainly, because of the size of the Dr. Wu character in the book. In which he stays on the island with the others to regain power to the park.

"I was actually hired from auditions I did that were scenes taken from the book," said Wong, referring to the Michael Crichton novel the movie is based on.

"So imagine my surprise when I got a call that I was working on the movie for one day," he said.

Though his character was stripped bare, Wong got over it quickly because being on a movie of that magnitude definitely helped him get more work.

But when Trevorrow came calling 20-plus years later, Wong was a bit skeptical.

"I think he might have sensed that I was sensitive to their not being much to [the character]," he said. "He was courting me in a way."

As Wong predicted, it was months following that first call with Trevorrow when he finally got word that Dr. Wu was going to be in the film.

But how they had fleshed out the Dr. Wu character was beyond Wong's expectations.

"The character was coming full circle but also they were giving him his due in some way," Wong said. "They were making him into a three-dimensional person and I liked that."

In "Jurassic World," Dr. Wu is now the head of the division that clones dinosaurs and has pushed the boundaries of cloning. He's in charge of developing bigger, and more dangerous creatures to keep fans of the theme park returning for more.

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Chuck Zlotnick/Universal/"Jurassic World"

Dr. Wu's major scene comes after his newest creation, the Indominus Rex, has escaped and the park's owner Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan) comes to Dr. Wu for answers. Like in "Jurassic Park," Dr. Wu gives the audience a better understanding of what our heroes are up against. But this time Trevorrow wanted the character to have an added layer.

"We're about to shoot my big scene with Simon Masrani, Colin comes over to me and says, 'You know, I think Wu he should say, 'All of this is because of me,'" Wong recalls.

The line was not in the script, and Wong was instantly taken-aback that Trevorrow would let a lower-tier character say a line of such magnitude.

"I was like, 'Are you kidding me?' But I said the line in every take from that point on," Wong said. "But I thought they were never going to use that. Or Universal would not let them use it. That's just too much of a commitment."