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Yet the Jurassic Park franchise is just as strong as ever. Thinking Machines CM-5 in Jurassic Park (1993): https://www.starringthecomputer.com/appearance.html
by eddieh 1y ago
Yet the Jurassic Park franchise is just as strong as ever.
Thinking Machines CM-5 in Jurassic Park (1993):
https://www.starringthecomputer.com/appearance.html?f=11&c=15 https://www.starringthecomputer.com/appearance.html?f=11&c=1...
Jurassic World Rebirth passes $500 M in revenue:
https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/jurassic-world-rebirth-worldwide-box-office-hits-major-milestone-becomes-6th-highest-grossing-film-in-the-franchise/ https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/jurassic-world-rebirth-wor...
- 6177c40f 1y agoFun fact, in the novel the computers were Cray X-MPs (sadly Cray is now semi-defunct, since they were bought and merged into HPE) [1]. [1] https://cray-history.net/2023/08/20/cray-systems-in-popular-culture/ https://cray-history.net/2023/08/20/cray-systems-in-popular-...
- dibujaron 1y agoThinking Machines was chosen over the Cray because they had more visual appeal. Sheryl Handler the CEO had (has) a real flair for and it showed; they were neat looking machines
- boznz 1y agoMaybe the new company should consider something like this for the next investor show and tell https://rodyne.com/?p=1674 https://rodyne.com/?p=1674
- riffic 1y agowhat? Cray machines were pretty rad looking in their own way.
- CamperBob2 1y agoThey were, but they didn't blink.
- eddieh 1y agoThe Cray machines looked more like an airport seating area. Or with later models, obstacles in a laser tag arena. While the Thinking Machines with the moving LEDs looked alive, almost like it was designed to be a character in a movie, which they became.