Talk:Jurassic Park (1993)

I like the spas-12

This movie was the first thing I ever saw the SPAS-12 in and I must say they did a good job of making it look cool. But they also did a good job showing how it's unreliable. Not to mention it's too heavy for a conventional shotgun.

-I really doubt if a shotgun would be sufficient enough against a full grown dinosaur. See, in the novel, Muldoon uses a custom tranquilizer launcher. Topps Comics` adaption of the movie illustrates this by showing Muldoon holding something that looks like a mix between an RPG-7 and a Panzerfaust 3(black RPG launcher w/a Panzerfaust 3 grenade). So why they decided to use a shotgun in the movie is beyond me. ...But it is a cool shotgun!

It would be rational to consider a shotgun when the expected threat--velociraptors or the species they derived the movie velociraptors from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinonychus)--are on the same scale as humans, fast, and probably susceptible to similar levels of energy as humans (or similar sized birds). Against something larger--like a T.Rex--shotgun probably not so useful.--Deathbunny 17:57, 18 March 2011 (CDT)

They probably had different weapons stored in buildings that weren't shown in the movie, I kinda doubt that they'd spend millions creating these creatures, then only buy shotguns and a few M16s to protect themselves in case they ever escaped. Kornflakes89 18:52, 19 April 2011 (CDT)

The books had the lack of weapons explained by Hammond's rather wonky worldview; he didn't want anything around that might harm his precious dinosaurs. Though he did still let Muldoon buy a TOW launcher, but I don't suppose blasting raptors to meaty chunks would get you much of a reputation as a family movie. Evil Tim 06:39, 20 April 2011 (CDT)