I watch a great many horror and monster movies, and have since I was a very small child. This explains a lot. This has also taught me a great many things about what not to have characters do, 'cause it's dumb. I will share some of those things now.

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10. Do not clone predatory dinosaurs right out the gate and expect things to go well. Seriously, here. In the movie Raptor, they're trying to clone 'dinosaurs with a brain' to do heavy labor and generally become grunt workers for mankind. Okay, if you're crazy, I guess that's a plan. So they start with...velociraptors. And Tyrannosaurus Rex. Because, y'know, that ten-ton killing machine is totally going to use sentience to go 'sure, tiny meat-snack man, I'll work my ass off for you!' If you're going to clone dinosaurs, start with a plant-eater.

( 9. While we're on the subject, do not make anything that already likes the taste of people super-intelligent...Collapse )