• Guild_Navigator
    • 1 year 6 months ago
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    Man,it's hard to believe it's going to be 20 years since this movie came out. Dear Lord,where does time go? Yet at the very same time it seems it was geological eras ago.

    Think about it,this was pretty much the last really huge movie hit that used traditional ad campaigns and promotions and didn't have any support from that magical medium that was about to take over the World called the Internet. The Internet took off in 1994 with the development of America Online and CompuServe and in 1996 the first viral campaing for Men in Black began.

    Nowadays fanboys get excited over movies years before they even come out,independent of how good or bad they turn out (Ironman 3 :roll: ). 'Tis a Brave New World indeed.
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    • vkimo
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      		 I was at the thrift store the other day and there was a Jeep parked outside that was styled after the ones in the movie, with the spare tire cover logo and all. Very cool.
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      • Guild_Navigator
        • 1 year 6 months ago
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        		 I was in my sophomore year in college. Took three dates to watch this movie,only reached home with one. ;)
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        • yellow_submarine
          • 1 year 6 months ago
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          		 It's one of my all time favorite movies, maybe even in the top 5.

          But I'd say there were others just as big before the internet became substantial. Like Forrest Gump, Titanic, Batman Forever possibly even Phantom Menace.
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          • Casey_Jones
            • 1 year 6 months ago
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            		 Jurassic Park came out in 93
            Blockbusters (Assuming you mean movies that made lots of money and got awards) since 1993
            94 had Forrest Gump and The Lion King
            95 had Toy Story
            96 had Independence Day and Twister
            97 had Titanic and Men in Black
            98 had Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon and There's Something About Mary
            99 had Star Wars Episode 1, The Sixth Sense and Toy Story 2
            2000 had Cast Away and Gladiator
            I think you see where I'm going, No Jurassic Park wasn't the last Blockbuster film.
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            • thecrow174
              • 1 year 6 months ago
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              		 To answer your topic question, no.

              There were lots of "true" blockbusters after this one.

              1993: Schindler's List, which was also made by Spielberg.
              1994: Forrest Gump
              1995: Braveheart and Toy Story
              1996: Independence Day, Jerry Maguire, and Scream
              1997: Titanic

              Need I go on?
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              • Guild_Navigator
                • 1 year 6 months ago
                • Posts: 2009
                		 See, that's kinda my point. From about 1996-97 when the internet became commonplace we began to see this trend of tweens following how much money this or that movie made independently of its quality. The question is NOT whether there where other movies that made X amount of money,but rather was Jurassic Park the last of the grand traditional blockbusters of old where you had to wait in line for hours to buy a ticket instead of purchasing them online.
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                • Casey_Jones
                  • 1 year 5 months ago
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                  		 Ah see what you mean now. But to be honest. The word "Blockbuster" does infer ticket sales. But As someone who lived next to a movie theater and worked across from it later in my teens. I can tell you that people lined up for Titanic and Independence day. Not so much Forrest Gump. That one seemed to slowly catch on by word of mouth. There seemed to whacks of kids constantly coming in and out of theater for Lion King and the Toy Story movies. We sold TONS of pretzels during the times Phantom Menace, Sixth Sense and Cast Away were in theaters. I remember people actually sleeping outside of the Mall for Phantoom Menace.
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                  • TMNT
                    • 1 year 5 months ago
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                    		 2013 was there Annivsary that why they had the Jurassic Park 3-D..
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                    • Pinwheel
                      • 1 year 5 months ago
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                      		 I remember the hype around Jurassic Park, but I saw the movie for free! Before the internet, there was an ad in the newspaper that said there would be a free late night sneak preview at one of the local theaters. My mom saw the article and my whole fam went. We thought it was a prank because not many people were there but then they let us all in to see the movie. So I avoided the lines altogether.
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                      • eddstarr88
                        • 1 year 5 months ago
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                        		 I see what you mean GN, Jurassic Park may very well count as the last of the "total media" pop culture mega hit,(blockbuster),movies: a la Star Wars and E.T.

                        Titanic and Independence Day qualify here but both movies "feel" different because the entire multi-media world was starting to change as the world-wide-web gathered speed and saturation.

                        In a way, 1994 marks a change in the world of big budget movies and it has caused many to question a connection to the rise of animation in feature films.
                        Seems to me that animated movies like Lion King share qualities perfectly in tune with a web-raised generation.

                        Jurassic Park may very well be the last of an earlier era in film culture.
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