Far From Extinct: Big Screen Dinosaurs

A Definitive History of Big Screen Dinosaurs
Jurassic Park wasn't built in a day. Ever since 1914's Brute Force introduced creaky mechanical dinos that wiggled menacingly, filmmakers have tried every trick in the book to bring realistic dinosaurs to life. For F/X pioneers, dinosaurs presented a unique challenge that required equal parts imagination and scientific research. Of course, that often meant that details like writing and acting fell by the wayside. But who's complaining? Everyone knows who the real stars of these movies are.

Photo: Jurassic Park, 1993