Caption This! Batman Meets JURASSIC PARK and Best and Worst Michael Crichton Novels Adapted into Films

Jurassic Park (1993) chasing Batman (Adam West), Robin (Burt Ward)

This week we’re going to do something different.
We’re having the usual biweekly caption contest and a bloghop hosted by
Tony Laplume.

Do you think you’re funny? Why not add a title or caption to this
picture?

This week’s caption image comes from BuzzFeed.

Here’s mine: “It figures the ‘Bat-Dinosaur-Repellent’ would be in my other pants!”

Have a better caption for this picture? Head down to the comments section below to throw it out there. The
owner of the funniest and most original caption will be given praise
and adulation, here and on our Twitter and Facebook page.

The contest concludes
next Wednesday at midnight, so please have your ideas in before then.

The captions two weeks ago for “Batman, Superman and Joker Playing Poker” were the best ever, but the one
you voted for was by David Walston:

“Batman to Joker: ‘Are you sure these cards are lead lined’

Joker to Batman: ‘You oughta know, you bought them.’

Superman to all: ‘Guys you should know I would never cheat’

Joker to Superman:’ Thats not what I heard from Lois after that Wonder Woman fling.’

Batman:’Ooo, Burn!'”

Congratulations David!

Now it’s your turn. How would you describe this scene? What do you
think they’re saying?

If you don’t feel like making up a caption you can still join in. Just
use the voting buttons to vote up your favorite caption. Let’s vote to
see who can come up with the best caption! Click the little arrow next
to the comment. Don’t forget you can vote up your own.

Now for the bloghop: Best and Worst Michael Crichton Novels Adapted into Films

Michael Crichton was an amazing author and sold over 200 million books
worldwide. Many of his books have been adapted into films. 1994 was a
big year for Crichton since he was the only artist to have works
charting at No. 1 in television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales (Disclosure).

Crichton is an accomplished writer, but he also is the creator of some
insanely popular science fiction movies. Unfortunately, he’s the
creator of some pretty lame science fiction movies too.

BEST

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

This
film about a group of specialists trying to solve the mystery of an
alien virus is brilliant in it’s simplicity. They made 1970s computer
graphics terrifying.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

This sequel was a worthy, but flawed, follow up to the original film. At least Jeff Goldblum came back.

Jurassic Park (1993)

Crichton’s novel
about a genetically engineered dinosaur theme park was so brilliant that he
sold the movie rights before he finished the book. Crichton’s greatest
book and the best movie ever.

WORST

Congo (1995)

A
1980 book movie about an expedition into the jungles of the Amazon
inspired a 1995 movie directed by Frank Marshall and starring Dylan
Walsh, Laura Linney, Tim Curry, and Ernie Hudson. The  movie is
the first to make hippos as dangerous as they are in real life. The
mutant gorilla movie was panned, but grossed $152 million worldwide.

Timeline (2003)

This movie was based on a novel about archaeologists who travel back in
time to save their friend from 1357 France. It starred Paul Walker,
Frances O’Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis and Anna
Friel . Unfortunately, it was more of a historical drama than a sci-fi
film.

Sphere (1998)

The
book about a deep sea expedition encountering an alien sphere has good
twists but confusing plot points and a weak ending left it flat.

The Andromeda Strain (2008)

After
the success of the movie, they made a mini-series around the story as a
possible lead-in to a series. It’s a pointless effort. You can’t polish
a diamond.

This post is part of the Tony Laplume’s Ode-A-Thon blogfest

The Ode-athon is a call to write about
your favorite writers.  Here I’m thinking specifically of authors,
although I’m already planning to cheat myself with a cartoonist in my
writers dozen (somewhere around fourteen).  You can choose one or
you can go with as many as you can hit without exhausting
yourself.  The idea is to tell us about the writers you read most
passionately, the ones who have affected you the most, and perhaps even
inspired you. 

Find out more at http://mouldwarp.blogspot.com/

Come back next week for the bi-weekly poll
and comes back in two weeks for the next caption contest.

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