Did he plan to still proceed gradually, or did he plan to orchestrate a truly sudden and, in this case, fully controlled event?
First of all, they're Velociraptors. In Jurassic Park, we simply have Deinonychus under that name.
Real velociraptors were not only much smaller but also had a much narrower skull with an elongated snout (kind of like a Spinosaurus).
And that's evident here. They also have cool coats, those dorsal stripes, bluish eyecrests, and a green top to their snout. The only thing that doesn't add up is the lack of feathers, but that's forgivable because their presence wasn't confirmed until 2007, and the movie is from 2000.
The movie also demonstrates well that smaller doesn't mean less dangerous.
In one night, these guys left the carcass of a much larger dinosaur down to nothing but bones. Horrible.
A single dinosaur is easy prey. Therefore, when a Carnotaur sees a large herd, it charges and roars, hoping to break up its formation.
However, when one of them doesn't flee but instead stands against it, it becomes momentarily stunned because it wasn't expecting it. Just as it's about to attack again, the entire herd begins to aggressively charge at it in a tight formation. In this situation, the losses outweigh the gains. It can't risk a wound (especially since it already has one from the cave collapse) because for a predator, it often means death by starvation. Naturally, it must retreat, desperately trying to intimidate with a roar, which still doesn't work.
That's how it works in nature. Either you calculate carefully or you fall out of the gene pool. Especially during a mass extinction.
Being alone for a few hours when I know my parents could be home from work at any moment is completely different than them going away for a few days, leaving me the house to myself.
It seems obvious, but I think only another introvert would truly understand how big a difference it makes.
Cooking whatever you want, going out at night as much as you want, and having it be entirely up to me to divide up the chores between homework and coming home from school knowing no one's home, and so on.
All of this creates a rather unique atmosphere.
Do you feel the same way?
Would he truly tower over any other witcher, or would his ego grow so much that he would be even easier to defeat?
I emphasizes that I am talking about situations when he undergoes mutations as a boy and not as an adult.
Or was it only during the Imperial era that he could have made any significant progress in this regard?
I had a similar situation around July. I'm glad I had a sturdy stick with me. It's not that the animal was overly aggressive, because it didn't charge.
Despite everything, it was stubborn. Even when I made a racket by pounding the ground with the stick, it didn't seem to care, only roaring occasionally.
I slowly backed away, keeping my eye on the animal. It seemed to follow me, but it didn't even look in my direction. I had the impression it smelled me more than it saw me.
Did this buck just want to chase me away? How can I further protect myself from another situation like this?
Could someone twice as powerful as Sidious easily take down the entire Jedi Council?
It boils down to what are the limits of speed (movement, attack, reaction speed) for Force users?
If you were to create a character who, from the perspective of even the elite of this universe, could literally teleport, how would you prove they could do it?
Overall, the second film terrified me more than the first. The vision of being torn alive by the jaws of dozens of literally land-dwelling piranhas is terrifying. They don't even need to show a body; the faint screams and the flowing blood are enough.
What do you imagine when you think of a Sith Lord?
In my case, no Dark Lord we know of truly exudes the Sith vibe.
The closest thing to my ideal Sith would be a hybrid of Sidious, Dooku, and Nihilus.
By day, a manipulative aristocrat and politician with a deadly, brutal yet refined swordplay honed over decades.
By night, a demon of the dark side, who you're not even sure is still human, and whose very presence chills the blood. He also possesses such extensive knowledge and an arsenal of dark techniques that he could be considered a living hellish book.
Even thousands of years after his death, he has multitudes of followers and his name is whispered even by his greatest successors.
Above all, however, it is an independent entity that its students sincerely fear and which they serve out of equal parts fear and respect.
In short, because I could go on and on.
What about you?
When I watched people's reactions, most either realized it only after Nolan's father said his name or had only guessed beforehand.
Few were certain.
Was it beneath their dignity to adopt and develop the technologies of dominated civilizations that they considered inferior, or were they able to put their ego aside when they saw the utility in it?
For example, that levitating debris lifted by some kind of blue energy. Do you think it will fit the film's theme, or will it make it seem too fanciful?
Does his character still have any potential for development after all these films, series, books, and comics featuring him, or has everything possible been done with him over the years?
Of course, if necessary, the only option is to generate a voice, since, as we know, Jones is no longer with us.
What are the most disturbing differences between the two trilogies, writing-wise?
I was quite surprised by how much the fandom hates him. I won't ask why, because I've heard enough already.
What interests me, however, is how many people would consider this character deletable if possible, and how many would consider it acceptable or even likable with some writing changes, and how many wouldn't mind it.
Which group do you fall into?
I mean, wouldn't it be appropriate for the Sith to use them routinely or have their own darker versions of these techniques, since the silent acquisition of influence was one of the doctrines of the Rule of Two?
Is it because the Jedi could sense it and detect their presence much sooner?
I don't know if I should even compare them to Jedi or Sith, because while witchers aren't ordinary people, the same can be said about Force users, only much more so.
What do you think?