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[[Megan]] believes this new model of the appearance of raptors makes them much less cool, but the way in which [[Jill]] reformulates the facts to make them seem like even more vicious predators re-ignites her interest and makes the new raptors seem like at least as good a candidate for a good action thriller movie like the original version, if not better. Thus, the phrase "the past keeps getting cooler". (Or that Megan, like Randall, has an irrational fear of raptors and is updating her knowledge of them.) | [[Megan]] believes this new model of the appearance of raptors makes them much less cool, but the way in which [[Jill]] reformulates the facts to make them seem like even more vicious predators re-ignites her interest and makes the new raptors seem like at least as good a candidate for a good action thriller movie like the original version, if not better. Thus, the phrase "the past keeps getting cooler". (Or that Megan, like Randall, has an irrational fear of raptors and is updating her knowledge of them.) | ||
− | Clicking on the original cartoon links to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJKBPyavWlI | + | Clicking on the original cartoon links to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJKBPyavWlI a YouTube video] of a bird of prey (in this case a {{w|Secretarybird}}) using its wings for stability while standing on top of a struggling prey, from which one can easily envision instead a raptor upon its prey—especially in case of some kind of "raptorphobia", as for [[Randall]] (see [[87: Velociraptors]] and [[135: Substitute]]). {{w|Microraptor}} was a small raptor with four wings, which lets you imagine even scarier scenes. |
The same idea is later explored from a different perspective in [[1527: Humans]]. | The same idea is later explored from a different perspective in [[1527: Humans]]. |