Jurassic Disaster

Do you remember the hype that preceded the launch of these movies. The line-ups outside the theatres and the excitement the first one generated. The T-Rex doesn't look quite so terrifying on a small screen and it's bellows of rage are not as impressive on my home speakers. What I'm left with is sense of the hubris involved in the concept that man can control nature and that science is able to repair any damage man may do. I am reminded that although scientists were able to clone "Dolly" the sheep they could do nothing about the fact that her DNA was preset to auto-destruct after so many years and she inherited that aging DNA from her donor host. We can no more control nature than we can the thunder cell that just roared through my neighbourhood. Part of me is just as satisfied that this is so.