How The T-Rex Attacked The River Raft - Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park

[@shatterIguess838]

Lex: Besides, a Trex can't swim Rexy: Are you challenging me?

[@Tony58j]

You thonk i cont swom hooman

[@zendzend5107]

Does a rex need to swim when it's feet can reach the ground?

[@tyrannozillasauronsproduct5072]

@@zendzend5107 exactly

[@andreicc201]

@@zendzend5107 even if it didnt, Rexy will swim and say WAZZUP BITCHES

[@voidz1320]

Rexy took that personally.

[@satireisnotdead5804]

I love how Tim still has time to lecture his sister on dinosaurs in the middle of a life or death situation, Young Grant in the making, he's better in the book than he is in the film in my opinion but still likeable

[@BadassHater1]

Probably because Spielberg knew that making Tim like novel Lex would've been worse than just making him a dino nerd. Well there WAS one moment when he acted stupid - the control room scene where instead of helping Grant and Sattler by giving them a shotgun he decided to....pound the chair his sister was sitting in.

[@xanderfoley6641]

Tim is my favorite kid in the movies but i really dont like lex at all

[@satireisnotdead5804]

@@xanderfoley6641 Be fair Lex had some growth in the film, she bucks up and uses her computer know-how to get the locks back on, pity it turned out to be useless since the raptors could just go through the glass. It's Tim who doesn't change in the film, he's their damsel in distress.

[@iago110]

SHE WAS 8 in the books my guy, give her some slack@@xanderfoley6641

[@culdwun9002]

“LEX COUGHED LOUDLY, EXPLOSIVELY, LIKE A GUNSHOT” 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShadowSkyX]

And that's how you know it's from grants point of view.

[@-dodup-5970]

culdwun 900 LMAO

[@BekahMarie11]

That’s how my mom coughs 😹

[@srirampatel1842]

XD

[@lauraholmes2402]

Like the velociraptors call to each other in the movie

[@janHgat]

I love Chricton's style of interrupting/breaking the continuity of the flow like how Grant was thinking where to shoot and then the T.Rex interrupts his thoughts with his roar at 04:48. He does this all throughout the novel and in some instances it further intensifies the suspense and horror of the scene, like in the Raptor pen.

[@MikeP813]

I wish this would have been added into the movie. Was pretty suspenseful reading it in the book.

[@BaldMartin1Fan]

defiantly. i would have loved to have seen this scene in Jurassic park

[@gustaf3811]

Absolutely not, it would be the stupidest scene in the franchise. T-rex could not swim and least of all could it hold it's breath. I understand and I'm glad they never did that scene because it is just ridiculous.

[@jamesplunkett8912]

I wish this was in the movie too, because it happens to be one of my favorite parts from the book!

[@godzillagames1243]

But It Be Werid How Rexy Can Swim?

[@jamesplunkett8912]

I don't see how weird that could be. I've never seen a T-rex swim before.

[@xenome3883]

lex : haha stupid dinosaur red T-rex : *slowly turns back at the raft and stares at lex*

[@falconerayx750]

Hey that rhymes

[@carklycarkly9575]

#Triggered

[@zendzend5107]

And then the T-Rex had three humans for lunch.

[@Calmoose415]

Honestly, Lex in the book is so useless.

[@LeoTheYuty]

@@Calmoose415 Even worse then the movie where she tried to scare away a t.rex with a flashlight

[@jeezul]

A random cough doomed them all

[@GoneFeralWithSquidly]

Now that's chaos theory.

[@cs8318]

God that girl is so fucking moronic

[@yaddledapaddle3877]

@@cs8318 the most annoying character in the book

[@iainmawhinney8867]

could’ve been a scream in the movie

[@critterfreek83]

@@yaddledapaddle3877 Harsh, but true. Pointless as legs on a fish.

[@brycevo]

I absolutely Love the Raft scene and the Universal Ride. The Rex is awesome in this scene. I kinda wish it was in the movie.

[@brycevo]

@joshua ashley It was seen as expensive

[@fishyfreinds4880]

You're always on gaming beaver.

[@gustaf3811]

@@brycevo No it was unrealistic, everyone knows T-rex was a terrestrial creature who could not swim. This would be giving the movie complete fantasy writing which would not suite the kind of realism the story is trying to build on.

[@quickbinger1058]

@@gustaf3811 should have been spino

[@CombustableLemon]

@@gustaf3811 What? You are truly ignorant. T-Rex could swim.

[@wonton_7708]

When lex yelled at the t-rex I said "WATER U DOING?"

[@buster5339]

XD

[@chaoticiannunez2419]

I remember vividly the first time I read this, as a 12 year old. I was accompanying my father at a FedEx building and I got to the chapter while my dad was off doing whatever. I was litterally on the edge of the seat. My eyes wideneded at the rex jumping into the water. Good times.

[@jantzenbruce2155]

The Dilophosaur scene with the raft is one I’ve always wanted to see. I mean imagine how terrifying and surprising it would be to all of a sudden flow past a whole pack of those frill-necked horrors just hooting curiously at you, any sudden movement setting them off.

[@bellah-1supercobra513]

I like your narration and voice acting, especially for Grant's. You can really bring out their emotions, especially Grant being pissed off.

[@oscarstainton]

In retrospect, the T. rex hunting Grant and the kids on a river definitely has shades of the finale of Jaws, with Bruce tearing The Orca apart. Crichton probably had Spielberg in the back of his mind. I'm glad that a version of it, of sorts, made it into JP3 with the Spinosaurus River Attack, but damn the book had a supremely entertaining and suspenseful first pass at it. I think Spielberg made the right choice for the film, from a budget and production standpoint, as it would have been too ambitious for the time.

[@gustaf3811]

Spielberg didn't only do it because of the budget, this surely have been done with CGI and would not be too costly. However Spielberg wanted some realism which is why you see a Spino which is an aquatic animal rather then a T-rex because everyone knows they could not swim.

[@eezium]

The shark's name is "Rogue".

[@saidi7975]

@@gustaf3811 ... T.rex can swim. Spino was not even a blip in the radar. They didn't do it due to budgetary restrictions.

[@andreyleonel255]

Alan about Rex: *"The biggest croc in the entire world"* Purussaurus: *"Dude... wtf?"*

[@shatterIguess838]

Sarcosuchus: Am I joke to you?

[@ATRexNamedBull]

Deinosuchus: You aving a fokin' giggle mate?

[@-.__.447]

Sarcosuchus was kinda the biggest croc deinosuchus was an alligator and purrusaurus was a caimon

[@andreyleonel255]

@@-.__.447 Sharp knowledge, dude

[@-.__.447]

@@andreyleonel255 thanks lmao

[@darthlord1997]

Ah, the river scene. When reading the book, THIS was the scene I wanted the most to be in the movie. Sure, some other bits from the books I wish made it into their film adaptations, but this moment would be my top pick for the original movie and the Carnotaurus moment for The Lost World. It's a very entertaining moment, and uses that whole 'you can't see under water from the surface' fear. It also would have been cool to see the T-Rex swim like a crocodile as was described in the book. Now, I am aware this ALMOST made it into the film how I can't remember why off the top of my head. However, still glad to see this inspire a level in the Genesis game and even the official Jurassic Park Ride!

[@Clovenstone-Blue]

I believe this didn't make it to the movie due to the budget being too small to film it. The jeep chase was probably added in as it would've been a much cheaper scene to film.

[@sensimillian69]

She was swimming. I'm currently reading the novel. I know there was a raft sequence in JP for the NES as well

[@gustaf3811]

@@Clovenstone-Blue They had a large budget for the time I don't know what you're talking about. Using animatronics and the CGI for the movie was never seen before in such a big movie. They actually wanted some form of realism and talked to paleontologists who definitely said this is a stupid scene. I'm glad it never made it into the movie and they actually listened for once.

[@dell988]

Spielberg said he never wanted to work with Animatronics in the water again, after Jaws. Thus, it was cut from the film

[@billcipher8976]

The animatronic for the Rex was an amazing design, but it would malfunction in water. In the car scene the rain kept making it malfunction, so this scene was kept out.

[@zachpayne3533]

One of my only criticisms of Crichton's writing of this book is his writing of the character Lex. I get that she is supposed to be annoying, but he wrote her a bit too annoying for my liking. And this scene is one if the main reasons why.

[@KarlieJJohnson]

I agree. Made me wish she got eaten.

[@benadryl_hatman]

Well she IS supposed to be a younger kid. I think he captured the essence of annoying younger sibling very well.

[@zachpayne3533]

That's my point. He did it TOO well and I have a hard time seeing any redeeming qualities in her character

[@prathapkutty7407]

wish that rex ate her

[@gabrieladerre2862]

The things that I wished on that character made the awful things that actually happened in the book look like a day at Disneyland in comparison! I came so close to just giving up on finishing my second reading of the book several times. Just because Lex was so relentlessly, maddeningly infuriating!

[@KBABZ]

Hey Klayton, in a lot of these videos you often use these wall-painting looking pieces, particularly of the disappearing Carnotaurus'. Where are they from??

[@Dinoslay]

It is from one of the restaurants in Universal Studios, I believe.

[@KlaytonFioriti]

Yep! It's from the mural at the Jurassic cafe!

[@KBABZ]

@@KlaytonFioriti That's awesome! Pretty cool of them to throw in some novel references in there. I figured they were from an Illustrated Edition of Jurassic Park/The Lost World (how awesome would that be??)

[@jamesgilbert6023]

@@KlaytonFioriti do the main road attack

[@darrenjohnston4511]

Deviant art jp illustrated

[@Franniiv3]

I like the end of the scene where the waterfall stops and the tranqs have finally got to the rex and it bites it's tongue and falls back. My fave part is when they're out in the field and the tally of all animals found comes back and they realise the dinosaurs have been breeding and they could be anywhere. Each time I read this I feel such a sense of impending dread for the characters, as if they weren't already in mortal danger! haha

[@irvingmariscal3352]

(How Donnald Gennero fend off a raptor in hand to hand.) Wondering if you'll cover this scene in a future video, plus I really love this T-Rex river scene, very intense.

[@KlaytonFioriti]

Coming soon!

[@lawhammergaming]

There was also a segment in world where the people were in canoes rafting down with some sauropods I believe, it was only a few seconds but a very nice shot and it was on nublar too.

[@shainewhite2781]

I always wanted to see the T. Rex river raft scene in any movie. As a matter of fact, the Dinosaur was sleeping on a rock near the river, as thought it was guarding it. There was even storyboards showing this scene. It was going to be filmed but was cut. It was going to involve stop motion animation and animatronics rather than CGI. Phil Tippett drew these storyboards!

[@showmeurtds7573]

This scene, and the carnotaurus scene are my two favorites from the books

[@YourPlayNation]

What does the Carno do? Also are there more Dilo bits in the book?

[@showmeurtds7573]

@@YourPlayNation Carno are the very beginning of The Lost World and toward the middle/end and they can camo like the Indominous Rex did, and patrol around where a lot of the action takes place. And the Dilo have a much better scene in the Jurassic Park book than the movie portrayed.

[@YourPlayNation]

@@showmeurtds7573 Only one in the book though right? Kills Nedry a different way?

[@showmeurtds7573]

@@YourPlayNation that's correct as far as I can remember

[@dHybrid_351]

The one story sequence that I loved and wanted you to do on your channel :) Still the best part in the book and most intense sequence in JP history! Wonderful video :) Still waiting for the Raptor nest story sequence :)

[@RamsiesjurassicSpencer]

I want see this in Jurassic world 3.

[@r3xlord133]

I was leaning on my book as I read the scene. A week later, I went to the river ride and loved it. Thank you Michael chrichton, May you rest in peace

[@kiryuthedragonwarrior2746]

I loved this part of the book and the part with Tim and lex traped inside the waterfall with the rex

[@ddthewolf]

Think he'll ever do a video of that part?

[@Benny_T]

I feel like this could work in Jurassic World 3, but instead of a Juvenile, there could be a Carnotaurus

[@lachlanowers.5764]

or a Teratophoneus which is another type of Tyrannosaurid which is cannon as well.

[@beatlefan713]

Or maybe we could see the ceratosaur again

[@lachlanowers.5764]

@@beatlefan713 agreed.

[@Kaidhicksii]

Ah hell naw: do Rexy. :D

[@notactive9859]

The BGamerSaurus Giga would be terrifying

[@thexplodenator3007]

I find the bit where Lex needs to cough or clear her throat a bit odd. Also I like the bit on the river with the Dilos, Hypsolophodons, Microceratus, etc neat. And the waterfall tongue bit.

[@wschippr1]

The Xplodenator I didn't like the tongue but. Very few animals use their tongues like that and a large predatory is certainly not one of them.

[@fernandodiaz9064]

Your videos convinced me into getting this book ASAP. Thanks! It's my first Michael Crichton novel and I loved it! A great thriller with amazing detail in describing scientific topics such as math, computers, paleonthology, etc! I used to think the 1st movie was excellent but the book is by far better! I'm getting The Lost World book now! Love your content, I'm a subscriber from Perú!!

[@Julie_Rios]

Ooh ahhh yes, please. Imagine Rexy swimming down the Mississippi.

[@johndogscorner9631]

I want this scene to be adapted in future Jurassic Park material so badly!

[@LoneStarGrizzly]

Honestly, Klayton, you read the scenes from the novels so well! You should really do audiobooks for both novels!

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Ah, a scene from the book that (IMO) is pretty unique. I can actually buy how the T-Rex can swim, seeing as dinosaurs and crocodilians are both archosaur forms.

[@maniacaldrop92]

When enough time passes they need to do a rated R book faithful horror remake.

[@Tony58j]

The books were already r rated

[@maniacaldrop92]

@@Tony58j that's obvious, talking about making a R rated book faithful show.

[@Tony58j]

@@maniacaldrop92 ooo ok that would be soo cool

[@thelonewolf6425]

Dinosaurs are animals, not movie monsters.

[@maniacaldrop92]

@@thelonewolf6425 you definitely haven't read the books then.

[@oscarperalta2143]

My new favorite channel. It's been so long since I read the books and these recaps are awesome!

[@nancyfaulkner9048]

If this was in Jurassic Park, or even on DVD, that would make my day!

[@Lomes]

“Of course Rexes can swim!” Me: Rexes can swim??!!

[@tanyasmith5977]

Klayton I love the way you read the book, full of excitement for the content and making the scene feel so real. I so wish you could so the whole book.both booka actually would be good.

[@water-nerd]

PLEASE do a full audio book in this format even chapter by chapter youre voice and the effects make a really cool atmosphere

[@supergamerxda.k.azabuza4031]

The river scene is my favorite scene in the Jurassic Park book

[@BaldMartin1Fan]

i really enjoyed the river raft scene in Michael Creighton's novel. thank you! for doing this video!

[@Alt-ec4nv]

The raft scene is up there, but imo, nothing out does nedry's death. The way it's set up from the very beginning, the slow dawning realization, and then one of the more gruesome kills the book has to offer. It's pretty great all around.

[@DrThunder88]

7:00 The best response to getting eaten by a T. rex..."Aw crap!"

[@noctis.1779]

Lex: snakes can't swim! My face turned from interested in the video to visible confusion in a fraction of a second.

[@machinedragonnero7740]

Okay now that was super cool I would have loved to seen in the movie. Excellent work my friend the way you described it made it sound so suspenseful I was on the edge of my seat!

[@georgebendall7401]

I like that the young T Rex bent over the dead sauropod she was claiming it as her own just before Rexy ran out of the river and chased the young girl away to protect her kill while attacking Alan Grant and the kids on the river raft

[@kaydenevideo]

I’ve never read the novel. Hearing you read this passage was so enthralling. I need to pick up a copy of the books now. This would be a great scene to rework for JW3

[@chancemarino8587]

AWESOME! This is one of the many amazing moments in the Jurassic Park Novel! I can see why it might of been cut from JP!

[@yam5699]

This is one of my favorite sequences from the novel, I can see why it was cut from the movie though. Edit: Thank you for the heart!

[@Benny_T]

I hope we get this in Jurassic World 3.

[@kinggrimlock705]

Excellent job reading one of my favourite parts of the book. Made my heart pump when I first read this.

[@deenaphantom6128]

i have watched quite a few of these videos from you, and can i just say, your voice and enthusiasm is just amazing for reading this book. i wish i could just listen to an audiobook of you reading this series. XD it would be such a thriller!

[@joshuastrittmatter4188]

One of my favorite moments in the book. A scene so great it was copied in the 1999 video game “Dino Crisis.”

[@Edtweet]

i seriously want this scene on the big screen!! WELL DONE!

[@kenpoarniceguy1]

I personally like the stampede scene. The raft scene is quite common in your videos. Also why were Lex and Tim's ages switched? You know the juvenile would have been interesting to see as well.

[@KomradeDoge]

I think the ages were switched for the movie for the same reason they swapped Hammond to being a loving grandfather who cared about his staff in the movie, it simply fit better for the story they wanted to tell. I think they just wanted one of the kids to be more mature than either was in the book, and decided Lex was the better of the 2 for that to be.

[@nuitarik]

It probably was this reading that convinced me to listen to the book on audible! Totally worth it!!

[@pwootton24]

Man, my heart was pounding hearing you read that part of the book! That was awesome!

[@mjhernandez984]

Not to be rude but FINALLY, i have been waiting so long for you to do a video on this scene for so LONG

[@tomgreen4613]

This was great!! 4:47 scared the s*it out of me!!

[@theamazingblindmagician6743]

Seriously, the river raft scene was the most scariest moment in Michael Crichton‘s book.

[@themedia1271]

The visual of a T-Rex yawning and scratching it's head sounds so cute.

[@galmorzu]

Imagine this as the opening sequence to JW3 with some random people going rafting in the wilderness where the Rex is hanging out. But instead of them drifting away as the Rex gets distracted, he comes up right under them and it cuts to the title sequence.

[@jimmyallen8210]

We need this in part 6. That was super entertaining, thanks for the video!

[@irumasuzuki9074]

Lex was in my opinion the most annoying character

[@GarciaXVLegend_04]

I honestly hate most of the kids that appear in the Jurassic Franchise. Tim & the Clone Kid Girl are the only children I find endearing and don't mind.

[@coolichka42]

Sinek the Sinek I’m hungry. I can’t climb.

[@LiLgPnoy15]

oh absolutely!

[@in_vino_veritas7938]

Lex seriously should've been killed off

[@jasonlou2013S]

She is. But Lex also brought happiness to us right? If Director Spielberg cut her out, the movie would be boring.

[@toasttherodan8012]

I just got the mattel life finds a way as ad of this video and it's fantastic the klayton also great video klayton chop chop of the carnotaurus LIFE FIND A WAY life can't be contained life find's a way.

[@adamssupershow3229]

Gosh you guys sure make it intense ... I love it!

[@TheMarckoguy35]

I love these videos of you reading sections of the books. I'm not really an audio book guy, but if you'd get the chance to record an audio version of Crichton's novel, then I'd happily listen.

[@prehistoricworld_]

You should seriously do an audiobook reading of the novels the way you tell them is honestly fantastic

[@brandonkukla1604]

Thank you, I've only seen the movies but your videos made me buy the books, 1 down 1 to go. I regret nothing.

[@yuuyjaaj6721]

3:29 Sarchosuchus: am i a joke to you?

[@Geister7]

"Entertainment purposes", you can never have enough of those cannon fodder characters

[@ChasehaWing]

The T Rex Animatronic could barely survive the rain. It would have never survived a dip in the water XD

[@EmzZone42]

I always found Lex to be most annoying especially in book

[@MetroXLR-99]

Indeed. in the book, she was the younger sibling and heavily implied to be a "Daddy's Girl", while Tim was older and more mature. They switched their ages in the film, though "Timmy" was no where near as annoying as "Alexis" was (though he still was kinda annoying. Mainly when climbing the Electric Fence, and being unhelpful in the Computer Room.)

[@bunkymartian1652]

I've never read this book.... I now inexplicably have the urge to read it

[@adrielcontreras7917]

“The biggest croc in the entire world” Literally every single crocodillian that lived along side t rex: *thats cute*

[@MarcoMakesOfficial]

This is so good! 😍

[@isaiahjones1685]

I love this moment in the novel and I was sitting on the edge of my seat.

[@FrankDufek]

"Of course he can swim you little idiot!" Iconic

[@BeastWolf24]

once again u made it sound so real I love it I felt like I was there

[@kevin_ramirez2529]

Great video man! Seeing a swimming T Rex stalking people would be awesome in the new movie!

[@barryauguste9734]

Another outstanding dramatization Mr. Fioriti....both visually and audially. You really are onto something here as everyone seems to agree. I hope you can fully develope the idea into a commercial enterprise as you surely do deserve it and I'm sure there would be a demand for it.

[@caseypilarczyk9312]

So awesome looks

[@Dragonceratops]

I can see why it was cut. With the difficulties of water in the past, with films like Jaws, imagine how crazy hard it would be to implement a scene like that into JP.

[@mikemills54]

Great video. One of my favorite parts of the novel.

[@gabethedinosaur95]

Rexy attacking lex tim and grant from the lagoon is my favorite part in the book . The way it was written was perfect . Like when rexy goes under water like a crocodile that always makes me think of dinocucaus would have a made a great appearance in book . But I still enjoy this chapter with rexy acting like a crocodile. The young rex coming back to eat the fresh food is surprising when rexy chases the juvenile off .

[@zzzombie888]

The second half is awesome with the Rex waiting at the bottom of the falls

[@92JazzQueen]

It makes me wonder if T-Rexes could swim or they just walked through the water. Also now that you mention crocodiles, there were prehistoric crocodiles as well. They were said to be mega huge and one of them were featured in the Lost World arcade.

[@TheMcNoobs]

This is my favorite scene in any JP movie or book. I have my Literature as Film classes storyboard it since it hasn’t been faithfully adapted into film.

[@germanhottoys5775]

I love Chrichtons novel but I still think that Lex was the most annoying character

[@BekahMarie11]

I agree! I think the kids should have been killed off 💁🏽‍♀️

[@kingk.titanosaur355]

@@BekahMarie11 not tim, just lex

[@kingk.titanosaur355]

@@BekahMarie11 now that i think abt they should not have came

[@lindsey.13]

“nedry” is the best scene of the book for me

[@critterfreek83]

One of my favorite scenes in the novel, by far. A major pity that it didn't end up in the movie, but I understand that there were legit concerns about being able to pull it off technology wise. Oh, and you know what's even more chilling? In the Sunderban mangroves of Bangladesh, man-eating tigers are still very much a thing. Now and again, these tigers have been seen to slip into the water and pursue people in canoes/on wooden rafts as the occupants wildly try to paddle away, like a dog chasing a dirt bike-or like the rex going after the rubber raft. Not a fun place to be.

[@eddieslone]

maaaaan I wish you would read the whole book! Lost world as well. These clips are always my favorite!

[@123agidee_2]

I get why Spielberg didn’t want to work with animatronics in water after what happened behind jaws

[@l1nus0nl1neproductions9]

Holy shit!! this would have been epic to see in the movies 😲

[@kittmouri7098]

This scene actually scared me when I listened to the audio book!!! 😭😭😭 Also, I love hearing you read. 😌

[@josetheclassicstarwarsfan8514]

Man I never knew a T.rex can swim!

[@WhiteJarrah]

It's rendition in the Sega Mega Drive game was always a highlight.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

5:18 I like this scene cause it shows the Trex is still animal not a monster, it’s out to survive not kill and predators in the wild don’t want to a challenge when hunting they want easy prey to avoid injury. So when it’s big meal is about to be taken away it goes into rage mood.

[@sidsrocket9739]

I’ve heard this scene referenced for it’s awesomeness but this is the first time I heard it all. That’s an amazing scene I hope we get to see it one day

[@christianbontempo8859]

I would have done this scene with a Baryonyx in place of the T.Rex. I can see this being a good way placed in a future film.

[@BlackXIV]

Baryonyx... as an ARK player you quick learn to HATE this bastards.^^