Paleontology, Feb 1st, Period 7

[dr-tommy.livejournal.com]

On Tommy's desk are several bags of movie popcorn and cans of Coke for the students to grab as they come in.

"Easy class today, guys. We're just watching a movie. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean you're not gonna get away without a homework assignment. On Monday, I want you to come to class with one- or more, if you're feeling ambitious- complaint about the science of the movie."

Tommy pops in a DVD of Triassic Gardens, turns off the lights, and sits at his desk as the movie plays.

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[janet_fraiser]

Janet signed in. She'd pout that there were no cookies if she weren't so cranky.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly signed in and happily took a Coke and some popcorn.

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory happily took a Coke and some popcorn as she signed in.

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky signed in and stole some of Rory's popcorn, even though there was plenty of non-Rory popcorn left.

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Mine!" Rory whined poutily.

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Why d'you think I took it? Popcorn tastes better when it's stolen."

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[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

Signing in, Sharon eyed the popcorn, decided her teeth could stand the danger, and grabbed a bag and a soda.

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[aroseintime.livejournal.com]

Rose signs in.

Discussion!

[dr-tommy.livejournal.com]

Watch and mock the movie here.

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[janet_fraiser]

"Cloning dinosaurs?" asked Janet. She snorted. "Let's just start with the concept of retrieving viable strands of DNA from the Triassic era and move on to the concept of fusing them with modern amphibian DNA and then excepting something with more reptilian characteristics than amphibious."

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[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

"Cloning humans Cylons would be easier, wouldn't it?" Sharon threw a piece of pocorn at the screen. "Run, you idots!"

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[janet_fraiser]

"Much easier. For one thing, you don't have to worry about finding viable DNA for an extinct species. I mean, it's just not possible, whatever the movie says. And also, shouldn't all the dinosaurs in the garden be genetically identical?" Janet's just a little adamant about this subject. "They can't breed without serious genetic defects popping up in the first generation!"

She went and got some popcorn and Coke, which she'd forgotten to do at the start of class. "Though could you imagine the problems with cloning humans? What if you cloned someone that wasn't dead yet?"

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[sharon-valerii.livejournal.com]

Sharon considered this for a moment, eyes going distant. "An army of me... Now that'd be strange."

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"I think it's cool. I mean, sure, it's not going to be totally right. If it was, it wouldn't be fiction, and there'd be people out there right now cloning dinosaurs and putting them on islands. But they did a good job of making it kinda believable. I mean, in some universe it could work I guess. At least they didn't use the same old excuse of 'Hey dinosaurs, how'd you get them?' 'Magic!'"

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Yay! Dinosaurs!"

Homework!

[dr-tommy.livejournal.com]

Turn in homework here if you don't wanna wait for Monday's class.

Re: Homework!

[janet_fraiser]

Janet turned in a long, strongly-worded essay written while watching the movie about the concept of cloning, extracting viable DNA from a few rare specimens of creatures preserved in amber, reconstructing DNA properly, and a few extra notes on how amphibian DNA does not automatically produce reptilian characteristics in creatures cloned from it. There might be the occasional diagram of a DNA strand too. And a lot of exclamation points.

After Class!

[dr-tommy.livejournal.com]

I was never baked in a giant pizza.

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Is it true what the announcement said? That you were baked in a giant pizza? What flavor was it?"

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[dr-tommy.livejournal.com]

Tommy facepalmed. "Zordon lies."

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Better be careful there, Doc, saying that a superior lies can get you in trouble."

OOC!

[dr-tommy.livejournal.com]

Tommy was, however, stuck in amber this one time...

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Oh, great. Now I have to go and watch that ep. Like, now.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

mwahahaha!

s'only fair, since i've wanted to watch both that PRT ep *and* Forever Red ever since Zordon's announcement =P *curses*