I think it was just supposed to imply major incompetence on the part of the park, but, I mean, who hasn’t accidentally poisoned a triceratops with berries it’s not supposed to eat?
The thing is how they key in on it happening every 6 weeks, and then Laura Dern fondles some rocks by the poisonous plants. It was supposed to be revealed that the triceratopses were eating the rocks for gastrolith, and the rocks were tainted with poisonous plant jizz. But they only need to replenish their gastrolith every 6 weeks or so, hence why they get sick that often.
It was literally in the script, but they cut it because they didn’t think anyone would care about the huge poop scene?
I presume it’s all caps because they’re yelling because they’re falling toward whatever they’re falling toward …
…
… something.
Assuming they’re falling through an Earthlike atmosphere and gravitational field,¹ we’re dealing with a terminal velocity of around 120 miles per hour assuming the internet isn’t lying to me. Since they’ve been falling for 22 minutes and survived the entire trip (implying relatively stable atmospheric pressure), they’ve fallen 44 miles or so.
We know that there are (at least sparse) clouds. We also know that *something* is pulling them toward it gravitationally;² otherwise they’d just eventually stop because of atmospheric drag, but we also know that they can’t see whatever it is that they’re falling towards. I presume that the clouds are blocking their view.)
The only place in the universe that I can think of where this kind of thing would even be remotely possible is some gas giant.
Which means they probably aren’t going to die of dehydration.
That atmosphere is going to crush them to death.
FOOTNOTES
¹ Why is beyond me — well, watching two asphyxiated corpses fall for 12 panels without any dialogue would be kinda boring and unsettling, as opposed to the pretty dang funny and unsettling standard for Mountain Time. The gravitational field is variable, but not too much — since they’re presumably at terminal velocity, they’re still feeling gravity (or rather, the atmosphere pushing against it); they’re just also going downward.
² We know it’s gravitational because they describe themselves as in freefall, which isn’t expected for any other forces. (Gravity is the only force that directly messes with frames of reference, so they’d feel being pulled by other forces, whereas the force they’re feeling is also “pulling” their frame of reference, which is why they’re in freefall.)³
I love your approach, and I’m going to hang on to the gas giant idea.
My assumption in this one was that they’re in a sort of atmospheric torus, playing the Ouroboros game with whatever Massive Object is creating the gravitational pull. If they’re moving clockwise, say, the Massive Object is at 6 o’clock while they are at around 1 o’clock — the “bottom” is out of sight, but the “top” is farther still, which is why all the clouds agree with them on which way is down.
I think it was just supposed to imply major incompetence on the part of the park, but, I mean, who hasn’t accidentally poisoned a triceratops with berries it’s not supposed to eat?
The thing is how they key in on it happening every 6 weeks, and then Laura Dern fondles some rocks by the poisonous plants. It was supposed to be revealed that the triceratopses were eating the rocks for gastrolith, and the rocks were tainted with poisonous plant jizz. But they only need to replenish their gastrolith every 6 weeks or so, hence why they get sick that often.
It was literally in the script, but they cut it because they didn’t think anyone would care about the huge poop scene?
I thought they did mention the gastroliths. I must have just read the book or something
I presume it’s all caps because they’re yelling because they’re falling toward whatever they’re falling toward …
…
… something.
Assuming they’re falling through an Earthlike atmosphere and gravitational field,¹ we’re dealing with a terminal velocity of around 120 miles per hour assuming the internet isn’t lying to me. Since they’ve been falling for 22 minutes and survived the entire trip (implying relatively stable atmospheric pressure), they’ve fallen 44 miles or so.
We know that there are (at least sparse) clouds. We also know that *something* is pulling them toward it gravitationally;² otherwise they’d just eventually stop because of atmospheric drag, but we also know that they can’t see whatever it is that they’re falling towards. I presume that the clouds are blocking their view.)
The only place in the universe that I can think of where this kind of thing would even be remotely possible is some gas giant.
Which means they probably aren’t going to die of dehydration.
That atmosphere is going to crush them to death.
FOOTNOTES
¹ Why is beyond me — well, watching two asphyxiated corpses fall for 12 panels without any dialogue would be kinda boring and unsettling, as opposed to the pretty dang funny and unsettling standard for Mountain Time. The gravitational field is variable, but not too much — since they’re presumably at terminal velocity, they’re still feeling gravity (or rather, the atmosphere pushing against it); they’re just also going downward.
² We know it’s gravitational because they describe themselves as in freefall, which isn’t expected for any other forces. (Gravity is the only force that directly messes with frames of reference, so they’d feel being pulled by other forces, whereas the force they’re feeling is also “pulling” their frame of reference, which is why they’re in freefall.)³
³ In other news, I am a nerd.
I love your approach, and I’m going to hang on to the gas giant idea.
My assumption in this one was that they’re in a sort of atmospheric torus, playing the Ouroboros game with whatever Massive Object is creating the gravitational pull. If they’re moving clockwise, say, the Massive Object is at 6 o’clock while they are at around 1 o’clock — the “bottom” is out of sight, but the “top” is farther still, which is why all the clouds agree with them on which way is down.