Whitby Free Pros, WeÃ"iosday,August 4. 1993. Page 7 A walk in thep ark F Going to a movie these days is not an easy event. Add babysitting and refreshments te admission prices, and an evening for two can swallow the most of a forty dollar bill. Taking the kids with you doesn't beat the system. Admission for cbjîdren plus refreshments cost more than babysitters. And should a small popcorn and small pop run more than five dollars? Okay. But first let's find out what's playig Look up the listings in your local newspaper. Hia. kay, now try the telephone book. Haîf a ha. (Bet it takes haîf an hour.) Now dial the nu mber. ME: (dial,dial,dial,dial,dial) PHONE: bz,bz,bz,bz. (That's a busy signal.) ME: (dial,dial,dial,dial,dial) PHONE: bz,bz,bz,bz. ME: (dial,dial,dial,dial,dial) PHONE: bz,bz,bz,bz. - You get the idea. Finally, a recorded voice tells you the starting times of ail the movies you don't want te see, and w en you try te ask, you miss. the starting timne of Jurassic Park. Start again. Jurassic Park was a' terrifie book. Both rny spouse and 1 read it. The reviews were ail positive, if not glowing. It seemed like the movie of the year te see. j So one Cheapie Tuesday we arrive haîf an hour before curtain time. Sold out. The second time we tried te get in we weren't so lucky. I've already mentioned that we'd read the book. Michael Crichton is a reasonably good writer with a ' " ' gift for thrilling plots. He uses his scientific back- ee ground (he is a medical doctor, after aIl) te build a qI hinge for the plot. I have this private theory that two fiction genres can neyer be successfully re-created on the sereen: who-dun-it detective and science fiction. EINCOFWUýM NRHPEC.12 Jurassie Park' is classic S-F, of the monster-from- This brick cottage was built about 1855 at the southeast corner of Dunllop and King streets outer-space category.. and looks much the saine today as it did 70 years ago. Mr. Hopper, standing in front of the The book is filled with the classie thrills and house, was the caretaker at King Street (now R.A Sennett) Public School. Wih rNe ht scares, but accompanied by enough science talk te htyAole ht make us at least believe we understand what's going on. We can walk away from the book muttering semething about bimodal distribution graphs, chaos theory iterations, and velocirapters. 10 YEARS AGO 0f this, only velocirapters translate on the sereen. from the Wednesday, August 3, 1983 edition of the Do epec toseeexcllen coputr-gnertedWITBY FREE PRESS D exeettsee excelle. nt c opur tereneatd Whitby was featured on CBC's public affairs prograx,'The Journal,' on July 29. yaespecial effe dns ars. nd a orro stry.he Swimni.er Anne Ottenbrite broke two records at the Canadian Swimradng Championships yeah th spcialeffctsare nteestng.in Mantreal last week. But eventually you'll find yourself hoping T-Rex * Jim Speers of Whitby has been nazned District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge catches the director and sereen writers anad chews of the Masonie Order. them te bits. e Ex-employees of the Dunflopfirestone tire plant, which closed in 1980, are holding a The real horror lies in the concept of a theme park. reunirn and picnic at Heber Down Conservation Area. What powerful, dark force lures human beings te ZOO? -I I'*