Current Events > Apparently Mars Attacks was originally going to be Dinosaurs Attack

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaurs_Attack%21?wprov=sfla1

My grandpa had some of these cards for some reason at one point. I saw them in his house. He used to find and keep all sorts of random shit though

The cards showed dinosaurs killing humans in gory ways. I remember one where I think a woman is being pulled apart by Pterodactyls

Apparently this was going to be made into a movie but it eventually morphed into Mars Attacks

Zikten posted...

where I think a woman is being pulled apart by Pterodactyls

that's pterrible

That makes more sense given the timeframe

Well Mars Attacks was also originally trading cards by the same company.

DrizztLink posted...

that's pterrible

wow

Wiki says it pivoted to Mars Attacks after Jurrasic Park came out. That makes sense, because it's a pretty similar basic concept

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/2/6/AAb05zAAC3O-.jpg

Figure the Lunch Break one where it shows the Dinos attacking and eating a bus full of children might not be kosher for posting here. This one isnt that bad though.

Probably my first intro to gore as a kid. Some of those cards freaked me out.

I never saw those cards back in the day, but I have seen all of them now thanks to the magic of YouTube.

Part of me feels that it would have made a better movie. Part of me thinks that the dinosaur effects would have been too expensive or that the violence would have been too toned down to bother with.

Also, the Rhedosaurus from The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and the Paleosaurus from The Giant Behemoth both had unlicensed cameos. I doubt they would have made it into the film.