RAP(TOR) STAR

With Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom opening this weekend...

Monster-of-the-Week: ...this week's honoree is the "Indoraptor," yet another genetically-engineered hybrid dinosaur, combining the nastiest aspects of the tyrannosaurus rex and the velociraptor. The creature is depicted here...

...on collectable cans of my favorite pop, Dr. Pepper, which probably isn't much better for my health than an encounter with an indoraptor would be.

BLADE RUNNER

With Jurassic World still in theaters…

Monster-of-the-Week: …this week the nod goes to this genetically-engineered velociraptor which adorns my current can of Barbasol:

This is a clever bit of product tie-in; you’ll remember it was a fake Barbasol can in which Wayne Knight tried to smuggle out the dinosaur embryos in the original film.

RIP to a couple of greats: My Mom’s favorite actor Theodore Bikel, passed on at 91, and Alex Rocco, passed on at 79. Of Rocco’s many fine turns, I especially loved him as the sheriff in The Stunt Man; it’s excellent (and rather accurate) when, near the end, Peter O’Toole off-handedly greets him with “Hello, sexy.”

SO REXY IT HURTS

With Jurassic World opening this weekend, check out my list, on Topless Robot, of the best Dinosaur “Cameos.”

Also…

Monster-of-the-Week: …this week let’s acknowledge “Indominus Rex...”

...the genetically-modified hybrid superdinosaur who stars in Jurassic World…