Donald Gennaro

I noticed that Gennaro had a much larger role in the Novel than in the film. In the film, as everyone know, he is eaten by the tyrannosaurus. However, from Crichton's novel, he survives and is one of the characters who bring the park back into order. Plus, he is later blamed for almost everything, because he funded Jurassic Park, and as Grant put it, the dinosaurs were his animals. I just found that interesting. Any other thoughts?

I totally agree. (WELCOME!) and your right. In the novel he is a much larger part of the plot and personally is one of my fav characters

Yup he was and one of my favs to.(WELCOME dinodude65!)

Thank you for your generous welcomes

And I think the films would've been much, MUCH better if they followed the novels more. So many things were changed!

Nice to see posting finaly but prob it would've been better that way although I like seeing him get killed by rexy lol!!!

I know, it always adds a comical sense to the film, but maybe if they put Ed Regis in there...

True and remember I'm watching you if your not here at least every week then I have to take youout f mod I already did to thrasher trex!!!

Okay, okay. I'm trying as much as I can to check this forum every now and again.

Anyway, back to Gennaro...

I think his appearance is different as well. In the movie he was a slim guy witha clumsy sense to him, whereas in the novel, he is said to be a muscular guy, very fit. Very strange how Spielberg changed things.

True he does look different!

What else can be said by this business man we call Mr. Donald Gennaro? Do you think Crichton intended for him to be somewhat Italian? I think Gennaro sounds like an italian name...

Maybe it is I will ask my mom cause her mom is italian so maybe my mom will know but he does sound italian!

i always thought of him as italian or french too, as he reminded me of Belloq from Raiders.

Just found out he's italian.

Where'd you find that out? Was it mentioned in the novel? or are you just going by the name?

The name.And my grandma is italian, so I just asked her.

Interesting! Maybe for the NCM we can give Gennaro a slight Italian accent XD

Good idea But who is italian?? XD Back to topic though!

Toward the end of the novel I feel bad for Gennaro. I mean...it's not his fault! Dude gets dragged away from his daughter's birthday party, gets chased by an T-Rex, his career gets ruined because of Hammond...and oh, he dies from Dysentry in the next novel.
Also why the hell would you want to crawl inside a hole filled with Raptors? Just throw a nerve gas grenade in there and call it a day!

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Also why the hell would you want to crawl inside a hole filled with Raptors? Just throw a nerve gas grenade in there and call it a day!

I would never crawl inside that hole, but I felt he was a coward then, because everyone was going into the hole. He couldn't stay out.

A bit off tpic, but Howard King died as well. And he was a father.