Jurassic Park

T-Rex, with your tiny arms in proportion to your body, step aside; you're not the star of Jurassic Park. That title goes to Lex Murphy, the granddaughter of park creator John Hammond. She may have started the film as a scaredy cat, but Lex triumphs in the end to save the day with her early '90s computing skills.

Not only does she fight off a T-Rex from eating herself and her brother in the Jeep (even though she kind of brought his attention to them in the first place with the flashlight), she also outwits a pair of annoying raptors in the theme park's kitchen, like any responsible big sister would. Naturally, our favorite scenes with Lex also include some of the film's best lines, with her enthusiasm for 1993 technology, made all that much better — and cheesier — with a 2013 ear.

You may have had Encyclopedia Britannica on your family's first home computer, but Lex recognized the awesomeness that is the Jurassic Park jeep's interactive CD-ROM. But nothing is as BA as her using her hacking skills ("It's a Unix system!") to reprogram the park's security system before hungry dinosaurs can barrel through an unlocked door and make all the group's running through the night and rain for naught.

So, Lex, thanks for being a Geek We Love and showing the world that being a hacker nerd is how you get things done when a theme park of rageful, starving dinosaurs goes into emergency lockdown.

Based on our level of excitement for Jurassic Park 3D, you'd think we hadn't already watched the film 23 times since its 1993 debut. Nothing can crush our love of dinosaurs, not even what happens when ancient animals come to life on a remote island. Rather than wishing for a real-life version, we'll opt for crafting a virtual dino park from the safety of an iPhone with the Jurassic Park Builder game (free, with in-app purchase options) for iOS.

The game's more SimCity than it is action-packed running-from-a-T-Rex thrills. Players are guided through the ins and outs of building a theme park on land or underwater with prehistoric attractions by the movie's stars John Hammond, Ian Malcolm (hello, Jeff Goldblum!), and Dr. Grant. Expand the park with new buildings and hotels, than take care of the dinosaurs well enough to add more to the menagerie — over 30 varieties in total.

As you progress, show off your creations with Facebook sharing, but whatever you do, don't share the plans with a character named Dennis Nedry!

Ready your browser's Refresh button and get cozy with the computer screen, as this limited-edition Jurassic Park print goes on sale sometime on Thursday. Mondo, a shop of beautiful hand-screen-printed tees and posters is offering a limited printing of 375 Jurassic Park posters for purchase at $45 each. The 24'' x 36" prints' availability will be announced sometime on Thursday, Oct. 27, through the MondoNews Twitter feed.

This print is designed by artist JC Richards, and is one in a series of Jurassic Park-themed prints Mondo is releasing this Fall. Fans will remember this quiet scene from the movie when the children and Dr. Grant happen upon a herd of omnivore dinosaur grazers.

Stand by your Twitter feed tomorrow to snag a print for your home. If they happen to sell out before you can get your purchase in, comfort yourself with the new Jurassic Park box set, with the film's two sequels included, which came out on Blu-ray this week.

Take the memorable Jurassic Park theme song add keytar, spot-on animation, and lyrics by YouTube star Brett Domino for a refresher in paleontology that will have you back to speed on all things prehistoric by the time the Jurassic Park trilogy is released on Blu-ray later this month.

Could this be the start of a real-life Jurassic Park? Paleontologists from the University of Alberta recently published their findings on dinosaur and bird feathers preserved in amber in the journal Science. Dating back over 78 million years, the feathered findings indicate winged creatures of early Earth may have had similarities to modern birds. Here's what you need to know about this historic finding:

• Why it matters — The primitive feathers found in amber are nearly identical to those of today's birds. The report says that these early feather specimens are attributable to dinosaurs before they went extinct.
• Amber preservation — The feathers are in such vivid detail because the tree resin that preserves them has its own antibacterial and drying properties that slow normal decay.
• Jurassic Park? — Despite the similarities to Jurassic Park's storyline of finding dino DNA preserved in amber, a future theme park won't be in the works anytime soon. The specimens discovered in Canada are very small and don't contain any DNA material. Your Jeff Goldblum-inspired vacation plans are foiled again.

If you were alive and well during the early '90s, chances are good that you saw a little Steven Spielberg flick called Jurassic Park. At the time, we were dazzled (and disturbed) by the lifelike big-screen dinosaurs, and as far as I'm concerned, the movie has stood the test of time — especially for its quotes. I still find myself repeating some of the film's lines, so check out my favorites then add your own in the comments.

• "He left us! He left us!" — Lex
• "Hold on to your butts." — Ray Arnold
• "Clever girl." — Muldoon