In that sense, he represents the audience in movie form as much as novel Ian Malcolm embodied Michael Crichton. These qualities make Ian Malcolm an indispensable addition to the Jurassic Park mythos.

But what about the very first Jurassic Park movie? This 1993 adaptation of the original Michael Crichton novel had no other installments to build off of. There was no pre-existing John Williams ...

not being limited by live-action props, expensive photorealistic CGI, or integration with real actors. While the Jurassic ...