the only reason there be a question mark in parenthesis be not because i haven not see every film release in 2001 thus far . it because this film be only make partly in 2001. the rest of it be steal from roger corman other dinosaur film and carnosaur 1 3. i have a confession to make . carnosaur 2 be perhaps one of my favorite b movie . it borrow so much from james cameron alien it not even funny . but i love it . i can not explain exactly why . it just work for me . i like the set and i like the cinematography and i like how they borrow from alien . it all a bit ironic that cameron at one point be an understudy of corman and with film like battle beyond the star ( 1980 ) . i own the carnosaur trilogy on dvd and and the most i can say for part one be that it have moment . the most i can say for the third be that it take me five year to find it watchable . now we have raptor and which do not continue that series . instead and it borrow entire scene from the carnosaur trilogy and build a movie around it . and somehow roger corman be able to get eric robert and corbin bernsen to do it . now and i be not say either robert or bernsen be at any kind of career high . but they be both at one point what could be call respectable actor . not here . sure and actor react to effect they would not even see while film all the time . here and however and they be react to mismatch footage from film that be between five and eight year old . there even a sherrif whose costume be model directly after a character in carnosaur 1. apparently it make too much sense to get the original guy back . when raptor be announce i be a wee bit excited . i be however disappointed when corman say that they would be use the old dinosaur model from carnosaur . apparently corman decide after this interview be conduct that he wouldn not even do that . and it not that he couldn not find an fx crew to do it . the script for this be clearly write keep in mind that the story have to be build around pre exist stock footage . don not compare this to ed wood . ed do good than this . at least he only use the stock footage of bela once and in one film . there be way of incorporate stock footage into a movie and and raptor take this frown upon technique to a new low . even if you like carnosaur 3 represent primal specie and stay away from raptor .