Games By James Plafke May. 29, 2014 12:48 pm
It’s been 13 years since a giant dinosaur failed sneaking up on humans in Jurassic Park III*not because it’s a giant dinosaur, but because*a Nokia phone it swallowed rang and that made more noise than a dinosaur*smashing through an environment. We all know a sequel to Jurassic Park is in the works,*called Jurassic World*and starring the lovable Chris Pratt, but we didn’t have too many more details. Considering the Nokia ringtone scene of*JPIII wasn’t even the silliest scene of the movie, a follow-up always seemed like a bad proposition, despite the lack of details and the infinite bounds of fiction that could be used to imagine something worthwhile. Now, though, hard details regarding World*have been revealed, and we shouldn’t write the movie off just yet.
Unlike the old rumors that suggested Spielberg was going to make a sequel that disregarded*Jurassic Park II*or*III, this new film — helmed by director Colin Trevorrow — is set 22 years after the original, and does not appear to wipe away the canon of its sequels, for better or worse. The original dream of having a dinosaur theme park has come to fruition — think of*the “world” in Jurassic World* like the one in “Disney World” — and an average of 20,000 people visit every day. The park is built on Isla Nublar, the island where the original movie took place, and is now more like a modern-day theme park — hotels, restaurants, golf courses — than the original.
We’ll be happy enough if the new movie is anything like the video below.
Chris Pratt plays a behavioral researcher studying the relationship velociraptors share with humans. The film will also feature a genetically-modified dinosaur created by park scientists whose DNA is spliced with that from other species, creating what sounds like a super dino. Keeping our minds somewhat at ease, Trevorrow notes that the genetically modified dinosaur won’t be a visual mutant, so at least we probably don’t have to worry about a raptor with a snake’s head and bat wings.
The overarching theme of the movie falls in line with the desensitized culture of today; new things are a big deal, but we’re quickly over it and take it for granted. Trevorrow uses the example of a teenager leaning with his back against a T-Rex’s cage, texting his girlfriend instead of marveling at the giant, deadly dinosaur behind him.
Jurassic World will be hitting theaters on June 12 of 2015, so we only have about a year to see if any*Jurassic movies can ever be good again.
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Unlike the old rumors that suggested Spielberg was going to make a sequel that disregarded*Jurassic Park II*or*III, this new film — helmed by director Colin Trevorrow — is set 22 years after the original, and does not appear to wipe away the canon of its sequels, for better or worse. The original dream of having a dinosaur theme park has come to fruition — think of*the “world” in Jurassic World* like the one in “Disney World” — and an average of 20,000 people visit every day. The park is built on Isla Nublar, the island where the original movie took place, and is now more like a modern-day theme park — hotels, restaurants, golf courses — than the original.
We’ll be happy enough if the new movie is anything like the video below.
Chris Pratt plays a behavioral researcher studying the relationship velociraptors share with humans. The film will also feature a genetically-modified dinosaur created by park scientists whose DNA is spliced with that from other species, creating what sounds like a super dino. Keeping our minds somewhat at ease, Trevorrow notes that the genetically modified dinosaur won’t be a visual mutant, so at least we probably don’t have to worry about a raptor with a snake’s head and bat wings.
The overarching theme of the movie falls in line with the desensitized culture of today; new things are a big deal, but we’re quickly over it and take it for granted. Trevorrow uses the example of a teenager leaning with his back against a T-Rex’s cage, texting his girlfriend instead of marveling at the giant, deadly dinosaur behind him.
Jurassic World will be hitting theaters on June 12 of 2015, so we only have about a year to see if any*Jurassic movies can ever be good again.
More...
