I was able to see Jurassic World: Dominion on June 9th at 4 pm and I give it a rating of a 10 out of 10. This film checks all the boxes that I felt were important or needed to be addressed and offers suitable amounts of closure for these points that satisfied me. It’s a story-building upon thirty years worth of established story and should be judged not in terms of it episodically, but how well it continues and resolves those hanging threads – which it does satisfyingly so in my opinion. The Main Points I would like to touch upon below detail the high points I personally have felt were the most important for the film to cover: 1. BioSyn and Dodgson – This is one…
I was going through my library of images of the Worker Village, as I often do, when I noticed an interesting detail about the conceptual maquette model that was built of that area for the movie. This was a detail that I think explains a lot about Steven Spielberg’s decision making with the San Diego finale and how its presence in the final movie had been influenced by the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie, “Psycho.” One thing Steven Spielberg is known to do is that he likes to be able to conceptualize camera angles and shots in 3D. It was something he heavily did on “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and something he did on “Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” as well. In the lattermost’s case,…
First off, the best way to begin this investigation is to explain exactly how the boat came to be where it ended up. At Isla Sorna, the male Rex was captured by being tranquilized by Roland Tembo. After InGen Harvest Base was radioed from the abandoned Worker’s Village by Nick Van Owen teams of helicopters were dispatched across Isla Sorna to search and gather the survivors. The helicopters managed to locate Peter Ludlow and with him Roland Tembo with his living trophy. Then, using a cargo helicopter, the Rex, while caged, was air-lifted onto the deck of the Venture 5888 ship waiting out in the Pacific Ocean very near to Isla Sorna. The animal would have then been caged on the deck of the Venture until its health…
The Prairie Creek Redwood State and National Parks are a World Heritage Site, and a true natural wonder from a more ancient, primordial world. A piece of literal Jurassic history, these majestic trees were the natural habitat of dinosaurs that evolved during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Mesozoic: a time when our favorite giant reptiles ruled the Earth. That’s what made them a natural filming location choice for Steven Spielberg when he went looking for somewhere to film his sequel to the 1993 smash-hit “Jurassic Park.” With easier access than the tropical beauty of Kauai, the Prairie Creek Redwoods were the perfect backdrop for Spielberg and his director of photography, Janusz Kaminski. Although Spielberg returned to Kauai to shoot several scenes for “The Lost World: Jurassic…
As poetic a finale as there can be, and an assuredly common trope that ultimately works as an ending in any film made since the beginning of ever is the atypical “ride off into the sunset” type of ending. That said, the scene is a bit of headache because you have to think geographically to sort of orient yourself and orient our heroes in the film. Unfortunately the Jurassic Park series is pretty notorious for throwing out their own island’s geography for the sake of a picturesque shot. In fact there’s been times that locations have changed because the creators consider it better flow for the story. This was actually the case of the Mosasaurus Lagoon in Jurassic World being in land and in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom…
Today we’re going to talk about head canons and why they can be a horrible thing. You’re probably scoffing to yourself right now and wondering “How can I thinking something happened in a fictional work that is unknown a bad thing when it fills in the hole of a discrepancy or plot contrivance the creators or powers that be made? It’s not hurting anyone!” Well, little do you know is that you answered your own question with your question. What’s worse is that when they are pandered too and played with they can often end with troublesome circumstances that not just impact you, but everything external because we all do not live in a vacuum of isolation when it comes to broadcasting our feelings and thoughts. Let’s look…
Since its release in 1997, The Lost World has long left fans speculating about pressing questions left unanswered by the film. Was John Hammond just trolling the whole time? Can a Velociraptor really be defeated with gymnastics? Most importantly, what was up with that poster for King Lear starring Arnold Schwarzenegger? The film being advertised does not exist. Not outside of The Lost World, anyway. It is a fabrication, something created specifically to be referenced in The Lost World. Appearing alongside an equally fake poster of Jack and the Beanstalk starring Robin Williams (not to be confused with Jack, the 1996 movie starring Robin Williams), King Lear appears to be an adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragic play of the same name. But why this play in particular? Does it…
This was a guest post done by James Hirlehey from BrickPals.com. A cool LEGO site definitely worth checking out and adding to your bookmarks! LEGO Jurassic World is one of the newest additions to the the series and while elements of it are soft canon in the films, it is essentially a more comedic funnier take on what happens in the films themselves. You can see this in the phenomenal LEGO: Jurassic World video game. We appreciate James taking time to discuss the LEGO versions and their availability in which and what sets. We look forward to additional guest posts by him as newer information comes to light in the future! LEGO released its Jurassic World theme in 2015, with a new sub-theme coming in 2018, coinciding with…
The T-Rex Rotunda Rescue has puzzled many fans of the series mostly due to the fact the ending was changed at the last minute from John Hammond rescuing Grant, Ellie, and his grandchildren to being the T-Rex doing the rescuing. Some believe there was a cutscene showing us the Tyrannosaurus breaking through a “wall”, which was actually the same sheet of plastic the Velociraptor went through. Here we can clearly see the front facade of the Visitor Center still under construction. Entering the Visitor Center, we are greeted by a very bright rotunda. The camera angles are quite restricted and very little of the entrance of the rotunda is shown, but as we skip ahead to later in the film and we see Grant and the kids entering the…
Earlier in the film, we are presented with the shot of the Tyrannosaurus rex Paddock viewing area. We see the tunnel entrance from which the cars came out of, then a large fence leading from the ground near the tunnel’s exit, going across the screen and for an unknown length into the forest. A goat is then raised from an underground feeding center and placed within the paddock. Skipping ahead to the actual attack, we now are presented with the exact same stretch of road/fence: the goat is present, the fence is present, and the tunnel exit would be further down the road but is not visible due to a downed tree. What makes this difficult for some is the set, particularly for the main road filming involving…
Ever since 1993, fans have been spellbound by the film Jurassic Park and the world it created. We got to visit Isla Nublar, the island location for the theme park that we’d come to know and love as “Jurassic Park.” We got to tour the large and impressive Visitors’ Center, including a small lab/hatchery, Control Room, and the Kitchen/Dining area. Finally, we were able to explore three outbuildings in the Visitor Compound, including The Raptor Enclosure, Maintenance Shed, and Emergency Bunker. But was this the extent of the facilities on Isla Nublar? Outside of the Visitor Compound, we have glimpses of the East Dock and Helipad in the island’s interior, but that’s about it. Later, in Jurassic World, we’d come to see a familiar-looking sign with the text “research” stamped over a blue…
Ah Easter! A day where we celebrate the pending arrival of spring with milk-chocolate eggs, milk-chocolate bunnies, and baskets filled with fake green grass that ends up everywhere. We also have our own spiritual reasons for celebrating the spring. The spring indicates the arrival of warm weather here in the northern hemisphere and one thing that is synonymous with the warm weather summer months when the Jurassic films have graced the silver screens. The entire month of June, as a result, has been dedicated as Jurassic June (also a site with details on how to have a dino-mite June) as well to usher in the warm weather and plethora of dinosaur movies that have been brought into existence. The Official Jurassic World Facebook page had an interesting tidbit of offering…
Back in 2014 when it was confirmed that Jurassic World would see the return to Isla Nublar, fans were delighted. It was a dream come true for most. But did we really see the return of our beloved Nublar? The extremely short answer is no. The long, thought out answer, however, is.. sort of. Island Shape As stated in the novel, Nublar is a reversed raindrop shaped island, with high coastal mountains and covered in fog. Here is a map of the island seen on various computer screens from the control room in the first film: Along with a map of Nublar that can be seen in Jurassic World: Look familiar? I didn’t think so. Clearly, shape is a big problem. The two are nothing alike in that…
At the original authorship of this article JP:TG’s canonical status was dubiously listed as being within the vein of the S/F canon. Since Jurassic World was released the matter has become harder to figure out. This article helps to smooth over the retcons made from the game though. An update in the future will discuss how the game could still fit with Jurassic World in the mix. Please take this piece as a combination of opinion and inferences based on facts. This quote was key in our determination of the game’s status originally and still casts doubt on its relationship within the S/F canon. What steps did Telltale take to ensure an authentic Jurassic Park experience? Was there any collaboration or discussion with the filmmakers or film studios?…
The Dangerous Games series is considered its own canon apart from the films and the rest of the comic books, like JP: Redemption. Certain things about the story do not connect or follow other events in the film universe or the other two IDW titles Redemption, and Devils in the Desert. One of the main things being why the drug lord Cazares is allowed to operate on the island without being noticed. The entire United Nations is watching this island, and a few payoffs to one person would not “do the trick” so to speak. Also it’s stated in a deleted scene in The Lost World: Jurassic Park says that all the facilities and animals on Isla Nublar had been destroyed after the events taking place in the…
Numerous maps of Isla Sorna exist, both in-film props and real world publicity items. One would therefore think that it would be a simple thing to create a map corresponding to the films’ events. However, none of the maps work together, and topography varies from one map to another. It seems the production team for the films did not have any sort of concrete map or topography from which they were working from. That left JPL’s Map Team with a dilemma. Which of these many maps should be used as the de facto topography for our map? Should we rule out every other map or attempt to merge all the maps together? Should one map be considered more likely to be “accurate” than all the others? After a lot…
Devils in the Desert, the second series of Jurassic Park comics released by IDW, is its own canon separate from Jurassic Park: Redemption. It doesn’t mention the events that took place in Redemption, and the location of the Pteranodons is different. The location of the pterosaurs in Redemption is somewhere between Texas and Mexico, since Lex was in route to Lexxcrops headquarters in Costa Rica when her plane was passed by the Pteranodons. The story of Devils in the Desert has Pteranodons nesting in Southern California. Also, in Redemption InGen was never mentioned except for once in Ludlow’s flashback. If InGen was still alive in that story, then it was Tim’s company (for he and his company along with Ludlow’s funding were creating the new Jurassic Park.) In…
Redemption is considered its own canon apart from all the other Jurassic Park comics that had been released before by Topps as well as from the film canon. Writer Bob Schreck stated that “Jurassic Park: Redemption” has no relation to the Topps “Jurassic Park” comics released in the nineties.” (Comic Book Resources) It acknowledges the main events of each of the films, but changes the relationship between Peter Ludlow and John Hammond from the way it was intended as well as having other canon issues. Alexis Murphy, which was Lex’s real name in both the novel and the films, is now Alexa. Lewis Dodgson does not, apparently, work for BioSyn but is more of a saboteur for hire. There is also faults in the story itself, and plotholes that…
– Missing Issues and their canonicity? The Return to Jurassic Park series is missing at least four issues from final release in continuity. Do these count as placements into the series if they were canceled? There is no way to know what content these comics would contain otherwise than their general storyline and on top of this they were purely only listed in the conceptual stage of development. Unlike the cutscenes for the films these films have nothing other than a paragraph to explain, generally, what the story was to be about. – The Jurassic Park 3 Factor With no comic adaptation of Jurassic Park 3 for the comics it is therefore canon in this series that JP3 does not exist anywhere in the continuity. – Super Raptors,…
This chart was constructed by JPLegacy members, Jurassic Rex 3 and dvrex, for the purpose of having a complete quick reference size comparison chart for all the dinosaurs within the Jurassic Park Film Universe sans Jurassic World. It does contain Jurassic Park: The Game animals and elements, though, and those were added by Tyrannosaur TJ, Scott Borek, VampyrePrince, and T-Rex_Master. Unfortunately, because of the loss of the original design file and templates, the chart cannot be completed with Jurassic World or any of the other films that are to be released by NBC Universal.