Current Events > Jurassic World really is a parody of Jurassic Park.

(+) Yeah! (+)

It is to Jurassic Park what Gremlins 2 was to the first Gremlins.

It's fun, but wildly over the top and out of touch with the tone of its predecessor. The baseline appeal of Jurassic Park was the way it made you feel like it was all real -- that it was actually happening or could happen. The sequels are all about Indiana Jones style stunts and improbable giant monster dinosaurs. They're still fun, but it's silly to see tyrannosaurus and velociraptor have a sis moment when they'd definitely be natural enemies no matter what mutual opponent they had.

Oh, and Hollywood always fails to comprehend that predators do more than just eat. No reptile with another reptile's jaws around its throat would ever think, "Hmm... That looks like a tasty morsel over there. If I could just reach it--"

Anyway, I'm off to Universal in Orlando. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, everyone.

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Gremlins 2 is the superior movie though. Is that what you're trying to say?

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the scene of the nanny getting attacked, eaten and killed by the dinosaur was the most unsettling thing i've seen in a mainstream hollywood film

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yeah, but Chris Pratt tho

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but yeah, JW is basically the meme version of JP

right down to having Jeff Goldblum deliver the "life finds a way" line again

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I mean

Ever since the feather thing went down, media dinosaurs became fantasy creatures so why not do fantasy stuff with them?

Michael Crichton's superhard scifi style is one of my favorite things in media as a whole but there's no reason you can't also just have fun with unrealistic ideas.

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Parappa09 posted...

the scene of the nanny getting attacked, eaten and killed by the dinosaur was the most unsettling thing i've seen in a mainstream hollywood film

Glad Im not the only one. That scene was just unnecessary

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