![]() Horner's new Rex theories were dismantled by his peers and colleagues within a year. ![]() It was a bad move that culminated in a horrendous JURASSIC PARK 3, where a Spinosaurus, which in reality measured only 20 feet compared to T-rex's 50 feet, fights and defeats Rex. ![]() Somehow, he convinced Spielberg to shift attention away from Rex. ![]() He claimed the King of Dinosaurs was nothing but a mooching scavenger. After JURASSIC PARK, Horner attempted to garner his fifteen minutes of Andy Warhol fame and used rather sketchy paleontology findings to discredit the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The raptors work much the same manner in JURASSIC WORLD. It establishes a necessary reaction for the climatic scene. Through Pavlovian testing, the Creature hesitates at the sound. In the film, John Agar, experimenting on the intelligence of the gill-man, uses an electric prod to teach the word "stop" to the Creature. I'll test your memory here, but think back to the second film in the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON series THE REVENGE OF THE CREATURE. Luckily, there are no "we are family" moments between species. The raptors, in the same frame with Pratt, are not friendly creatures. The concept was idiotic, and though they tried to salvage the movie series with a follow-up, the initial theme essentially destroyed the franchise in the world of celluloid. PREDATOR, where viewers were force-fed the notion a petite black woman was the only human representative capable of defeating a horde of aliens by teaming with the creatures who hunt humans for sport. Did I actually see Velociraptors work along side the film's protagonist Chris Pratt, as a unified force? It reminded me of ALIENS VS. Unfortunately, the trailers for JURASSIC WORLD permeated media in a major advertising campaign blitz. At best, the reveal too many key plot elements or scenes. I try to not watch trailers before I see a movie. After a lengthy hiatus that included much soul-searching, and dumping Jack Horner, JURASSIC WORLD brings the franchise back to the wonderfulness of the original. JURASSIC PARK was an epic film, and then Spielberg and company found a way to destroy its flavor with two banal sequels. ![]() JURASSIC WORLD I do so love when a movie series returns to its creative roots. ![]()
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