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[gnarlyxcharlie]

Colin Trevorrow hinting at Malcolms return?

Really doubt that, probably just meant as a funny tweet.

 

[Mistel]

There's actually an Ian Malcolm cutout? It would be nice to see him in the film, but I doubt it will happen.

 

[Kopite]

May as well ask here, is the sequel novel as good?

 

[HK-47]

May as well ask here, is the sequel novel as good?

No

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

May as well ask here, is the sequel novel as good?

Let's just say the sequel novel would make for an awesome film. If anything, it's worth reading to see how different it is from the sequel movie.

 

[Mistel]

May as well ask here, is the sequel novel as good?

The lost world novel isn't that bad really it's better than the third film, not that is a ringing endorsement.

It focused more on the nature of Ingen itself, with some Dodgeson and dinosaurs thrown for good measure.

You can see how different the film is as you read it, It is quite dramatically different.

 

[Jawmuncher]

The second book I thought was still pretty good all things considered.
Sure not as good as the first but it's pretty hard to top the original Jurassic Park.

Also I just want to say I see JP3 as a guilty pleasure sort of film.
Mainly since it has everything you want in a summer action flick. Honestly had they just dropped the kirby angle it would have been fine for what it was. That whole part drags the film down.

 

[Nev]

Tamed dinosaurs? Lost all interest.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Tamed dinosaurs? Lost all interest.

If that rumor pans out it's going to depend on how they handle it.

 

[DopeToast]

The Velociraptors better look like chickens. Also, what is with the tamed dinosaurs idea, or that idea that was floating around for a while about them carrying guns. Get out of here with that crap.

 

[Jawmuncher]

The Velociraptors better look like chickens. Also, what is with the tamed dinosaurs idea, or that idea that was floating around for a while about them carrying guns. Get out of here with that crap.

I think it's just something that's been floating around.
Also I have a feeling that the Raptors will look like their JP1 counterparts.
I'm betting they'll be bringing up the whole feather debate and in movie saying something like "Due to the cloning process we decided to take the feathers away from the dinosaurs on the park".

 

[tino]

I really doubt this guy has the budget to CGI a "fully operational jurassic park".

Look Christ Pratt is barely above Gerard Butler level. Don't put your hope up.

 

[Mistel]

I think it's just something that's been floating around.
Also I have a feeling that the Raptors will look like their JP1 counterparts.
I'm betting they'll be bringing up the whole feather debate and in movie saying something like "Due to the cloning process we decided to take the feathers away from the dinosaurs on the park".

Well they do have scientific advisor Jack Horner he did all 3 films as an advisor, if he comes back then the raptor's would more scientificly accurate. So feathers are likely.

 

[bengraven]

Most excellent Conan reference. Can you spin the response to this classic line into something Jurrassic Park related? "Bengraven, what is best in life?"

To crush your enemies beneath your scaly feet, drive them down the game trail, and hearing their lamentations and screaming after their "oooing" and "ahhhing".

 

[Jon Armdog]

I instantly thought of Chris Bosh. Man, give that thing a basketball. The meme is more powerful than I thought.

 

[Baron_Calamity]

I don't care if the movie is terrible. Dinosaurs running amok? Sign me up.

As for feathers, I hope they touch on it in some way.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Well they do have scientific advisor Jack Horner he did all 3 films as an advisor, if he comes back then the raptor's would more scientificly accurate. So feathers are likely.

Nope. People like Jack Horner just gives their two cent, but in the end, it's the studio that decides on these things. I've heard from plenty of paleontologists who worked as consultant for all kind of dinosaur projects, and more often than not, their advice is ignored for the sake of entertainment.

 

[The Driver]

No

Wot, I think it's easily as entertaining as JP. Only thing that might affect you is your perception of Malcolm because he is completely

Spoiler

handicapped for most of the book. Sarah has to carry his ass everywhere IIRC.

So if you go in expecting him to do any of the shit he does in TLW movie you'll be disappointed.

Also I'm still surprised at everyone clamoring for feathers. I consider myself a big dino nut too but I've always preferred JP's scaly aesthetic and its loose approach to the dinosaurs. Give me a believable and vicious looking lizard over a big angry chicken any day.

 

[Oreoleo]

As for feathers, I hope they touch on it in some way.

Amphibian DNA.

 

[Mistel]

Nope. People like Jack Horner just gives their two cent, but in the end, it's the studio that decides on these things. I've heard from plenty of paleontologists who worked as consultant for all kind of dinosaur projects, and more often than not, their advice is ignored for the sake of entertainment.

I remember the tongues for the raptor's changing from snake like in the animatics to more natural because of him. But that's not so say liberties are taken as with the Dilophosaurus with the venom and the mucus being fictitious, along with a large one being about 23ft long. What films did the paleontologists you talked to work on then?

 

[gnarlyxcharlie]

This starts filming next month right?

 

[Cow Mengde]

I remember the tongues for the raptor's changing from snake like in the animatics to more natural because of him. But that's not so say liberties are taken as with the Dilophosaurus with the venom and the mucus being fictitious, along with a large one being about 23ft long. What films did the paleontologists you talked to work on then?

A lot of the documentaries. I don't have any specifics, but I heard Tom Holtz mention this a few times.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

--

Chris Pratt and Jimmy Fallon (kinda) talk Jurassic World

--

Chris Pratt talks Jurassic World to MTV:

There is a simple question at the heart of the story.
After three movies about dinosaurs that are essentially trapped on a secluded island. Why the hell would anyone go back there? Pratt explained that not only does "Jurassic World" address that question, but the answer to it was one of the reasons he joined the movie in the first place.

"What I liked about it was it answers the question, 'Why would you do that?' How do you suspend disbelief to be like 'Oh, yes, let's make this mistake again'? 'We haven't learned our lesson about dinosaurs. We should definitely live with them to see how that works out after three tries at it,' " Pratt said. "[Trevorrow] answers the question really well through the script. Colin did a great job of writing it and justifying it, in his own way having fun with. Anybody who goes in with that question will be really amused, the way I was, about how they answer that."

Pratt geeked out when he realized he was getting the role.
Pratt has always made it clear that "Jurassic Park" was a huge movie for him growing up, so it's not totally surprising that he would get a little excited about the idea of joining the series a leading man. One day, before he was cast, Pratt chatted with Trevorrow and got introspective during the talk. "I sat down with him... and we just started getting excited about this. In the back of my mind, I was like 'Dude, this is going to happen. They want you to do this movie.' I remember him telling me, 'Yeah, they're not going to tell you this, but we want you to do it.' I was like, 'Buhhh. Really? Oh God. Really?' "

His character is somewhere in between Jeff Goldblum's and Sam Neill's.
When it comes to heroes of "Jurassic Park," there are essentially two types. You've got Dr. Alan Grant's (Sam Neill) respect for prehistoric life, and then there's Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), who's all "Life finds a way."

So which kind of dino-dueling hero will Pratt play? The actor said he character falls somewhere between the two, explaining, "He's got a little of both. He's got a little bit of the Goldblum cynicism, but also the Sam Neill excitement and the wonder of the biology of it all."

--

Huge Jurassicworld.org Interview with Phil Tippet

Jack: Obviously Jurassic Park 4 has been in development for the past 10 years, having numerous release years and scripts – were you ever involved with it before Colin Trevorrow came on board?

Phil: Oh no I’ve just recently got involved and my involvement remains to be seen. We’re partnering up with ILM again on this and I’ve gone down to the offices and talked to Colin a couple of times, but the real work and my involvement has not kicked in yet.

Jack: Oh right, ok. When do you think you’ll start, within the next couple of weeks?

Phil: I don’t know, we’re still figuring that out but it’s coming up pretty soon, we’re going to start production meetings and they’re off on location scout this week, so once they get back we’ll start figuring out where to move next.

Jack: How easier are things in 2014 compared to in 1993 in your line of work? I know you said you haven’t really started as much yet, but it must be completely different?

Phil: Well it is in terms of the technology at the time had never been used to do that kind of work before so it was kind of like a lot of blacksmithing. Just making and breaking a bunch of things. It was very complicated and of course the design and construction and the invention of the dinosaur input device was extremely complicated. We had these stop-motion armitures that had little encoders in them and that allowed you to move things by hand in stop-motion land and then into the computer and all of that was extremely complicated and assuming whatever it’s been like, 20 years or whatever, the technology has become more user friendly to a degree, and the skill of the model makers and animators and the painters and all that stuff, has risen dramatically so there’s a great deal of a much more skilled and talented people that have been doing this kind of work for a while now.

(...)

Jack: Jack Horner’s mentioned that there’s going to be a new dinosaur in Jurassic World, and obviously I know you’re not really allowed to speak about it, but are you allowed to say whether or not there will be new dinosaurs in the film?

Phil: There are no new dinosaurs, they’re all old.

Jack: Haha, I mean new to Jurassic Park then!
Phil: ...perhaps.

Jack: A lot of the fan submitted questions are, as you would expect, questions which you probably can’t say… are you allowed to share any details as far as dinosaur colours go… will we be seeing any vehicles getting destroyed by dinosaurs in the film, but I assume you can’t answer them?

Phil: No I can not. I’ve been sworn to secrecy with threat of death.

Jack: Haha, ok. So the production team are heading to Kauai, Hawaii in March to start filming, you’ll obviously be on set, you’ll join them?

Phil: I’m not quite sure because we haven’t totally laid out what my deal is and what my co-responsibilities are so at this point we’re working through figuring out, still locking down the budget which is always an ongoing process on any film that you’ll work on.

Jack: Do you know if Jurassic World is relying more on VFX this time around or will the late Stan Winston’s legendary animatronics live on?

Phil: I think there’s going to be much more computer graphics and less on-set dinosaurs.

(...)

Jack: With so many original Jurassic Park alumni coming back, will Jurassic World be a return to the spirit of the first film?

Phil: I believe that is the hope.

(More at link, including new BTS info and pics from the first film!)

 

[Oreoleo]

Jack: Do you know if Jurassic World is relying more on VFX this time around or will the late Stan Winston’s legendary animatronics live on?

Phil: I think there’s going to be much more computer graphics and less on-set dinosaurs.

boo. do not want. hype deflating etc

 

[Mistel]

Possibly no animatronics well that sucks, hopefully there's at least some, I wonder what the new species are?

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

First pictures of the Jurassic World set construction in Hawaii!

Set construction is underway at Kualoa Ranch, where the original film was also shot back in 1993, and can be seen from the Pali Lookout, near Chinaman’s Hat and the fishpond. Our tipster also spotted directional signs posted at the construction entrance that say EBB.

It's finally happening!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Back at the Ranch?

Yay!

 

[Blablurn]

It's happening!!!!

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Worth noting: Jurassic World is rumored to be filming in the abandoned New Orleans Six Flags sometime in June.

 

[Mistel]

It's finally happening , I wonder what it will look when it's done?

 

[Shaanyboi]

The "fuck feathers" posts in this thread are just shameful.

 

[molnizzle]

The "fuck feathers" posts in this thread are just shameful.

I dunno, I kinda get it. I also liked it when my dinosaurs looked like alligators. I remember obsessing about dinosaurs as a kid and I now have a pretty distinct image of what they looked like in my head. Then science had to go and fuck it all up. Those sons of bitches!

 

[GAMEPROFF]

The "fuck feathers" posts in this thread are just shameful.

Almost as anoying as the begs for feathers after 3 JP Movies, where just the Raptors in the third one had a handful of feathers.

 

[raindoc]

Almost as anoying as the begs for feathers after 3 JP Movies, where just the Raptors in the third one had a handful of feathers.

IIRC hard evidence for feathered non-avian dinos only came up, or hit pop-culture, after the first 2 movies were produced.

 

[Maidenpool?]

Don't worry guys, those CG feathers will look almost as good as real feathers.

 

[Peru]

Almost as anoying as the begs for feathers after 3 JP Movies, where just the Raptors in the third one had a handful of feathers.

In the third one the dinos were also intelligent beings tricking humans with the help of cell phones. There's no scientific continuity so precious they can't adjust and follow the latest updates on dino appearances now.

 

[Amalthea]

Jurassic Park is the only franchise that teaches the mainstream audience about Paleontology.

It's a disservice to science not to keep future sequels up to date.

I bet there's a reason why the Dilophosaurus was ignored in 2 and 3 unlike any other species from the original. It completely fucked up the public perception of that animal forever.

 

[Cow Mengde]

I bet there's a reason why the Dilophosaurus was ignored in 2 and 3 unlike any other species from the original. It completely fucked up the public perception of that animal forever.

They've also completely fucked up Velociraptor's public perception

 

[smokeymicpot]

Worth noting: Jurassic World is rumored to be filming in the abandoned New Orleans Six Flags sometime in June.

That is pretty awesome.

 

[Real Hero]

I'm boycotting this film if i see a single feather

 

[Amalthea]

They've also completely fucked up Velociraptor's public perception

At least it represents the scientific standarts of a relative species ca. 1969.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

They've also completely fucked up Velociraptor's public perception

And they wont change the public perception of the raptors, because the mainstream audience just dont care whether the movie raptors are not like the real Velociraptors. Also, the mainstream audience thinks of Dinosaurs as giant lizards with no feathers. They were stupid if they would change this because of science, because nobody of the audiences cares about this and it would not be the iconographic picture the people have from dinosaurs.

 

[Peru]

And they wont change the public perception of the raptors, because the mainstream audience just dont care whether the movie raptors are not like the real Velociraptors. Also, the mainstream audience thinks of Dinosaurs as giant lizards with no feathers. They were stupid if they would change this because of science, because nobody of the audiences cares about this and it would not be the iconographic picture the people have from dinosaurs.

They could just change the species and have raptors the same size as the 'velos' in JP. Like just make it a utahraptor and keep calling them 'raptors'.

Also adding feathers doesn't really change that much of its iconic imagery.

 

[Amalthea]

If this were the middle-ages paleontologists would be burned at the stake by wanna-be dinosaur geeks.

 

[Mistel]

Almost as anoying as the begs for feathers after 3 JP Movies, where just the Raptors in the third one had a handful of feathers.

As scientific knowledge of dinosaurs improves I don't see a problem with the films following suit, I mean feathers can look decent:

Improving the public representation does no harm anyway. Why cling to old knowledge that is outdated?

 

[Real Hero]

If this were the middle-ages paleontologists would be burned at the stake by wanna-be dinosaur geeks.

it's a Hollywood movie, i don't think it has to conform to reality. obviously if it benefits the movie they should but it shouldn't be demanded that the film be 100% factual

 

[GAMEPROFF]

As scientific knowledge of dinosaurs improves I don't see a problem with the films following suit, I mean feathers can look decent:

Improving the public representation does no harm anyway. Why cling to old knowledge that is outdated?

Because the Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park 1-3 doesnt had feathers. Without adding completly stupid explanations there is no way they they could explain how the new ones now wear those.

I even hated how they introduced always a new look for the raptors without making sense.

 

[Sanjuro]

...but are these new dinosaurs on twitter?

 

[Anton Sugar]

Because the Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park 1-3 doesnt had feathers. Without adding completly stupid explanations there is no way they they could explain how the new ones now wear those.

I even hated how they introduced always a new look for the raptors without making sense.

I'm pro-feather, but at this point, I'm tired of the debate, so I don't really care. I just want a good movie.

However, there is no reason why feathers couldn't exist in a world where dinosaurs were genetically reproduced using DNA found in mosquitoes preserved in amber. All they'd have to do is take a line out of the original book and say they modified the genetic sequence as they saw fit. In the original, I'm pretty sure they rapidly accelerated the physical development of the dinosaurs or something like that, and modified others, too.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

As scientific knowledge of dinosaurs improves I don't see a problem with the films following suit, I mean feathers can look decent:

Improving the public representation does no harm anyway. Why cling to old knowledge that is outdated?

That looks more badass than I thought it would, I admit.