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[Chezzymann]

And yet, reception in Youtube has been mostly positive.

Goddamn Youtube, of all places.

I guess its because people who don't like a thing are more encouraged to comment how they don't like that thing

Well the general population has low standards. See: Taylor Swifts record sales and the amount of money the Hobbit and Avengers made.

Or maybe your perception of low standards is completely relative to what you want in a movie versus what they want
Hell even critics thought the Avengers was good. It has a 92% rating on rotten tomatoes and a positive rating on metacritic.

 

[Ol No Bones]

The tamed raptors thing is so fucking stupid on a thematic level.

They were the big bads in JP1 and JP2 for a damn reason.

It just looks stupid too. They should have been chasing him.

 

[mgarnica89]

On twitter, trailer redeemed. The pun is too good.

 

[Fix The Scientist]

Looks worse than i expected and i wasn't expecting much. I'll see it for sure though.

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

Well the general population has opinions. See: Taylor Swifts record sales and the amount of money the Hobbit and Avengers made.

Fixed.

 

[Svafnir]

I don't think it's a logical progression in terms of story. You've got three movies of dinosaurs murdering countless people and even running rampant across a city, yet they still open a theme park anyways where you can roll around in a ball underneath the feet of giant dinosaurs? It's just so fucking stupid.

It seems like you don't want another Jurassic Park.

Seriously. A lot of you are being ridiculous. It's freaking Jurassic Park, crazy and epic moments with dinosaurs. That's what it is about.

What the fuck would be the point of calling it Jurassic Park if it wasn't in a park. Of course there was going to be a theme park. Not to mention the other movies were so long ago. I think they should have done a full reboot, but whatever. I hope the next Star Wars does not take place in space either! They should be done with wars and all that.

Anyway, rant done. Even Guardians of the Galaxy got hate and that movie was amazing. I could care less about one "bad" trailer that actually wasn't that bad.

 

[bananafactory]

Well the general population has low standards. See: Taylor Swifts record sales and the amount of money the Hobbit and Avengers made.

But The Avengers was awesome so bad example.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

 

[Cse]

The original was totally about hybrids and "tamed" raptors. The park concept is similar, only it's been a success and has been open for a while. I don't think this looks like a carbon copy of the original but rather a logical progression.

The specific element that drives the plot forward is technically different, but otherwise, the progression of the overall plot appears to be the same.

1. Brand new dino park, everyone is excited, happy, and optimistic.
2. Pair of kids sent to the park without their parents.
3. Dinosaur(s) escape.
4. People panic and run, dinosaurs attack people.

And if we want to get technical, every dinosaur since the first film is a genetic hybrid.

 

[Jarmel]

It seems like you don't want another Jurassic Park.

Seriously. A lot of you are being ridiculous. It's freaking Jurassic Park, crazy and epic moments with dinosaurs. That's what it is about.

What the fuck would be the point of calling it Jurassic Park if it wasn't in a park. Of course there was going to be a theme park. Not to mention the other movies were so long ago. I think they should have done a full reboot, but whatever. I hope the next Star Wars does not take place in space either! They should be done with wars and all that.

Anyway, rant done. Even Guardians of the Galaxy got hate and that movie was amazing. I could care less about one "bad" trailer that actually wasn't that bad.

Well technically it's called Jurassic World. No Park in the title.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Can someone who is well versed in dinosaurology or JP4's plot explain to me the significance of a hybrid dinosaur? It's hard for me to get excited about a hybrid when I'm not sure what it's a hybrid of. Raptor and T-rex? T-rex and pterodactyl? Dinosaur and human? A smarter dinosaur that kills anything that moves is not a huge jump up from a pretty smart dinosaur that kills anything that moves (lumping Raptors and Rexes together as one antagonistic entity here).

Right now the most exciting skill is that it can climb.

 

[afternoon delight]

I'm getting very strange Jaws 3 vibes here.

Oh shit that's what I'm feeling.... Dammit I couldn't quite place it.

I like the cut of yer jib.

 

[Tobor]

I always felt that the movie dropped off a cliff in the second half cause they knock out Jeff Goldblum and we're forced to spend time focused on the "stars" Sam Neill and Laura Dern. Those two never went on to headline any other major Hollywood blockbusters, and it's easy to see why, cause they're friggin sleep inducing in JP. I mean, I like Sam Neill, he's a cool cat in Hunt for Red October, but that's just it, he's a much better character actor then he is a lead.

Exactly. Anyone who is old enough to remember reading the novel before the movie came out was expecting a Harrison Ford or someone of that level to play Grant. No offense to Sam Neill, as you said, he's a great character actor. But man was he out of his depth in that movie. Grant is supposed to be cranky, sure, but not completely unlikeable, stiff, and as exciting as a block of wood.

Other than Attenborough and Goldblum, the main cast was a total miss.

 

[Karkador]

Ellie Sattler (now that I looked it up) was his girlfriend in the first movie.

Yep, you're right. I'm a bad fan! It was the other way around, apparently.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Looks kind of wack

 

[Spineker]

That looks infinitely better than the second and third films.

looks terrible. did lucas make this? green screen out the wazoo.

I reckon it looks incredible

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Looks not good. So cheesy and silly.

 

[brandonh83]

And if we want to get technical, every dinosaur since the first film is a genetic hybrid.

Right which is funny to see how up in arms people are about this concept. There are definitely similarities as you pointed out but it has new ideas, obviously. If it were just a complete retread of the original I don't think we'd be having a lot of the discussions that are going on. Some similarities, but the look and feel of the new park is completely different and the story is going into new directions.

 

[Tempesta di Fuoco]

Hollywood logic. You have to roll with it at a certain point. Yes it's stupid beyond belief but suspension of disbelief.

I'm all for suspension of disbelief. I'm one of the few on GAF that loved Dark Knight Rises despite the giant plotholes in places. I also love stupid disaster movies by shit directors like Roland Emmerich.

But considering this is a sequel to 3 other movies involving murderous dinosaurs, and they are still going with the "yo, lets put thousands of peeps in a park with a bunch of crazy fucking dinosaurs, but it's okay because the little kids are in little plastic balls", I can't handle it. It's just so. Fucking. Stupid.

 

[zma1013]

I don't think it's a logical progression in terms of story. You've got three movies of dinosaurs murdering countless people and even running rampant across a city, yet they still open a theme park anyways where you can roll around in a ball underneath the feet of giant dinosaurs? It's just so fucking stupid.

If they really wanted to make the theme park story work, they should have just thrown out the previous three films and restarted the story.

I dunno, i think you give people too much credit. If there is money to be made, I don't think any amount of dinosaur murder rampages would stop the next private corporation from trying to get the park to work.

 

[Tempesta di Fuoco]

It seems like you don't want another Jurassic Park.

Seriously. A lot of you are being ridiculous. It's freaking Jurassic Park, crazy and epic moments with dinosaurs. That's what it is about.

What the fuck would be the point of calling it Jurassic Park if it wasn't in a park. Of course there was going to be a theme park. Not to mention the other movies were so long ago. I think they should have done a full reboot, but whatever. I hope the next Star Wars does not take place in space either! They should be done with wars and all that.

Anyway, rant done. Even Guardians of the Galaxy got hate and that movie was amazing. I could care less about one "bad" trailer that actually wasn't that bad.

Again, I wouldn't care at all about the "park" part of it had it not been a sequel to three other movies that would make any person with an IQ above 70 go "nope, lets scrap that idea."

If it was just a full on reboot where none of that shit happened, then sure. I could go with it.

 

[Tempesta di Fuoco]

I dunno, i think you give people too much credit. If there is money to be made, I don't think any amount of dinosaur murder rampages would stop the next private corporation from trying to get the park to work.

Nah, too much liability. Even corporations will shy away from something if it means getting sued for a trillion dollars every single day.

 

[Jarmel]

Can someone who is well versed in dinosaurology or JP4's plot explain to me the significance of a hybrid dinosaur? It's hard for me to get excited about a hybrid when I'm not sure what it's a hybrid of. Raptor and T-rex? T-rex and pterodactyl? Dinosaur and human? A smarter dinosaur that kills anything that moves is not a huge jump up from a pretty smart dinosaur that kills anything that moves (lumping Raptors and Rexes together as one antagonistic entity here).

Right now the most exciting skill is that it can climb.

Supposedly Diabolus Rex can turn invisible essentially(cuttlefish camoflauge), has the size of a T-Rex, the intelligence of a raptor, and other crazy shit like venom.

Absolutely stupid shit put together into one killing machine. Some absolutely idiotic moron decided to make the perfect carnivore.

 

[Joni]

The thing I loved most about the movies were the dinosaurs, and they seem to have a cool set up. The crazy sea monster dinosaur was AWESOME (although seemed way too big to be real?). The canoe seen in the forest was also so cool.

I don't know. Anything that lives in the sea can grow very big due to the different effect of gravity. A great white on the other hand isn't very big. A Megalodon shark is like four times a great white already. The biggest known plesiosaur is about half of a blue whale so just picture it as a blue whale.

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

But considering this is a sequel to 3 other movies involving murderous dinosaurs, and they are still going with the "yo, lets put thousands of peeps in a park with a bunch of crazy fucking dinosaurs, but it's okay because the little kids are in little plastic balls", I can't handle it. It's just so. Fucking. Stupid.

A trainer was killed during the killer whale show at a Sea World park, and the park is still running the show as one of their highlighted attractions. People have also been injured and killed on amusement park/fair ground rides and these still remain as popular as ever.

The general public never really learns from its mistakes, and especially giant corporations as they simply see the money involved with a succesful product.

 

[G-Fex]

Looks very...lame.


And the beginning of that trailer is the corniest garbage

 

[Kinsei]

Supposedly Diabolus Rex can turn invisible essentially(cuttlefish camoflauge), has the size of a T-Rex, the intelligence of a raptor, and other crazy shit like venom.

Absolutely stupid shit put together into one killing machine.

Can't it also unhinge its jaw like a snake can?

 

[Superflat]

What the fuck would be the point of calling it Jurassic Park if it wasn't in a park.

Tell that to JP3's Joe Johnston. shudder

I'm all for suspension of disbelief. I'm one of the few on GAF that loved Dark Knight Rises despite the giant plotholes in places. I also love stupid disaster movies by shit directors like Roland Emmerich.

But considering this is a sequel to 3 other movies involving murderous dinosaurs, and they are still going with the "yo, lets put thousands of peeps in a park with a bunch of crazy fucking dinosaurs, but it's okay because the little kids are in little plastic balls", I can't handle it. It's just so. Fucking. Stupid.

Only JP3 really pushed the "murderous dinosaur" angle where the cast was nonsensically pursued by a single Spinosaur for the entire film. The first two were all about how dinosaurs were misunderstood as monsters and deserve to be treated with respect. Also, Jurassic World is a park that has been around for a decade with no serious incidents; a good time for higher ups to take it for granted.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Something about that trailer was really underwhelming. Not sure if it was the weak water effects when the aquatic dino goes back under and splashes the crowd, the oddity of Bryce Dallas Howard wielding a flare in full "action girl" mode as she opens the door, Michael Giacchino's(?) "Star Trek 2.0" score, the kids we're clearly supposed to care about, or the bizarre final shot of Pratt riding a motorcycle alongside a pack of raptors.

 

[SofaKing]

this series likes to use flares

 

[injurai]

Okay the re-imagined park was some mental masturbation for me.

The movie should have just been a virtual day at the park.

 

[Anton Sugar]

I'm all for suspension of disbelief. I'm one of the few on GAF that loved Dark Knight Rises despite the giant plotholes in places. I also love stupid disaster movies by shit directors like Roland Emmerich.

But considering this is a sequel to 3 other movies involving murderous dinosaurs, and they are still going with the "yo, lets put thousands of peeps in a park with a bunch of crazy fucking dinosaurs, but it's okay because the little kids are in little plastic balls", I can't handle it. It's just so. Fucking. Stupid.

Demoncarnotaur can probably give more accurate details than me, but I think it is set YEARS after the park has been open. Things have been fine and safe for a while but the public is getting bored. I think the director specifically said something akin to "imagine being around these prehistoric monsters but most tourists are busy checking their phones/social networks, etc."

And that's when they come up with the idea to create a new dinosaur to attract more tourists.

 

[Jarmel]

Can't it also unhinge its jaw like a snake can?

It has snake somewhere in that absurd mix, I thought it was venom but it might be unhinging of the jaw.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Well the general population has low standards. See: Taylor Swifts record sales and the amount of money the Hobbit and Avengers made.

Indeed. Bay prospered thanks to that.

 

[Tempesta di Fuoco]

A trainer was killed during the killer whale show at a Sea World park, and the park is still running the show as one of their highlighted attractions. People have also been injured and killed on amusement park/fair ground rides and these still remain as popular as ever.

The general public never really learns from its mistakes, and especially giant corporations as they simply see the money involved with a succesful product.

I'd say there's a pretty big difference between giant ass dinosaurs and a trainer being killed/a couple of people getting hurt or killed on a ride, hahahaha.

 

[brandonh83]

Okay the re-imagined park was some mental masturbation for me.

The movie should have just been a virtual day at the park.

I imagine they'll either recreate Jurassic World or revamp the Jurassic Park section at Universal to resemble it. That gyrosphere is begging to be some kind of amusement park ride/attraction. A VR thing in the sphere would be fucking awesome.

 

[ROUGE_BLOCK]

I am pumped for this movie! This trailer did not have the best CGI, but it seems to be made in the spirit of the first movie, you know mankind's hubris extending their grasp by playing god. That makes me excited because that old movie trope is always awesome to see in monster movies.
It is quite clear this movie will be more ridiculous due those trained Velocowhisperer (Chris Pratt) raptors with running parallel to the bike scene and the genetically modified D-Rex plot. Which in all consideration seems like the movie knows what it is, a fun popcorn flick that knows it lacks brains.

BUT! I will have to wait and see!

 

[El Odio]

"You just went a made a new dinosaur? Probably not a good idea..."

Amazing.

It's like they weren't even trying with that line. It's a poor mans "You thought about how you could, not if you should."

 

[strafer]

this series likes to use flares

All that is missing is a heart

 

[Svafnir]

Well technically it's called Jurassic World. No Park in the title.

Eh, yes. But that comes off more of a Disney World, type of thing. Clearly it's about a park.

 

[vinnygambini]

Hmmm I'm looking forward to the film but I hope it's as fleshed out as the first and second iteration.

Where is this on the timeline though? Is it after the events of John Hammond's first park?

 

[brandonh83]

It's like they weren't even trying with that line. It's a poor mans "You thought about how you could, not if you should."

It probably makes sense in context of his character. Ian Malcolm was an intelligent man; Chris Pratt's character seems to be more of an average Joe who would say something like that.

Where is this on the timeline though? Is it after the events of John Hammond's first park?

Literally chronologically with our real-world timeline. 22 years after the incident in the first movie. World opened in 2005 according to the Masrani Global viral site.

 

[Ol No Bones]

Exactly. Anyone who is old enough to remember reading the novel before the movie came out was expecting a Harrison Ford or someone of that level to play Grant. No offense to Sam Neill, as you said, he's a great character actor. But man was he out of his depth in that movie. Grant is supposed to be cranky, sure, but not completely unlikeable, stiff, and as exciting as a block of wood.

Other than Attenborough and Goldblum, the main cast was a total miss.

Noooo. Just Noooo. Sam Neil played his part perfectly. Grant is actually likeable in the film when he cares for the kids and risks his life to save them despite his hard exterior. He did an excellent job.

 

[Green Mamba]

Yeah, the whole genetic freak dinosaur thing completely ruined it for me. The first three were at least, ostensibly, about dinosaurs. This looks like it's primarily about a mutant monster. I like the idea of a reopened park but the emphasis on the mutant just puts me off completely. I'm just thinking back to my initial reaction to the news about it--there are no feathered dinosaurs because they completely dropped any pretensions about making a dinosaur movie. It really does flat out make me think they're just making a monster movie and that's it.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Supposedly Diabolus Rex can turn invisible essentially(cuttlefish camoflauge), has the size of a T-Rex, the intelligence of a raptor, and other crazy shit like venom.

Absolutely stupid shit put together into one killing machine. Some absolutely idiotic moron decided to make the perfect carnivore.

Can't tell if fucking with me or not.

 

[strafer]

Watch the T-rex come in and save the day just like in the first movie.

But this time it's D-Rex Vs T-rex.

 

[Joni]

I'd say there's a pretty big difference between giant ass dinosaurs and a trainer being killed/a couple of people getting hurt or killed on a ride, hahahaha.

Killer whales are called killer whales for a reason. They kill great white sharks for fun... There have been 35 incidents including four deaths with killer whales in captivity. Tilikum who has caused three of the deaths, is still performing.

 

[brandonh83]

Can't tell if fucking with me or not.

He's not fucking with you but he's certainly making it sound dumber than it will actually be in the context of the movie.

Watch the T-rex come in and save the day just like in the first movie.

But this time it's D-Rex Vs T-rex.

I think the raptors are tracking down the hybrid, but it's possible that the raptors could all be destroyed by it and the characters think they're fucked and Rex comes out and curb stomps the fucker.

 

[Kinsei]

Can't tell if fucking with me or not.

He's not.

 

[TrAcEr_x90]

Wait....is there multiple genetic hybrid dinos or just one?