Way back in 1993 when Jurrassic Park first exploded on the scene the very first question that many asked was [of course] this: Is it possible?
This part: science.howstuffworks.com/life/g … c-park.htm
And, for many, ever since, they wonder if, one day, they will turn on the news and, sure enough, there it is: a report that sceintists somewhere have either accomplished this extraordinary feat or have made such progress that maybe – maybe – in their lifetime it will become a reality.
Nothing yet though. So, for now, we will have to settle for the Hollywood rendition.
Still, what made Jurassic Park more than just one more special effects extravaganza is that it actually delved into the science [and the part about profit motive] a bit more than just on the surface. After all, try to imagine the film without Ian Malcolm in it.
Or Donald Gennaro. There always has to be that guy who represents “what corporate wants”. So you’re looking to see if Jurassic World will be just one more rendition of Disney World with dinosaurs. In fact, that’s why Hollywood often invents characters like John Hammond. For them it is always more than “just a business”. Here though Mr. Masrani is but a pale imitation.
Also, the main characters in the original were [overall] folks that I could take to. In other words, I could actually imagine them “out in the real world” doing their thing. And embracing it with a passion. I could even imagine interacting with them. In other words, I just plain liked them.
So, my reaction to Jurassic World would basically be more or less the same: strip away the special effects and what’s there? Almost nothing alas. As for the main characters, nope, didn’t care much for [or about] them at all. And where it really fell flat is in creating these “interpersonal” storylines that Hollywood always craps out in every film of this sort. It more or less worked in Jurassic Park. But not here. I’m trying to imagine the mind of someone who would actually give a damn about these folks.
Here’s something new though: Turning dinosaurs into weapons of war.
IMDb trivia: imdb.com/title/tt0369610/tri … =ttqu_sa_1
at wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World
IMDb FAQ: imdb.com/title/tt0369610/faq?ref_=tt_faq_sm
trailer: youtu.be/RFinNxS5KN4
JURASSIC WORLD [2015]
Directed by Colin Trevorrow
[b]Claire [guiding a tour]: Welcome to Jurassic World. While year over year, revenue continues to climb…operating costs are higher than ever. Our shareholders have been patient but let’s be honest no one is impressed by a dinosaur anymore. 20 years ago, de-extinction was right up there with magic. These days, kids look at a Stegosaurus like an elephant from the city zoo. That doesn’t mean asset development is falling behind. Our DNA excavators discover new species every year. But consumers want them bigger, louder, more teeth. The good news? Our advances in gene splicing have opened up a whole new frontier. We’ve learned more from genetics in the past decade than a century of digging up bones.
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Claire: The Indominus rex. Our first genetically modified hybrid.
Jim: How did you get two different kinds of dinosaurs to, y’know…
Henry: Oh, Indominus wasn’t bred. She was designed. She will be fifty feet long when fully grown. Bigger than the T-rex.
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Vivian: Did you close the deal?
Claire: Looks like it. “Verizon Wireless presents the Indominus rex.”
Lowery: That is so terrible. Why not just go the distance, and just let these corporations name the dinosaurs? They’ve got all the ballparks.
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Masrani [to Claire]: The key to a happy life is to accept you are never actually in control.
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Masrani: It’s white. You never told me it was white.
Claire: Think it will scare the kids?
Masrani: The kids? This will give the parents nightmares.
Claire: Is that good?
Marani: It’s fantastic.
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Marsani: I thought there were two of them.
Claire: There was a sibling in case this one didn’t survive infancy.
Masrani: Where’s the sibling?
Claire: She ate it.
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Masrani: So, the paddock is quite safe, then?
Claire: We have the best structural engineers in the world.
Masrani: Yeah, so did Hammond.
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Hoskins: These animals can replace thousands of boots on the ground. How many lives would that save? War is part of nature. Look around, Owen. Every living thing in this jungle is trying to murder the other. Mother Nature’s way of testing her creations. Refining the pecking order. War is a struggle. Struggle breeds greatness. Without that we end up with places like this, charging seven bucks a soda.
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Owen [to Claire]: What kind of diet doesn’t allow tequila?
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Claire: Can we just focus on the asset, please?
Owen: The asset? Look, I get it. You’re in charge out here. You gotta make a lot of tough decisions. It’s probably easier to pretend these animals are just numbers on a spreadsheet. But they’re not. They’re alive.
Claire: I’m fully aware they’re alive.
Owen: You might have made them in a test tube, but they don’t know that. They’re thinking, “I gotta eat.” “I gotta hunt. I gotta…”
[his pumps his arm to indicate sexual copulation]
Owen: You can relate to at least one of those things. Right?
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Claire [to Owen]: The park needs a new attraction every few years in order to reinvigorate the public’s interest. Kind of like the space program.
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Claire: Corporate felt genetic modification would up the “wow” factor.
Owen: They’re dinosaurs. “Wow” enough.
Claire: Not according to our focus groups. The Indominus rex makes us relevant again.
Owen [amused]: “The Indominus rex!”
Claire: We needed something scary and easy to pronounce. You should hear a four-year-old try to say “Archaeornithomimus.”
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Owen: So what’s this thing made of?
Claire: The base genome is a T. rex. The rest is classified.
Owen: You made a new dinosaur but you don’t even know what it is?
Claire: The lab delivers us finished assets, and we show them to the public.
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Masrani: Let Asset Containment capture it quietly. The very existence of this park is predicated on our ability to handle incidents like this. It was an eventuality, okay?
Lowery: Maybe you should include that in the brochure…eventually one of these things will eat someone.
Claire: That paddock is 4 miles from the closest attraction. ACU can handle this. No one else is gonna get…
Lowery: Eaten?
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Barry [regarding the raptors]: What do you think? Want to take one home?
Hoskins: Hey, don’t joke. When I was your age I rescued a wolf pup. It was like two months old. Could barely walk. Used to sleep by my bed. Watch over me. My wife, she came at me with a steak knife. He took a chunk out of her arm.
Barry: You put him down?
Hoskins: Hell no.
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Owen [to Claire about the “new” t-rex]: You made a genetic hybrid. Raised it in captivity. She is seeing all of this for the first time. She does not even know what she is. She will kill everything that moves.
Masrani: You think the animal is contemplating its own existence?
Owen: She is learning where she fits on the food chain and I’m not sure you want her to figure that out.
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Henry: You know that I’m not at liberty to reveal the asset’s genetic makeup. Modified animals are known to be unpredictable.
Masrani: It’s killed people, Henry.
Henry: That’s unfortunate.
Masrani: What purpose could we have for a dinosaur that can camouflage?
Henry: Cuttlefish genes were added to help her withstand an accelerated growth rate. Cuttlefish have chromatophores that allow the skin to change color.
Masrani: It hid from thermal technology.
Henry: Really?
Masrani: How is that possible?
Henry: Tree frogs can modulate their infrared output. We used strands from their DNA to adapt her to a tropical climate. But I never imagined…
Masrani: Who authorized you to do this?
Henry: You did. “Bigger”, “Scarier.” “Cooler” I believe is the word that you used in your memo.
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Masrani: You are to cease all activities here immediately.
Henry: You are acting like we are engaged in some kind of mad science. But we are doing what we have done from the beginning. Nothing in Jurassic World is natural. We have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And, if their genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn’t ask for reality. You asked for more teeth.
Masrani: I never asked for a monster!
Henry: “Monster” is a relative term. To a canary, a cat is a monster. We’re just used to being the cat.
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Owen [to Claire]: It didn’t eat them. It’s killing for sport.
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Owen [to Claire, about searching for her nephews]: Just relax. It’s just like taking a stroll through the woods…65 million years ago.
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Hoskins [of the raptors]: Imagine if we had these puppies in Tora Bora.
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Owen: Something’s wrong. They’re communicating. Now I know why they wouldn’t tell us what it’s made of.
Claire: Why?
Owen: That thing’s part Raptor.[/b]