Jurassic Park (1993)
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The Lost World (1997)
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Jurassic Park III (2001)
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Jurassic World (2015)
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Children are
Important players.
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Alexis and Tim
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Kelly Malcolm
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Eric Kirby
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Gray and Zach Mitchell
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We correct our
Long-standing
misperceptions about
Dinosaurs.
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Raptors are smart, not dumb, pack
hunters. They have inverted hip-bones, like birds.
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T-Rex did not abandon his/her
young. Instead, were good parents.
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Velociraptors can vocalize and
communicate with one another during pack hunting.
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No.
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The Herd (Swarms
of dinosaurs on the run).
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Gallimimus
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Compsognathus, stegosaurus
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Yes (fleeing Spinosaurus)
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Yes (In an open side truck,
park-goers watch Gallimum race by on a Savannah).
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Man’s hubris causes
the chaos.
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Isla Nublar: re-introducing
dinosaurs to the world in the 20th century.
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Isla Sorna: Capture of dinosaurs
by InGen, and transportation of T-Rex to San Francisco.
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A plane of mercenaries lands on
Isla Sorna, breaking international law and endangering the crew.
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Yes – same hubris as before, a theme park
with dinosaurs, but more importantly, creation of the Indominus Rex.
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A cute dinosaur kills a
morally-corrupt person
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Dilophosaurus/Nedry
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Compsognathus/Dieter Stark
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No
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Yes, if you count the
Velociraptors as cute, which I do/Vic Hoskins
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Adults gain new understanding of
children.
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Alan’s time with Alexis and Tim
makes him re-consider his feelings about children, and family.
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Ian Malcolm mends his relationship
with his estranged daughter, Kelly.
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The Kirbys rescue their son, Eric,
and reconcile as a family.
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Claire Dearing realizes how
important her nephews are to her, and fights to save their lives.
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T-Rex saves the day.
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Yes (in the welcome center)
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Yes, by rescuing its infant, and
by killing the film’s villain, Hammond.
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It tries, but is killed in combat
with a Spinosaurus.
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Yes, the T-Rex comes out of
captivity to double team the Indominus Rex with Blue.
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Creator of the award-winning web series, Abnormal Fixation. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Monday, June 18, 2018
The Jurassic Park/World Movie Matrix
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award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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