It was 1993, Sam Neil scrambling to cover his dug-up fossils before Richard Attenborough’s chopper could mess it all up, comparing velociraptors to birds. It was 1993, and when Laura Dern’s eyes widened in shock, we knew we were in for a treat. And there it was: a dinosaur.
That scene is more than 20 years old, but it continues to send a collective shiver up fans of Spielberg’s pioneering work of pure genius, a land where Dinosaurs come out of extinction and put Ian Malcolm’s Chaos Theory to test.
Chilling and suspenseful, Steven Spielberg opened the gates to Jurassic Park, and welcomed us to his magnificent world of animatronic magic.
Jurassic World: The reboot adapted to the 21st Century
After two underwhelming sequels to the ’93 classic, it seemed as though our Dino buddies were done and dusted. In 2001, Spielberg announced his intention to have a ‘fourth’ Jurassic Park, which would be the last in the series, but in a saga that lasted eleven years, with several scripts drafted and a buck-load of uncertainty, audiences were kept guessing as to where this was all going.
But finally, after years of agonising, dissatisfying storylines, Michael Crichton’s sad demise, a whole lot of confusion and deliberation, it seemed something finally cracked. Fans were treated to a trailer depicting a futuristic retelling of the story that made us 90s kids all go ‘wow.’
Seeing Chris Pratt ridin’ with the raptors might have left some bemused, but nobody can deny that it was different. The raptors we had previously known were the chilling, intelligent carnivores that hunted Tim and Lex in the kitchens of their grandfather’s multimillion dollar complex.
The movie did not disappoint, it did not underwhelm. Sure there wasn’t as much suspense and character building as in the original, but we all have to understand that times have changed, and instant-gratification is the way of the future, and that’s what this film gave us. Oh and B D Wong (does the guy live in the freaking lab?). It was also a box office success, surpassing the billion-dollar mark worldwide, paving the way for the sequel.
The Fallen Kingdom raising the stakes and bringing back the chill factor
Okay, let’s admit it, the latest trailer is scary as fish (replace with other better-known four letter word). Genetic power has been released, and yes, it absolutely cannot be put back in the box. There’s a rogue raptor-zombie-ish fiend that’s prowling around little girls’ rooms, tearing them to shreds, while they wet their beds.
B D Wong is still around, the T-rex roar sends ripples across a crumbling landscape as it quells another aggressive dinosaur, and Chris Pratt is flying high after kicking ass (though maybe not Thor’s) as Star Lord in Infinity War, in what could be a pivotal moment for our extinct, not-so-extinct dino pals.
Oh, and for you purists, all hung up on the past, you know who’s back? It’s the one and only, the quirky wise-ass himself, Jeff freaking Goldblum. Now grey and slightly haggard, but still warning the world not to act foolishly..
I don’t know about you, but that was the most exciting part of the trailer for me, and I cannot wait to see Goldblum sweep in with his gravitas and remind us all that life finds a way.
So will the dinosaurs finally win and eat everybody up? Will Jeff Goldblum step in and team up with Chris Pratt and his pet raptor, Blue, to stop zombie-saur? Will the T-rex finally reach down and scratch himself? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
