Gareth Edwards’Jurassic World Rebirthwill move the sci-fi franchise in a new direction after the disappointing conclusion of the preceding trilogy, and the way it’s hitting the reset button confirms a major problem with howJurassic World Dominionended. After the originalJurassic Worldbreathed new life into the island park loaded with genetically-modified cloned dinosaurs, the franchise meandered its way intointegrating dinosaurs into the worldaway from the islands that the Jurassic Park movies were set on. The final result was the loose suggestion that dinosaurs would be integrated into the global ecosystem.
Jurassic World Rebirthis set five years afterthe events ofJurassic World Dominion, and follows a new cast of characters without thefranchise’s former star Chris Pratt. TheJurassic World Rebirthtrailerrevealed that the new cast find themselves on a mysterious third island near the original Jurassic Park, seeking to extract DNA from the largest dinosaurs left on Earth. While theJurassic Worldtrilogy made the world of Jurassic Park bigger, it appears the new movie will do the opposite, and in the process it’s confirming a major problem with howJurassic World Dominionended.
The Jurassic World Rebirth Trailer Contains A Sneaky Godzilla Reference You May Have Missed
The first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth showcased several of the franchise’s new dinosaurs, and one may reference a one-time Godzilla enemy.
Jurassic World Rebirth Is All But Ignoring How Jurassic World Dominion Ended
There Is No Official Retcon, But It’s Not Being Acknowledged Either
Jurassic World Dominionended with dinosaurs coexisting with humans in the world, formally centralized on a dinosaur sanctuary, but with nothing preventing them from intermingling with the rest of the global ecosystem. The movie implies that dinosaurs will gradually become a common element in the world, like any other rare animal, but very much encountering humans on a regular basis.Jurassic World Rebirthis undoing that angle by jumping forward five years to a world in which dinosaurs have been unable to survive anywhere except a few equatorial climates that accommodate their bodies.
Ignoring Jurassic World Dominion’s ending is a clever way to take the franchise back to its roots, in which a few humans encounter dinosaurs in an isolated environment.
While there is no official retcon ofthe ending ofJurassic World Dominion, the fact that dinosaurs have been quarantined by nature into environments where they don’t often run into human beings accomplishes the same thing. It’s a clever way to take the franchise back to its roots, in which a few humans encounter dinosaurs in an isolated environment.The dinosaurs inJurassic World Rebirthmay be different, but the original concept of the franchise will be restored.
Jurassic World Dominion’s Ending Didn’t Work And Put The Franchise In Check
The Core Concept Of The Franchise Was Essentially Nullified
One of the biggest problems with the ending ofJurassic World Dominionis that it essentially ended the franchise. With dinosaurs integrated into the ecosystem, it becomes extremely difficult to continue the narrative as it has existed since the beginning of the franchise. The entire point of theJurassic Parkseries is about the consequences of tampering with nature, and each subsequent movie is driven by the characters' desirenottounleash dinosaurs upon the world, knowing how dangerous they are. With dinosaurs fully integrated into the world, the story is complete.
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That’s the logic behind the title ofJurassic World Rebirth, and its status as a reboot of the franchise. While it will sort of be retconning past canon of the franchise by revealing a third island where research took place (originally the research and cloning took place right on Isla Nublar), the sequel is doing what’s best for the longevity of the franchise. Knowing how much money each movie has brought in regardless of reviews or ratings, it was inevitable that the franchise’s keepers would find a way to keep it going.
Dinosaurs Joining Our Ecosystem Is A Concept Jurassic Park Should Revisit Eventually
There Is An Interesting Story To Be Told With The Right Amount Of Attention
AlthoughJurassic World Rebirthwill return the franchise to its island setting full of isolated dinosaurs, there is plenty of potential for storytelling in a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist.Jurassic World Dominionhas already provided a glimpse of what that could look like with illegal dinosaur breeding, but there are many more stories to be fleshed out regarding the impact that wild dinosaurs would have on the environment, the global economy, and even politics.Jurassic World Rebirth’s pharmaceutical-driven plotline inches towards that, but leaves plenty of meat on the bone for future installments.
The catch in pulling that off is to provide enough distance betweenJurassic World Dominionand a new story.Dominionstill managed to rake in $1 billion, but in the process registered an abysmalRotten Tomatoes Tomatometerscore of 29%. A new exploration of dinosaurs and humans coexisting would be something that comes much farther down the road than inJurassic World Rebirthor its sequels, or perhaps even in some sort of spin-off franchise.
