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There is a shifting of themes that basically tracks with the corporate takeover of the US government.
(1993) Companies fucking around with systems they don't understand is the problem. Rich guy underestimates nature.
(1997) Rich guy learned lesson. Corporate greed did not.
(2001) post-dotcom crash: A rich fucker and his stupid family learn the lesson about the company that fucked with nature. Governments are bad for not interveneing.
(2015) post-Birther: Company and its rich founder are naive and innocent. US Government and US education are the bad guys.
(2018) Corporate suits are the good guys. Science is the bad guys.
(2022) A (suddenly) European company is the bad guys. Science is again the bad guy. Americans are the good guys.
(2025) The US company and Military are the good guys.
- The 7th was explicitly anti corporation lol
- Did you actually see the 2025 movie? No way the theme you got from that is US Corpo good. If anything g it's literally the opposite.
  I didn't see anything else than 2025. Pretty bad. ::: spoiler But...(spoiler) But the main character literally decides to open-source the data instead of selling it to a pharma corp. :::
- I do agree with the main point of your post; however, I feel that your reasoning is backwards.
  Big blockbusters give the masses a dose of placebo. You see a movie where people who hold your values win, so you feel like it happened in real life, so you're less likely to make it happen in real life.
  So I'm not spoiling this movie, look at the MCU instead: They defeated Thanos and stopped half the world's population from disappearing, and then we failed to properly fight COVID and Donald Trump gained power.
  Now, I know correlation doesn't equal causation, and that there were other factors at play, but I also know that when you perceive the image of something, it activates the same neurons as actually seeing that thing - when you watch The Notebook or Armageddon, you feel the emotions of the characters in the film, and you cry.
  That, combined with the other psychological tactics that we are constantly being bombarded with, make it difficult for us to navigate the world with a clear head. When you feel like you're winning, why would you fight?
  And also, a TON of people are straight apathetic, and a lot more are just plain-old stupid. And there are dozens or hundreds of other factors such as personality of the audience, socioeconomics, religious beliefs, etc... that come into play here as well. It's not quite as cut-and-dry as "monkey see, monkey feels as though it has done," but that does play a large factor in it.
  I typed all this but didn't proofread any of it, so I hope it makes sense. I'm sleepy.
  
  I think people at different levels of media literacy read/watch stories differently.
  I think people with different politics maybe do too; im an anarchist, at best an incoherent and extremely skip-that-part version of what i believe gets spouted by the villain.

The modern film industry in one imagine.
- Imagine?
  
  All the people.

The Jurassic Park movie franchise is the best representation of movies that diminish with each movie since the first one.
- Eh, the first Jurassic World was a bump up compared to The Lost World and JP3, but yeah, the general trend is accurate.
- I thought this was better than Jurassic World 2. I didn't see the 3rd.

if yeah want an amazing dinosaur park media, check out Dinosaur Sanctuary.
they treat the dinosaurs as animals, and the whole plot revolves around the upkeep of the zoo.
it was cowritten by a paleontologist and a manga artist.

that manga speaks to my soul as I worked in a zoo when I was 18 to 21. it really hits my nostalgia,

Genuinely flabbergasted people financially support, and thus incentivise this garbage.

First one was grand, didn't need to be followed up or remade. Now we have a franchise.. The only remake I wouldn't mind seeing is a more brutal first one, closer to what the book was depicting. All I'd be interested in really.
- Both this and Five Nights at Freddy’s have an interesting problem, where they’re based around an entertainment franchise that goes wrong - but the franchise itself necessitates repeated attempts and failure.
- I was just saying the other day if the first one had been faithful to the ending of the book we wouldn't have all this mess.
  
  The book got a sequel.
- I remember trying to like the lost world but I just can’t. Only the first is worth watching.

The premise of dinosaurs in the modern world is as close to evergreen as you can get. The problem isn't that the cow has gone dry, so much as the farmers keep jerking off the bull instead.

I swear Universal said Jurassic World: Dominion would be the last movie for the franchise, then two years later they announced Rebirth.

I saw the new one with my father in law today, after not having seen one since the original trilogy. It was just not good. I'm usually able to turn off my brain and enjoy a movie regardless of the quality, but there were so many things that didn't make sense, or were glossed over without explanation, that I just couldn't suspend my disbelief.
- I’m sorry, new one? You mean from like 2019 right?
  Right‽
  
  You know there's a new version out in the theaters, now. Right?

I was ok with the first Chris Pratt one. Not great, not awful.
What I really wish they had done was set the next one a couple years down the line. Maybe a couple of those military helicopters that are stealing the dinosaurs at the end crashes in mainland South/Central America. Imagine a Jurassic Park movie that's a cross between Alien/Predator/Planet of the Apes. Really lean into the highly intelligent apex predator and horror angle.
The problem with these movies, is they keep letting the cat out of the bag, over and over and over. Cat's out. What's next?
- The second Jurassic World movie was that, sort of.
- I think they tried to do that with the new one. The D Rex (are we still adding rex where it doesn't belong?) was clearly modelled after the xenomorph.
  I wanna be clear they failed. I haven't been this disappointed in a movie since I saw TLJ for the first time

I saw the movie on the weekend and I liked it. Much better than the last two, but obviously not as good as the first one.
- Better than Dominion isn't hard.
  
  I cannot believe they wasted all the original actors returning on such a piece of shit script. Like what a fucking missed opportunity

I can't wait for Jurassic World 6 when we send the dinosaurs to space!
- Fast and Furious went to space, why not the Jurassic Park franchise too!
- They can hang out with Leprechaun!
- Then after space it's the college years followed by Dinosaurnado. Although, a tornado composed of dinosaurs sounds awesome.

I’m looking forward to Jurassic Park 9: The Secrets of Dumbledore
- it's just a gay porno with a dude in one of those memable T-Rex costumes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Y9iXjK_uU
Jurassic Park’s Sequel Problem
This video is 7 years old and still relevant.

Eh, if Michael Chrichton were still alive today he'd probably condone it all so long as he got his royalty check. Jurassic Park canon was never holy.
- Hey, corporation needed to look 'good' so it was obvious they would scrap the shitty CEO of the Book and put 'Santa Claus' in his place, right?
  
  Wait, what?

I saw the first Jurassic Park. I enjoyed it. But I feel sated with that single entry. If you love these movies, more power to you, but I don't really understand it myself.
- The books, Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World, are very good and very different from the movies. I also recommend Disclosure by the same author.
  
  In general I feel like I'm more likely to want to revisit and spend more time in the world of a good book than the world of most films, even films I enjoy, so it makes sense to me that there's enough to easily fill two books worth.
- Lost World had some fun stuff (Despite diverging from it's book even worse than the first movie) but you're really not missing much, none of the sequels come within a mile the original.
- I saw the first one, enjoyed it...not sure I could explain the plot or what happened in it. At the time having the dinosaurs brought to life was spectacle enough; they could have made a movie about the park working correctly and it would have sold tickets.
  I watched the second and third one back to back with a girl. They were alright. I don't care to see them again. I'm not watching any more of them.

I saw it and it wasn't as bad as some of the other but not great. The big bad dies in like a single second with zero build up and its really unsatisfying. Weird character choices, unnecessary and forgetable characters mostly. The nerd guy "Harry" was the best actor for me. 6/10 not worth re-watching or thinking about again
- 6/10 is a very high score considering that review.
  
  That’s an F in the US education system almost everywhere (maybe everywhere barring specific curves?) and though we may think ill of them as a third world shithole that does mean something.
  
  It didn't make me groan from blatant plot holes or inconsistencies which is better than other movies in the franchise. Plus Industrial Light and Magic made those mutant Dinos look fuckin awesome.
  
  They just work for IGN

Next week: Jurassic Petting Zoo!

Jurassic, the pressure builds up!.....how the new oil fields get created from scratch.

Wtf was the point of this entire film? Like why?
- IDK, maybe this?
- Money

I saw the latest fuckrassic park a couple days ago. It was at best… okay. Not worth what the movie theater charges. But if you wait to stream it then it isn’t terrible. But overall, this franchise has lost its luster
- That’s the big issue with going to the theatre. Two tickets, popcorn and a drink for my wife and I and I’m paying $50+ in Canada. I think the last movie we saw in theatres was dr strange 2 and it wasn’t worth it, before that it was avengers end game. 99% of movies just aren’t worth going to the movies for. I haven’t seen a film i would say was 100% worth it since Fury Road. Everything else im fine watching at home. Better resolution, i have a good screen and sound. And I can pause to go take a piss
  
  Yeah we have similar prices (US). The tickets were $27 (for my wife and myself) and $7 for a coke. If we get popcorn and snacks its just about $50+, depending on what we get. We get snacks beforehand and just hide them in my wifes purse like most people. I used to love going to the movies for the whole experience. But it just keeps getting more expensive and as of late, no good movies are coming out.

I need a picture of Universal milking a T-Rex.
- That’s not milk!
  
  Yeah, those udders are in a weird place. Hmm... Chernobyl T-Rex?

Happy july-sixth park

Challenge: Let's broaden the Jurassic world. How do you make a Jurassic movie without the dinosaurs breaking loose?
- The dinos are back, but of some species, every generation is smarter than the last, until they actually start speaking. Because they had a super civilisation, and their scientists encoded the key to rebuilding their civilisation in the DNA we found. The next generation becomes smart enough to invent a time machine, and try to manipulate us into going back in time to prevent the comet strike that took them out. Joke's on them - they were in fact aware of the comet strike, but as we travel back in time together, the human part of the crew sabotage their Armageddon mission and make sure the strike actually happens, to pave the way for mammal domination!
- What if we remove the dinosaurs and make it about genetically modified super soldiers?
  
  With Kurt Russell!
- Dinosaurs want to break out again but giant asteroid is going to destroy the earth so they team up with humans to stop it. Dinosaurs offer their asteroid know how in exchange for freedom.
  
  Make dinosaurs drill again.
- Nice try, Universal

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