Jurassic Park’s Sequel Problem 

Since 25% of the comments are inevitably going to be about a 2-second clip... 1. Yes, I know Temple of Doom is technically a prequel 2. Temple of Doom is better than Last Crusade 3. I'm not going to read the comments

I have the perfect Jurassic Park sequel pitch: It's the year 2037. Dinosaurs are now living among us in peace and harmony. How, you may ask? Because one day a year, any and all dinosaur crime, including murder, is legal for 12 continuous hours. *Welcome...to The Jurassic Purge!*

The main lesson is always listen to Jeff Goldblum.

_Jurassic Park_ (1993) No One Listened to Ian Malcolm Saga (1997 - 2021)

I personally don't think that the wonderment of the original Jurassic Park (for those of us who saw it initially) will ever be matched again. You have to remember that no one had ever seen special effects even remotely close to the quality of the first JP. It completely blew us away, and as the characters' jaws dropped at seeing the dinosaurs for the first time, we the audience were just as amazed at what we were seeing. It seemed unbelievable...almost magical. 7 year old me was entranced, and to this day, I've never experienced that same feeling after seeing a film.

The movie's confusion about whether the dinosaurs are heroes or monsters could have actually been really cool if it was intentional, because WE have that same confusion as the audience. We've spent 25 years thinking dinosaurs are wicked awesome even though we always see them murder people. I mean hell, look at the entire history of the Godzilla franchise.

My god this is a brilliant analysis of why the sequels never worked. I personally loved the Lost World, but I completely understand the criticism towards it. Nothing will triumph the seller first film. Great video.

The shaving can embryos had a life-span of like 3 days so it wouldn't be useful for a sequel, even though the original Jurassic Park 4 script wanted to use them.

In essence, the first film is a complete work of art whose themes and concepts presented are completely explored and resolved. I would argue that none of the sequels present any further arguments, but merely reconfigure superficial elements to create new situations with inconsequential characters. The original film Jurassic Park is a masterpiece that can’t be improved on, a testament to the genius of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg.

same as Terminator's problem...each sequel makes the time travel plot even more complicated...

the idea of weaponizing "velociraptors" belongs in a saturday morning cartoon.

ALAN!

The lost world's film plot was to bring public awareness to the dinosaurs existence so that it could become a nature reserve. In doing so the team that John Hammond employed would effectively block InGen from removing the dinosaurs from the island.

I feel the same way about the Jurassic Park sequels as I do about the Star Wars Prequels: They're not as good as the original, and they have their faults, but I still find them enjoyable films to watch. I've always felt like The Lost World stood on its own as a worthy adventure film, and Jurassic World was a fun B-movie spin on the original.

Having seen Fallen Kingdom already, it was very amusing because the ending of that movie (without spoiling anything) was basically Jeff Goldblum saying "SEE I WAS RIGHT, STOP MAKING DINOSAURS" Ironic that not only is one of the main characters in-universe effectively arguing against what the filmmakers are doing with the franchise, they flat-out ACKNOWLEDGED it in the movie and still went ahead with it

One thing I think really works about the original is that it’s a very small film, in a sense. You have a small core cast of characters who all interact and relatively stay together on a team. Compared to the hordes of crowds and ensemble cast that hardly interact and don’t get enough time to have fleshed out stories. Keep it small somehow.

"The movie seems to want to tell a story about how bowing to the demands of consumers and capitalism leads to disaster" But not if it's a new Jurassic Park movie, am I right guys?!

All of the sequels have just been about dinosaurs going wild. The first Jurassic Park was about WHY the dinosaurs go wild.

I had an idea for a Jurassic Park sequel. What if, instead of it revolving around trying to bring Jurassic Park back, it was about making sure there would never be one again. How would the world react to someone taking such a discovery and throwing it all away? Could make an interesting story.

I agree, Hammond would never have wanted the park to be rebuilt.

"remember when Trevarrow was going to make episode IX". We call those the good times now.

BD Wong is ageless

Storywise Jurassic Park just isn't franchise material (kinda like Terminator and Alien), but unfortanately it's too popular for Hollywood to leave it alone.

Your commentary on owen and claire is literally perfect like you put words to my exact thoughts on the jurassic world films thank you

The volcano was powering the island. They literally say it's a Geothermal power planet. In both the first and second movie. Geothermal power requires volcanic activity.

There is a good JP sequel: The Lost World Jurassic Park

You've completely missed the point: the dinos represent the Vietcong and the film's are about "family". See?

"Remember when he was gonna make Star Wars episode 9?" Oh Patrick of 2018, would that you had known.

Nailed it. I'm always stuck by the issue that the "problem" of dinosaurs is very easily solved by men with guns, you know, like exactly what would absolutely happen. "Oh no! The dinosaurs are loose and rampaging yet again!" "Well thankfully they aren't bulletproof. We have a competent security team and plenty of weapons, I mean why wouldn't we?"

I think Jurassoc Parl III could have worked - IF they had focused on the kid getting stranded and having to study and learn about the dinosaurs in order to survive. That would have covered both horror and awe. And Sam Neill's character should have only turned up in the last third. And no stupid mercenaries.

The problem with The Lost World was they didn't follow the novel. The novel was actually really good! However Michael Crichton was not involved in writing the script and the stupid idea of taking the dinosaurs off the island was never included.

In the wake of the Duel of the Fates script, we can at last be certain that Owen isn't an ironic character because Trevorrow turned Poe Dameron into the exact same cutout "badass". Side note: props to the Triceratops line for the underrated dinosaur, the funniness of the line and Matt still selling the tragedy.

“I truly believe Coli Trevorow does not know what he’s doing” Yeah that pretty much summarizes Colin’s entire film career

I would be really interested in a sequel set about 50-100 years later when the mistakes of the park are somewhat forgotten and like three arrogant teens return to the island to explore it.

I'd say we can still empathize with the leads in the sequels because in Malcolm's case, he's just there to tell them how stupid they're being and to leave immediately, while Grant is, like you said, basically kidnapped.

So the sequels were basically the modern day equivalent of “hey, don’t run from the maniac upstairs in the house!”

The last time I was this early, Kevin Spacey was still a respectable actor.

I think Lost World is alright. One of coolest characters is the hunter guy Roland, who came to the island with the corparate guys to hunt the T-Rex. In the end he's got more respect for the dinosaurs and the activists. He should have been the main focus.

This video is 2 years old but I feel like I *have* to point out that the shaving cream can *was* followed up on in the lesser-known yet incredible Telltale Games Jurassic Park game, in which some people go to the island during & after the events of the movie to contain it and recover the can, the game ends with it either being crushed by a _T. rex_ or taken off the island to an unknown fate

I'm fine with any sequel that has *more* Goldblum. Never less.

the very existence of jurassic world is an ironic proof of its moral

I LIKE THE LOST WORLD. NEVER GOT THE HATE.

"A triceratops GORED my girlfriend"

I'd like to see a prequel, a story about what inspired john hammond to build the park, seeing the excitement of them creating their first dinosaurs

Lost World, the second one, is a good sequel that is much beloved by the devoted JP fanbase. Only the 3rd has been disowned.

Dr Ian Malcolm is the best character in all the movies. Bless Jeff Goldblum.

Part of what makes the sequels contrived is that the characters and driving forces in the universe keep trying to reuse the same premise: the theme park. You can't recycle the theme park and expect the audience to buy it.

Thanks for helping me come to terms with a feeling I didn’t know how to articulate. Like the Terminator movies, I hate that none of the sequels have been anywhere near as good as the earlier instalments, but I do appreciate that it’s keeping one of my favourite franchises in the public eye and potentially in theme park attractions etc, which would be great.

No, the message of Jurassic Park is about thinking you can control nature, but you can't. _»I didn't have enough respect for that power, and it's out now.«_ Remember the scene between Dr. Sattler and Hammond?

I fucking love Jurassic Park. The problem is that it's one those movies that really doesn't need a sequel. I would give The Lost World a pass because it too was based on Crichton's books. Loosely. The rest of the sequels are unnecessary, and the dinosaurs have gone from being uncontrollable animals to being pure rampaging monsters whose favourite meal is not other dinosaurs, but almost exclusively tiny us, and they hunt us relentlessly - even when their whole whole 'world' is literally blowing up around them. They are tired and stressed out, and they need to be left alone already.

7:33 that scene transition has stuck in my head since I've seen it and I believe it's planted the seed that became my dark humor appreciation

Movie pitch: Man is on a fishing vessel that capsizes. He washes up on shore as the lone survivor, and thanks his lucky stars. Then it becomes clear that the island he's washed up on is Isla Nublar post-Jurassic Park. So he has to dodge dinosaurs as he navigates the island and finds a way to call for help

"Dijorno?" "Delivery."

dinosaurs as a tool of nostalgia... something is really funny about that. like saying the big bang is the ultimate nostalgia

That little shot of Matt crying over his girlfriend's photo while a sad piano cover of the theme plays was probably one of the saddest things I've seen in film.

The problem with Jurassic Park is that the Jurassic Park movie world is not that big. It's pretty much just one story: dinosaurs get/are loose and try to eat people. You can only do that so many times and it really only worked once.

i think Jurassic Park Lost World is good, but with other agree

Have you read Lost World? I really love that book, the movie is almost nothing like it

"They keep...going...back." Reminds me of how I feel regarding every single Terminator film following T1 and T2: "They keep...trying...to bring...Arnold back." That to me is Terminator's ultimate crutch: it should be about the story of John Connor trying to become the leader of the human resistance, but the film was saddled long ago with Arnold being the big-name star, and T3 just gave into that fandom and brought him back again...and since then, more people just go on the Arnold name-brand recognition, rather than be interested in the actual story...of which the writers can never seem to make it interesting!" Some really like Genisys, but really, Genisys just feels like internet fanfiction, of someone mashing together the first 2 Terminator films, replacing Eddie Furlong with a young and bossy Sarah Connor, and making Arnold out to be THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THE FILM! And John? Well, noone really liked him so they made him a Terminator! *what a twist!*

Fun fact: the first draft of Jurassic Park III was based on the book Jurassic Park - it includes a side-story where dinosaurs kill animals on the mainland.

If even Speilberg himself couldn't pull off a JP sequel, why even bother?

Great video, but a correction at 1:24 - Temple of Doom isn't a sequel. It's a prequel, set in 1935, one year before Raiders of the Lost Ark.

When you realize at the end Patrick was just pitching 1993's "We're Back!"

That episode 9 joke didn't age well

The Lost World Was a Great Sequel In My Opinion .

Lost World was a fantastic movie and still holds up extremely well!

If I was going to write a sequel to JP I would've done something like a cruise ship full of passengers gets ship wrecked on the island and they are scared shitless and just need to survive. Make it true suspense, horror, and - like you said - relatable characters.

"Why does it need corporate, greedy bad guys?" There wouldnt be a park in the first place without it!

11:13 I’ve been saying this to everyone since the movie came out! I hated how this scene was handled! Such a waste of Michael Giacchino’a arrangement.

One word: prequel

15:30 The Jurassic Park novel, from which the movie is adapted, opens with that very scenario. A series of strange animal attacks in Costa Rica, and Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler are contacted to identify the creature responsible for the attacks. Not only that but a good part of the novel focuses on Alan and the kids trying to return to the visitor center because they had knowledge of some velociraptors stowed away on a cargo ship, and they needed to contact the ship to prevent them from making port on the mainland. Quite frankly, the original book contains a lot of material not included in the movie that could be used for a promising sequel, but it's never used. Instead what the studio gives us in all the sequels is cliched textbook monster movies.

I knew Jurassic World was gonna be bad when I saw a woman carrying four OBVIOUSLY empty Starbuck's cups.

4:50 this applies to the SW sequel trilogy too

17:30 Holy shit that's an awesome edit. As another aspiring filmmaker, your amazing directing recently is inspiring. (It's also cool to see good visual comedy stuff that's not just Edgar Wright copies).

Just found out about channel! Love watching and listening to your points of view! I would love to show these to my Video Production classes, but it cant have swearing! I don't want to take away from your personality and your creativity, but I could see a lot of teachers using your videos for education!

What if they just borrow the premise of Little Shop of Horrors. ‘When a poor pet shop employee discovers an unusualness lizard in the store, he takes care of it until it’s huge and becomes a major attraction. But it feasts on human flesh (maybe it sleeps during the day? That way all the horror scenes with it active are at night) and could risk costing this man every thing he loves. That way it’s about regular people making regular choices and learning.

"Dammit Matt, I'm editing a video about dogs in cinema!!" 😆🤣😂

I wonder what Dr.Grant is doing since Jurassic Park 3. He is probably just watching tv and seeing people going to the island again being like 'These people are an idiot'. I think after Fallen Kingdom Malcolm was like 'screw it I don't care nobody listens to me'

Man, Matt's such a funny guy. Really enjoy watching him in your vids, you guys keep up the great work!

Man I love your videos !!

you know make a great Jurassic Park sequel... Dinosaurs take back the Earth.

The problem of this movie is no one listening to jeff goldblum So true XD

i think at some point in fallen kingdom it says the volcano was dormant when they built the park but now it became active again

I loved The Lost World. I thought that it was a great continuation of the first one.

YES!! The shaving cream can from the first JP. I always thought that could be something to base a plot of.

I'll be heretical and argue that the Lost World was ok, fight me

Love the Handel at the beginning!

Anyone know where "Wow, nice dino" clip is from?

If you thought the previous sequels were bad wait until you get a load of Fallen Kingdom.

The second one is great.....

14:09 there's a few reasons for building it on a volcanic island. The park uses a geothermal generator for its energy. Also, the land was probably cheaper and despite 'sparing no expense' Hammond cut tonnes of corners to make the construction of the park cheaper

The can of shaving cream is explored in the Jurassic Park game, but idk if that is really canon?

If we really cloned dinosaurs, I have no doubt we'd be able to handle them in a theme park like setting. Remember that it wasn't nature that got out of control, it was one employee, Nedry, who caused the park to go under. He unleashed the animals due to his poor planning and greed. (In the film) the animals didn't escape their pens, they were let loose. Any real such park would have so many fail safes it would be more secure than Fort Knox.

Perfect timing

It's insane how your final point was that a good sequel could be made if you got the dinosaurs off the island (NOT for a stupid reason like people were inanely trying to help) and had them coexist somehow with human society. And Dominion literally did that, but, obviously, SO BADLY. Like it's so simple and yet just that one sentence they managed to fuck up multiple times. CLONE GIRL release them because she's a clone (okay???) and then instead of having the movie be about dinos in human civilization it was about LOCUSTS. And somehow ANOTHER dinosaur park. Colin Trevorow PLEASE. And I think you make an excellent point about recapturing both wonder and common sense in JP sequels in order to make them good. Camp Cretaceous actually really excels in both areas if you're interested in ACTUAL good JP sequel material. It's Jurassic Park's criminally underrated TV show on Netflix. It takes place during the events of Jurassic World (and after) about a group of camp kids surviving on the island after the Indominus Rex massacre. It does a fantastic job of recreating the wonder and horror of the original, because you get 3 episodes of the kids being enchanted by the dinosaurs before havoc breaks loose. Then the horror kicks it, because, dinosaurs. But also because they're a group of unsupervised kids trying to navigate a deadly island when it's VERY CLEAR to them that the theme park is poorly managed. It also does a good job of giving the kids realistic, believable motivations for their actions when they do stupid things. Mainly, being a kid makes you do dumb things, but each of the characters differs so wildly from the next that all their dumb kid actions are motivated by completely different things. It really feels like the show is looking directly at the sequel movies and saying THIS IS WHAT YOU DID WRONG. That's my Camp Cretaceous plug for the day. It's a genuinely fun show with some of the best character development I've seen in ages. And there's a ton of fun dino content. Lots more can be done with dinosaurs when the show is fully CG.

You guys are hidden gems I'm not sure why RU-vid didn't recommend this up until now

The proper Jurassic Park sequel(s) is a silent film shot like a nature documentary as we follow the dinosaurs living their lives; and we watch people on the island trying to survive. So us watching a voice over or a person breaking the 4th wall while he watches people on the island interact with the dinosaurs.

Resist T-shirt... Nope, I'm outta here!

There was a script where the third movie was about camandos that sync up with raptors that parachute into South Africa to fight the blood diamond trade. That was the movie we needed.

very into this discussion right now. Thank you for putting all my thoughts into actual words.