The first film has got so many great set pieces... But the best thing about it is that the Park does actually feels like a corny, Disney Land-esque fairground. This makes it all the more jarring when it shifts into a gritty survival story. There's a real focus on the aesthetic contrasts between the world of the dinosaurs and the artificial human world and how incompatible they are. The T-Rex strolling out of its cage, the veloceraptors hunting the children through the kitchen... hell, the park staff attempting to spoonfeed the dinosaurs livestock. It has a very unique feel that guarantees its status as a classic
Jurassic Park is basically the first movie I ever remember watching. I seen it 22 years ago and to this day I say it's one of the greatest movies ever made. The opening of the movie gives me chills
Jeff Goldblum: People sometimes ask me if it's pronounced "goldblum" or "goldbloom" and I always have the same thing to say to them: ....how dare you speak to me. -paraphrased. You gotta love ol Goldblem.
Right? Look at that Thor movie, pretty sure the direction was, "Okay Jeff, here's the character & lines but uh... ya know... just be you." And it was GREAT!
FUN FACT: The massive sauropods could not survive in our current 1G gravity. The famous opening shot of them grazing should have been them all lying like beached whales dying from their own massive weight. The elephant is about as big as you can go in a 1G environment and they cannot run or jump, have no feet or necks to speak of and are liable to get stuck or break a leg if they step into a pot hole. The T rex has legs like a chicken, and its fossil footprints tell us it ran (footprints further spaced than its biggest stride = airborne in between each footstep = running). By calculating its mass in a 1G environment and applying it to the footprint spacing, you end up with a speed of around 60mph. Imagine an elephant running at 60mph. Impossible. The full size T rex model for the original film was made out of titanium. The first time they moved it the frame buckled under the weight and they had to cut it in half and reshoot the scenes with half a T rex in shot. In a 1G environment a T rex would tear all of its tendons and break its bones. Scientists who refuse to accept gravity was lower back then try to explain the T rex by saying it lay on the ground and was fed by its young. I kid you not! See also the giant insects and plants. All impossible in a 1G environment.
Just to clarify, estimates of speed are WAY lower than that. journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0026037 finds a maximum land speed of around 10-25 mph, no where NEAR 60, less than half that at the highest end. Much of it's upward mobility was due to it's massive and powerful tail, which an elephant simply doesn't have (having something more akin to a two foot rope as a tail). The issue you're describing is very real of course, insects have exceptionally large bodies in comparison to their leg mass for the most part and the square cube law tells us that, without incredibly widespread changes to limb mass they would be unable to hold themselves upright which is why you'll never see five foot mosquito's walking around around. Dinosaurs however have exceptionally strong hind-limbs which, while perhaps shaped comparatively to a chicken, contain a huge amount of muscle mass, and additionally generally comparatively massive tails to offset the upper body mass as well...at least that's true of the more large species, smaller species didn't quite have those issues of course and could generally move significantly faster.
Depends what George is referencing there. In some contexts, 80 is multiple times the actual level cap and in others it's only early-mid level. Yes, I am one of *those* people, actually. You're welcome.
I see what you did their. ;) Once at that level of epic your basically a mortal god (unless your a Killoren). "Elves get rememered but Killorens never die" Also wow's current level cap is 110 soon to be 120 @.@. Will that game ever end?
No one ever mentions Richard Attenborough adopting his brother's mannerisms for Hammond's conservation monologue... Because, god rest him, that was pure awesome.
I was born in 1985, which was basically the perfect time to be born for the first Jurassic Park - I was seven when it came out and thankfully was old enough to go see it in theaters. It was absolutely 100% the most important movie of my childhood, the kind of movie magic that comes along once in a generation, and I was at the perfect age to totally soak it all up.
Same here! I think it's still THE defining film of my life - it became a frame of reference for a sense of wonder that quite frankly has remained elusive ever since.
Adam Mann that makes zero sense - it was an adventure movie about dinosaurs that escaped with state-of-the-art special effects - the dinosaurs basically looked real - not exactly sure how i couldn’t have appreciated it - it was pure enjoyment from a kid’s point of view, exactly the kind of thing spielberg excels at
@@AdamMann3D If you mean 7-8 year olds didn't watch it thinking, "Wow, stunning SFX!" or "What an amazing score, it must be John Williams," then okay... However we did watch it and were amazed that we were seeing living dinosaurs, and checked every room before entering in case a raptor was within for a long time after as our disbelief was so suspended. Subsequent viewings made us able to appreciate all the finer points. Pretty sure we appreciated what we saw.
Me too friend. 85 baby. Original JP is probably my all time favorite movie. Family was still together, dad hadn’t left. Perfect age, still innocent and life hadn’t happened yet. Perfect movie. Perfect experience. I still remember being early ro the movie and waiting in a line outside the door to the theater. Ah the memories
I think if I could define "nostalgia", for myself, in terms of a single sound or piece of music, it would be one of these three: John Williams' score from the original Jurassic Park, "Concerning Hobbits" (Howard Shore) from The Fellowship of the Ring, or the sound of a boat squeaking against/drifting into dock pylons as the tide comes in and out. The thing that really stuck out at me in terms of the evolution (or devolution) from the original film to Jurassic World, was the scenes concerning the children, and specifically, the scenes where they are in danger. The original film has the famous raptors in the kitchen scene, and despite the "Spielberg Schmaltz" I never once doubt, while viewing that scene, that those two kids are absolutely terrified for their lives and experiencing the most primitive and intense kind of fight-or-flight, survival sensations. Even if there is a breathless, one-liner thrown out by one of them after they're clear of the danger, it never feels forced or like something that a kid wouldn't or couldn't say in such a scenario. In Jurassic World, on the other hand, despite the obligatory screaming and exclamations of terror, there's constantly these types of one-liner, "oh wish mom could've seen that" and joke-cracking even seconds after a scene where an 11 year old was nearly made a multiple amputee (or just very dead) by a raptor. It feels very forced and pandering. As a result of this, and this handling of the tone (and little details like the female protagonist running through jungle from the dinosaurs in stiletto heels, all the while engaging in flirty banter with her Dr. Grant stand-in, fuckbuddy) I never once felt the kind of tension that the kitchen scene of the original creates. Basically, I think the original cuts a nice balance between plausibility and fun; which is one of the reasons I enjoy it so much and partly why, I think, it's held up so well in the years since. Jurassic World won't have a fraction of that sustaining power.
I literally switched off Fallen Kingdom when the characters sat there and described John Hammond to each other - and the character they described wasn't who was in the first movie.
Despite your otherwise good points, Pete Postlethwaite's role as Roland Tembo was a welcomed 'anti-villain' with an honorable side that gave him enough dimensions, however small, that most Jurassic Park characters beyond the first film lacked.
Roland is one of my favourite characters on the franchise for sure. He's out to hunt the Rex, which I disagree with, but he has values and depth beyond that which makes him really interesting. Definitely a highlight of TLW, and one of the reasons I still really enjoy that movie.
I think any film, no matter what genre has a hard time against JP. Those were characters that added a realistic professional note to the film that was believeable.
Yes, that was so funny wasn't it. I was drinking some Cool Aid at the time, and when I heard the joke, it came out of my nose, and I also peepeed my panties.
The forward for The Lost World book is hilarious. It's basically an apology. "They drove a dumptruck full of money up to my house. I'm not made of stone!"
anyone who reads youtube comment sections about Jurassic Park and the look of the dinosaurs would likely believe that. Everyone and their grandma is a fucking expert on dinosaurs these days... more-so than the actual experts.
At Paradise Park in Newhaven, Sussex, UK,...there is quite literally an animatronic velociraptor whose cry sounds like "I'm Alan!" Occasionally they swap it for one that says "I'm Ian!" No joke.
The very first scene where you see a dinosaur, the Sauropod, was such an amazing scene to see it for the first time. I still remember the 'wow' seeing it in the movies. I have not been impressed by special effects in the same way since.
you do make it sound as though chrichton just appeared out of nowhere. he was quite well-known through the 80's and had written and directed "westworld" previously, and written quite a few books turned into films, including "coma", "the terminal man" "the great train robbery" and my favorite cheesy 80's thriller "looker".
They should have Vic Reeves circa 1990 be the Ian Malcolm role and whenever these idiots decide to fuck about with the dinos, he should stick his head into frame and say 'You Wouldn't Let It Lie!!!!' Or get Vic to scream that in Universal's boardroom . . .
On the CGI, it was really mind-blowing to watch the making-of stuff on my DVD, years after spending more time than I'm proud of watching the LotR appendices. Knowing where this was going, it was shocking how primitive Jurassic Park's tech really was. In a very real way, it was too early for CGI, and they made it work anyway. Just astonishing.
I saw this in the cinema when I was 8 years old, during its original run, and the most shocking scene, and one that fucked with me for a long time, was the dude being eaten while he was on the toilet. How do you tell an eight year old they can shit in peace after such trauma?
I discovered you like yesterday and I'm like within half a notch as excited as if a new RLM video dropped so this is the highest compliment I can give a channel in other words
I can appreciate The Lost World going for a darker tone. After all, JP did the awe and wonder to such perfection, trying to replicate it would only result in a pale imitation. So the sequel takes a more sombre tone and shows us the dinosaurs in a much less romantic light. I think it makes the Lost World a great sequel that differentiates itself from the original and keeps it fresh. Not as good as JP, but definitely worthy and easily the best of the sequels. JPIII is stupid, but at least it knows that, JW is stupid but it thinks it's smart and JW:FK is stupid and I have no idea what it thought it was. A remake of Lost World mixed with a Dracula film? All of them have entertaining moments but is a steep downhill trend for me.
I despised Jurassic World. It was the antithesis of what Spielberg wanted to do with Jurassic Park. I will grant you that it was better than Jurassic Park III, but that's like saying Breaking my leg was better than breaking my arm. There was no way I was going to see Fallen Kingdom, nor will I see whatever it is they're doing next. The first time I saw Lost World I was disappointed, but that film has really grown on me. I think it actually stands on its own, which very few sequels can do. Once you put out of your mind, "Jurassic Park II" then you start seeing the characters, and themes and it really is a well-made film. It just wasn't going to live up to its predecessor. Love your delivery, by the way.
The dumbest thing about Fallen Kingdom is that Claire and Owen return to the island that they know is crawling with dinosaurs. Not only that the volcano on it is about to erupt. Why do they want to save these things?
@@anubusx I know absolutely nothing about it. I don't even remember the characters from Jurassic World. I'm friends with the guy who directed the Thai dub of Fallen Kingdom and the only question I had for him was, "Is it as bad as Jurassic World was?" We were actually having lunch at the studio where the dub was done too, the poster was on the wall next to us.
Once they started the whole: "They're not really dinosaurs" thing, I lost interest. It was only a matter of time before we got the flying t-rex that shoots prehistoric wasps out of its mouth
The sad thing is that Jurassic Park actually tried to be somewhat scientifically accurate in it's portrayal of dinosaurs for it's time (except for the velociraptor which was actually a utahraptor but a pretty accurate one). But nope the later sequels just threw all of it away and became a Kaiju film. I hoped Jurassic world would use the power of reboot to update the dinosaur designs to comply more with modern knowledge, but nope, they just completely ignored the two decades worth of revolutionary paleontological discoveries and did the same thing but this time with Chris Pratt.
Spiny Slasher, actually the raptors in Jurassic Park were meant to be Deinonychus (once called “Velociraptor antirrhopus”) they even use the meme Deinonychus in the concept arts. They made the raptors larger like the books and because of that the dinosaurs looked like utahraptors (this species was discovered after the release of the movie).
@@spinyslasher6586 I'm not defending JW at all - but i wouldn't want them to add feathers to everything just to scientifically accurate. That being said, JW completely abandoned credibility.
anon. Well, They doesn’t need to add feathers in all dinosaurs or make them totally scientifically accurate, but they could show some new discoveries in paleontology (like not having pronated hands or shrink wrapped skin), in fact few species would need feathers (only Compsognathus, Velociraptor, Gallimimus and maybe the baby tyrannosaurs) but personally I prefer that they keep the dinosaurs that already appeared the way they’re shown in the movies adding feathers only in new species.
For me, as a huge Jurassic Park fan, the only two movies I consider overall "worth watching" are the first film and The Lost World. Jurassic Park 3 is easily the low point of the series, and Fallen Kingdom is only slightly better because it at least looks and sounds really good, and has a few good moments, unlike JP3. I hate how schlocky and B-grade the films have become. JP3 looks like a TV-movie, World has excessive, dumb action scenes as its focus, and Fallen Kingdom is just completely stupid and cartoony. The first two films, especially the original, felt extremely grounded and tense. Nothing since 1997 has ever really matched that feeling for me. Even Fallen Kingdom, with Bayona's horror experience, didn't make me feel tense or scared. It was just too dumb. I can still understand your point of comparing the quality of this franchise against others, but I feel Jurassic Park is far away from acceptable at this point. It's just trying to be a Marvel movie, which is kind of insulting. Anyway, great video as always!
This really helps to explain why the CG holds up in this film while many younger films have already shown their age. You need the right people and also a process that is somewhat grounded in the real.
I don’t knooow, I personally think cartoonish to-the-camera grins from an indoraptor and literal big red buttons put Fallen Kingdom below Terminator Salvation
Spoilers for Salvation ahead but... A robot running off a human heart is still pretty goofy, lol. I'm sure we can all agree the bigger issue is the terrible trailers for both series spoiling so much :/
GameStation3 oh shit! I forgot dinosaurs are extinct! That makes the raptor’s fourth wall breaks okay, you’re right! Thank you for fixing Fallen Kingdom for me, mate. You beautiful genius you
One of the first things I noticed about Crichton was that, in addition to being a sci-fi writer, he was also a science writer. During my teen years (I am 73 in 2020), I always read Isaac Asimov's science articles in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (my parents subscribed). But Crichton was not Asimov. Asimov wrote for twelve year olds. Crichton was more sophisticated, but, in being so, lost the clarity and approachability that Asimov had. Still, my favorite part of the novel was the LONG essay on both biogenetics (which I understood), and fractals (which I did not until later). I was disappointed that the film had so little of it.
I just noticed you put an audiotrack underneath you talking. Are you hypnotizing us into watching your videos? Also you mentioned tremors 12, wanna do a How the Tremors Films Changed Over Time?
Thanks for another fantastic breakdown and film history lesson. You’re always so thorough and dryly observational. Great work, I’m sure it took you ages to bring us such a hefty chunk of content.
Wrong. 1. Jurassic Park 2. lost World 3. JP 3 4. Dog Shit 5. Aids 6. The Room 7. Jurassic World 8. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom JW and FK were cinematic abominations. I don't get how anyone can praise those films. JP3 was a masterpiece compared to them.
I feel like I'm the only person who didn't care for Goldbloom's character int he original and always prefered Grant. When The Lost World came out when I was a kid I didn't get why they didn't bring Grant back instead until the third.
Goldblum didn't really DO anything useful in the first movie. The second movie... he kind of felt out of character. Just one of many issues with the second one.
@@Swiftbow He didn't do anything useful in the first movie? He helped saved the kids and pushed one of the main themes in the film that humans shouldn't be tampering with nature to such a degree. He also served as an obstacle between Alan Grant and Nellie as well as was the comedic relief. He did a lot in the first movie. Furthermore, I don't see why people say he was out of character in the 2nd film. He's a different guy dealing with PTSD with one goal- to get his daughter and girlfriend off the island. Of course he's not gonna be the same as in the first movie. That's like saying Sarah O'Conner was out of character in Terminator 2.
@@JLDReactions I didn't say he wasn't an interesting, likeable, or funny character. He is all of those. But... Grant had the Rex moving into the woods when Ian lit his flare. Ian ran with his flare (against what Grant told him), and ended up altering the T-Rex's path into the bathroom. He actually got Gennaro killed as a result (judge that as you will, though, lol) and suffered his own injury, too. I did forget one useful thing... he helped Ellie through the bunker when he noticed the conduits on the diagram, which was considerably easier to follow than Hammond's directions.
Love how the studio successfully sold the original movie like something more than a monster movie. At its core JP is a family friendly monster movie series, laced with bogus science - just like most good sci-fi. And it's cool that they've been pursuing the monster angle with every movie since; *all* the movies are good fun. Looking forward to the next installment.
I feel Fallen Kingdom is the lost world we never got. It broke through the old boundaries and finally explored themes the old movie felt like where stuck in. I'm excited for what's coming next. Personally really liked it. Felt more like a Michael Creighton book than anything.
I was itching for a hit of your content and Jurassic Park is one of my favourite movies so this really hit the spot! I think the pacing in the first jurassic park is incredible as it makes it so engaging even after multiple viewings. It certainly inspired me to become a level 3 effects mage.
Upon further reflection over the years I like the dream raptor. Remember Sam Neill trying to get the bird to say his name earlier? It's an allusion to them as animals... which I've grown to appreciate given how the film treats all of the other dinosaurs as monsters, especially the Spinosaurus. That's one reason why I like JP3 more than JW because JW ia straight up a monster flick.
I know the reference, Mr. Freeze says it but its just..... WRONG. Dinosaurs died from a meteor not the Ice Age, because there is a 64 million year gap between the extinction of the dinosaurs and the start of the Ice Age.
The earth started expanding (noticeably) around 200M years ago. This caused gravity at the surface to increase which is why dinos, plants insects (and later mammals) have all gotten smaller over time. As the earth expanded the continental crust cracked and rift valleys opened up. These filled with the shallow seas on land and eventually became what we call the world's oceans (no part of the ocean floor is older than 200M years, and 70% of it is less than 60M years old). This breaking up of the continents and filling the gaps with oceans meant the dinos could no longer migrate, which put another strain on them. The only dinos to survive today are in the form of small birds who are still able to migrate over the oceans. By 65M years ago the dinos were on their last legs anyway and the meteor impact finished them off. The mammals took over and became pretty big too. But as the earth continued to expand they also felt the strain as we approached the current 1G gravity. 11,600 years ago the earth suffered the biggest cataclysm for 3million years as comet fragments struck the ice sheets over N America vaporising them instantly and causing 1000ft floods and forest fires and 'nuclear winter' and a 400ft rise in sea level. The ice age ended overnight. This was probably also accompanied by massive solar ejections frying the atmosphere too. 95% of all megafauna was wiped out. Humans lost our civilisation and barely survived at all. it took us thousands of years to even begin to rebuild civilisation again. That's the basic gist of it.
Whoa! Fallen Kingdom was fun! well, the first half. The part where Rexy Roars after taking down the Carno and the volcano blowing up in the background is absolute gold!
I felt like Jurassic World was commentary for its own production. Utilizing new technology to try and one up the existing product ended up bad. Executives doing things on a whim that resulted poorly because they aren't able to handle things. Product placement leading to pushing the boundaries of what they should do with the park and then a few scenes later showing the main street with franchise restaurants everywhere.
Great video man. You have an exquisite ability to write and say funny things. FYI y'all need to pause and read his mock script. So *expletive* funny!!! So, what are next! I make reference
Director j.a. bayona best release an extended cut of his movie, or the Jurassic Park franchise is definitely in trouble. I hear rumors he's thinking of releasing a better cut of his movie. Lemme say Universal better do it, or they're gonna get nothing but bad mouth on jurassic series from here onward. I recommended Cabin of the Woods over Jurassic Park, this is how rock bottom.
I have always regretted missing Jurassic park - didn't know there were sequels - feel no need to see any of them except no. 4, perhaps. But very glad to see this video.
I find it pretty ironic that the lesson of the first movie is that using dinossaurs for entertainment is a terrible idea.
Jardel Elias very true
Now it's saving the dinosaurs. And using them in the military....
+Jardel Elias
Why else would you bring dinosaurs back? The coolness outweighs any loss in human life and sabotaging the ecology.
Our entire world is running on bad ideas
@@reptomicus Perfect line for the villain in the next JP
The first film has got so many great set pieces... But the best thing about it is that the Park does actually feels like a corny, Disney Land-esque fairground. This makes it all the more jarring when it shifts into a gritty survival story. There's a real focus on the aesthetic contrasts between the world of the dinosaurs and the artificial human world and how incompatible they are. The T-Rex strolling out of its cage, the veloceraptors hunting the children through the kitchen... hell, the park staff attempting to spoonfeed the dinosaurs livestock. It has a very unique feel that guarantees its status as a classic
I read the book of the first film. That electric fence section was added to make a shortcut. Also, other smaller parts were cut out.
Jurassic Park is basically the first movie I ever remember watching. I seen it 22 years ago and to this day I say it's one of the greatest movies ever made. The opening of the movie gives me chills
Jeff Goldblum: People sometimes ask me if it's pronounced "goldblum" or "goldbloom" and I always have the same thing to say to them: ....how dare you speak to me.
-paraphrased. You gotta love ol Goldblem.
No. No, I don't.
eww no
Yeah, he's great. Some people don't like him, though. Dunno why.
Fuzzy Dunlop
His way of speaking is very annoying. That stuttering thing he does.
BarrySlisk Different strokes for different folks.
“If you can get Jeff Goldblum...get Jeff Goldblum.”
Words to live by.
Right? Look at that Thor movie, pretty sure the direction was, "Okay Jeff, here's the character & lines but uh... ya know... just be you." And it was GREAT!
hazonku “Jeff, just show up wearing what you usually wear”
I like Sam Neil. He's mister Jurassic Park.
AxeKick80 I gave you your hundredth like
Taika Waititi definitely got this advice.
"Smoking in a control room" that indeed is very 90's
It's very "any time between 1700 and 2001" really.
Including the kids.
MrMortull. And the dinosaurs!
Just before the purge. Lol.
Just before "the Baby Snookums generational" movement.
As a Costa Rican I think we should declare the dinosaur our national animal and added into the national flag.
El Ochentero which dinosaur? There are vast numbers of species.
Yeah I didn't expect someone would take the joke so seriously
@@KnufWons Tyrannosaurus! Obviously
Well, Scotland has the unicorn so why not?
Mae!
"Why not bung me some money on Patreon? You'll get nothing in return."
Well, if nothing else, I have to respect your honesty!
Unless your one of the youtuber if you send them money you get access to there stupid bloopers.
D'you think Samuel L Jackson would take on a job working at a dinosaur zoo if he couldn't smoke at his desk?
*laughs motherfuckerly*
"Oh yeah, 'oooh, ahhh.' That's how it always starts. Then later there's running, and screaming."
Even after all these years, *Jurassic Park* still stands tall among giants.
That's because it still had practical animatronics and the staff gave a dern back then.
FUN FACT: The massive sauropods could not survive in our current 1G gravity. The famous opening shot of them grazing should have been them all lying like beached whales dying from their own massive weight.
The elephant is about as big as you can go in a 1G environment and they cannot run or jump, have no feet or necks to speak of and are liable to get stuck or break a leg if they step into a pot hole.
The T rex has legs like a chicken, and its fossil footprints tell us it ran (footprints further spaced than its biggest stride = airborne in between each footstep = running). By calculating its mass in a 1G environment and applying it to the footprint spacing, you end up with a speed of around 60mph. Imagine an elephant running at 60mph. Impossible.
The full size T rex model for the original film was made out of titanium. The first time they moved it the frame buckled under the weight and they had to cut it in half and reshoot the scenes with half a T rex in shot.
In a 1G environment a T rex would tear all of its tendons and break its bones. Scientists who refuse to accept gravity was lower back then try to explain the T rex by saying it lay on the ground and was fed by its young. I kid you not!
See also the giant insects and plants. All impossible in a 1G environment.
theawecabinet but thats just a theory, A FILM THEORY!!!
Did that sound much better in your head before you posted it
Just to clarify, estimates of speed are WAY lower than that.
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0026037
finds a maximum land speed of around 10-25 mph, no where NEAR 60, less than half that at the highest end. Much of it's upward mobility was due to it's massive and powerful tail, which an elephant simply doesn't have (having something more akin to a two foot rope as a tail). The issue you're describing is very real of course, insects have exceptionally large bodies in comparison to their leg mass for the most part and the square cube law tells us that, without incredibly widespread changes to limb mass they would be unable to hold themselves upright which is why you'll never see five foot mosquito's walking around around. Dinosaurs however have exceptionally strong hind-limbs which, while perhaps shaped comparatively to a chicken, contain a huge amount of muscle mass, and additionally generally comparatively massive tails to offset the upper body mass as well...at least that's true of the more large species, smaller species didn't quite have those issues of course and could generally move significantly faster.
Quoting Professor Goldblum: "Sequels will find a way".
"Sequels will... err... find...err, umm... find a way".
Paraphrasing*
And they did.
Dr malcolm.
“Stan Winston, level 80 FX mage” 🤣
Depends what George is referencing there. In some contexts, 80 is multiple times the actual level cap and in others it's only early-mid level.
Yes, I am one of *those* people, actually. You're welcome.
Last I heard I think 80 was WoW's current level cap.
That'll be it, then.
Gosh, I miss that man. :(
I see what you did their. ;)
Once at that level of epic your basically a mortal god (unless your a Killoren). "Elves get rememered but Killorens never die"
Also wow's current level cap is 110 soon to be 120 @.@. Will that game ever end?
No one ever mentions Richard Attenborough adopting his brother's mannerisms for Hammond's conservation monologue...
Because, god rest him, that was pure awesome.
I was born in 1985, which was basically the perfect time to be born for the first Jurassic Park - I was seven when it came out and thankfully was old enough to go see it in theaters. It was absolutely 100% the most important movie of my childhood, the kind of movie magic that comes along once in a generation, and I was at the perfect age to totally soak it all up.
Same here! I think it's still THE defining film of my life - it became a frame of reference for a sense of wonder that quite frankly has remained elusive ever since.
I mean I was 14, and I would argue you were too young to appreciate what you were seeing. But to each their own.
Adam Mann that makes zero sense - it was an adventure movie about dinosaurs that escaped with state-of-the-art special effects - the dinosaurs basically looked real - not exactly sure how i couldn’t have appreciated it - it was pure enjoyment from a kid’s point of view, exactly the kind of thing spielberg excels at
@@AdamMann3D If you mean 7-8 year olds didn't watch it thinking, "Wow, stunning SFX!" or "What an amazing score, it must be John Williams," then okay... However we did watch it and were amazed that we were seeing living dinosaurs, and checked every room before entering in case a raptor was within for a long time after as our disbelief was so suspended. Subsequent viewings made us able to appreciate all the finer points. Pretty sure we appreciated what we saw.
Me too friend. 85 baby. Original JP is probably my all time favorite movie. Family was still together, dad hadn’t left. Perfect age, still innocent and life hadn’t happened yet. Perfect movie. Perfect experience. I still remember being early ro the movie and waiting in a line outside the door to the theater. Ah the memories
I think if I could define "nostalgia", for myself, in terms of a single sound or piece of music, it would be one of these three: John Williams' score from the original Jurassic Park, "Concerning Hobbits" (Howard Shore) from The Fellowship of the Ring, or the sound of a boat squeaking against/drifting into dock pylons as the tide comes in and out.
The thing that really stuck out at me in terms of the evolution (or devolution) from the original film to Jurassic World, was the scenes concerning the children, and specifically, the scenes where they are in danger.
The original film has the famous raptors in the kitchen scene, and despite the "Spielberg Schmaltz" I never once doubt, while viewing that scene, that those two kids are absolutely terrified for their lives and experiencing the most primitive and intense kind of fight-or-flight, survival sensations. Even if there is a breathless, one-liner thrown out by one of them after they're clear of the danger, it never feels forced or like something that a kid wouldn't or couldn't say in such a scenario.
In Jurassic World, on the other hand, despite the obligatory screaming and exclamations of terror, there's constantly these types of one-liner, "oh wish mom could've seen that" and joke-cracking even seconds after a scene where an 11 year old was nearly made a multiple amputee (or just very dead) by a raptor. It feels very forced and pandering.
As a result of this, and this handling of the tone (and little details like the female protagonist running through jungle from the dinosaurs in stiletto heels, all the while engaging in flirty banter with her Dr. Grant stand-in, fuckbuddy) I never once felt the kind of tension that the kitchen scene of the original creates.
Basically, I think the original cuts a nice balance between plausibility and fun; which is one of the reasons I enjoy it so much and partly why, I think, it's held up so well in the years since. Jurassic World won't have a fraction of that sustaining power.
I literally switched off Fallen Kingdom when the characters sat there and described John Hammond to each other - and the character they described wasn't who was in the first movie.
How Jurassic Park Changed over time: consider a glass of milk left in the sun for several weeks
Dan Brown *Cry more*
Damn that bad lol
Lmao
Amazing comment
ruclips.net/video/-3x9jqPV_VY/видео.html
14:38 LMAO
"Raptors cannot be bargained with.... except when they can."
-Jurassic Park 3
Despite your otherwise good points, Pete Postlethwaite's role as Roland Tembo was a welcomed 'anti-villain' with an honorable side that gave him enough dimensions, however small, that most Jurassic Park characters beyond the first film lacked.
Clever girl.
He was the best character of JP2. The so called good guys ended up getting a lot of people killed.
I really wish his character could team up with the "clever girl" guy from the first movie lol
Roland is one of my favourite characters on the franchise for sure. He's out to hunt the Rex, which I disagree with, but he has values and depth beyond that which makes him really interesting. Definitely a highlight of TLW, and one of the reasons I still really enjoy that movie.
I think any film, no matter what genre has a hard time against JP.
Those were characters that added a realistic professional note to the film that was believeable.
Hello, Tyrannosaurus Alan!
Peater Griffen told me that you were saying bad words on my Minecraft server
"EEEER"
Allosaurus then?
How the Lavalamp has changed
Greetings Alan Now Shuttup
I laughed way too hard at the ER joke
It was actually a pretty funny joke and I’m proud that I peed myself a bit
Yes, that was so funny wasn't it. I was drinking some Cool Aid at the time, and when I heard the joke, it came out of my nose, and I also peepeed my panties.
@@EmperorsNewWardrobe One question. What the fuck?
That was brilliant 😂👏
The lava lamp is very hypnotic to dinosaurs...for some reason.
30 minutes? This will be good. Love your content.
Agreed. Good to know what I'll watching later during dinner...
Agreed! +upvotethumbsupallthethings
How long does it take to say first one is a classic the rest are trash and progressively worse than the last?
@@proud90skid15 ugh you’re so smug
i realize I am kind of randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to watch new series online ?
The fact that your explorer like jacket could be a way to get into tone or even a mere coincidence is appreciated
Kat Willarv Just want to say I agree, it's a sweet freckin shirt.
I'd love to see a How Star Wars changed over time
That would be depressing to watch.
But interesting nonetheless
From the perspective that the first movie was created to sell merchandise, it's a cheerful and inspiring tale.
...Until you get to the last couple outings, where all the corporate cynicism comes right the hell back.
For the worst
One in four adults is a paleontologist? These are the kinds of facts you can't get anywhere else!
The forward for The Lost World book is hilarious. It's basically an apology. "They drove a dumptruck full of money up to my house. I'm not made of stone!"
I know, right? I thought it was one in three, which just goes to show what I know.
anyone who reads youtube comment sections about Jurassic Park and the look of the dinosaurs would likely believe that. Everyone and their grandma is a fucking expert on dinosaurs these days... more-so than the actual experts.
The other four are comedians.
"This displeases the local velociraptors", best line ever in one of your vids.
At Paradise Park in Newhaven, Sussex, UK,...there is quite literally an animatronic velociraptor whose cry sounds like "I'm Alan!"
Occasionally they swap it for one that says "I'm Ian!" No joke.
"together they produced the first pilot of hospital pilot ERRR"
God that caught me off-guard. Thank you.
*ALAN*
The very first scene where you see a dinosaur, the Sauropod, was such an amazing scene to see it for the first time. I still remember the 'wow' seeing it in the movies. I have not been impressed by special effects in the same way since.
#FunFact Michael Crichton was the tallest person to become famous for a reason unrelated to height. 6’9”
AH HA! So HE was the dinosaur all along!
Holy shit that’s actually true (according to Google)
Whenever he attended the Oscars, he would slump waaaay down in his seat because he didn't like attention.
Peng Win He was a Brontosaurus all along.
I've seen houses and trees taller than that. I'm not impressed.
you do make it sound as though chrichton just appeared out of nowhere. he was quite well-known through the 80's and had written and directed "westworld" previously, and written quite a few books turned into films, including "coma", "the terminal man" "the great train robbery" and my favorite cheesy 80's thriller "looker".
A great deal of his books went on to become movies and for good reason. They are wonderful stories that adapt well.
They should have Vic Reeves circa 1990 be the Ian Malcolm role and whenever these idiots decide to fuck about with the dinos, he should stick his head into frame and say 'You Wouldn't Let It Lie!!!!' Or get Vic to scream that in Universal's boardroom . . .
On the CGI, it was really mind-blowing to watch the making-of stuff on my DVD, years after spending more time than I'm proud of watching the LotR appendices. Knowing where this was going, it was shocking how primitive Jurassic Park's tech really was. In a very real way, it was too early for CGI, and they made it work anyway. Just astonishing.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! You’re the only film channel I care about and this is my favorite series
"Stan Winston, Level 80 Effects Mage"
LOL! Here, have a thumbs-up.
I saw this in the cinema when I was 8 years old, during its original run, and the most shocking scene, and one that fucked with me for a long time, was the dude being eaten while he was on the toilet. How do you tell an eight year old they can shit in peace after such trauma?
so glad I found this channel....you've made film fun again
7 seconds of black screen at 17:34. Accident, or am I missing the joke about more indiscrete yelling?
Editing snafu. Probably meant to be a clip there?
I think we are supposed to see William H Macy and Teia Leoni being indiscreet on a beach?
I wouldn't mind seeing Téa Leoni being indiscreet on a beach if ya get what I mean.
@@Outland9000 No, explain.
Maybe a clip from the film that got flagged by the copyright gnomes.
for me the series has gone the way of the dinosaurs
Still memorable?
It should have stayed dead.
all of the non-avian ones died and the ones that did became birds
Dave Dogge brought back by man?
*Cry more*
I discovered you like yesterday and I'm like within half a notch as excited as if a new RLM video dropped so this is the highest compliment I can give a channel in other words
I miss the days when you could smoke in your dinosaur control center.
For some reason or another, I haven't watched this channel in a couple years, and just picked it up again. I forgot how entertaining it is!
Bingo! Dino DNA
Great video as always man. Have you considered the HIGHLANDER series? Or Fast and Furious SAGA? Because if so woooo I can’t wait.
+1 for Highlander series!!!
francis weir right? So many of them.
Alejandro Montoya Marin
Ricky, I watched the Highlander movie. It was shit!
Highlander SERIES?What do you mean?They only made one highlander movie.
ahahahahahahah I wish that were true. I mean, there can be only one.
I can appreciate The Lost World going for a darker tone. After all, JP did the awe and wonder to such perfection, trying to replicate it would only result in a pale imitation. So the sequel takes a more sombre tone and shows us the dinosaurs in a much less romantic light. I think it makes the Lost World a great sequel that differentiates itself from the original and keeps it fresh. Not as good as JP, but definitely worthy and easily the best of the sequels. JPIII is stupid, but at least it knows that, JW is stupid but it thinks it's smart and JW:FK is stupid and I have no idea what it thought it was. A remake of Lost World mixed with a Dracula film? All of them have entertaining moments but is a steep downhill trend for me.
Geert van der Plas why do you think JW is stupid?
Great digression of the series, you've earned my sub, looking forward to the Al Pacino vid!
Best sense of humor on youtube.
the ending had me in stitches. I wish this guy would do more actual movie reviews as his sense of humor definitely has a niche market.
I love how serious he is when telling jokes.
@brickman409 - very British
Give me Tremors 47 or give me death
"...but, its never stupid."
Jurassic World, "Hold my beer!"
I despised Jurassic World. It was the antithesis of what Spielberg wanted to do with Jurassic Park. I will grant you that it was better than Jurassic Park III, but that's like saying Breaking my leg was better than breaking my arm. There was no way I was going to see Fallen Kingdom, nor will I see whatever it is they're doing next. The first time I saw Lost World I was disappointed, but that film has really grown on me. I think it actually stands on its own, which very few sequels can do. Once you put out of your mind, "Jurassic Park II" then you start seeing the characters, and themes and it really is a well-made film. It just wasn't going to live up to its predecessor. Love your delivery, by the way.
The dumbest thing about Fallen Kingdom is that Claire and Owen return to the island that they know is crawling with dinosaurs. Not only that the volcano on it is about to erupt. Why do they want to save these things?
@@anubusx I know absolutely nothing about it. I don't even remember the characters from Jurassic World. I'm friends with the guy who directed the Thai dub of Fallen Kingdom and the only question I had for him was, "Is it as bad as Jurassic World was?" We were actually having lunch at the studio where the dub was done too, the poster was on the wall next to us.
Your honesty at the end is very refreshing it almost makes me want to donate.....almost
Once they started the whole: "They're not really dinosaurs" thing, I lost interest. It was only a matter of time before we got the flying t-rex that shoots prehistoric wasps out of its mouth
The sad thing is that Jurassic Park actually tried to be somewhat scientifically accurate in it's portrayal of dinosaurs for it's time (except for the velociraptor which was actually a utahraptor but a pretty accurate one). But nope the later sequels just threw all of it away and became a Kaiju film. I hoped Jurassic world would use the power of reboot to update the dinosaur designs to comply more with modern knowledge, but nope, they just completely ignored the two decades worth of revolutionary paleontological discoveries and did the same thing but this time with Chris Pratt.
Spiny Slasher, actually the raptors in Jurassic Park were meant to be Deinonychus (once called “Velociraptor antirrhopus”) they even use the meme Deinonychus in the concept arts. They made the raptors larger like the books and because of that the dinosaurs looked like utahraptors (this species was discovered after the release of the movie).
@@spinyslasher6586 I'm not defending JW at all - but i wouldn't want them to add feathers to everything just to scientifically accurate. That being said, JW completely abandoned credibility.
I find it pretty genius but ok.
anon. Well, They doesn’t need to add feathers in all dinosaurs or make them totally scientifically accurate, but they could show some new discoveries in paleontology (like not having pronated hands or shrink wrapped skin), in fact few species would need feathers (only Compsognathus, Velociraptor, Gallimimus and maybe the baby tyrannosaurs) but personally I prefer that they keep the dinosaurs that already appeared the way they’re shown in the movies adding feathers only in new species.
I don't know how I've never happened upon your channel before. I love your dry wit! :D Subscribed!
And now we have dinos sneaking into bedrooms and lifting up bedsheets... i'm not joking.
That was great. Really enjoyed it. Nice to see things on RUclips that don't make me feel old.
Holy synergistic preserved mosquito Batman! Here less than 10 minutes of the upload?! I feel special.
Your style is great. Please keep it coming!
It was Dennis Nedry that turned the security system off, not John Hammond
I really like your "How _____ Changed" vids. Please keep doing them.
For me, as a huge Jurassic Park fan, the only two movies I consider overall "worth watching" are the first film and The Lost World. Jurassic Park 3 is easily the low point of the series, and Fallen Kingdom is only slightly better because it at least looks and sounds really good, and has a few good moments, unlike JP3.
I hate how schlocky and B-grade the films have become. JP3 looks like a TV-movie, World has excessive, dumb action scenes as its focus, and Fallen Kingdom is just completely stupid and cartoony. The first two films, especially the original, felt extremely grounded and tense. Nothing since 1997 has ever really matched that feeling for me. Even Fallen Kingdom, with Bayona's horror experience, didn't make me feel tense or scared. It was just too dumb.
I can still understand your point of comparing the quality of this franchise against others, but I feel Jurassic Park is far away from acceptable at this point. It's just trying to be a Marvel movie, which is kind of insulting. Anyway, great video as always!
As much as it sucks, the days of grounded blockbusters as anything but a niche product are in the past.
JP3 stomps all over JW and FK.
I love this series, and your content in general. You have astounding production values and your script is stellar. Better than any extra on a DVD! ;)
Hello lava lamp, my only friend
I've come to look at you again
They are awsome on an acid trip
@@djimma5080 how do they take it?
This really helps to explain why the CG holds up in this film while many younger films have already shown their age. You need the right people and also a process that is somewhat grounded in the real.
I don’t knooow, I personally think cartoonish to-the-camera grins from an indoraptor and literal big red buttons put Fallen Kingdom below Terminator Salvation
Spoilers for Salvation ahead but...
A robot running off a human heart is still pretty goofy, lol. I'm sure we can all agree the bigger issue is the terrible trailers for both series spoiling so much :/
Don't forget velociraptor tears.
*Cry more*
GameStation3 oh shit! I forgot dinosaurs are extinct! That makes the raptor’s fourth wall breaks okay, you’re right! Thank you for fixing Fallen Kingdom for me, mate. You beautiful genius you
GameStation3 you're dumb dude. Really dumb
One of the first things I noticed about Crichton was that, in addition to being a sci-fi writer, he was also a science writer. During my teen years (I am 73 in 2020), I always read Isaac Asimov's science articles in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (my parents subscribed). But Crichton was not Asimov. Asimov wrote for twelve year olds. Crichton was more sophisticated, but, in being so, lost the clarity and approachability that Asimov had. Still, my favorite part of the novel was the LONG essay on both biogenetics (which I understood), and fractals (which I did not until later). I was disappointed that the film had so little of it.
I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE ORIGINAL JURASSIC PARK WHEN U POSTED THIS !!
aaa One and Three the only good ones even though Three had some issues still better then the rest.
"some issues" ahahahahaha
It's always too long between your videos for me. Thanks for taking the time to make these.
You should make a long video like this one about Lost :)
I still see Jurassic Park as a film that never needed a sequel, let alone a series.
Yup. It's a perfect movie. But it made too much money to be left alone.
I just noticed you put an audiotrack underneath you talking. Are you hypnotizing us into watching your videos?
Also you mentioned tremors 12, wanna do a How the Tremors Films Changed Over Time?
Thanks for another fantastic breakdown and film history lesson. You’re always so thorough and dryly observational. Great work, I’m sure it took you ages to bring us such a hefty chunk of content.
My Ranking:
Jurassic Park
The Lost World
Jurassic World
Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic Park III
Wrong.
1. Jurassic Park
2. lost World
3. JP 3
4. Dog Shit
5. Aids
6. The Room
7. Jurassic World
8. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
JW and FK were cinematic abominations. I don't get how anyone can praise those films. JP3 was a masterpiece compared to them.
Great video, georg!
I feel like I'm the only person who didn't care for Goldbloom's character int he original and always prefered Grant. When The Lost World came out when I was a kid I didn't get why they didn't bring Grant back instead until the third.
They probably wanted to flesh out Goldbloom's character.
Goldblum didn't really DO anything useful in the first movie. The second movie... he kind of felt out of character. Just one of many issues with the second one.
@@Swiftbow He didn't do anything useful in the first movie? He helped saved the kids and pushed one of the main themes in the film that humans shouldn't be tampering with nature to such a degree. He also served as an obstacle between Alan Grant and Nellie as well as was the comedic relief. He did a lot in the first movie. Furthermore, I don't see why people say he was out of character in the 2nd film. He's a different guy dealing with PTSD with one goal- to get his daughter and girlfriend off the island. Of course he's not gonna be the same as in the first movie. That's like saying Sarah O'Conner was out of character in Terminator 2.
@@JLDReactions I didn't say he wasn't an interesting, likeable, or funny character. He is all of those. But...
Grant had the Rex moving into the woods when Ian lit his flare. Ian ran with his flare (against what Grant told him), and ended up altering the T-Rex's path into the bathroom. He actually got Gennaro killed as a result (judge that as you will, though, lol) and suffered his own injury, too.
I did forget one useful thing... he helped Ellie through the bunker when he noticed the conduits on the diagram, which was considerably easier to follow than Hammond's directions.
Thanks for keeping your passion!
Love how the studio successfully sold the original movie like something more than a monster movie. At its core JP is a family friendly monster movie series, laced with bogus science - just like most good sci-fi. And it's cool that they've been pursuing the monster angle with every movie since; *all* the movies are good fun. Looking forward to the next installment.
Loved your Video Georg! :)
I feel Fallen Kingdom is the lost world we never got. It broke through the old boundaries and finally explored themes the old movie felt like where stuck in. I'm excited for what's coming next. Personally really liked it. Felt more like a Michael Creighton book than anything.
I was itching for a hit of your content and Jurassic Park is one of my favourite movies so this really hit the spot! I think the pacing in the first jurassic park is incredible as it makes it so engaging even after multiple viewings. It certainly inspired me to become a level 3 effects mage.
Upon further reflection over the years I like the dream raptor. Remember Sam Neill trying to get the bird to say his name earlier? It's an allusion to them as animals... which I've grown to appreciate given how the film treats all of the other dinosaurs as monsters, especially the Spinosaurus.
That's one reason why I like JP3 more than JW because JW ia straight up a monster flick.
What a fucking throwback with that vulcanicity ytp ad
Love seeing long content :)
There really is something to be said about that full on Spielberg Schmaltz. He really knows how to hit people in the feels.
the original Jurassic park and The Lost World Jurassic park are the best films in the series change my mind
So glad I found this video!
Month ago I’ve binged all this movies. JP is sooooo timeless❤️
"What killed the dinosaurs?! The ICE AGE!!!"
Uh no!
Rhett Gedies but there still around today as the birds.
It's a _Batman & Robin_ reference. -_-
/rolls eyes
I know the reference, Mr. Freeze says it but its just..... WRONG. Dinosaurs died from a meteor not the Ice Age, because there is a 64 million year gap between the extinction of the dinosaurs and the start of the Ice Age.
The earth started expanding (noticeably) around 200M years ago. This caused gravity at the surface to increase which is why dinos, plants insects (and later mammals) have all gotten smaller over time.
As the earth expanded the continental crust cracked and rift valleys opened up. These filled with the shallow seas on land and eventually became what we call the world's oceans (no part of the ocean floor is older than 200M years, and 70% of it is less than 60M years old).
This breaking up of the continents and filling the gaps with oceans meant the dinos could no longer migrate, which put another strain on them. The only dinos to survive today are in the form of small birds who are still able to migrate over the oceans.
By 65M years ago the dinos were on their last legs anyway and the meteor impact finished them off. The mammals took over and became pretty big too. But as the earth continued to expand they also felt the strain as we approached the current 1G gravity.
11,600 years ago the earth suffered the biggest cataclysm for 3million years as comet fragments struck the ice sheets over N America vaporising them instantly and causing 1000ft floods and forest fires and 'nuclear winter' and a 400ft rise in sea level. The ice age ended overnight. This was probably also accompanied by massive solar ejections frying the atmosphere too.
95% of all megafauna was wiped out. Humans lost our civilisation and barely survived at all. it took us thousands of years to even begin to rebuild civilisation again.
That's the basic gist of it.
Whoa! Fallen Kingdom was fun! well, the first half. The part where Rexy Roars after taking down the Carno and the volcano blowing up in the background is absolute gold!
was the six seconds of black screen intentional?
Your vlogs are awesome!
I felt like Jurassic World was commentary for its own production. Utilizing new technology to try and one up the existing product ended up bad. Executives doing things on a whim that resulted poorly because they aren't able to handle things. Product placement leading to pushing the boundaries of what they should do with the park and then a few scenes later showing the main street with franchise restaurants everywhere.
Subversive.
rewatching this gems of content
Great video man. You have an exquisite ability to write and say funny things. FYI y'all need to pause and read his mock script. So *expletive* funny!!! So, what are next! I make reference
Director j.a. bayona best release an extended cut of his movie, or the Jurassic Park franchise is definitely in trouble. I hear rumors he's thinking of releasing a better cut of his movie. Lemme say Universal better do it, or they're gonna get nothing but bad mouth on jurassic series from here onward. I recommended Cabin of the Woods over Jurassic Park, this is how rock bottom.
Reggie Fields cabin in the woods is great, what are you on about?
Cabin in the Woods is like, PURE ART *compared to Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom lmao* way better movie than Halloween imo.
1.3 billion dollars = franchise in trouble?
Nah.
"Did I just say synergy. eh...." LMAO 5:29
Alan!
Wonderful as always Georg! Keep it up.
Is it Shpielberg Shmaltz or Spielberg Smaltz? I can never remember.
Schpielberg Schmaltz
it should be easy, since one isn't even a word.
Spielberg Schmalz
I have always regretted missing Jurassic park - didn't know there were sequels - feel no need to see any of them except no. 4, perhaps. But very glad to see this video.
JP 6 is going to be a found footage movie.