The Queen of Isla Nublar...

PatrickT · 07-15-15, 11:55 AM

so who else got tears into his eyes when she finally made her appearance?

I don´t want spoil anything from the movie...but it was so cool to see her again after all those years. I remember when i was a small boy and saw the first Jurassic Park. The moment when rexie comes out of her Paddock and makes her rooaarrr burned into my mind. I think most will agree that this was the most iconic scene of the 90th.

It is so cool, that she is still in Jurassic World. The info even says she is on Isla Nublar since 26 years and the main attraction. She even has the scars on her neck from her fight with the Raptors in the visitor center.

She looks older now but she still kicks ***.

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**EL Ziggy** · 07-15-15, 12:03 PM

I tried to go see it this past weekend with my son and it was sold out! Gonna try again this weekend. I've heard only good things though.

Brylee1233 · 07-15-15, 12:44 PM

I loved how they incorporated Jurassic Park into this movie. This was such a great movie.

prairiepanda · 07-15-15, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

I tried to go see it this past weekend with my son and it was sold out! Gonna try again this weekend. I've heard only good things though.

I saw it the week after its release, but I had to book my seats online a few days in advance and still ended up stuck really close to the front of the theater. I'd like to go again when things calm down so that I can get better seats and hopefully not be surrounded by screaming children. They did a great job on the movie.

**Aaron_S** · 07-15-15, 03:16 PM

I took a bunch of clients to a private screening the second day it opened. Tremendous movie.

I really like the simple idea of dinosaurs killing people.

PatrickT · 07-15-15, 11:47 PM

I saw it 3 times with my friends, parents and my sister.

Its crazy that it is still booked out. I was there the first day it opened and the cinema opened a 2nd simultanous screening...and both cinema halls were completly booked out. I never saw something like this before. Some were applauding when Rexie finally had her great entrance.

I don´t want spiler anything, but the 2nd greatest thing next to Rexies battle against the Indominus was when Blue was going Ninja and allied with Rexie.

RAD House · 07-15-15, 11:53 PM

I am glad this a good movie but I don't understand why you get so giddy over a cgi creation.

PatrickT · 07-16-15, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MesoCorney

I am glad this a good movie but I don't understand why you get so giddy over a cgi creation.

Propably the same reason why people are fans of Super Mario, Bat Man, Spiderman, Tina Turner, Lady Gaga and evry other creation of the entertainment industry.

Albert Clark · 07-16-15, 01:06 AM

I haven't seen the movie yet, but definitely on the to do list.

ManSlaughter33 · 07-16-15, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MesoCorney

I am glad this a good movie but I don't understand why you get so giddy over a cgi creation.

Me being a huge nerd, I get giddy playing video games, or when
I see certain characters in movies...Like Advent Children lol

now seeing an iconic character brought back.. and it being a dinosaur is just fanastic

prairiepanda · 07-17-15, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MesoCorney

I am glad this a good movie but I don't understand why you get so giddy over a cgi creation.

Nostalgia, mostly. The Jurassic Park movies, particularly the first one, were a huge influence to me growing up. Seeing the very same T. rex, scars and all, brought back was a big deal! I would liken the feeling to seeing Leonard Nemoy reprise his role as Spock in the new Star Trek. Sure, Rexy is CG, but they easily could have used any random T. rex or even another species entirely. Instead they chose the specific T. rex that filled me with wonder as a child.

Would have been even cooler if they brought back the original giant robot T. rex with added scars rather than just pure CG, but I'm not sure what happened to that beast.

RAD House · 07-17-15, 09:34 AM

The first film also was a huge part of my childhood, but that is not the film most are talking about. In the first film they portrayed the T rex as a predator with no motivation but too survive, which no matter who can agree would be accurate. Where they really started to develop the ''character'' was in the later films. It is ridiculous how they started to humanize these creatures. Even the idea of her being a protective mother is based on very little fact and was more for story than accuracy. It is some what of a tragedy what these movies became. They would have been smart to follow the books more closely. I have not seen the newest one but hope it is as good as you all say.

PatrickT · 07-17-15, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MesoCorney

The first film also was a huge part of my childhood, but that is not the film most are talking about. In the first film they portrayed the T rex as a predator with no motivation but too survive, which no matter who can agree would be accurate. Where they really started to develop the ''character'' was in the later films. It is ridiculous how they started to humanize these creatures. Even the idea of her being a protective mother is based on very little fact and was more for story than accuracy. It is some what of a tragedy what these movies became. They would have been smart to follow the books more closely. I have not seen the newest one but hope it is as good as you all say.

You should check your facts. It is almost absolute certain that T rex were fiercly defending their young. After all they are birds and no bird species exist that does not care for its young. And even if you claim this to be speculative we can still take the T rex Sue. The massive female that now resides in the Chicago fields museum, which was found united with two juvenile T rex. The smaller one had a living weight about 30 kg. Considering the fact that other Theropods like Troodon and Oviraptor are known to be good mothers the fossil evidence proves that T rex cared for its young. Propably even until it reached an age about 2 years.

That scientific facts aside, why would they have been smart to follow the books, which were mostly not very popular and most people don´t even know exist.

The latest movie made 1.5 billion $. They propably were smart to do exactly what they did.

PatrickT · 07-17-15, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by prairiepanda

Nostalgia, mostly. The Jurassic Park movies, particularly the first one, were a huge influence to me growing up. Seeing the very same T. rex, scars and all, brought back was a big deal! I would liken the feeling to seeing Leonard Nemoy reprise his role as Spock in the new Star Trek. Sure, Rexy is CG, but they easily could have used any random T. rex or even another species entirely. Instead they chose the specific T. rex that filled me with wonder as a child.

Would have been even cooler if they brought back the original giant robot T. rex with added scars rather than just pure CG, but I'm not sure what happened to that beast.

As far as i know the robot was mostly used for pretty static scenes back then. Like when she attacked the tour cars. For the dynamic scenes(when she breaks out of her paddock, eats the lawyer, chaes the Jeep, hunts the Gallilimus and fights the Raptors) they used CGI back then. Consodering the fact that all her scenes in JW were pretty dynamic i don´t think the old Robot would be able to perform this.

prairiepanda · 07-17-15, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MesoCorney

The first film also was a huge part of my childhood, but that is not the film most are talking about. In the first film they portrayed the T rex as a predator with no motivation but too survive, which no matter who can agree would be accurate. Where they really started to develop the ''character'' was in the later films. It is ridiculous how they started to humanize these creatures. Even the idea of her being a protective mother is based on very little fact and was more for story than accuracy. It is some what of a tragedy what these movies became. They would have been smart to follow the books more closely. I have not seen the newest one but hope it is as good as you all say.

The creators were trying to reflect the latest discoveries of the time, among which was evidence of maternal care in T. rex. In the first film she did not have any offspring, so this information was irrelevant. I do admit that the newest movie anthropomorphized all the dinosaurs a bit, though, especially in the final battle. That didn't detract from my nostalgic feelings, though. Jurassic World was a lot less educational than the original Jurassic Park(if it was educational at all...maybe not), but with Jurassic World the greater appeal is action, which was delivered well.