When the teaser trailer for "Jurassic World' debuted this week, there were a lot of skeptics, including those from the scientific community, who commented how the dinosaurs apart from the genetically-modified "D-Rex," were shown in the movie. National Museum of Natural History Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Hans-Dieter Sues told the Washington Post that his reaction to the trailer was "meh."
"It looks like a standard monster movie. The prehistoric animals represent reconstructions from the 1970′s and '80′s. The reconstructions are totally out of date," he said.
Director Colin Trevorrow defended his team's choice of dinosaur as the main villain in the film. The "D-Rex" too, did not escape criticism despite being marketed as a genetically-modified species.
Trevorrow told Empire Magazine, "There is no shortage of awesome [real] dinosaurs. We could have populated this entire story with new species that haven't been in any of these movies. But this new creation is what gave me a reason to tell another Jurassic Park story. We have the most awe-inspiring creatures to ever walk the Earth right in front of us, but for some reason that's not enough. We're always hungry for the next thing, and those who profit from it are always looking to feed that hunger. The focus groups want something bigger than a T-Rex. And that's what they get."
But a theory by Moviepilot staff writer Kit Simpson Browne might have made sense on why the "Jurassic Park" franchise and not just the "Jurassic World" movie had gotten its dinosaurs all wrong. He suspected that the design is intentional.
He wrote, "Whether they realize it or not, the company is now in the business of making dinosaurs that are intentionally dinosaur super-weapons. As Bryce Dallas Howard's character points out, they've just spent ten years making their first "genetically modified hybrid."
He also noted Chris Pratt's character's job in the park, which is basically an animal trainer. In one scene, he is seen running with a group of velociraptors, whom we have known since the original film are as dangerous as the original T-Rex.
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