{"id":9185,"date":"2015-06-11T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T03:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teampcheng.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/11\/the-relevance-of-jurassic-world-to-the-times"},"modified":"2015-06-11T03:49:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T03:49:00","slug":"the-relevance-of-jurassic-world-to-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-relevance-of-jurassic-world-to-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relevance of Jurassic World to the Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-JSYOfLwYSig\/VXpVWvJjjnI\/AAAAAAAAKj4\/aerJy3jB7Hg\/s640\/blogger-image-1738327535.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-JSYOfLwYSig\/VXpVWvJjjnI\/AAAAAAAAKj4\/aerJy3jB7Hg\/s640\/blogger-image-1738327535.jpg\" width=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">In anticipation of Jurassic World, the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, I went ahead and re-watched the first 3 movies plus special features on <b><a href=\"http:\/\/pchengphotography.blogspot.com\/2015\/06\/jurassic-park-dvd-feature.html\">DVD<\/a><\/b> (thanks to an awesome P450.00 offer for a boxed set). As I re watched all 3 movies, I relived my childhood memories of this well loved franchise.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">In my <b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/pchengphotography.blogspot.com\/2014\/11\/g-movies-feature.html\">GMovies Member Feature<\/a><\/u><\/b>, I talk about how scenes like the greedy lawyer being eaten by the T-Rex (Jurassic Park &#8217;93) while sitting in the toilet stuck to my head. It really left an impression on me; I think there was a time I was <i>actually <\/i>afraid a T-Rex would magically appear while I&#8217;m at my most vulnerable in the bathroom.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">For many of us, the Jurassic Park was not just a movie, they are memories.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">22 years after the first film grossed over a billion dollars in the box office. We are once again brought back to Isla Nublar where a theme park that never opened is now a fully operational luxury resort. All is well in the resort but in the search for a new attraction (because apparently Dinosaours aren&#8217;t <i>wow <\/i>enough anymore) something is born in the lab, something that has never walked the earth before. Something that is supposed to be &#8220;bigger, better, cooler&#8221;<span style=\"font-family:Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><i><b>&#8220;This is where you play god&#8221;\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><i><b>-Alan Grant (Jurassic Park III- 2001)<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-p_cHoADLXKo\/VXo7QmHyOGI\/AAAAAAAAKjg\/R8XWeo7t_ns\/s640\/blogger-image--586161043.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-p_cHoADLXKo\/VXo7QmHyOGI\/AAAAAAAAKjg\/R8XWeo7t_ns\/s640\/blogger-image--586161043.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\">Say hello to the Indominus Rex.\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Dr. Wu (B.D. Wong) who played the same geneticist in the first movie, reprises his role and manipulates genes to create a genetically modified dinosaur, one that never existed and whose abilities are still unknown.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Enter the Indominus Rex, raised in isolation after devouring it&#8217;s only sibling (not a good sign) is now reaching maturity and preparations in making her the newest park attraction are already underway.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Uw7gmKrk-JA\/VXja6RmfOVI\/AAAAAAAAKiI\/MRgVqIZWOfs\/s640\/blogger-image-1291715327.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Uw7gmKrk-JA\/VXja6RmfOVI\/AAAAAAAAKiI\/MRgVqIZWOfs\/s640\/blogger-image-1291715327.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\">Zach and Gray &#8211; the new kids in \u00a0the park.\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b>Real Characters, Relevant to the Times\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">Aside from the new dinosaurs (yes there&#8217;s more than one) there are also new <i>human <\/i>characters. I felt as though these characters were so realistic that they made Jurassic World relevant to the times. Despite a span of two decades since the first film, <i>World <\/i>seems <i>fresh <\/i>and it&#8217;s because of the characters whose dreams, hopes and fears are like many of us that they become very real and relatable.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">Because there are <i>always <\/i>kids in Jurassic Park &#8211;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">Gray (Ty Simpkins) is an eleven year old boy who, like other boys his age love dinosaurs and in a world where they <i>actually <\/i>exist who wouldn&#8217;t ? He is extremely intelligent and may actually be a genius, he seems to have some social anxiety which is the case more often than not.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">Zach (Nick Robinsons) is Gray&#8217;s older brother who at 16 likes what boys like-girls. He looks forward to moving out the house when he reaches 18.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">The brothers are sent to spend some quality time with their career driven Aunt, Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) who runs Jurassic World.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b>Tita (Aunt) Power in Jurassic World\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/pchengphotography.blogspot.com\/2015\/06\/bryce-dallas-howard-new-leading-lady-in.html\">Claire \u00a0Dearing<\/a><\/u><\/b> is a <i>very <\/i>busy woman overseeing about 20,000 guests per day, she gives her nephews special passes and sends them off to explore the resort. Claire is a distant Aunt from her nephews (she doesn&#8217;t even know how old they are) which creates an interesting dynamic. As a (proud) #TitasOfManila (Aunts Of Manila) &#8211; I have no kids yet but I <i>adore <\/i>my nieces and nephews. I&#8217;m glad that this relationship was highlighted in this film. This is especially important in the Filipino culture where the extended family plays an integral part in the upbringing of the children. So hooray for the Titos and Titas! (Uncles and Aunts) out there!\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-02ZXiJa2JcA\/VXo7YYPKWbI\/AAAAAAAAKjo\/A3d_2RqnIBE\/s640\/blogger-image-349806767.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-02ZXiJa2JcA\/VXo7YYPKWbI\/AAAAAAAAKjo\/A3d_2RqnIBE\/s640\/blogger-image-349806767.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\">Another Jurassic Nostalgia: Do you remember who first had the &#8216;flare idea&#8217; ?\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b>An Unlikely Hero\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">The last Jurassic Movies had scientists (Paleontologist Alan Grant &#8211; Sam Neil and Mathematician Ian Malcolm &#8211; Jeff Goldblum) \u00a0as it&#8217;s heroes. For Jurassic World it&#8217;s ex-military \u00a0expert in animal behavior <b>Owen Grady <\/b>who is currently doing a training study with a pack of Velociraptors to whom he has developed an Alpha relationship. Claire initially asks Owen for help to evaluate the security of the Indominus Rex&#8217;s Paddock. Owen is strong, decisive and quick to act, he believes in the natural order of things and where humans stand in it.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-gyJ16C_74RE\/VXjbAnfuk5I\/AAAAAAAAKiQ\/reACk0kYgOQ\/s640\/blogger-image--652946182.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-gyJ16C_74RE\/VXjbAnfuk5I\/AAAAAAAAKiQ\/reACk0kYgOQ\/s640\/blogger-image--652946182.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><b><i>&#8220;Oh, yeah. Ohhhh, Ahhh, that&#8217;s how it all starts. Then there&#8217;s running and um, screaming.&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><b><i>&#8211; Dr. Ian Malcolm\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><b><i>The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/null\" name=\"more\"><\/a><b><i><\/i><\/b><br \/><a name='more'><\/a><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">All hell breaks loose when the Idominus Rex escapes and wrecks havock as it goes. Claire&#8217;s nephews have gone missing and she asks for Owen&#8217;s help to find them. Meanwhile, everyone on the island, human and dinosaur alike are in danger of a killing machine on a rampage.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">Jurassic World does not dissapoint it brings everything you would have expected and more. The dinosaurs are there, running, screaming, the thrill of surviving the unimaginable, everything is brought to life in stunning technology that has progressed in 22 years. Not only does Jurassic Wolrd give us the Dino-carnage we also pick up some lessons along the way. It&#8217;s impressive that the film sheds light on a fresh family dynamic, an aunt with her nephews. A teenage older brother to his younger sibling:\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><i><b>&#8220;We are brothers. No matter what happens, we will always come back to each other&#8221;\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><i><b>&#8211; Zach to Gray (Jurassic World -2015).\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">I love that you get a little gem of learning in the movie, so it&#8217;s not just about the suspense of running away from dinosaurs. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-JP8TqFVnY5Y\/VXl2XsqxduI\/AAAAAAAAKi8\/RT3q7tNmO74\/s640\/blogger-image-162501103.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-JP8TqFVnY5Y\/VXl2XsqxduI\/AAAAAAAAKi8\/RT3q7tNmO74\/s640\/blogger-image-162501103.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b>Lots of Jurassic Nostalgia\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">It&#8217;s great that the film was also able to give lots of Jurassic Nostalgia, especially for the fans of the original movie, these fans who were like me, kids when the first movie came out in 1993, that would make us in our late twenties or early thirties 22 years later. The infamous banner in the first movie with the words: <i style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#8220;When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth&#8221; <\/i>makes a comeback in the movie, including some old props you would have probably recognized if you&#8217;ve seen the first film. Kudos to all those throwback moments! Of course hearing the original John Williams score gave me goosebumps.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">There <i>was <\/i>a surprise character in the film who not only helped bring in the Jurassic nostalgia but the subtle humor as well and this is none other than Lowerly (Jake M. Johnson) a computer programmer who works behind the scenes with Claire to keep the resort running. Lowerly is a fan of the original park, as evidence of him wearing a Jurassic Park shirt (which he bought on eBay), his boss Claire thinks this is in bad taste since according to her: <i>&#8220;People died there&#8221;.\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">Lowerly does not only proudly wear a Jurassic Park shirt but he also has dinosaur toys on his desk station! \ud83d\ude42 He is the subtle comic relief in the film and joins the ranks of Jurassic Park Computer Technicians, Ray Arnold (Samuel L. Jackson) and Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight). I think he&#8217;s my favorite though \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-10OoRn1cZYQ\/VXmYIWNTJuI\/AAAAAAAAKjM\/1QCCWVPOIqY\/s640\/blogger-image-1887392182.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-10OoRn1cZYQ\/VXmYIWNTJuI\/AAAAAAAAKjM\/1QCCWVPOIqY\/s640\/blogger-image-1887392182.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\">My favorite Jurassic Computer Technician. Love your shirt by the way.\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-weight:bold;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-weight:bold;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;\"><i>&#8220;&#8230;Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;\"><i>Alan Grant (Jurassic Park III -2001)<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-weight:bold;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">Continuing in making the film relevant, the human antagonist in the movie, Vic Hoskins (Vincent D&#8217;Onofrio) is pushing for Owen&#8217;s Velociraptors to be used as military weapons. It&#8217;s interesting that somehow, someway, man always finds a way to exploit nature, whether it is through monetary gain or in this case military tactics.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-weight:bold;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">You&#8217;ll definitely get more than just Dinosaurs in Jurassic World, yes the advancement in technology will bring bigger, better and more life like creatures but beyond that is a timeless tale of how man meddles with things he should not and in the center of it real characters which makes this story current and relevant.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\">It will be a while before I stop talking about this wonderful movie. Given the time and chance I&#8217;ll probably watch it again. Will definitely wait for it when it comes out in DVD.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\">Jurassic World is now showing in cinemas.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-weight:bold;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;font-weight:bold;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-_Nl8rkbEPTk\/VXpbx5k_vLI\/AAAAAAAAKkI\/r57Acr4PSPQ\/s640\/blogger-image--394114229.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-_Nl8rkbEPTk\/VXpbx5k_vLI\/AAAAAAAAKkI\/r57Acr4PSPQ\/s640\/blogger-image--394114229.jpg\" width=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In anticipation of Jurassic World, the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, I went ahead and re-watched the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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