JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION

[HD-man]

Somewhat like the clips featured in Battle at Big Rock.

That reminds me: Many thanks to RickRaptor105 for reviewing BaBR "in anticipation of the marketing for the upcoming movie Jurassic World Dominion". Not only do we have the same mixed feelings/criticisms about BaBR, but he presents them in a much funnier/more creative way than I ever could.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5944DjUUdYw

[Appalachiosaurus]

I've seen the leaked Therizinosaurus image. Jurassic World sure did a marvellous job of taking one of the most bizarre-looking dinosaurs known to science and making it as boring as possible. Small head? Gone. Near-upright posture? Gone. Potbelly? Gone. Unusually shaped feet? Gone. The movie Therizinosaurus design is basically a generic theropod body with giant arms tacked on. Indeed, judging from that one leaked image, it looks like they reused the Allosaurus' body. That's soft.

can you email it to me?

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Pretty sure he's talking about the toy leaks:

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It's clear that the Therizinosaurus is going to be an antagonist, and the designers probably didn't think the beer gut and penguin waddle of the real animal was all that threatening.

I've seen the leaked Therizinosaurus image. Jurassic World sure did a marvellous job of taking one of the most bizarre-looking dinosaurs known to science and making it as boring as possible. Small head? Gone. Near-upright posture? Gone. Potbelly? Gone. Unusually shaped feet? Gone. The movie Therizinosaurus design is basically a generic theropod body with giant arms tacked on. Indeed, judging from that one leaked image, it looks like they reused the Allosaurus' body. That's soft.

Why in the world is there a Therizinosaurus in the first place?

This is my problem with this movie (or will be since it has yet to be released). Everyone asking for different and new dinosaurs to be seen in Dominion, yet it makes no sense when they just appear out of no where since we saw all the species released in Fallen Kingdom.

It's a Jurassic Park sequel, they always add new species even when they don't make sense.

[stargatedalek]

We don't even know what Therizinosaurus's head looked like. Maybe it had a small head like its relatives, but that's an assumption. And given it lived in a very different habitat from the other large members of the group (a wetland as opposed to a largely dry seasonal forest) I would be more surprised if it had the same tiny head.

[dragon53]

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---a new sequel photo was released with a comment by Colin Trevorrow, "The parasaurs are in danger of being poached. There's a lot of shady types out there who want to get their hands on dinosaurs, so [Grady]'s working to protect them."

[Faelrin]

I hope we get some explanation behind this new design, even though I like it (the JPIII raptors come to mind). I'm hoping Mattel does a figure of this one too.

[stargatedalek]

Looks a lot better than the JW Para redesign, but still isn't that TLW classic.

[Carnoking]

Looks a lot better than the JW Para redesign, but still isn't that TLW classic.

You know, I've seen people make comment of this before, specifically when Nanmu revealed their Nutcracker Soldier and people were disappointed that it was "based off of the Jurassic World design" but can anyone point out the differences for me with this one? I know plenty of designs have changed from the franchises, and many not for the better (Triceratops, Pteranodon, Ankylosaurus all come to mind alongside the T. rex but I could swallow that one since it's the same animal meant to be aged), but I just never really noticed such a change with the Parasaurolophus design?

[Faelrin]

I think the most notable difference for me is the coloration. There's some red or maroon coloring along the back. The crest has more of a purple tint to it. The eyes are yellow. The head is also shaped differently.

Here's some images of every film variation (not including the Camp Cretaceous ones). In a spoiler because of how image heavy this is, and I don't want it to detract from the thread too much.

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Jurassic Park:



The Lost World:





SWS Maquette:



Jurassic Park III:



Turntable 1 min in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7ZBYUO8aU

Jurassic World:









Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom:







Battle at Big Rock:

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Edit: And because why not here is that full render of the Dominion Parasaurolophus that's been floating around. Now that I think about it, it kind of reminds me of the Disney Dinosaur one, but with a different coloration. Spoiler for obvious reasons:

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Edit: Trevorrow posted a tweet in the last hour or so of another pic of this beautiful Parasaurolophus:

https://twitter.com/colintrevorrow/status/1471629688535760900?s=21

I'd post the image, but every time I try to it breaks.

[Bread]

I hope we get some explanation behind this new design, even though I like it (the JPIII raptors come to mind). I'm hoping Mattel does a figure of this one too.

Drives me nuts when the franchise changes the animal's entire presentation. I don't mind the changes in coloration, but the entire build and design change throws me off.

[Faelrin]

@Bread Well this franchise definitely has had a convoluted history with that. I think the biggest offenders are the different raptor and Pteranodon designs? Though it has been there from the start, even with the Parasaurolophus itself (see my previous post for all the design iterations).

In any case, they finally have a legitimate in-universe reason to have an alternate design this time (same goes with the new species). Time will tell how they go about it though. I'm guessing these promo shots and the leaked render out there means this new Parasaurolophus will have a bigger role? One can hope so, since it is one of my favorite dinosaurs after all, in and out of franchise.

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BioSyn is returning after all.

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[Bread]

Oh for sure @Faelrin, I just find the Parasaurolophus' changes to be a little overboard and unnecessary. Honestly the raptor designs weren't as noticeable when changed or add ons placed, apart from some slight head modifications for JW and "feathering" JP3 raptors, plus with these add ons or changes they were very minor. The Parasaurolophus seems to be a complete redesign.

Pteranodons I could say the same, but maybe I didn't notice a difference with those anyways. Regardless I just wish these newer sequels would stick to its roots. Maybe Dominion will explain the sudden change in some of these species' appearance.

[Carnoking]

I sort of took the changes we got in Jurassic World as the result of Wu and co changing their approach, similar to how in the book chapters were often titled "the first iteration" and so on if I recall correctly. New clones for the park were just "new iterations" (although I still hold not for the better). And yes, now that the tech is open source, I'm not at all surprised to see fresh takes on the same animals.

[dragon53]

More info on DOMINION and an enhanced version of the photo posted earlier.


JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---Colin Trevorrow said Campbell Scott is playing the villainous Biosyn scientist Lewis Dodson, "He is the main villain throughout both of [Michael Crichton's] novels, and I think what Campbell's done with the character is just amazing. I can't wait for people to see it." Cameron Thor played Dodson in JURASSIC PARK and later spent time in prison after being convicted of committing a lewd act on a girl.





Trevorrow also posted a new photo of a Parasaurolophus with the caption, "We just used real ones this time."

[John]

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[GojiraGuy1954]

New image of Atrociraptor marshalli chasing Owen Grady in Malta.


And an Empire Magazine article to go along with it.
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/jurassic-world-dominion-brutal-vicious-atrociraptors-exclusive-image/

[GojiraGuy1954]

Well, the realistic animal behaviour we got in the prologue was fun while it lasted.

"Where the Velociraptor is a little bit more of a stealth hunter, the Atrociraptors are a bit more brutish," Trevorrow explains. "These things will just come at you. And in this particular case, they've picked his scent, and they're not going to stop until he's dead. They're pretty brutal. They're pretty vicious."

Confirmation that Moros intrepidus will be in the movie as well.

"I love the Pyroraptors. I love the Atrociraptors," he says. "There's a little one called the Moros intrepidus, who doesn't do a ton in the movie, but whenever it shows up, I always love it."

[Gwangi]

Atrociraptor that looks virtually identical to the Velociraptor is so redundant. It also means there will be three dromaeosaur species in the movie? I wonder how they're going to shoehorn all of these animals into the film.

[Faelrin]

I am glad to hear Moros will return! I love its design.

Too bad they are back to pronated/broken wrists again. Oviraptor in the prologue aside, everything else seemed to suggest correct wrist posture. @Gwangi I do agree. These do feel redundant and only feel like they are there to be an antagonist to Blue possibly (Pyroraptor aside) considering they also have their own squad.


Hope the Pyroraptor doesn't disappoint (keeping my expectations low though). I'm also expecting it to be oversized, but well we'll have to wait and see.

Wondering when we'll finally get a trailer. Feels like with all these stills being revealed it's leading up to one.

[Giganotosaurus]

I really like the Atrociraptor design, it looks menacing.

[Shadowknight1]

Too bad they are back to pronated/broken wrists again. Oviraptor in the prologue aside, everything else seemed to suggest correct wrist posture.

Considering the animals never had consistent wrist posture in any movie previously, why should this one have been any different?  In different shots, both the T-Rex and Velociraptor go from pronated to supinated wrists in the first Jurassic Park.