After a long wait, "Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom" was finally released as scheduled early this morning.
Although it feels that the plot design is slightly old-fashioned, and the overall rhythm is decent, but the identity of the dinosaur fan still gives it 5 stars. Among the six films in the entire series, it can only be said to be better than "Jurassic Park 1" and "Jurassic Park." There are gaps in the "Romaine World", which is similar to "Jurassic Park 2" and higher than "Jurassic Park 3"~
In the six months since the first trailer was launched, as a dinosaur fan, it can be said that he has been waiting and looking forward to it for a long time. From the eyes of my old fan, let’s talk about the types of dinosaurs and survival settings in this "Jurassic World 2"~~
The first is the logo of the movie. We found that the sign of Dinosaur World, which inherited the old version of "Jurassic Park", was broken again...
Just like the difference between "Jurassic Park 2" in 1997 and "Jurassic Park" in 1993, this of course means that the park has once again become a ruin. It really feels powerless for the people who have repeatedly built the park and built a dinosaur park. , Every time, because of small negligence, if it is bad, it will be bad. You must remember that the subtitle of "Jurassic Park 2" is "The Lost World". Then the "Fallen Kingdom" of this meeting is also a kind of echo.
Anyway, all in all, the dinosaurs are living "outside" freely. Of course, the gate that paid tribute to "Jurassic Park" in "Jurassic World" has appeared again, but this time it is of course broken... But a closer look shows that the vegetation has not grown in the past few years. How much, a little bit unscientific, this is tropical~
The following starts with slight spoilers, please open it carefully~
First, after the heroes and heroines reunited, the group returned to Nubula Island where "Jurassic World" was located, which was about to be destroyed by a volcanic eruption, and the rest of the story revolved around rescuing the dinosaurs and transporting them back to the mainland. Brachiosaurs stopped on the former shopping street and looked up . Of course, this is a classic tribute to the first appearance of Brachiosaurs as the representative of all dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" released in 1993.
"Jurassic Park 3" also has images of brachiosaurus, and there are also Stegosaurus scattered around . But it seems that the colors of the brachiosaurus are different after three appearances.
When old dinosaur fans watched "Jurassic World", they must be full of memories of the brothers in the film returning to the dinosaur hall in the abandoned "Jurassic Park". In this one, the brachiosaurus has contributed to us the classic image of 25 years ago with the front legs raised upright and eating plants. Of course, the appearance of this shot will be very sad this time, and we will not do more spoilers, but it will definitely contract the biggest tears for dinosaur fans to watch this film.
In the trailer, it has been told that in the face of the volcanic eruption, a bunch of dinosaurs and the protagonists are racing together. Many of these dinosaurs, like Brachiosaurus, are mostly herbivorous, such as Apatosaurus , Stegosaurus , Triceratops , Ankylosauru s, Pachycephalosaurus, and Gallimimus, which mainly eats insects. . From an ecological point of view, these guys together can be regarded as a plain dinosaur community peacefully coexisting.
Many of these dinosaurs were subsequently captured and transported away from the island that was about to be destroyed, including the Brachiosaurus Apatosaurus , a sauropod dinosaur , who had been massacred by the so-called Tyrannosaurus rex in the previous episode. Those who are familiar with the naming history of dinosaurs must know the complicated and ups and downs of history between the names Enchantosaurus and Brontosaurus.
Among the dinosaurs that were transported away, Stegosaurus and Ankylosauru s were basically those who played soy sauce in the film. For example, the figure behind the stegosaurus is firmly locked in the cage of the delivery vehicle
After all, Stegosaurus had already made a splash in 1997's "Jurassic Park 2". In "Jurassic Park 2", the little stegosaurus that is chewing on ferns can be said to be the most adorable point of the film.
As for the ankylosaurus, it only showed its appearance in the subsequent dinosaur auction conference. After all, its compatriots have fought against the tyrannical Tyrannosaurus in the last "Jurassic World" for several rounds. The remains that appeared on the ground at the beginning are also theirs.
As for Gallimi mus, it started running from "Jurassic Park" in 1993, until "Jurassic World" in 2015, and then to this latest one, it was still running, and then there was no more. , The directors only saw it, and they didn't even give it any shots after being captured. So in the next episode, it is estimated that they will continue to run, brother?
As for the very favorite Triceratops Triceratops , this time I mainly brought a triceratops child to appear in a cage in imprisonment.
Of course, the true body of the Triceratops did not steal the spotlight, but it can still continue to exert its combat effectiveness when it becomes a bone. That is, in the storyline of this film, the skull of a triceratops is listed in the manor museum of Lockwood, the promoter behind the transport of dinosaurs to the island. As for what important role it plays, please take a look at the most prominent part of the picture below, and then guess what.
However, the director of this film has kept up with the times and added a triceratops of its kind, Sinoceratops . Unlike the solid neck shield of the triceratops, the neck shield of the Chinese horned dragon has two hollows. It plays an important role in saving our lovely male protagonist in the film, and more will not be spoiled.
In real life, the fossils of Chinese horned dragons were discovered in Zhucheng, Shandong Province, the famous hometown of dinosaurs in China. They were described in 2010 by the famous scientist Xu Xing of the Chinese Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Ancient Humans.
As for Pachycephalosaurus , which has fully demonstrated its head power in "Jurassic Park 2," this time he left many wonderful appearance opportunities to his little compatriots, half the size-Styx dragon Stygimoloch . And it does not live up to expectations. It has played the fine tradition of the swollen head dragon class, that is, the top-as for what the top wears, everyone will know after watching the film.
However, there has always been controversy regarding the classification status of Styx dragons. Some scientists think that Styx dragons and another kind of very interesting dragon king dragons (because scientists named the genus of the dragon king dragons Dracorex hogwartsia , Dracorex hogwartsia , (Taken from "Harry Potter") are actually just the young form of the swollen head dragon. The following are the skull fossils of Dragon King Dragon, Styx Dragon, and Pachycephalosaurus. It seems that the thickening on the top of the head can be seen more and more obvious.
Next, let's summarize the carnivorous dinosaurs in the film. First of all, let's start with the most inconspicuous. That is Compsognathus , and they are everywhere. First of all, on the counter of the abandoned store, it is the Pose with the dinosaur toy. It looks very cute.
Remember it, it was the small group of guys who threatened the little girl together in "Jurassic Park 2" and sent out to attack the special forces in the middle.
(The original sentence was incorrectly written as-"Remember it? It was the small group of guys who threatened the little girl when they appeared on the scene in "Jurassic Park 2" and sent out collectively to attack the special forces in the middle." Corrected)
But with such a small size, scientists still tend to think that they feed on insects.
In the trailer, it is Baryonyx , the heavy claw dragon who is still resisting the scald in the magma overflowing place and trying to catch the heroine and the technical man in the supporting role .
It also belongs to the Spinosaurus family, so it has a slender jawbone similar to Spinosaurus and crocodile, but it does not have a sail on the back. Generally speaking, because the teeth of Spinosaurus are tapered rather than jagged, they should be more suitable for eating fish. They were repeatedly taken out in the movie to be scary, probably because there are no suitable places to catch big fish on several islands in the movie...
So why does the popular Spinosaurus only appear once in "Jurassic Park 3" and no longer appear? We estimate that it is probably because with the deepening of research in recent years, the image of Spinosaurus has been very different from before. The limbs are far less slender and strong than previously thought, and they can only basically catch fish and eat in the water (of course it is also very Large fish, such as giant rays). So, if you fight with Tyrannosaurus, and you can easily win this thing, everyone should assume it has never happened... Just watch the scary little brother, the heavy claw dragon, come on stage.
As for the stunning Allosaurus, in addition to the dinosaur's escape, it was smashed by the volcanic flying rock just because he looked at the balance car where the hero and heroine was in the process. Is there anything worse than him... Come back, why would the carnivorous dinosaurs always want to eat without thinking about fleeing here?
After that, Allosaurus left only a few shots from the auction. Fans can’t help but disappoint. As the top predator who really lived in the Jurassic, neither in Jurassic Park nor in the world played its due role.
In fact, everyone knows that, whether it is Jurassic Park or Jurassic World, many of the dinosaurs featured in it are actually Cretaceous (it is said that Jurassic looks more high-end than Cretaceous in English. After all, one is from Switzerland. The name of the mountain at the border of France that sounds very high-end, a low-key one is the mineral white evil used as the raw material of chalk). At this time, the Jurassic and Cretaceous "Leaders" appeared at the same time, but there was no spark...
Among the real dinosaurs that appeared in the film, Carnotaurus , a carnotaurus with cute four-fingered short hands and horns on its head, is also a dedicated one. As a representative of the Abelisauridae, the cute short hands of Carnotaurus are smaller than the famous Tyrannosaurus (Tyrannosauridae).
It tried to catch the Chinese horned dragon while the dragons were fleeing and failed, and then tried to scare our protagonist and was knocked down by the old Tyrannosaurus and failed.
Finally, in the process of subduing the villain established in the film, he was easily pushed away by the old Tyrannosaurus and failed. I have to say that Carnotaurus is a good and dedicated actor.
As for our old Tyrannosaurus rex , or simply call it violent, as our old friend, it has appeared in Jurassic Park 1 in 1993. It has been more than 20 years since its debut, and its style has not diminished. Back then, and always maintained the hobby of eating sheep, has many new and old fans.
In the film, it rushed over to help the protagonist press down the Carnotaurus, etc. At the moment of the volcanic eruption, how could it still come out to rescue the protagonist...
After that, she slept well in the car...
In the last "Jurassic World", I had a fight with the genetically modified Tyrannosaurus rex. Regarding age, this old Tyrannosaurus grandma is indeed at the level of a teacher. So this time there are not many martial arts scenes. There is not much in the trailer for the rivalry with the Carnotaurus.
In the feature film, there is more left when the old violence appears on the scene-"Just take a bite and go gently, without leaving a cloud." The fairy style is not lost as a master of the generation.
The last No. 1 villain was a product of genetic modification-Tyrannosaurus Rex, this time only a section of its rib continues to play a role in genetics.
This time, our Chinese scientist, Dr. Wu, has made new progress. He has also made up the tyrannical raptor Indoraptor . Okay, Dr. Wu, you don’t have much creativity in naming...
The look of the tyrannical raptor Indoraptor is actually the same as the last tyrannical Tyrannosaurus rex. After all, the main gene comes from the bones of the tyrannical Tyrannosaurus.
In terms of character, although the tyrannical raptor is said to be able to carry out hunting operations according to instructions, it still gets messy when it seems to have a hot head.
Obviously, he had already given full play to his camouflage skills and came out of the cage, and he still had to chase the little girl when he was already free.
At this point, the tyrannical Tyrannosaurus rex in the previous episode looks wiser than it is, and it is really inferior to one generation. It can only be attributed to the director's arrangement.
However, in terms of posing, the Tyrannical Raptor and Night are quite compatible. Spoiler alert, this villain's way of death is actually quite miserable...
So, who is arranged to fight this time with the villain and the tyrannical Raptors. Of course it is the source of the other half of its genes-the true Velociraptor named Blue .
We will not go into details about the many bugs of the Raptor's name, identity, body shape, and appearance in the Jurassic series of movies. The real Velociraptor is found in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, China. The standard Chinese name is Velociraptor, which is far smaller than the size in the movie and is wearing a variety of feathers. In 2007, the authoritative academic magazine "Science" dedicated an article "Feather quill knobs in the dinosaur Velociraptor " to talk about this. Everyone just treat it as a Velociraptor with the real name of Velociraptor and Deinonychus in the parallel universe.
However, it is also said that the author of the "Jurassic Park" series, the late famous writer Michael Crichton (Michael Crichton), when he first wrote this series, adopted the views of scientific consultants Jack Horner and Gregory Paul, that is, the Chinese translated as Deinonychus ( Deinonychus ) on several dinosaur velociraptor ( Velociraptor ) in, including that when the movie starts in Montana excavation of "Jurassic Park." So, this name was called.
Of course, that was all in 1993, and it was not the mainstream view in the academic world at the time. After that, the research on dinosaurs changed with each passing day. Many dinosaurs of the same family of Trichosaurus were thought to have feathers on their bodies. Therefore, in the whole movie series, the "velociraptor" with the shape and appearance of Deinonychus should actually have a lot of feathers. But isn't it embarrassing to restore the image at the beginning of this series of movies, so I had to make the image and name wrong together in this parallel universe.
As the representative of the dinosaur with the highest IQ in the entire series, after watching this movie, it is estimated that everyone will have more fans of the Velociraptor.
And there is a scene in the film where he is healed, and it is also a tribute to the scene in "Jurassic Park 2."
Especially the playback of its cute and lovely image when he was a child, compared to the warmth of a large number of fans who imagined raising dinosaurs like Owen in the film.
As for the other dragons that are not dinosaurs in the film, they are basically in the soy sauce state this time. Mosasaur in the water has just begun to show his talents in the rainy night.
Later, after leaving Nubra Island, he appeared in a tropical surfing mecca. It looks like the Pacific coast of the Americas, but what will happen? Does the surfer eat enough to stuff his teeth? It is estimated that it will depend on the baleen whales migrating north and south here in the future? I guess the director didn't think about it.
And there are few shots in the feature film. The pterosaurs who appeared in the easter eggs (yes, there are easter eggs in this film, please be patient) after the long ending subtitles, seem to have gone to live in big cities. Wait, in the last "Jurassic World" they have clearly escaped, and logically they flew around the world three years ago. This time they shouldn't be surprised to see them in the city. Wait a minute, at the end of "Jurassic Park 3" seventeen years ago, the pterosaurs were already flying to the island for a new life. So many years have passed and the whole world has not said anything? ...
There is also a surprise in the film that our favorite Dr. Ian Malcolm has appeared again, and can't help but let Ran tears run.
For more than 20 years, the blue silk has turned white hair. However, the glasses seem to be of similar style.
And the classic line-"Life finds a way" is also reproduced with the narration in the trailer, but this time he actually basically did a narration job in the feature film, and talked a lot of principles, and I couldn't help but make it appear slightly. disappointment……
Finally, we return to the place where this film took place, Nubra Island. In the first few shots of "Jurassic Park 1" in 1993, we were told that the fictional island in this film is located 120 miles off the coast of Costa Rica.
And we can know from the information given in the film that the island is 8 miles long from north to south, 3 miles wide from east to west, and covers an area of 22 square miles. In other words, it is 12.9 kilometers long, 4.8 kilometers wide, and covers an area of 57 square kilometers. It's not too big. You have to know that the combined area of Shanghai's Jing'an District, where the Shanghai Natural History Museum is located, and the adjacent Huangpu District, is almost the same.
Isla Nublar means island in clouds in Spanish. Take a look at the above guide map of the Jurassic World. Except for the crater area and artificial facility areas that were not suitable for dinosaurs to survive, although the vegetation is generally dense, the effective habitat area on the island is relatively limited. .
Let's take a look at its topographic map and dinosaur display area distribution. It's okay if someone feeds the food, but obviously this amusement park has been paralyzed several times, and the span has been almost 30 years. The dinosaurs inside can actually live well again and again, which is really not easy. Let's just believe that the plant resources on the island are so rich that they can naturally feed so many herbivorous dinosaurs with a lot of food, and get along with each other happily. What about carnivorous dinosaurs? Even if there are enough herbivorous dinosaurs to eat so many large and small carnivorous dinosaurs, including the old storm, for N years. Can they really coexist peacefully?
According to the research information referenced by the World Conservation Union IUCN, in the current world, in the Mesoamerican continental environment, which is not far from the Nubra Island set by the Jurassic film series and has a similar habitat, the top carnivore America Leopard Panthera onca , the size of the male and female individuals in Mexico are 25-60 square kilometers and 33-41 square kilometers respectively. Think about the old violence in the movie and the relatives of the jaguar, the lion roars, everyone can feel it The size gap with the African lion.
It is not difficult for us to speculate how much homeland space is needed to survive just by being violent. Not to mention that there are so many other types of large carnivorous dinosaurs that are obviously competing. Imagine that the total area of this island is only 57 square kilometers. Among the various large-scale carnivorous dinosaurs, they can only look up and see each other...
However, there is another detail in the Jurassic series of movies. In addition to Nubra Island, there is a larger archipelago to the west of it, which also houses dinosaurs. The fishermen who sailed at the beginning of "Jurassic Park 2" were not willing. Close to this archipelago and call them the 5 islands of death. Their relative positions are shown in the map above.
In "Jurassic Park 2" in 1997, John Hammond, the founder of Jurassic Park, once mentioned that in addition to Nubra Island, where the main body of the park is located, there is also a No. 2 location-Isla Sorna on Sona Island. , Is one of the 5 islands of death. Spanish means island of irony. It is even more than four times the size of Nubra Island. The stories of "Jurassic Park 2" and "Jurassic Park 3" actually happened here.
"Jurassic Park 2" has shown 10 kinds of dinosaurs, including the happy family of three Tyrannosaurus rex.
And in "Jurassic Park 3" there are more spinosaurus. In fact, there are definitely more types and numbers of dinosaurs than Nubra Island. And the key issue is that the island that was destroyed by the volcanic eruption in this movie was only Nubra Island, not Tisona Island at all, and the dinosaurs there should be fine.
Old fans must remember the end of "Jurassic Park 2", John Hammond said that with the efforts of the government, it will be built into a nature reserve without interference. Twenty-one years have passed since then. We have reason to believe that in the next episode, Sona Island may return to our field of vision again. Then, after watching this movie, it can only be in the movie universe where dinosaurs and humans coexist. I continue to look forward to the exciting next one!
(The pictures with no source indicated in the text are from movie stills)
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