cayman shen
Master Member
Yeah, the raptor pack seems a little dumber in this trailer. My optimism is definitely more tempered now.
"We set out to make Indominus the most fearsome dinosaur ever to be displayed at Jurassic World. The genetic engineers at our Hammond Creation Lab have more than delivered. At first glance, Indominus most closely resembles a T. Rex. But its distinctive head ornamentation and ultra-tough bony osteoderms can be traced from Theropods known as Abeliosaurs. Indominus’ horns have been placed above the eye orbit through genetic material hybridized from Carnotaurus, Majungasaurus, Rugops and Giganotosaurus. Fearsome indeed.
Indominus’ roar is estimated to reach 140-160db—the same as a 747 taking off and landing. And it can reach speeds of 30 mph…while confined to its enclosure. Come experience Indominus Rex for yourself beginning this summer. If you dare."
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"We set out to make Indominus the most fearsome dinosaur ever to be displayed at Jurassic World. The genetic engineers at our Hammond Creation Lab have more than delivered. At first glance, Indominus most closely resembles a T. Rex. But its distinctive head ornamentation and ultra-tough bony osteoderms can be traced from Theropods known as Abeliosaurs. Indominus’ horns have been placed above the eye orbit through genetic material hybridized from Carnotaurus, Majungasaurus, Rugops and Giganotosaurus. Fearsome indeed.
Indominus’ roar is estimated to reach 140-160db—the same as a 747 taking off and landing. And it can reach speeds of 30 mph…while confined to its enclosure. Come experience Indominus Rex for yourself beginning this summer. If you dare."
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The first movie had CGI
The first movie had CGI
There is 15 minutes worth of scenes involving dinosaurs in the first film. Of that 15 minutes, there's a total number of 6 minutes of CG dinos. The other 9 minutes are of Stan Winston's animatronics.
And originally it was going to be 0 minutes of CG until Spielberg was shown the quality of the CG at the time and was convinced that a mix was the best way to go. Fast forward to today and think of how much better the technology has gotten and how much more they can do with it now. For some scenes practical definitely works better like close ups and largely static shots but for fully body shots where the dinos are running and moving all over the place CG, in my opinion, is the best option, scenes like Chris Pratt on the bike with this raptor pack, or the mosasaur jumping out of the pool. Unless you can find trained raptors and mosasaurs somewhere there's just no way those scenes are going to be done practically and have it look realistic.
Your argument for CG can also be made for stop motion animation (in fact, people thought Coraline was a CG movie because of how smooth the animation was. And Spielberg did consider doing stop motion prior to the CG used in the first film).
But all in all, all the CG in the world doesn't make up for lack of story and character, which is what made up 100% of the first film. But that's something we'll have to wait and see to know if the film's story and characters are developed well or not.
How can it be so hard to grasp what made the first one great?!
It's like me watching the last Indy movie. At first I didn't like it. But when I dumbed down my viewing "persona", I did get to enjoy the film for what it was despite all the flaws.
Apparently pretty hard seeing how Spielberg himself couldn't figure it out when he made the first horrid sequel.
Good comparison shot of the CGI, which was obviously still work in progress when the first trailer hit. Notable difference on the creature, the water effects and the mountain range in the background, with the monorail track being removed.