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The Queen's Gambit (2020)

Openings

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The Queen's Gambit (2020) Scott Frank

March 5th 2024

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Isla Johnston, who played a young Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen’s Gambit, Game of Thrones mainstay Alfie Allen, with Downton Abbey’s Penelope Wilton are also on the roll call for the production, which began shooting last week in Ireland.

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Isla Johnston on The Queen’s Gambit Season 1

as Young Beth on The Queen’s Gambit (S1 E2)

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9 Books To Read in 2024

tagged by @jesuisici33. Thank you!

In release date order:

1- Holly Black - The Prisoner's Throne

After the shocking events of The Stolen Heir, Prince Oak is in deeper trouble than ever before. As his situation grows more precarious, Oak is desperate to find a way out, before all of Elfhame is caught in the coming storm.

I love pretty much anything Holly Black writes, but I particularly love the Folk of the Air series. I'm a sucker for a good dark faerie court drama.

2 - K Ancrum - Icarus

Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father’s impeccable forgeries. For years, one man—the wealthy Mr. Black—has been their target in revenge for his role in the death of Icarus’s mother. To keep their secret, Icarus adheres to his own strict rules to keep people, and feelings, at bay: Don’t let anyone close. Don’t let anyone touch you. And, above all, don’t get caught.

Hi yes, I am predictable.

3 - EK Johnston - Pretty Furious

In the small town of Eganston, Ontario, five good girls have had enough. They’ve experienced the best of what their community has to offer, but they’ve seen the darker side too. Together, they’ve decided that it’s time for a reckoning and that justice is their privilege to give.

If you have not read her earlier novel Exit Pursued by a Bear, go read it. It is so angry, but also so beautifully about healing and friendship.

4 - Leigh Bardugo - The Familiar

Set in the Spanish Golden Age, during a time of high‑stakes political intrigue and glittering wealth, The Familiar follows Luzia, a servant in the household of an impoverished Spanish nobleman who reveals a talent for little miracles. Her social‑climbing mistress demands Luzia use her gifts to win over Madrid’s most powerful players but what begins as simple amusement takes a dangerous turn. Luzia will need to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even the help of Guillén Santángel, an immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.

I like most things Leigh Bardugo writes, so curious about this.

5 - Tess Sharpe - The Girl in Question

Four teens. Three henchmen. Two thousand acres of remote forest. One very bad man. And a whole lot of new secrets to unearth. The unmissable, thrilling follow-up to The Girls I've Been.

First go read The Girls I've Been. Then Five Times We Almost Kissed. Then Barb Wire Heart. Tess Sharpe is such a fantastic writer - and the heart of her books is always people making the best choices they can when none of the choices are good or easy. Also, Barb Wire Heart is kind of like if S2 of Justified had been about the women.

6 - Anna-Marie McLemore - Flawless Girls

The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society—brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionable grandmother who couldn’t care less about which fork goes where. But their grandmother also knows the standards that two Latina young ladies will be held to, so she secures them two coveted places at the Alarie House, a prominent finishing school that turns out first ladies, princesses, and socialites.

Younger sister Isla is back home within a day. She refuses to become one of the eerily sweet Alarie girls in their prim white dresses. Older sister Renata stays. When she returns months later, she’s unfailingly pleasant, unnervingly polite, and, Isla discovers, possibly murderous. And the same night she returns home, she vanishes.

I will read anything they write. No questions asked. They're books are always so gorgeous and lush.

7 - Kristin Cashore - There is a Door in This Darkness

Wilhelmina Hart is part of the infamous class of 2020. Her high school years began with the election of Donald Trump and they ended with COVID. Now Wilhelmina, like so many of her peers, is in limbo, having deferred college because of the pandemic. Compounding the national trauma of 2016 to 2020, Wilhelmina has wrestled with the devastating loss of one of her three beloved aunts shortly after the 2016 election. This is a loss she felt so keenly that she’s spent the last years deep in her personal depression, only obscured by the seemingly endless waves of national trauma. Now on the cusp on the most consequential election in living memory, Wilhelmina may have found a door in her darkness and perhaps the courage to pass through it, if she can decipher the bizarre messages that keep appearing in her life.

I love Kristin Cashore's Graceling novels, so I'm curious about this.

8 - Jennifer Lynn Barnes - The Grandest Game

Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime.

Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year's game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

Is this series a little silly? Sure. Is it a lot of fun. Yes. Kind of like a grown up Westing Game.

9 - Margaret Owen - Holy Terrors

third book in the Little Thieves series - which on the surface is a heist story about what if the protagonist of the Goose Girl was the servant not the princess. And at it's heart is about recovering from trauma and loss, and learning how to let yourself be someone different. 

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Craig Rosenberg's Jurassic Park III

Hi everyone, taking advantage of the fact that today is the 23rd anniversary of Jurassic Park III, I decided to share with you a story I created 😊

In 2021, a podcast called Stuck on Sorna had revealed the two proposed scripts for the third film in the Jurassic Park franchise, but which were discarded by Joe Johnston in favor of a simpler story for the film. Even though I've never heard this podcast, I saw the artwork and storyboards for both scripts and was surprised by it.

Soon, I had the idea of ​​creating a story for one of the two discarded scripts to imagine what Jurassic Park III would be like if this script was approved by the director. So I chose the first discarded script for the film, which was written by Craig Rosenberg. In addition to writing my version of JP3, I also made a drawing for this story.

At the end of last year, I was thinking about rewriting my version of JP3, because I wanted to make it even better. In May of this year, I decided to remake the story from scratch, where I was not based exclusively on the script written by Rosenberg, on which I was also based on the film Jurassic Park III, the book The Lost World by Michael Crichton and Jurassic Park: The Game.

Furthermore, I also made a new drawing for my story, a collab I made with my friend, Camila Vytória.

She is a super talented artist who makes realistic arts and watercolor paintings, as well as being a kind and very friendly girl. I've drawn the dinosaurs and the logo, but Camila did most of the work, where she drew the characters and painted the entire drawing.

Despite this, I helped her when she designed the characters, as only I knew what they would look like. Thank you very much for doing this collab with me, because the drawing was incredibly wonderful ❤️ If you want to see her work, click here: https://www.instagram.com/vcamilart/

The characters in my drawing are (from left to right): Amanda Santos de Oliveira, Nicholas "Nick" Harris, Ellie Sattler, Alan Grant, Alexander "Alex" Santos de Oliveira, Lewis Dodgson and Gisele Thorne. And the dinosaurs that are in the drawing are: Spinosaurus, Velociraptors (male and female), Tyrannosaurus rex, Brachiosaurus, Triceratops and Pachycephalosaurus.

To draw Alan and Ellie, Camila was based on Alan as seen in Jurassic Park III and Ellie as seen in Jurassic World: Dominion, respectively.

To draw Lewis Dodgson, she had based herself on a fanart of this character made by a fan. Unfortunately I don't know what this artist's name is :/

To draw Alex, Camila was based on myself, except for the hair, because besides me not being redheaded in real life, she was inspired by the hair of the human version of Ray, a character created by Elise M. Syvertsen (oomizuao).

To draw Alex's twin sister, she was based on the singer Avril Lavigne.

To draw Nick, Camila was based on my best friend, NOTG. As for Gisele, she was based on a random image of a black girl when she went to draw this character, lol

Well, now that you know the whole story behind my version of JP3, have a good read ^w^

In 1995, two years after the events of the first film, the story begins with dinosaur attacks on the mainland of Costa Rica, such as Compsognathus devouring a baby, Pteranodons attacking a small group of people at a baseball game, Velociraptors devouring a farmer, his son and his cows, etc. Because of these attacks, the Costa Rican government realized that the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar were migrating to the mainland and to prevent further attacks, the government secretly bombed the island. InGen was held responsible for the attacks, paying millions to the victims and for their absolute silence, as no one could know anything about this, just as no one could know everything about the events of the first film until then.

In addition, it is also revealed that after the events of the first film, InGen signed a total confidentiality agreement with all the survivors, where everyone was forbidden from disclosing any information about the incident that occurred on Isla Nublar. However, despite all those involved having signed a term committing to complete secrecy regarding the facts and the fact that most of them are unwilling to talk about what happened, Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcolm still revealed to the media everything that happened, from InGen's attempts to clone dinosaurs to the collapse of the dinosaur park, which almost destroyed their credibility, as they had no way of proving their claims under the threat of legal action from InGen.

When Alan, Ellie and Ian tried to find evidence for their claims, they discovered Biosyn's alleged involvement in the incident, including a supposed man who works for them, Lewis Dodgson. Unfortunately, the trio were unable to find any more clues about Biosyn's involvement in the incident and what exactly it did. In 1998, a year after the events of the second film, Alan Grant spoke at a paleontology conference alongside his wife, Ellie Sattler, about his most recent research: his discovery of the intelligence of Velociraptors. However, Alan and Ellie are struggling to secure funding for their research, as people are more interested in the dinosaurs created by InGen than in the real dinosaurs that lived over 200 million years ago.

During the Q&A session, someone in the audience asks Alan if he would be willing to test his theory in practice. The paleontologist identifies the person as a 17-year-old teenager, Alexander Santos de Oliveira. The red-haired boy has been attending the renowned paleontologist's lectures and he seems to be very interested in his research. Alex then talks about InGen and Jurassic Park, saying that now that dinosaurs have been brought back to life through genetic engineering, Alan could finally test his discovery by studying the Velociraptors of Isla Sorna alongside Ellie. However, Alan and Ellie are not at all interested in this, saying that the creatures that inhabit the island are not dinosaurs, but rather monsters created in a laboratory by John Hammond and his company InGen, who claim that the real dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago and what remains of them are fossilized.

The couple ends by saying that nothing in this world will make them return to an island full of dinosaurs due to the traumatic experiences they had during the events of the first film. After the talk, Alan and Ellie are approached by the redhead boy, who really wanted to talk to them. Alan refused, because he saw that teenager with bad eyes, since apparently he was a rocker and in his view, rockers, metalheads, punks, skinheads, etc. are rowdy and ill-natured people. However, Ellie sympathized with Alex and convinced Alan to talk to him, because in addition to the fact that he was the only one interested in her husband's research, it was the first time she saw a young man his age admiring their work.

During the conversation, Alex says that he has always been a fan of them and that he has admired their work since childhood, in addition to the fact that he is passionate about dinosaurs. In addition, they discuss the intelligence of Velociraptors, raising the hypothesis that Velociraptors were intellectually and socially advanced, surpassing even primates. If it were not for the extinction of the dinosaurs, Alan believes that raptors could have become the dominant species on Earth. He theorizes that their intelligence came from their ability to communicate with each other, using their resonance chambers. This new discovery could change the view of these dinosaurs in paleontology as a whole.

Later that day, Alex went on vacation with his girlfriend, Gisele Thorne, and their friends to Nau'i Island, an island a few kilometers away from Costa Rica, which is a resort and tourist attraction for many people around the world. However, during the trip, the plane suddenly crashed, where the crash was caused by a dry run caused by a lack of fuel. Most of the passengers died after the plane crash and the only survivors were Alex, Gisele and their two friends, Ash Campbell and Nicholas "Nick" Harris.

After the private jet crashed on a mysterious island, before meeting up with the others, Ash had found a dead baby dinosaur in the wreckage of the aircraft, where after reuniting with his friends, the 4 teenagers were attacked by the Spinosaurus, who was apparently very angry and wanted to kill them at all costs, chasing them relentlessly. However, after a long chase, the 4 teenagers managed to lose him by entering an area that was protected by a fence that was still electrified. 3 weeks later, after giving another lecture and failing once again in their attempt to get some funding for their research, Alan and Ellie receive an unexpected visit from a billionaire couple.

This couple claims to be Alex's parents, where they both discovered that he had disappeared on Isla Sorna after the plane he was taking off in crashed. The US and Costa Rican government agencies refused to help them, due to the fact that the island is a restricted area. The couple then offers the two protagonists funding for the research if they rescue Alex and his friends. Initially, Alan strongly refuses the offer, but Ellie manages to convince him to accept the couple's proposal, saying that this was their chance to get the money for the research and the mortgage on the house, since they are about to lose the house if they do not pay the mortgage by next week.

That same day, after discovering the existence of a second island inhabited by dinosaurs due to the repercussions of the events that occurred in the second film, Biosyn's chief scientist, Lewis Dodgson, meets with two men: George Baselton (an biologist) and Howard King (a Biosyn geneticist). Dodgson explains that 2 years after the failure of Jurassic Park, several dinosaurs were migrating to the Costa Rican mainland, which forced the country's government to take drastic measures: bombing that island. Since Isla Nublar no longer exists, all of Biosyn's plans went down the drain. However, a year ago, the T. Rex attack in San Diego brought the truth to light, and now the whole world knows about this incident, the Isla Nublar Incident, and the bombing of this island.

Now that Biosyn knows about the existence of Site B, InGen's main breeding and research site, this is their only chance to turn things around and clone their own dinosaurs to exploit them and make tons of money from these animals, where Dodgson, George, and Howard need to collect all the information and biological material, in other words, steal all of InGen's research and dinosaur eggs. The next day, a 17-year-old girl with long, brown hair named Amanda went out on a date. However, what her parents didn't know was that she was actually going to the port to look for someone who could take her to Isla Sorna by boat, as she is Alex's twin sister and wants to save her brother on her own.

After her brother disappeared on that dinosaur-infested island, Amanda is willing to do anything to get him out of there, as she believed that her parents' plan would fail, since it was very likely that Alan and Ellie would never accept their proposal to go to the island to rescue him, not even for money due to the traumatic experiences they both witnessed in the Isla Nublar Incident in 1993. However, after the girl arrived at the port, everyone there refused to help her, because even if she paid them a large sum of cash, the island she wanted to go to is a restricted area, in addition to the fact that it is a very dangerous place due to the dinosaurs.

Before she could give up, Amanda runs into a group of fishermen, who were already preparing to leave. She asks for a ride to Isla Sorna, but one of the fishermen refuses, saying he doesn't want to babysit a teenager. The girl then offers the fishermen $10,000 if they take her to the island, which they all accept. Near Isla Sorna, the boat is attacked by several Pteranodons, who kill everyone except Amanda, who managed to save herself by shooting one of the Pteranodons that attacked her, where she ended up falling into the sea. Minutes later, Amanda is unconscious on the beach, until she feels something like a rough tongue passing over her face. When she opens her eyes, she sees a Microceratus on top of her. She is frightened by the animal and it runs into the woods.

When she gets up, all sore, she hears human voices further ahead. As she goes towards the voices, she sees the boat that took Dodgson, George and Howard docked on the coast of the island. She hears Dodgson's entire plan to steal everything they can from the island, from information to biological material. She leaves cautiously so as not to attract attention, while Dodgson and the others board the jeep and head to the island. In the jungle, Amanda tries to search for her brother, but is attacked by 3 Velociraptors, who ambush her. Before the dinosaurs can devour her, Alex, Nick, Gisele and Ash appear, dispersing the attack with tear gas bombs, and taking Amanda to a mysterious place where they were taking shelter.

Hours later, Alan and Ellie, along with a group of 7 armed mercenaries, are taken to the island by helicopter and parachute to land there. As they begin their search for the teenagers, the group is attacked and chased by Velociraptors, who kill 2 mercenaries. During the chase and much shooting that results in the death of several Velociraptors, Alan and Ellie lose the remaining mercenaries, but are saved by the teenagers, who are riding motorcycles. The group is chased by the Velociraptors to a cliff, where in an effort to escape the scaly predators, each of the teenagers takes a parachute from their backpack and jumps off the motorcycles to safety, while Alan and Ellie hold on to them.

After jumping, 3 Velociraptors jump in an attempt to catch the protagonists, but fail and fall to their deaths. In parallel, the mercenaries escape into a herd of Corythosaurus and Parasaurolophus, causing a stampede; one mercenary gets lost from the others, who take refuge in the trees. The Velociraptors injure her and try to attract the other mercenaries to rescue her, but their trap is unsuccessful and they soon kill her. As they slide to the other side of the island, the teenagers take Alan and Ellie to their hideout, which is an underground laboratory that has been abandoned for years. At this time, Alan and Ellie meet Alex's sister and his friends. After telling them everything that happened, Gisele says that the Spinosaurus continued to chase them for some time, during which it tries to kill them for no apparent reason.

However, Nick and Ash deduce that the Spinosaurus wants revenge on them for the death of its cub, since one of them saw the body of a baby dinosaur that was in front of the private jet, implying that the aircraft killed the Spinosaurus's cub during the crash. In addition, the protagonists discover some secrets of InGen in that underground laboratory, such as the fact that in late 1997, InGen scientists came to Isla Sorna illegally with the intention of creating new dinosaurs (which explains why the Spinosaurus is one of the dinosaurs that are not on InGen's official list), InGen's plans to clone more dinosaurs with the intention of controlling them, and their plans to sell the dinosaurs as military weapons.

Not far away, Lewis Dodgson and his team found the Staurikosaurus nests. They throw gas bombs to scare the animals away. They take some eggs and put them in their backpacks, where they then leave for the next nest. A few hours later, Alan, Ellie and the teenagers meet up with the remaining mercenaries. However, the Spinosaurus, which had appeared by surprise, relentlessly pursues the group, but they manage to escape by entering an area that was protected by a titanium fence. However, to their great surprise, the great predator, which did not want to give up on chasing them in any way, manages to get through by destroying the titanium fence using all its absurd strength.

However, before the Spinosaurus could kill them all at once, the protagonists manage to escape by entering an abandoned observatory that was a few meters away. After looting eggs from several dinosaurs, Dodgson, George and Howard finally reach the nest of the Tyrannosaurus rex. In addition to the eggs, there was also the Tyrannosaurus couple and their cub. The wind was changing and foreshadowed a storm. The two were afraid and wanted to leave this one for last, but Dodgson insisted and said it was the most precious. In the nest, Howard threw the gas grenades and agitated the adult predators, while the cub fell asleep thanks to the effect of the gas. Even though they were agitated, they remained in place, refusing to abandon the nest.

Howard shouted for George to act. George entered the smoke with a gas mask, passing between the legs of one of the T. rex. He grabbed one of the eggs, but when he returned, the dinosaur's tail hit him and Howard caught the egg in mid-air. The wind began to disperse the gas. Dodgson started the car and Howard jumped into the jeep with the egg. When he stood up, George came face to face with the T. rex. He stood still, trying to keep the animal from seeing him, but the predator pressed its snout against him, clearly confirming that it had seen him. The Tyrannosaurus grabbed him and shook him. Howard regretted having left George behind and blamed Dodgson for everything that was happening. In the middle of the argument, the other T. rex emerges from the woods and headbutts the jeep, which plunges into the ravine.

Dodgson wakes up after a while. The jeep is upside down, on vines. As he gets up in great pain, Dodgson hears the roars of Tyrannosaurus rex not far away. He then takes the T. rex egg and puts it in his backpack along with the eggs of other dinosaurs that he had stolen earlier. Before escaping from the large predators, Dodgson ends up finding Howard, who is very injured; apparently he had broken his leg. Howard asks for help, but Dodgson abandons him right there, leaving him to die in the clutches of the Tyrannosaurus rex. Nearby, he finds a bunker. After devouring Howard alive, the Tyrannosaurus rex quickly go after Dodgson. He manages to open the door and closes it quickly, before the Tyrannosaurus rex can catch him.

In parallel, the group unknowingly enters an underwater tunnel, which turns out to be an underground aquarium. Luckily for them, there is no sign of any aquatic predator that could attack them. At that moment, while the group rested after all the running around and chatted among themselves, Alan began to feel more sympathy for Alex when he realized that he was a good-natured boy, since as the saying goes: Appearances can be deceiving. In addition, Alan and Ellie ended up developing a feeling of protection towards the teenagers, since the friendship between them was like a pleasant relationship between parents and children. Meanwhile, Dodgson finds a passage to the basement. He enters the dark place, but when feeling the wall, he notices a circuit breaker and turns it on.

The corridor lights up, revealing it to be a system of underwater tunnels. In one of the tunnels, Dodgson breaks down a door that takes him to a very luxurious office. Except for the thin layer of dust, everything seemed to be intact. Dodgson starts rummaging through the drawers and finds documents that indicate that InGen had bigger plans for the dinosaurs beyond entertainment: agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and even robotics. He takes everything he can find and puts it in his bag. Not far away, Alan and Ellie try to find a way out, while the mercenaries take care of the teenagers. Upon entering the underwater tunnel system, the couple meet Dodgson, who lies and says he is Steven Cameron, a paleontologist who went on an expedition to the island but ended up getting lost.

The couple offers to help him, as they also want to leave the island, and he accepts their help. When Alan and Ellie introduce Dodgson to the others, Amanda quickly recognizes him and denies what Dodgson said, stating that he is not a paleontologist who came on an expedition to the island, revealing his real reason for being on the island. At that moment, Alan and Ellie realize that he is actually Lewis Dodgson, the man who works for Biosyn, the same company that was supposedly involved in the Isla Nublar Incident. Before Alan, Ellie and the mercenaries could do anything, Dodgson, who had been discovered, quickly draws his revolver and shoots Alan, in addition to taking Alex as his hostage. Dodgson threatens to kill him if anyone tries to do anything against him, whereupon the villain slowly backs away.

He then kicks Alex's ass and manages to escape in time by getting into an elevator. To make matters worse, before leaving that place, the villain finds the aquarium control room located in the first dome and frees the Kronosaurus, which had been trapped in its cage for a few years. Alan, Ellie and the others are attacked by the Kronosaurus, which at all costs tries to break the tunnel glass to devour them. At one point, the marine reptile hit the glass again, where the crack in the glass allowed water to enter the tunnel, flooding it. The protagonists lock themselves in the aquarium's second dome before the rotunda above completely floods, only to discover that the damaged pressure seal on the door is causing the moon pool to slowly flood the room as well. Left with no choice, the protagonists don their respective diving gear and try to find a way out while trying to avoid the marine reptile.

The protagonists manage to lose the Kronosaurus and finally find an exit, which is a cave that leads them to the surface. Upon reaching the surface, they go to a port and find a boat that appears to be seaworthy, but is low on fuel. Alan goes to the port's warehouse to find some gas cans to fuel the boat. The place was damp and the moonlight illuminated the interior through the broken parts of the roof. There were many containers that formed a sort of maze. Alan hears deep breathing and heavy footsteps. Alan hides inside a half-open container and observes. It was a 7-foot-tall Carnotaurus, illuminated by the moonlight. Alan noticed that the animal's color pattern changed as it moved.

It was a camouflage mechanism. In addition, the dinosaur had chameleon-like eyes and a prehensile tail, suggesting that InGen created this dinosaur using chameleon DNA and that it also has 360-degree vision. The predator gets closer and closer to the container where Alan is hiding, but the others appear with flashlights that confuse the predator. The dinosaur invades the container while Alan escapes from under the animal's hind legs. The group trap the Carnotaurus inside the container. Knowing that this would not hold it for long, they hurry to set sail from there. They finally find a can of fuel and fill the vessel.

The theropod manages to free itself and chases the group, but Ellie manages to save herself and the others by shooting the Carnotaurus in the eye with a flare gun, slowing the dinosaur down and giving the group enough time to lose it. The next morning, during the boat ride, they encounter a group of Parasaurolophus, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus and Ankylosaurus grazing in a field. Alan and Ellie marvel at how they coexist with each other and their environment. At dusk, Alan manages to call Alex and Amanda's parents, telling them that he and his wife have the twins. The billionaire couple says that they will arrange for a rescue helicopter to take them off the island tomorrow.

At one point, the protagonists see the silhouette of a man a few kilometers away. It was Dodgson, who was still trying to find a way out of that green hell. Alan then shoots Dodgson, stunning him. The group then ties him up using ropes that they had on the boat, trapping him. After capturing him, Alan and Ellie demand answers, wanting to know the whole truth. Dodgson reveals that he does in fact work for Biosyn, InGen's rival. Dodgson says that he has been tracking InGen's work for years and that he was the one who hired Dennis Nedry to steal dinosaur DNA embryos, which resulted in the collapse of Jurassic Park. He claims to have found valuable information from InGen's research and the most ambitious intentions it had for the dinosaurs.

Now it will be Biosyn's turn to make these ambitions a reality. In addition, Dodgson says that now that he has eggs from several species of dinosaurs on the island, he intends to create a hunting reserve, where dinosaurs could be hunted for sport, in which only very rich people could enjoy it by paying him millions of dollars. Upon learning everything, Alan, in a fit of rage, punched the villain in the face, who still mocked him. The paleontologist was going to beat the criminal, but is stopped by the others. At that moment, the protagonists went to discuss what to do with Dodgson; Alan, Amanda and Ash wanted him dead, while Ellie, Alex and Gisele wanted him arrested for all his crimes. Nick and the mercenaries were really unsure of what to do with the villain, since both options (killing or taking Dodgson to the police) had their ups and downs.

Before they could definitively decide what to do with the villain, the protagonists are attacked by the Spinosaurus again. During the attack, Ash sacrifices himself to save Amanda from the Spinosaurus, dying in the process. The Spinosaurus then turns the boat over, opening the engine and spilling fuel oil into the river. As the boat was submerged, Dodgson manages to free himself and barely escapes the Spinosaurus's clutches, which almost devour him. The protagonists swim to the surface, where the 4 remaining mercenaries try to protect the others with their guns, using all their ammunition against the largest predator on the island. At one point, one of them fired a missile at the theropod, which, despite having seriously injured the dinosaur's right eye, was of no use.

Despite their efforts, the mercenaries were unable to kill the large predator, which killed two mercenaries. While the other two remaining mercenaries were still trying to kill the Spinosaurus, Alan fired a flare, igniting the spilled oil and scaring the Spinosaurus, which fled into the jungle, finally giving up on avenging the death of its cub. At the same time, after fleeing into the forest, Dodgson was attacked by a Dilophosaurus, which cornered him. When the Dilophosaurus was about to kill him, the same pair of Tyrannosaurus that Dodgson had stolen the egg from appeared and scared the dinosaur away, scaring it far away. Dodgson quickly stood still, trying not to be seen by the pair of predators. However, to his great surprise, the male T. rex grabbed him by the leg, making him scream in pain. The villain's backpack was slightly open, where the female T. rex sniffed the backpack and realized that it lost egg was inside along with eggs from other dinosaurs.

The two Tyrannosaurus roar angrily at Dodgson, who then removes the egg from the backpack and rips it open. The female Tyrannosaurus, along with it mate, take the egg and Dodgson to their nest, where Dodgson is eaten alive by the T. rex cub. The next day, near the coast of the island, the group hears the sounds of a helicopter, and upon seeing where the sounds were coming from, the group realizes that a military helicopter had in fact landed on the coast of the island. Alan, Ellie, Alex, Amanda, Nick, Gisele, and the two remaining mercenaries are rescued, and they all leave the island safely. As the helicopter heads towards the North American continent, the Pteranodons fly by, apparently looking for new nesting sites. Later, Alan and Ellie receive the money for the research and the mortgage on the house, as Alex and Amanda's parents had promised.

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*Jurassic Park 3 Rant*

After I watched two of the Original Jurassic Park movies.

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Now this is the worst Jurassic Park movie in my opinion

*Facepalm* OH MY GOD!!!

JUST WHY?

WHY I HAVE TO DO RANT ON THIS MOVIE?!?

First I did it on my old Facebook Page back in 2019.

This is my second time doing this Rant.

So enough of that guys, it's just the rant.

Not extreme rant, just a rant.

So anyways.

Here's the story of this movie.

At the beginning, it has the boat scene, where Dr Grant comes to the Dinosaur Camp and meets Billy, and Paul Kirby when Dr Grant got invited to the restaurant to see Paul's wife. “Amanda Kirby”

There at the restaurant, going to the plane taking a trip to Isla Sorna then Dr Grant has Nightmare about Velociraptor.

Then after that Spinosaurus stomp on the plane, and fights T-Rex.

After that T-Rex got defeated by Spinosaurus.

Dr Grant, and Survivals, going on adventures looking for Velociraptors.

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Then after that.

Eric Kirby saves Alan Grant, and looking for “Amanda and Paul” those are his parents.

Spinosaurus came back alot of times.

Goes on the boat ride in the rain, while there relaxing.

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All that stuff, so that's the base of the story is?

THIS MOVIE AS CONFUSING AS FUCK AND IT'S ALWAYS CONFUSING AS THE THIRD CARE BEARS AKA THE CARE BEARS MOVIE 3!!!

I'm sorry guys, this movie is always confusing as fuck as the third Care Bears movie, it is so confusing of it.

SO WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THIS MOVIE?!?

I HATE THIS MOVIE!!!!

I'm sorry, I hate Jurassic Park 3.

I mean, do I have any positive reviews about this movie?

Well kind of?

I will say this? This is the best looking of Joe Johnston's movie

He did a good job making this movie, that is gonna be the best looking of it, he didn't make all the Jurassic Park movies

He just made a third one.

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The voice acting is guilty pleasure I guess?

The battle scenes are awesome, and I love the battle scenes.

The sound FX are awesome

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I love the Raptor Room scene, and that scene was very emotional.

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The end credits songs are great.

Then that's it.

So those are the only positives that I like about this movie.

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As for the negatives?

I have a lot of negatives about this movie.

Well believe it or not, I have my friends who enjoyed this movie

Like Anthony Craig enjoyed this movie,

Ryan Goodwin enjoyed this movie,

Even Justin Hyman, also known as newtimetravelhyman88 enjoyed this movie.

Same thing with Kenneth Powers

Drew Franklin

Brandon Chau,

Kelsey Hewitt

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Mackenzie Wheeler,

I accept their opinions, and I'm glad they enjoy the film.

As for me on this day back in "July 15th, 2019."

I still hate this movie.

Well, here's some of the people who hate this movie?

Like I hate this movie, Harry Thomas hates this movie and even Nostalgia Critic also known as Doug Walker hates this movie as well.

Now let's get into the negative reviews?

First off the story in this movie is so confusing as fuck!

Seriously, they gag one story in one movie.

It has too many Dinosaurs.

Not to mention Velociraptor is a good dinosaur, and I like Velociraptor.

We'll get to Spinosaurus later

Yeah Velociraptor is a good dinosaur.

Here's another negative review is?

Here's the running short screen time of the T-Rex.

T-Rex just protects Grant, Paul, Billy and Amanda.

Then he fights Spinosaurus, and then he'll fail.

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That scene was *Plays the Fail Horn Sound FX*

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T-Rex be like “You know what? I give up, and I'll let Spinosaurus win.”

So here's more of my negative reviews?

First off?

Amanda Kirby was a bitch in this movie!

I'm not even joking, she is a bitch in this movie.

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Don't get me wrong guys, I do like Tea Leoni as a good actress in other Shows, and movies.

Well as for Amanda Kirby she's a bitch in this movie, some of the scenes where she was screaming a lot.

Here's another negative review is?

OF COURSE THE STUPID BARNEY AND FRIENDS SCENE!!!

THESE SCENES CRINGE ME THE MOST SERIOUSLY?!?!

I hate these scenes so much.

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These scenes were so hated while Dolly Dalmatian from 101 Dalmatian Street, just literally made fun of that scene while Dolly is watching the Barney and Friends.

She turned off the TV and she said “That show stinks!”

Like seriously, that is a really bad scene.

I forgot to mention Amanda Kirby is the worst character of this movie.

Now let's move on with the worst dinosaur?

THE WORST DINOSAUR, IN MY OPINION, AND THIS WHOLE ENTIRE MOVIE HAS TO BE?!?!

“SPINOSAURUS!!!”

TO BE HONEST WITH THE GUYS?!?!

THIS HAS TO BE THE WORST SPINOSAURUS, I'VE EVER SEEN AND THE JURASSIC PARK UNIVERSE!!!

GOOD FUCKING GRIEF! SPINOSAURUS WAS ATROCIOUS!

SPINOSAURUS IS BURIED IN THIS MOVIE!

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Thank god Jurassic Park (2015) Arcade of Spinosaurus is WAY Better than that

ATROCIOUS SPINOSAURUS!

Oh my god I hate that Spinosaurus!

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Thank god Dr Grant shoots a Flare Gun at Spinosaurus.

He deserve it!

He deserve to die!

So that's all I the bad things about this movie.

Look guys, I might gonna end this post later because I don't wanna get extremely angry while I'm talking about this post

So this movie has some little bit of positive reviews?

I'm sorry guys, I still despise this movie!

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Now is up to this, Freddy Got Fingered, and The Forsaken.

Those are the worst movies from (2001)

BTW? If you're a Jurassic Park fan If you guys still like this movie.

That's totally fine, I accept your opinion on it.

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I accpect Ryan Goodwin,

Anthony Craig,

Kelsey Hewitt,

Brandon Chau,

Drew Franklin,

Justin Hyman

Kenneth Powers,

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Mackenzie Wheeler's opinions on this movie.

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I'm glad they like and enjoyed the film.

Well as for me, Harry Thomas and Nostalgia Critic hates this movie.

LOOK, I'M SORRY I HAVE TO GIVE THIS YUCKY GARBAGE A 0/10!!!

“IT'S DINOSHIT!!!”

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My next review will be “Jurassic World”

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Then later my review will be Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Jurassic World Dominion.

Since I'm really excited for Jurassic World Rebirth to come out this year, i'm looking forward to watch it.

I will see you guys later, peace out everybody.

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Da Jurassic Park a Jurassic World: I 15 momenti migliori della saga

"Possiedo un'isola, al largo del Costa Rica." Con queste parole, John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) diede il via ad un viaggio indimenticabile, nell'estate del 1993. Destinazione: Jurassic Park, il più spettacolare parco divertimenti mai costruito, ma anche il più pericoloso. Il film di Steven Spielberg, basato sull'omonimo romanzo di Michael Crichton, fu un autentico fenomeno al box office mondiale, incassando quasi un miliardo di dollari (somma poi raggiunta nel 2013 con la riedizione in 3D), e vinse tre Oscar per gli effetti speciali e sonori.

Una scena di Jurassic Park

Seguì poi Il mondo perduto: Jurassic park, diretto ancora una volta da Spielberg, e poi Jurassic Park III, con Joe Johnston in cabina di regia. La morte di Crichton nel 2008 aveva teoricamente congelato qualsiasi piano per un quarto episodio, ma alcuni anni dopo il progetto venne riavviato e nel 2015, ventidue anni dopo l'inizio della saga cinematografica, è uscito Jurassic World, inizio di una nuova serie di avventure, seguito da Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom del 2018 e Jurassic World 3: Dominion nel 2022, ma molto presto un altro film si aggiungerà alla saga anche se per ora non si hanno molti dettagli sulla trama e la partecipazione di Scarlett Johansson. Questa è la nostra lista dei quindici momenti più memorabili della saga ideata da Crichton e Spielberg. Ovviamente si sconsiglia la lettura a chi non abbia ancora visto i film, poiché la classifica contiene qualche piccolo spoiler…

15. L'attacco dei volatili

Jurassic World: l'attacco dei rettili alati

I fan degli pterodattili dovettero attendere la fine de Il mondo perduto: Jurassic park per vederli in un breve cameo, dato che per motivi tecnici e finanziari non fu possibile utilizzarli nel primo episodio. I dinosauri volanti furono poi ripescati ed utilizzati come si deve nel terzo capitolo, con una sequenza d'azione situata in una voliera su Isla Sorna. Al di là di qualche buco di logica (a che serve una voliera sull'isola che non era destinata al pubblico?), questo scontro fra i volatili e il gruppo capitanato da Alan Grant (Sam Neill) funziona per un motivo molto semplice: nel contesto di un terzo episodio piuttosto deludente che non fa altro che riprendere stancamente gli elementi più riusciti dei capitoli precedenti, tale sequenza rappresenta l'unico vero lampo di originalità. Da non dimenticare neanche la versione "aggiornata" che si vede nel quarto film, sorta di rielaborazione preistorica de Gli uccelli di Alfred Hitchcock.

Jurassic Park III: lo Pteranodonte

14. Il cameo di Jimmy Fallon

Chris Pratt ospite da Jimmy Fallon per parlare di Jurassic World

Nel primo episodio John Hammond si vantava di non aver badato a spese, arrivando persino a convincere il noto attore teatrale Richard Kiley a prestare la sua voce alla narrazione della visita guidata del parco. In Jurassic World, l'idea di una celebrità coinvolta nelle attrazioni del parco è portata al livello successivo, nella sequenza in cui i fratelli Zach e Gray Mitchell (Nick Robinson e Ty Simpkins) percorrono una zona dell'isola all'interno di una girosfera. Le istruzioni di sicurezza del veicolo fanno parte di uno sketch comico di Jimmy Fallon, noto soprattutto in America in quanto veterano di Saturday Night Live e attuale conduttore del celeberrimo Tonight Show. Il suo cameo avrà più senso per il pubblico americano, ma rimane una bella frecciatina alla mentalità industriale dell'entertainment statunitense.

13. "Non andate nell'erba alta!"

Il mondo perduto - Jurassic Park: i raptor attaccano nell'erba alta

Una delle scene più cariche di tensione de Il mondo perduto: Jurassic park, e il grande ritorno in scena dei velociraptor, anche se si vedono poco. Dopo essere scampati all'ennesimo incontro con i tirannosauri, i cacciatori ingaggiati da Roland Tembo (Pete Postlethwaite) decidono di attraversare un campo d'erba alta per mettersi al riparo. Un errore che si rivela letale per la maggior parte di loro: mentre avanzano, vediamo cinque predatori avvicinarsi. E poi urla, ruggiti e la vista fugace della coda del raptor mentre questi divora la sua preda. Un ottimo esempio di ciò che Spielberg è in grado di fare quando non è costretto a ripetersi (cosa che accade durante lo scontro successivo con i velociraptor, ma quello è un altro discorso).

12. La morte di Dieter Stark

Il mondo perduto - Jurassic Park: Peter Stormare in una scena

Abbiamo già "visto" i procompsognati in azione all'inizio de Il mondo perduto quando aggrediscono una bambina, rendendo parzialmente pubblica l'esistenza di Isla Sorna e dei dinosauri (ma in realtà l'aggressione non viene mostrata, ne udiamo solo le conseguenze). Perciò è facile immaginare cosa succederà a Dieter Stark (Peter Stormare) quando questi si perde nella foresta e incontra uno di questi dinosauri piccoli ed in apparenza innocui. Ebbene sì, il sadico cacciatore fa una brutta fine: inciampa dopo aver cercato di scavalcare un ramo, al che i procompsognati gli saltano addosso e lo divorano vivo, mentre la macchina da presa si allontana mostrandoci il sangue di Stark che scorre nell'acqua. Una sequenza al contempo spaventosa e divertente, grazie alle doti comiche di Stormare.

11. Il T-Rex a San Diego

La più grande differenza fra il secondo episodio della saga e tutti gli altri è la presenza dei dinosauri nel nostro mondo. Nello specifico, un Tyrannosaurus Rex a San Diego, merito del bieco Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard), nipote di John Hammond, il quale vuole aprire un Jurassic Park in California. Ovviamente, il rettile gigante decide di seminare panico e distruzione, radendo al suolo anche un negozio dell'ormai defunta catena Blockbuster. Da notare che fra le persone che fuggono alla vista del T-Rex vi sono anche dei turisti giapponesi, allusione evidente al franchise di Godzilla (il primo episodio, invece, citava apertamente King Kong).

Il mondo perduto - Jurassic Park: il T-Rex a San Diego

10. La morte di Dennis Nedry

Jurassic Park: un'immagine del dilofosauro

Difficile piangere il decesso di Dennis (Wayne Knight), un informatico della InGen che, per questioni pecuniarie, decide di tradire Hammond e mettere a repentaglio la vita di tutte le persone presenti su Isla Nublar. Una scelta che si rivela fatale per lui quando si perde e si imbatte in un dilofosauro, che prima lo acceca sputandogli negli occhi e poi lo azzanna quando cerca di fuggire in macchina. Non è la morte più spassosa per un personaggio odioso (quella è riservata all'avvocato Donald Gennaro, divorato dal T-Rex mentre è seduto sulla tazza di un gabinetto pubblico), ma certamente la più meritata, anche perché Knight, noto ai più come Newman, la nemesi di Jerry Seinfeld, dà a Nedry quell'aura viscida necessaria per renderlo simpaticamente detestabile. L'attore, fra l'altro, avrebbe espresso un parziale rimpianto per quanto riguarda la sua morte sullo schermo: per questioni di censura (Jurassic Park in America è PG-13), l'uccisione è stata attenuata rispetto al romanzo, dove Nedry viene addirittura decapitato.

9. I raptor "addomesticati"

Jurassic World: Chris Pratt tiene a bada i dinosauri in una scena del film

Aveva fatto alzare più di un sopracciglio l'idea di vedere nel quarto film un personaggio capace di addestrare e controllare i velociraptor. E invece l'idea funziona grazie a due elementi essenziali, entrambi evidenti nella sequenza in cui ci viene presentato questo strambo rapporto fra uomo e rettile: innanzitutto, il carisma e la bravura recitativa di Chris Pratt, il cui Owen Grady è allegro e al contempo serissimo, consapevole del pericolo cui va incontro ogni giorno; in secondo luogo, la rivelazione che i raptor, pur dandogli retta, rimangono dei predatori e potrebbero facilmente cercare di divorarlo un giorno o l'altro. Come scopre lo stesso Owen verso la fine del film, quando i raptor decidono di ubbidire a qualcun altro…

8. La metafora del canarino

Jurassic World: BD Wong è il dottor Wu

L'avevamo già visto nel primo episodio, dove spiegava che tutti i dinosauri di Jurassic Park erano femmine, e quindi teoricamente non in grado di riprodursi. Dopo ventidue anni, ritroviamo in Jurassic World l'attore BD Wong, sempre nei panni del Dr. Wu, scienziato al serivizio della InGen. A lui spetta una delle battute più memorabili del film, quando gli viene rinfacciata la creazione del "mostro" Indominus Rex. La sua risposta: "Il termine 'mostro' è relativo. Per un canarino, un gatto è un mostro. Noi siamo solo abituati ad essere il gatto." Un riassunto abbastanza autoironico in merito all'arroganza dell'uomo in tutta la saga, pronunciato da un personaggio intrigante che potremmo rivedere in un eventuale quinto film.

7. Mr. DNA

Jurassic Park: Mr DNA

Come ridurre al minimo tutte le spiegazioni scientifiche circa la creazione dei dinosauri residenti a Jurassic Park? La risposta: Mr. DNA, un simpatico personaggio animato - talmente popolare da avere diritto ad un cameo anche in Jurassic World - che in pochi minuti chiarisce i vari discorsi su zanzare, resina, frammenti di DNA ed uso di materiale genetico delle rane per resuscitare il T-Rex e compagnia bella. Oltre ad essere uno strumento narrativo efficace e memorabile, la sequenza permette anche a Spielberg di rendere omaggio a uno dei pionieri dell'animazione, Winsor McCay, noto per il cortometraggio Gertie the Dinosaur, realizzato nel 1914.

6. L'evoluzione secondo Ian Malcolm

Jurassic Park: Malcolm, Hammond, la dottoressa Sattler e Gennaro in una scena

Passato alla storia come un film d'avventura intriso di horror, il primo Jurassic Park è memorabile anche per la sua forte componente comica, grazie soprattutto a Jeff Goldblum nei panni di Ian Malcolm. Tra i suoi tanti momenti di gloria non possiamo non menzionare il suo brillante riassunto di quanto sta vedendo: "Dio crea i dinosauri. Dio distrugge i dinosauri. Dio crea l'uomo. L'uomo distrugge Dio. L'uomo crea i dinosauri." E l'impagabile commento di Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern): "I dinosauri mangiano l'uomo. La donna eredita la Terra."

5. T-Rex vs. Indominus

Jurassic World: L'Indominus Rex sbircia tra i cespugli

Per tutta la durata di Jurassic World, il dinosauro denominato Indominus Rex ci è stato venduto come il rettile più temibile in tutta la storia del parco ("Più grande, più spaventoso, più fico", come direbbe il nostro "amico" Wu): gigantesco, capace di mimetizzarsi e rimanere invisibile ai sensori termici… Insomma, un bel problema. Ragion per cui, per sconfiggerlo, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) fa l'unica cosa logica: liberare il T-Rex. Il vecchio si scontra con il nuovo (con un aiutino da parte dei velociraptor e del mosasauro, che dà il colpo di grazia all'Indominus), dimostrando la propria superiorità. A rendere ancora più emozionante la situazione per i fan di vecchia data è un dettaglio piccolo ma fondamdentale: il T-Rex in questione è lo stesso che ci terrorizzò nel primo episodio. Invecchiato, ma ancora re indiscusso della giungla (come ci conferma l'inquadratura finale del film).

Jurassic World: l'Indominus Rex in una scena del trailer

4. L'entrata in scena del tirannosauro

Presagito per gran parte del film, l'ingresso del Tyrannosaurus Rex non poteva che essere trionfale: mescolando abilmente immagini e suoni per mostrarci solo una parte del rettile prima che la minaccia si riveli in tutto il suo splendore, Spielberg costruisce una sequenza magistrale e carica di tensione, alleviata solo parzialmente dall'uscita di scena di Donald Gennaro. Grazie anche a questo debutto, il T-Rex è divenuto uno dei personaggi più amati della saga, ragion per cui continua ad apparire nei seguiti, anche se l'originale rimane imbattibile.

Jurassic Park: il T-Rex in azione sotto la pioggia

3. T-Rex vs. Raptor

Potevamo ritrovarci con un finale molto diverso: nella prima stesura del copione di Jurassic Park, lo scontro fra umani e velociraptor si concludeva con Alan Grant che si serviva dello scheletro appeso al soffitto dell'edificio principale per sconfiggere i predatori. Questa soluzione narrativa non convinse particolarmente Spielberg, il quale decise di dare un ultimo momento di gloria al vero eroe del film: il T-Rex. Eccolo quindi all'apice della gloria, al centro della stanza e circondato da ciò che rimane del sogno di John Hammond, a dimostrazione di quanto affermato precedentemente da Ian Malcolm: la vita ha trionfato.

Jurassic Park: il T-Rex irrompe nel Centro visitatori

2. I raptor in cucina

Jurassic Park: Raptors a caccia

Anche qui abbiamo a che fare con una figura annunciata a lungo - fin dalla sequenza d'apertura - ma sostanzialmente invisibile per gran parte della durata della pellicola: il velociraptor. E come il T-Rex, questo predatore spietato, che caccia in branco, ha diritto ad un momento da antologia, ossia la famosa sequenza della cucina. Un grandissimo gioco di ombre e suoni, quasi interamente realizzato senza trucchi digitali (i raptor erano degli uomini in costume nella maggior parte delle inquadrature) e impreziosito dalla bravura dei giovani Joseph Mazzello e Ariana Richards. Anche a distanza di ventidue anni, rimane un piccolo capolavoro del brivido.

1. "Benvenuti a Jurassic Park"

Jurassic Park: la prima apparizione del Brachiosauro

Impossibile dimenticare l'emozione provata la prima volta che si è assistiti a questa sequenza, sulla quale si regge gran parte dell'efficacia del primo film della saga. Eh sì, perché il punto di non ritorno, per quanto riguarda la sospensione dell'incredulità, era la prima apparizione in carne ed ossa - si fa per dire, ovviamente - della fauna di Isla Nublar, all'epoca una vera rivoluzione nel campo degli effetti speciali (una combinazione di CGI ed animatronics). Spielberg era consapevole dell'importanza di questo momento, e fa in modo che tutto funzioni esattamente come deve: la bellezza impareggiabile dei dinosauri, le facce stupite di Sam Neill e Laura Dern (bravissimi a recitare davanti al nulla), la musica trionfale di John Williams (inspiegabilmente ignorata in fase di nomination agli Oscar) e l'entusiasmo paterno di John Hammond, che parla con i due archeologi ma in realtà si rivolge al pubblico: "Benvenuti a Jurassic Park!"

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matches posting today

47. Tristan da Cunha vs Navassa Island 48. Siam vs Tientsin 49. Guadaloupe vs Bulgaria 50. Wake Island vs Maldive Islands 51. Johor vs Isla de la Pasión 52. Sarawak vs French Morocco 53. Norfolk Island vs Hankou 54. Swan Islands vs German Empire 55. Johnston Atoll vs Saint Pierre and Miquelon 56. Egypt vs Baker Island 57. Trucial States vs Paraguay 58. Hangzhou vs Isle of Man 59. Victoria Land vs Emirate of Nejd and Hasa 60. French Oceania vs French India 61. Territory of New Guinea vs Mbundaland 62. Spanish North Africa vs Nigeria 63. Uganda vs Phillipine Islands 64. Basutoland vs Tibet 65. Elobey, Annobón, and Corsico vs Nepal 66. San Marino vs Andorra 67. Kongo vs Howland Island 68. Canada vs Muscat and Oman 69. Martinique vs Rhodesia 70. Bolivia vs Russian Empire

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Assange está libre, pero no se ha hecho justicia... La justicia sería que Assange recibiera un indulto total e incondicional y una indemnización millonaria del gobierno estadounidense por el tormento al que le sometieron... La justicia consistiría en que Estados Unidos introdujera cambios jurídicos y políticos concretos que garantizaran que Washington no podría volver a utilizar su poder e influencia en todo el mundo para destruir la vida de un periodista extranjero por informar sobre hechos incómodos... La justicia consistiría en detener y procesar a las personas cuyos crímenes de guerra expuso Assange, y en detener y procesar a todos los que contribuyeron a arruinarle la vida por denunciar esos crímenes... Si estas cosas ocurrieran, entonces podríamos argumentar que se ha hecho justicia hasta cierto punto... Tal y como están las cosas, todos seguimos viviendo bajo una estructura de poder que se extiende por todo el planeta y que ha demostrado al mundo entero que destruirá tu vida si sacas a la luz su criminalidad (Caitlin Johnstone)

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Julian Assange está libre, pero no se ha hecho justicia

 Por Caitlin Johnstone      Julian Assange está libre. En el momento de escribir estas líneas se encuentra de camino a las Islas Marianas del Norte, un remoto territorio estadounidense en el Pacífico occidental, para ultimar un acuerdo con el gobierno de Estados Unidos por el que será condenado a cumplir condena en la prisión de Belmarsh. Salvo que el imperio haga algún turbio tejemaneje durante…

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Here is number four of my revamped Power Rangers OCs!

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Jasmine "Jazz" Gia Johnston

Age: 8

DOB: January 25th, 1990

Occupation: Third Grader, Green Space Ranger

Pronouns: She/Her

Friends: Kendal (Best Friend), Ashley, Cassie, Andros, Zhane, Carlos, TJ

Family: Carlitos (Dad, Restaurant Owner), Isla (Mom, Restaurant Owner), Solidad "Sol" (Grandma, Hairstylist), Guillermo (Brother, 6), Gabriel (Brother, 4), Lua (Pet Blue Parakeet)

Likes: Theater, Musicals, Performing in Plays, Playing Basketball, Playing the Piano, Singing, Outer Space, Cooking/Baking

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Food: Meatballs

Skin Color: Medium Deep Almond

Hair Color: Chestnut Brown

Eye Color: Burgundy

Appearance: She wears her chestnut brown hair in a low ponytail supported by an orange hair tie and has a birth spot under her bottom lip. She wears an aquamarine button-up knee-length jumper over a light green short-sleeved shirt, light grey-colored socks, and white sneakers.

Facts

-Her father immigrated from Mexico and started his restaurant from the ground up. Her grandmother (Carlito's mom) moved into their house a few years after Carlitos and Isla got married

-She's Mexican/American

-She wants to be a famous Broadway actor when she grows up and often participates in school plays and performs plays for her friends and family members at get-togethers

-After school, she loves to help her parents out at the restaurant cooking and baking dishes

-Her sword is a bronze Titanus Carrierzord

-She plays and sings songs in both English and Spanish. She often performs at the restaurant some weekends

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Created via Adobe Illustrator.

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JURASSIC PARK in TANDEM-1/1 with WESTWORLD TANDEM-1/2.

The first tandem I am going to bring to you on this Crichton adventure are Jurassic Park (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg and West World directed by Crichton, both films based on Crichton's novels.

Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, and is based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp.

The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, where a wealthy businessman, John Hammond (Attenborough), and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinctdinosaurs. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, as all hell breaks loose... (Wikipedia)

IMdB RATING: 8'2 TIME 2'06'06

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After the film's enormous success, Spielberg asked Crichton to write a sequel novel, leading to the 1995 book The Lost World. This, in turn, was adapted as the film The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Released in 1997, it was directed by Spielberg and written by Koepp. Another film, Jurassic Park III, was released in 2001, under the direction of Joe Johnston, with Spielberg as executive producer. It featured an original script that incorporated unused elements from Crichton's original Jurassic Park. A fourth installment, Jurassic World, was released in theaters in 2015. Spielberg again produced, with Colin Trevorrow directing a script he wrote with Derek Connolly. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth film in the franchise, was released in 2018, with Spielberg as producer once more and J. A. Bayona as director. A sixth film, Jurassic World Dominion, was directed by Trevorrow and released in theaters in 2022.

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 American science fictionaction film. It is the second installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and the second film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy. A sequel to 1993's Jurassic Park and loosely based on Michael Crichton's 1995 novel The Lost World, the film was directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp. Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough.

After the original novel's release and the first film's success, fans pressured Crichton for a sequel. Following the book's publication in 1995, production began on a film sequel. Filming took place from September to December 1996, primarily in California, with a shoot in Kauai, Hawaii, where the first film was shot. The Lost World's plot and imagery is substantially darker than Jurassic Park. It makes more extensive use of CGI to depict the dinosaurs, along with life-sized animatronics.

See the Cast of 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' Then and Now (screencrush.com)

IMdB RATING: 6'5

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Spielberg expressed disappointment with the film, stating he had become increasingly disenchanted with it during production. It earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects. A sequel, Jurassic Park III, was released in 2001. (Wikipedia)

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The Lost World (Part 02) by Michael Crichton - Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 03) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 04) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 05) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 06) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 07) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

The Lost World (Part 08) by Michael Crichton-Read by George Guidall

Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction action film directed by Joe Johnston and written by Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. It is the third installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and the final film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, following The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). It is also the first film in the franchise not to be directed by Steven Spielberg, as well as the first not to be based on a novel by Michael Crichton; however, the film features characters and ideas by Crichton. 

The plot follows a divorced couple who deceive paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant into helping them find their son, who has gone missing on Isla Sorna. (Wikipedia)

IMdB RATING: 5'9

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A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (2019)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Sometimes people exaggerate and say that trailers give away too much, that from the clips shown, they can tell you what the entire movie will be. When talking about A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish, saying that the advertisements reveal too much is a simple fact. Showing any clips from this teleportation pod experiment gone wrong tells you everything you need to know. It’s a generic Christmas-themed rom-com mashed together with the Cinderella fairytale. You could write this plot in your sleep.

Katherine "Kat" Decker (Laura Marano) dreams of becoming a singer-songwriter. Unfortunately, her father’s recent passing has left her in the care of her evil stepmother, Deidra (Johannah Newmarch) and her stepsisters Joy (Lillian Doucet-Roche) & Grace (Chanelle Peloso). They force Kat to work at a Christmas-themed entertainment park. There, she befriends Dominic "Nick" Wintergarden (Gregg Sulkin). She has no idea he’s the son of a billionaire.

If you weren’t convinced before, this settles it. Cinderella doesn’t work in modern times. Kat has access to the internet, to a friend who is willing to help (Isabella Gomez as Isla), to a cell phone, to school counselors, to the police, etc. There is no reason she couldn't escape the enslavement she suffers under Deidra's rule. Her stepmother and stepsisters are so cartoonishly cruel they even capture Kat being mistreated on film. It would be easy to get sent away to a better home if Kat had any motivation to do so. Or maybe she's just dumb. She’s just a few months away from turning 18 and still she doesn’t understand that her stepmother hates her and that the rest of the family will do all they can to make her miserable. How else can you explain the obvious traps she walks into or her inability to keep secrets from them? I don’t want to blame the victim but at a certain point, it’s you that’s the problem, not them.

This fifth (?!) installment in the A Cinderella Story franchise dispenses away with all the magic normally associated with the fairytale. Consequently, Kat's beautiful dresses are whipped up out of nowhere while the rom-com clichés are taken to the extreme. At its core, Cinderella is about two things: a rags-to-riches story and a couple who fall in love without knowing each others’ identity. As part of the modernization package, Kat and Nick meet well ahead of the "royal ball" but for them not to know each other, neither of them ever sees each other without the costumes they wear at work. I guess you might excuse Kat for not recognizing Nick. He’s got a beard and Santa hat on. How he doesn’t recognize her, I don't know. At least Superman puts on a pair of glasses when disguised as Clark Kent. Kat wears elf ears and a hat. No one in the world wouldn’t recognize her.

Now I get to talk about the musical aspect of this picture. When people aren’t singing, you’ll be so bored you’ll wish a fairy would show up and turn you into a pumpkin just so you wouldn’t have to keep watching. Writer/director Michelle Johnston makes 15 minutes feel like ten times that many. When the music kicks in, you’ll want to be turned into a vegetable to avoid dying of embarrassment for the performers. All the numbers are obviously auto-tuned and badly lip-synched, the lyrics haven’t an ounce of creativity and the choreography makes you wonder how desperate the actors must’ve been to agree to this.

If we went in-depth with every offense this film commits, we’d be here until the stroke of midnight so let’s rapid-fire through a few: the token non-white characters who are only there so the film isn’t as white as a fresh Christmas morning; the nonsensical plan by the villains to take Kat’s place at the ball, the ridiculous final music number - complete with perfectly choreographed, spontaneous dance moves; the picture’s fixation on a snow globe that ultimately serves no purpose; Nick’s useless friends that are only there story-wise to crowbar a third act breakup between him and Kat. I know this movie’s for little girls but there are literally dozens of adaptations of Cinderella out there. You could throw a dart at a board and find a more suitable piece of entertainment. This is 86 minutes of torture. (July 2, 2021)