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From Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) to creating the Jurassic World trilogy, I'm honestly surprised (if a bit happy too because I want this to happen to me too someday) that Colin got that big of a jump in his career. And for better or worse...I can't help but respect that!

As for my thoughts on his role in the franchise...well, he's got pretty good ideas, but his writing...well, leaves a bit to be desired. His work on the first Jurassic World, I think it's genuinely good. Fallen Kingdom clearly had more to say, but he, and by extension Universal, wanted to do a simple action story, not to mention some clearly dumb decisions made by the characters throughout the film (such as Owen turning off the lights in the mansion...when the Indoraptor more than likely can see in the dark just fine). Dominion, on the other hand...eh, as much as I appreciate that film more now for what it's trying to do, the decision to focus on bugs while dinosaurs could've worked just fine really made it one of the worst films.

That said...I don't think Colin doesn't care. From the posts he had on Twitter before deleting his Twitter account, to me, it seems like he does care about Jurassic Park/World. He just needs another writer to help improve on the many flaws his scripts had.

Regardless, for better or worse, he DID help bring the franchise out of dormancy, which is something I appreciate since I've ALWAYS wanted a fourth Jurassic Park movie since I was a child.

But yeah, just wanted to share my thoughts on this man. And on the astronomically slim chances he sees this...Happy Birthday, man!!

And yes, I sold her two Kentros, three Ceratos, and a couple Microceratus. Make of that what you will!

Haven't gotten to reading it, but if its anything like the movie (I hear it's MUCH better (the book, I mean)), then this will be a cool read!

While they don't always get along, they DO love each other!

The female is the Dominion Allosaurus, and the male is the JWE Allosaurus!

Partially inspired by the End of Oak Street, I wanted to have these guys in one of my parks for Campaign!

Gonna be honest, with my own thoughts...while Rebith is technically a better-written film, it is NOTHING that we haven't seen before, especially with the writing not being that great, either. What I mean is that the overall story feels more like a video game-fetch quest type of story with the three acts, 2 out of 3 of them having their own mini-bosses, with the final boss being a mutated monster that the movie doesn't even DO anything with other than cause the collapse of Site C.

Say what you will about Dominion, because back then, I didn't really like it all that much (even though the Extended Edition is much better), but it at least introduced new concepts such as dinosaur black markets, new environmental settings, and has more interesting sequences even if they, or the story in general, is balls-to-the-walls nuts and convoluted! Not to mention, moving dinosaurs away from the islands and into our world is a plus that I appreciate more, ever since Rebirth restricts them to the equator. But I've always complained about that aspect too much, so I'll leave it at that.

Oh, and I'm more invested in Dominion's characters than Rebirth's.

Overall, while Rebirth is technically better written, I'd rather watch Dominion, because at least there are more things to talk about rather than Rebirth's basic story and premise, which is, in essence, nothing new. I don't hate any of these movies, but in my opinion, Rebirth is the worst of the two.

But what about you guys?

Gonna be honest, with my own thoughts...while Rebith is technically a better-written film, it is NOTHING that we haven't seen before, especially with the writing not being that great, either. What I mean is that the overall story feels more like a video game-fetch quest type of story with the three acts, 2 out of 3 of them having their own mini-bosses, with the final boss being a mutated monster that the movie doesn't even DO anything with other than cause the collapse of Site C.

Say what you will about Dominion, because back then, I didn't really like it all that much (even though the Extended Edition is much better), but it at least introduced new concepts such as dinosaur black markets, new environmental settings, and has more interesting sequences even if they, or the story in general, is balls-to-the-walls nuts and convoluted! Not to mention, moving dinosaurs away from the islands and into our world is a plus that I appreciate more, ever since Rebirth restricts them to the equator. But I've always complained about that aspect too much, so I'll leave it at that.

Oh, and I'm more invested in Dominion's characters than Rebirth's.

Overall, while Rebirth is technically better written, I'd rather watch Dominion, because at least there are more things to talk about rather than Rebirth's basic story and premise, which is, in essence, nothing new. I don't hate any of these movies, but in my opinion, Rebirth is the worst of the two.

But what about you guys?

Say what you will about Jurassic World: Dominion, but it has some highlights that, at least in my eyes, prevent me from hating it as many others do (especially after Rebirth).

One of those highlights is the Therizinosaurus. Its first introduction is one of the best I've seen in the JW movies: intimidating, territorial, and the fact that it's still a herbivore does emphasize that just because a creature's a plant eater doesn't mean it's friendly.

Honestly, I wish this is something the films did more of: show the herbivores as dangerous. The only other one that does this is The Lost World, with the Stegosaurus herd attacking Sarah and the captured herbivores destroying the poacher camp.

What do you guys think? Should the herbivores become just as dangerous as the carnivores in the films?

(Shoulda picked a better quality pic, but whatever)

Honestly...the controversy surrounding this fight was stupid, and I thought that even back when I first saw this movie. I was like 2 when I first saw it on TV, and it was awesome seeing the Spinosaurus and T. Rex duke it out.

As I got older, I learned that it's more likely the T. Rex would win...But I didn't really make a big deal about the result, even if I knew it was inaccurate, especially more so in recent years with Spinosaurus having a constant character model update with each new discovery. I just thought the fight was awesome back then, and I still love it to this very day.

But what about you guys?

For me, it's this particular post from a year ago regarding the Mimic and how it was introduced, as it was uploaded before Secrets of the Mimic came out. While the OP does have valid points, the way they went about it just rubs me the wrong way. And the fact that they said at the end,

>My boyfriend agrees with me and imagine many others do as well, real FNaF fans anyway.

Nah, it just makes me go, "Ugh." To give them credit, they DID admit it wasn't mature of them to say in a response, but still.

But what about you guys? What FNAF takes have you seen that left you feeling like Homelander here?

Honestly...as much as I respect David Koepp for his role in the first two movies...I'd say Colin Trevorrow. Say what you will about his writing, but at least he actually has some ideas on where to carry the franchise forward without risking stagnation.

Honestly...as much as I respect David Koepp for his role in the first two movies...I'd say Colin Trevorrow. Say what you will about his writing, but at least he actually has some ideas on where to carry the franchise forward without risking stagnation.

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