Line #62 Trivia/JurassicWorld


1	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Possibly, with a line from Lowery complaining about the idea of corporations naming dinosaurs and sarcastically suggesting "Pepsisaurus" and "Tostitodon". Did the writers know that this has already happened? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamericansaurus Panamericansaurus]] '', ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlascopcosaurus Atlascopcosaurus]]'' and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantassaurus Qantassaurus]]''.
2	* ActorInspiredElement: [[spoiler:Zara’s brutal death]], one of the most controversial scenes in the film, was actually a request by the character’s actor [[spoiler:Creator/KatieMcGrath. It was originally written for a random extra, but when [=McGrath=] saw it, she thought it was [[GreatWayToGo such an awesome death scene]] that she wanted her character to get it. The production obliged, and [=McGrath=] did all of her own stunts for it.]]
3	* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/SamNeill [[http://uproxx.com/movies/sam-neill-jurassic-world-hunt-for-the-wilderpeople/3/ enjoyed this film]].
4	* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Creator/RichardAttenborough's health was in rapid decline during production of this film, negating any chance of reprising his role as John Hammond. That said, it is pure coincidence that Hammond was already written out as having passed away, only for Attenborough to indeed pass away in real life. Also an inversion of CharacterOutlivesActor, as John Hammond is officially said to have died in 1997, sometime during or shortly after the events Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark, while Richard Attenborough in RealLife lived until 2014.
5	** Attenborough's health had been in decline for several years by the time of the film's release, to the point he was confined to a wheelchair, could no longer speak clearly, and was no longer able to live on his own. While he had expressed enthusiasm about returning to the Hammond role during the earlier drafts of the fourth film, it was already clear by the time ''Jurassic World'' began production that Attenborough could not possibly appear.
6	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Misinterpetations of statements that the film wouldn't dwell too much on the events of the previous two sequels have resulted in assumptions that they were retconned out entirely. The movie and the ViralMarketing actually make a handful of nods toward ''The Lost World'' and ''III'', confirming that ''World'' still follows the continuity of the previous three films.
7	* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ColinTrevorrow actually [[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/447039-colin-trevorrow-responds-to-joss-whedons-jurassic-world-criticism agrees]], to some extent, with Creator/JossWhedon's critique of a clip that he considered "70's era sexist". He was mainly confused with Universal releasing that type of clip outside the context of the whole film.
8	* {{Defictionalization}}:
9	** The Jurassic World website, a website for the park itself rather than the movie.
10	** The Masrani Corporation has a slick website of its own touting its achievements in energy and telecommunications.
11	** Jurassic World snap bands also exist, similar to the ones visitors to the park wear.
12	** The sticker book entitled "The Park is Open" is a variant, since it's sold as a normal kids' book but it's written like a sort of "guidebook" for the park and even comes with [[{{Feelies}} Jurassic World visitor's passes]].
13	** Best Buy distributed Jurassic World brochures along with cool little trading cards to advertise Samsung's involvement with the film.
14	** Universal Studios Florida's "Islands of Adventure" is already [[http://www.aliciastella.com/blog/2015/07/10/theme-parks-jurassic-world-starting-to-take-over-jurassic-park-at-islands-of-adventure/ converting their Jurassic Park section into a sort of pseudo-Jurassic World]] and it's possible that they'll expand on it even further. Rumor has it that they're also planning to put together a defictionalized Gyrosphere ride, but this is still unconfirmed.
15	** Universal Studios Japan [[http://www.aliciastella.com/blog/2015/06/19/theme-parks-new-jurassic-park-ride-at-universal-studios-japan-to-be-flying-coaster-maybe-set-in-pteranodon-aviary/ has announced]] a ride based on the film being up for release in 2016, but their only hint to it is a silhouette of a ''Pteranodon'' (it's rumored to be both a ride and a defictionalized version of the Jurassic World Aviary).
16	* DeletedScene: Shown in an interview with Creator/BryceDallasHoward (about how [[Creator/RonHoward her dad]] posting a picture of her and Creator/ChrisPratt together at a party accidentally announced the film ahead of schedule) but not in the film, probably because it might have been too soon [[MoodWhiplash after a touching scene]] with a dying dinosaur. Yet another [[ToiletHumor dinosaur droppings joke]] is made in the series. This time, it involves Owen and Claire having to put some of the stuff on themselves to mask their scent. [[NeatFreak Claire]] is not amused, especially when Owen points out (after the fact) that she didn't need to put it on her ''face''. It's among the extra scenes of the home video release.
17	* DevelopmentGag: Jurassic World opened in 2005. The film was originally set for release in Summer 2005, before it entered development hell.
18	* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/BryceDallasHoward [[http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/06/10/bryce-howard-jurassic-heels/ admitted]] that playing a character [[CombatStilettos who keeps the high heels on through the whole movie]] wasn't easy to accomplish, but she insisted on wearing the heels because it fit her character.
19	* FollowTheLeader:
20	** The film shares writers with ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', which is also a sequel/reboot of a classic science fiction franchise with lots of nods to the previous films, starring a wild animal raised in captivity that is smarter than people expect. It is not a mere coincidence: Jaffa and Silver were hired right after, and because they brought ''Rise'' from DevelopmentHell to SleeperHit.
21	** The documentary ''{{Film/Blackfish}}'' was cited as an inspiration. It is set mostly in a water park with the word "World" in its name, deals with giant predators trained to perform tricks with human handlers, and in one climatic scene, a handler saves another by [[spoiler:releasing a larger, more dominant orca in the pool where another was trying to kill him.]]
22	** The climatic scene of the ''Mosasaurus'' and [[spoiler:''I. rex'']] was done 15 years earlier by a ''Liopleurodon'' and an ''Eustreptospondylus'' in ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''. Art showing similar sea reptiles (mostly ''Tylosaurus'') grabbing unsuspecting ''Pteranodon'' flying above were also quite common in paleoart produced in the intervening years, although nobody used it in film yet.
23	* EnforcedMethodActing: As revealed behind-the-scenes, Bryce was not aware of when Chris was going to kiss her (at suggestion of the director), after the scene of Owen being saved from a ''Dimorphodon'' attack; that surprise in the film is her real reaction.
24	* FakeBrit: Zara is British (according to Claire; more specifically she's English judging by her accent) but played by Irish actress Creator/KatieMcGrath.
25	* FandomLifeCycle: Definite Stage X, for both ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' fans and mainstream dinosaur fans on the whole.
26	* {{Fanon}}: It was originally claimed Zach's girlfriend's name was Kalista, and that this would be revealed in an "upcoming {{novelization}}." However the only such book released so far, and indeed the only one planned, apparently, is the [[{{Novelization}} Junior Novelization]] by David Lewman, which only identifies her as "Zach's girlfriend."
27	** Another {{Fanon}} name for her is "Kira Dock."
28	* InMemoriam: After the death of Creator/RichardAttenborough in August 2014, ''Jurassic World'' director Colin Trevorrow revealed that a statue memorializing Hammond would be featured in the film, though considering filming had been going on for several months, it appears it was always planned to appear.
29	** This was both an example of RealLifeWritesThePlot (see below) as well as a nod to Hammond's health being in decline canonically in ''The Lost World'', with his death having been the original intended conclusion to the film before being cut.
30	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Mother of two Creator/BryceDallasHoward plays a woman who has no children, nor wants any.
31	* MisBlamed: An unfortunate comment by director Colin Treverrow claiming that [[spoiler:Zara]] was killed off because she was a "bridezilla" and made a derogatory comment about her fiancee's friends led to a vocal section of fans decrying the character's death as misogynist. However, [[spoiler:Zara's actress, Katie [=McGrath=]]], had actually heard about the scene before it was decided which character would be killed and specifically asked if it could be her.
32	* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Barry's actor, Omar Cy, also voices his own character in the movie's European French dub (but not the Canadian French dub).
33	* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/GregBurson passed away in 2008, so Mr. DNA's voice is provided by [[CreatorCameo the film's director]].
34	* RealLifeRelative: The little boy hugging the ''Apatosaurus'' at the petting zoo is played by Bryce Dallas Howard's real life son.
35	* RefittedForSequel: Believe it or not, there's ''still'' some scenes from Crichton's novels they were able to tweak and add in.
36	** The argument between Masrani and Dr. Wu about the realism of the park's creatures is lifted from an argument between Hammond and Dr. Wu about the same topic, as seen in the chapter "Version 4.4" of the original novel.
37	** Barry being [[spoiler:stuck in a log and attacked by raptors]] calls to mind a scene where Muldoon is [[spoiler:stuck in a ''pipe'' and attacked by raptors]].
38	*** Similarly, [[spoiler: a raptor being blown to bits by a rocket launcher is how Muldoon killed a raptor in the first novel.]]
39	*** The scene where the Jurassic World staff [[spoiler: tranquilize the pterosaurs]] was also drawn from a similar scene in the first novel.
40	** The boys and Claire trying to fend off [[spoiler:raptors from a moving truck]] draws from [[spoiler:Levine and Thorne doing likewise in a Jeep]] in the second novel.
41	** The camouflage ability of ''I. rex'' is based on the ability of the ''Carnotaurus'' in the [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 second book]]. Viral websites even mention Carnotaurus as a source for some of the hybrid's DNA, although the final film attributes the ability to cuttlefish.
42	** The ''Pteranodons'' attacking a helicopter was taken from a twice rejected climactic scene for the second and third films.
43	** Owen's imprinting and raising of the ''Velociraptors'' could easily be compared to Clarence, who was a friendly and even cuddly baby raptor from the first novel.
44	** Leon (the young worker at the raptor pen) gets yanked off the catwalk by one of the raptors grabbing the pole he's holding. The exact same thing befalls Eddie in ''[[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 The Lost World]]'' novel, when the raptors yank him out of the high hide by a bar he's holding to attack them with.
45	** A scene that was cut from the original ''Film/JurassicPark'' film would've had the main characters distract one of the ''Velociraptors'' by using a ''Dilophosaurus'' umbrella; a similar moment occurs in this film where the main characters distract one of the ''Velociraptors'' with a ''Dilophosaurus'' hologram.
46	** The fight with ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and the ''Indominus rex'' reuses elements of the original version of the ''Tyrannosaurus'' vs ''Spinosaurus'' battle from the third film, as the original version of the battle had the ''Spinosaurus'' throwing the ''Tyrannosaurs'' into the ground multiple times as the ''Tyrannosaurus'' tried to get up, along with a scene where the ''Tyrannosaurus'' nearly eats the main protagonists as it lays in the ground. In the film, the ''Indominus rex'' nearly kills the ''Tyrannosaurus'' by choking her before biting down her neck, which is how the ''Spinosaurus'' would originally have killed the ''Tyrannosaurus''.
47	** The petting zoo scene featuring children riding baby dinosaurs was likely inspired by a scene planned for the original film in which Lex would have done likewise. An animatronic juvenile ''Triceratops'' was even built for the scene by Stan Winston's team, but it was ultimately cut for pacing reasons.
48	** The ''Apatosaurus'' was originally supposed to appear in ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', but was replaced with ''Mamenchisaurus''.
49	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was originally expected to be released in 2005. It wasn't officially released until 10 years later.
50	* SequelGap: Came out 14 years after ''Film/JurassicParkIII''.
51	* StarMakingRole: ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' showed the world Creator/ChrisPratt has what it takes to be a film star. The financial success of this film (which broke the record for fastest time to a billion at the box office) cemented him as a box office draw.
52	* ThrowItIn: Owen and Claire's SmoochOfVictory was something Creator/ChrisPratt and Creator/ColinTrevorrow came up with on their own. As a response, Creator/LaurenLapkus and Jake Johnson came up with Vivian telling Lowery that she has a boyfriend as he goes in for a kiss (their characters were supposed to kiss but the actors felt that it would be redundant).
53	* ViralMarketing: Websites for both the fictional park and the company that owns it were created. Not to mention the official Facebook page [[https://www.facebook.com/visitjurassicworld/ for the park itself]] (that once the movie came out, started to reply in-character to people "worried" about safety...).
54	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/JurassicPark Shares part of a page]].
55	* WordOfGod:
56	** Chris Pratt and Colin Trevorrow regularly say that canonical backstory for Owen is that he was a dolphin trainer in the Navy, making him the ideal candidate to train highly-intelligent animals that people make the mistake of assuming are fully tamed.
57	** Trevorrow also confirmed on the Blu-Ray extras that Claire is the true main protagonist of the film, as opposed to DecoyProtagonist Owen.

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