Jurassic World

But that's my point. I'm talking about the original dinos who are in this film.

The only dinosaur we know is the same one is the rex, because of word of God. At least two out of the original three raptors are dead (due to the aforementioned Rex) and the third was last seen locked in a freezer, so may very well have bitten the dust too. We've not seen any triceratops or dilophosaurus on JW, which means that a few of those flocking gallimimus may or may not be the same ones. Most of the originals are probably dead by now

What about the Brachiosaurus & Dilophosaurus?

I'm going to assume that they're either using Charlie to be a girl's name, or that raptor was specifically bred male. As noted, the three raptors from the first movie are dead, unless it's the one that's locked in the freezer, which should still be presumed female unless otherwise verified - which I'm also going to assume that no such verification would have been done even if that third one was alive and brought to JW, because I don't know about you, but there is not enough money in the world that you could pay me to examine a live, adult velociraptor's genitalia. Animals don't appreciate that.

Unless they stopped breeding the dinos all-female, there's no reason any dino should have a male name.

edited 12th May '15 7:12:58 AM by TobiasDrake

I don't recall seeing either of those in any trailer yet, so presumably if they feature in the film at all they'll be background at best. (Those long necked dinos killed 'for sport' are [hopefully] not Brachiosaurus as far as I can see.)

It's a phonetic alphabet. There's also an Echo and Delta, neither of which are even names.

So let me get this straight. This movie features Star-Lord leading a dino hunting convoy through the jungle while flanked by a raptor honor guard?

When does this movie come out and where can I get a time machine?

I can answer one of those questions: June 12.

Which of your questions I'm answering is up for you to interpret.

A fansite managed to find a memo from Toys R' Us listing the film's promotional partners◊ (possible spoilers, I don't know).

Bumping because THE VIDEO GAME LOOKS REALLY FUCKING AWESOME!

Lego games always are.

Hehe, funny, because Emmet's voice actor's there.

Everything is hungry!

Everything is lunch when you've got big teeth!

Everything is hungry, and you're made of meat!

Someone who saw it early shares his thoughts on IMDb (minor spoilers about the Indominus rex).

edited 5th Jun '15 7:48:35 AM by Spinosegnosaurus77

That actually sounds really quite positive. And given that 'Mixandmatchsaurus' is/was my biggest qualm of the whole darn movie I am relatively reassured that maybe it's not the dealbreaker I feared. That said, one opinion and someone we don't know actually HAS seen it yet instead of just saying so, so no chickens counted yet...

The imported T-Rex from Isla Nublar better have motion-based vision.

Other Rexes shouldn't, but that one should as a genetic defect. The chimera DNA was not kind to her.

edited 5th Jun '15 8:32:29 AM by TobiasDrake

It would be amusing if that genetic defect was what allowed her to beat the Mutantsaurus Rex - She sees by motion, making M-Rex's invisibility worthless, giving the T-Rex the edge long enough to emerge victorious in a fight.

T. rex should just die a honorable death that has nothing to do with I. rex. Let the mosasaur deal with the hybrid and Owen deal with Blue.

Real T. Rex's had the best olfactory senses in history, on par with turkey vultures. They don't need to see or hear - they should be able to smell you from several miles away (which is why T. Rex's are thought to be opportunistic scavengers - those teeth are good for crunching bones, which is necessary for scavengers.)

This one, meanwhile, was able to blow Dr. Grant's hat off his head with a sharp exhale without ever catching on to the fact that it had prey directly in front of it, and also couldn't tell the difference between a person moving and a thrown object flying through the air.

I'm willing to blame that on the chimera genetics used to manufacture the dinosaurs. It's the same reason why they don't have feathers. All I ask is consistency in its portrayal. If we're going to the trouble to bring this specific Rex into the movie, it should behave in the same fashion.

Most birds have a terrible sense of smell, but what about reptiles? I'm assuming they used more reptile DNA to make their dinosaurs.

Carrion birds have an excellent sense of smell.

http://kern.audubon.org/tvfacts.htm

How do reptiles smell?

edited 5th Jun '15 12:29:39 PM by AnotherGuy

Carrion birds as a whole or just Cathartes?

Carrion birds require smell more than sight (birds tend to have superior vision) because they are looking for still carcasses. Other birds are looking for either bright plants or small moving prey.

Tubenoses and kiwis also have great olfactory senses.