Come Forth the Fourth

When I first heard about Jurassic Park 4, I absolutely hated the thought of it and rebuked the idea, completely. "Why another one?", "They are milking the franchise!", "It's going to be rubbish.", "They've done all they can!" and so on. I got into a lot of arguments in forums becuase I was set against the production of another 'Jurassic' film and felt the JP movies should stop because it's time was over as it was now all about people running away from dinosaurs - the same old thing over and over agian.

But over the years I have learnt that this is not just any old sequel. That this will be something special- they are taking the time and effort to put passion into it, or they would have made it already and we would have forgotten about it. If they wanted to, they would have already made JP4 , and it would have been sub-standard quality. The fact that Spielberg and Universal keep postponing it and asking for script re-writes is a clear indication that they want JP4 to be original, new, fresh and a great comeback for the series, and I am hoping they will deliver. The longer we have to wait, the better it should be becuase as they are producing it for quality and content rather than financial returns (though I am sure that features, considerably, in their mindsets).

The world's fascination with dinosaurs will never end, and Jurassic Park is the only contemporay movie franchise which brings us what we love about the creatures. No other movie series has captured the public's ever-increasing interest with dinosaurs and the prehistoric age, and JP continues to uphold and improve our knowledge of these beasts, both entertaining immensly and educating us at the same time like no other film. It revoloutioned the concepts and ideas of paleontological and scientific discovery and bought something new to the table, as well as revoloutionising cinema, artistry, design and CGI technology.

The JP franchise isn't forever ruined after some not-so-good sequels either, never will be. You can say what you want about the TLW/ JP3 but they still made a ton of money and were very successful. Merchandise, DVD sales, the Universal Studios attraction etc has also been largly succesful and at the end of the day the films bring awareness about dinosaurs, paleontology and scientific education which children and adults alike never tire of. Gather that the films also have loveable characters and interesting storylines (however bad) still make the JP films the forefront of dinosaur entertainment, and nothing else can touch that. Just as when one thinks of space adventure they instantly think of Star Wars, here it's think dinosaurs, think Jurassic Park. It's as simple as that.

Jurassic Park is not relegated to only 1990s cinema either as dinosaurs are creatures that no-one will ever tire of, and whilst the premise may be a bit old-fahioned it still entertains immensly. Dinosaur adventure movies have been around since the dawn of cinema and have continued to be in our presense for decades! Until they can really be cloned and are live and breathing for us to see dinosaurs will still always capture the hearts and minds of childrean and adults, and Jurassic Park will always be our awe-inspiring cinematic escapist route to the world of these fascinating animals which no-one else can do. When the world's fascination with dinosaurs ends, then the JP movies will die. And that won't be happening for a very long time, if ever becuase everyone loves dinosaurs.

So the years have gone by and still no news, and i understand now that they wanted to nail it perfectly, so i am starting to appreciate them becuase of that. And slowly i've become the biggest supporter of JP4, because i know this is going to be a special movie for the fans, and in know they don't want to dissapoint us. We fans have grown as a community and Spielberg knows this- so i had to give him that credit for aknowledging us. He knows that JP is still the pinnacle in dinosaur action adventure and a lot more can be done with it, and they want to get it right this time. We have expectations and they don't want to dissapoint us, and Spielberg has already said specifically that this will be a film worth waiting for. If it was just another movie in a tired series then it would be, but all the facts so far have pointed that it wants to be something fresh and original; ideas have flown around everywhere and keep getting dissmissed as they are just not good enough, and frankly this attitude is needed as only the best will do. So we now that know JP4 will be a comeback for the series after the so-called "lag" after JP3 and so i have completly changed my view of it and will compeltly support the movie becuase i know deep down this isn't just a cheap and pointless sequel but the greatest comeback of the king of the dinosaur movies; and i can't wait. But i will wait becuase i know this film will be kick-ass!

This is why i will be forever supporting JP4. I say it bring becuase dinosaurs are fucking awesome, and JP always delivers the best.