Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)

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Trying to keep my expectations low for this, in the hope I'll be pleasantly surprised :/

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I don't think this franchise is ever getting back to its roots. Like, never, ever.

I'll always take the time to watch another Jurassic movie but I've not considered them "blockbuster" or "must see" in 25 yrs. They're just mainstream creature features, at this point.

The name/brand is essentially tarnished forever.

 

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I agree for the most part, and though I understand the sentiment, I don't tend to subscribe to the idea that sequels made years later by other directors can tarnish the original classics. Might be my coping mechanism though, as Jurassic Park and The Terminator (and T2) are among my all-time favs haha

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I think the problem is studios want popular movies to become franchises, always. And there's nothing saying that can't happen. But when you just use the brand to defecate another sequel in the name of making the IP a franchise, you've clearly lost the plot.

Any film that is a box office SUPER success is basically a death for that IP going forward, more often than not.

Don't ask me how dafuq John Wick is hanging in there. They're gonna have Keanu beating the **** outta people in his 70s before they're done.

 

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Yeah it's a rarity to be able maintain artistic success and quality when it's all about the commerce side. With that in mind, it will be interesting to see if/how the Dune franchise evolves going forward.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I'm not the guy to discuss Dune with, unfortunately lol. I put it on to make my nephews go to sleep when they come to visit.

 

[jye4ever]

Trying to keep my expectations low for this, in the hope I'll be pleasantly surprised :/

Creator sucked.

This will suck.

 

[Khev]

Creator sucked.

This will suck.

Okay, the fact that your post made me think of the Peter O'Toole film from 1985 and not the one that just came out last year suggests that you are correct, lol.

 

[crows]

I’ll gladly watch a porn movie with Scarjo and a T-Rex.

 

[Wor-Gar]

T-rex Does Dallas