We can probably agree that going back to Isla Nublar—home to some unhappy dinosaurs, last resting place of Newman—is probably not the best idea. After all, we’ve had three whole Jurassic Park films to warn us that messing around with dino DNA doesn’t lead to necessarily happy endings. Still, let’s be honest: How awesome would it be if Jurassic Park—nay, World—was real? Would you go? (Again, imagine that you live in the fictional world of the Jurassic Park franchise, which has already seen tons of stompy destruction at the hands, feet, and claws of various angry critters.) Would you send your children? Would it be your number one vacation destination?
Fine, fine, of course it would be. Such is the situation the inhabitants of Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World find themselves in. It’s years—whole decades, in fact—since the various bust ups that made John Hammond’s dreamy dino paradise suddenly seem like a Bad Idea with a capital B and I, but Isla Nublar has bounced back. It’s safe now! Fun! Wholesome! It’s everything Hammond would have possibly wanted. Well, including some spectacularly poorly thought-out genetic testing that science brainiac Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) insists on carrying out. Have you learned nothing, Claire?
Well, at least Chris Pratt is there to look annoyed, dubious, and mustachioed. He will save of us. Lord knows, we already know things are going to go very, very wrong.
The trail of the tape
Title: Jurassic World
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Screenwriters: Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson, Judy Greer, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins
Release date: June 12, 2015
Tagline: The park is open.
The entire trailer in one line of dialogue: “You just went and made a new dinosaur? Probably not a good idea.”
The entire trailer in one screengrab:
We have just one question: What the hell kind of dinosaur did they make? (Fine, two questions: Where are they hiding Jake Johnson?)