(trailer review) - Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

 

And Just like that! The franchise that is the Jurassic Park or World, for that matter, is back after a 14 year absence. So you understand what I mean, let me break it down for you. Jurassic Park came out in 1993. A great film which probably stands as still the best Jurassic movie. Four years later, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park 2) came out and four years later, Jurassic Park 3. The films declined in quality since the first one and then there was a 14 year "break". The franchise was resurrected and and in came Jurassic World in 2015, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in 2018 and Jurassic World Dominion in 2022. Whilst again, these films have declined in quality, a little (and I wanted to argue the fact they were pumping these out every few years), I think the main issue with these films (and most films if we really think about it) is the quality of the storytelling. Just so you are aware as well, There is another Jurassic World movies coming out in the next few year directed by Gareth Edwards, the man behind, Monsters, Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story & The Creator (a film I loved). So it is hard to say if it will be any good but we will see.

I say all that to say this: - This trailer looks great and I think it is the story that is doing it for me. Whilst giving me a Big Hero 6 vibe with the animation, the story looks like there is more depth to what is going on. A shady corporation/organisation using Dinosaurs to track people and kill them, maybe? I am not sure of the motive but imagine having that level of control. What did these kids see? Are we going to see these kids or people ripped into two etc, probably not, but I like the sluethness of it all and trying to find out what is going on and bring it to light or trying to stop it. I cannot say I watched Dominion but I think I watched Lost Kingdom and I thought it was alright and Jurassic World was good, but of they really want to branch out and do more with the franchise, this is definitely the way to do it. Maybe another trailer would do it more justice, but so far, I am interested.

(episode review) - X-Men '97 - Episode 8

 

I'm going to keep this review, shorter than the others because this is a 3-parter.

After the events of last week, we now know who the villain is, what he is doing and what he has been doing all along. A carefully laid plan to essentially wipe out or/and enslave mutants. We saw the enslavement of mutants in the '92 show which was recapped in this season. We now know who built the power dampening collars and who instructed them to be built. We now know where the more advanced sentinel came from, who instructed the attack on Genocia and what the ultimate play was. Lastly and more importantly, we now know... 'Magneto was right'.

This show is so well told, with some 'blink and you'll miss it' cameos and Easter eggs among other things. Funny, Poignant, Intelligent, Clever and the action is soo well done I felt like if I were to do a watch along, a 25-30min show would end up being 50mins to an hour because of the amount of times I would rewind a scene because it was soo good. The dialogue alone is so well written as the show highlights racism, homophobia, slavery, genocide, prejudices and the behaviour of people who fear what is different to them in such a unique way that if you are not clued up to the messages, it would go over your head. 
There are two moments, maybe even three in this week's episode that will excite fans. One is an amazing fight scene... scratch that, wait...a fighting sequence that leads into another incredible fight scene, the "trinity" moment and a cameo (maybe even 2). This is only part 1 of 3, two more to go.