#biosyn valley

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Okay. So.

Zara.

Going off the idea that she survived the pteranadon attack and escaped the colossasaurus tank, only to be trapped on the island until Jurassic World 2, let's see what role she might have played in Dominion, shall we?

Zara has massive PTSD, right? Right. She's pissed at Claire, she's pissed at the dinos, she's pissed at everyone and everything. Except for a woman she happens to fall in with. A pilot just coming out of the Air Force named Kayla Watts.

They meet a seedy bar, and Kayla drunkenly brags that she's just started a new gig flying cargo for dino collectors. Zara just snorts. More likely she's shipping iguanas with prosthetics on it.

Oh, well, if Zara knows so much, why doesn't she come verify the goods for her? Kayla doesn't want to find herself in a bad spot delivering fake cargo to dangerous people.

And you know what? Zara's just like-- fuck it. Why not.

So she goes, and it is indeed a fake batch of compies, and in the end points Kayla towards the real stuff (she watched the black ops teams stealing dinos, and if she traced their connections across the globe after she got back to the mainland, who cares? Not her) and they strike up an arrangement.

Zara negotiates prices and verifies cargo-- Kayla flies the plane, while Zara rides jump seat. They fall into bed together multiple times, and slowly a bond begins to form. Eventually, as the years tick by, they become something like a couple.

To the point that when Kayla drives back to the airstrip with Claire fucking Dearing and a plan to fly to Biosyn, Zara is just like.

Fuck that shit.

No.

She just escaped a valley full of dinosaurs, why the hell would she want to go back to one? Fuck you, Kayla, no fucking way! All the while Zara is getting the plane into gear because Claire said something about Indoraptors and she does NOT fuck with those things.

But when Kayla snaps back with "they took a kid!", Zara caves. As ruined as she is, she still has a heart.

When the plane starts to crash, Kayla reveals there are TWO ejection seats, and Claire and Zara are sitting in them. She ejects Zara even as Zara is warning her not to do it-- "goddammit Kayla, don't you dare--!" And she and Claire have to go romping through the jungle. Amongst the dinosaurs. Together.

Zara retreats into survival mode, quickly picking her way across the valley towards the population center. Claire, on the other hand, is desperate to make amends. When she doesn't relent, Zara finally rounds on her, hissing "why on earth should I forgive you, claire? You treated me like a errand dog, and gave me your damn family to keep track of. And then you just... left me there. Did you even look for me?"

She glares at Claire, who doesn't respond.

"I didn't think so," Zara drawls. "Now shut up and follow me."

By the time they all group up together, Zara barely spares Owen a glance-- she's never liked him, and never pretended to (and she sure as hell isn't going to start now)-- but falls in with Kayla and the original trio.

She proceeds to serve as dino survival expert throughout the rest of the film. Zara even goes as far as saving Claire from being eaten by the allosaur. The kid Maisie really likes her, and sticks close to Zara, recognizing the safest place to be.

At the end of the movie, on the tarmac, Zara sits off by herself with an emergency blanket and a cup of bad coffee. Kayla is the only one to risk approaching her.

"You okay?" Kayla asks, sitting down beside her.

Zara sighs. "No," she says quietly. "I'm... tired." Her voice cracks. "I'm just so fucking tired."

Of danger.

Of dinosaurs.

Of being absolutely fucking miserable.

Kayla gazes at her for a long moment. "Do you.... want to come home with me?"

Zara stares at her. "What?"

"Yeah, my mom has a ranch in Montana. Keeps telling me I should come visit. You could... come with me, if you want. Good a place as any to get some R&R, right?"

When Zara continues to stare, Kayla grins. "Look, I like you, okay? In that wasn't obvious as hell. That means I care about you. And I care about what you need. All right?"

Finally, Zara's features soften, and she leans gently against Kayla's shoulder.

"So.... is that a yes?"

Zara grins. "Yes."

She chuckles.

"Idiot."

#jurassic world dominion spoilers #zara young survives au #there might be other options that come to me #but this is the one im currently thinking of.

[tossacointoyourhotmess]

Another gif of Alan and Ellie in Dominion. Biosyn Valley. Spoilers under read more

The way he puts on that spurt of speed in the background once he sees she's ok ❤️

#jurassic world dominion #jurassic world dominion spoiler #alan x ellie #alan grant #ellie sattler #sam neill #laura dern

[jpnostalgia]

Rexy inn the Biosyn valley. diorama

by Maro Makes

#jurassic park #jurassic world dominion

[awardseason]

21st Annual Visual Effects Society Awards — Film Winners

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Walter Garcia, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, JD Schwalm — WINNER Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Christian Mänz, Olly Young, Benjamin Loch, Stephane Naze, Alistair Williams Jurassic World: Dominion – David Vickery, Ann Podlozny, Jance Rubinchik, Dan Snape, Paul Corbould The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Bryan Searing, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Paul Molles, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, Scott Fisher

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Death on the Nile – George Murphy, Claudia Dehmel, Mathieu Raynault, Jonathan Bowen, David Watkins I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Paul Norris, Tim Field, Don Libby, Andrew Simmonds The Fabelmans – Pablo Helman, Jennifer Mizener, Cernogorods Aleksei, Jeff Kalmus, Mark Hawker The Gray Man – Swen Gilberg, Viet Luu, Bryan Grill, Cliff Welsh, Michael Meinardus The Pale Blue Eye – Jake Braver, Catherine Farrell, Tim Van Horn, Scott Pritchard, Jeremy Hays Thirteen Lives – Jason Billington, Thomas Horton, Denis Baudin, Michael Harrison, Brian Cox — WINNER

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey, Mad God, Chris Morley, Phil Tippett, Ken Rogerson, Tom Gibbons — WINNER Strange World – Steve Goldberg, Laurie Au, Mark Hammel, Mehrdad Isvandi The Bad Guys– Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, JP Sans The Sea Beast – Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Stirling Duguid, Spencer Lueders Turning Red – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins, Danielle Feinberg, Dave Hale

Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature  Avatar: The Way of Water: Kiri – Anneka Fris, Rebecca Louise Leybourne, Guillaume Francois, Jung-Rock Hwang — WINNER Beast: Lion – Alvise Avati, Bora Şahin, Chris McGaw, Krzysztof Boyoko Disney’s Pinocchio: Honest John – Christophe Paradis, Valentina Rosselli, Armita Khanlarpour, Kyoungmin Kim Slumberland: Pig – Fernando Lopes Herrera, Victor Dinis, Martine Chartrand, Lucie Martinetto

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Geppetto – Charles Greenfield, Peter Saunders, Shami Lang-Rinderspacher, Noel Estevez-Baker Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Pinocchio – Oliver Beale, Richard Pickersgill, Brian Leif Hansen, Kim Slate — WINNER Strange World: Splat – Leticia Gillett, Cameron Black, Dan Lipson, Louis Jones Turning Red: Panda Mei – Christopher Bolwyn, Ethan Dean, Bill Sheffler, Kureha Yokoo

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Metkayina Village – Ryan Arcus, Lisa Hardisty, Paul Harris TaeHyoung David Kim Avatar: The Way of Water: The Reef – Jessica Cowley, Joe W. Churchill, Justin Stockton, Alex Nowotny — WINNER Jurassic World Dominion: Biosyn Valley – Steve Ellis, Steve Hardy, Thomas Dohlen, John Seru Slumberland: The Wondrous Cuban Hotel Dream – Daniël Dimitri Veder, Marc Austin, Pavan Rajesh Uppu, Casey Gorton

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: In the Stomach of a Sea Monster – Warren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho — WINNER Lightyear: T’Kani Prime Forest – Lenora Acidera, Amy Allen, Alyssa Minko, Jose L. Ramos Serrano Strange World: The Windy Jungle – Ki Jong Hong, Ryan Smith, Jesse Erickson, Benjamin Fiske The Sea Beast: The Hunting Ship – Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace Wendell & Wild: The Scream Fair – Tom Proost, Nicholas Blake, Colin Babcock, Matthew Paul Albertus Cross

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project ABBA: Voyage – Pär M. Ekberg, John Galloway, Paolo Acri, Jose Burgos Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Dan Cox, Eric Reynolds, A.J Briones — WINNER Prehistoric Planet – Daniel Fotheringham, Krzysztof Szczepanski, Wei-Chuan Hsu, Claire Hill The Batman: Rain Soaked Car Chase – Dennis Yoo, Michael J. Hall, Jason Desjarlais, Ben Bigiel

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project Avatar: The Way of Water: The Sea Dragon – Sam Sharplin, Stephan Skorepa, Ian Baker, Guillaume Francois — WINNER The Sea Beast – Maxx Okazaki, Susan Kornfeld, Edward Lee, Doug Smith Top Gun: Maverick: F-14 Tomcat – Christian Peck, Klaudio Ladavac, Aram Jung, Peter Dominik Wendell & Wild: Dream Faire – Peter Dahmen, Paul Harrod, Nicholas Blake

Outstanding Effects Simulation in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Fire and Destruction – Miguel Perez Senent, Xavier Martin Ramirez, David Kirchner, Ole Geir Eidsheim Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Simulations – Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicolas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian — WINNER Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: City Street Flooding – Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, Mikel Zuloaga Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson

Outstanding Effects Simulation in an Animated Feature Lightyear – Alexis Angelidis, Chris Chapman, Jung-Hyun Kim, Keith Klohn Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, Kiem Ching Ong, Jinguang Huang — WINNER Strange World – Deborah Carlson, Scott Townsend, Stuart Griese, Yasser Hamed The Sea Beast – Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Brian D. Casper, Joe Eckroat

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Landing Rockets Forest Destruction – Miguel Santana Da Silva, Hongfei Geng, Jonathan Moulin, Maria Corcho Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Integration – Sam Cole, Francois Sugny, Florian Schroeder, Jean Matthews — WINNER The Batman: Rainy Freeway Chase – Beck Veitch, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Rachel E. Herbert Top Gun: Maverick – Saul Davide Galbiati, Jean-Frederic Veilleux, Felix B. Lafontaine, Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo

Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project Avatar: The Way of Water: Current Machine and Wave Pool – JD Schwalm, Richie Schwalm, Nick Rand, Robert Spurlock — WINNER Black Adam: Robotic Flight – JD Schwalm, Nick Rand, Andrew Hyde, Andy Robot, Mad God, Phil Tippett, Chris Morley, Webster Colcord, Johnny McLeod The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power “Adrift” Middle Earth Storm – Dean Clarke, Oliver Gee, Eliot Naimie, Mark Robson

Emerging Technology Award Avatar: The Way of Water: Depth Comp – Dejan Momcilovic, Tobias B. Schmidt, Benny Edlund, Joshua Hardgrave Avatar: The Way of Water: Facial System – Byungkuk Choi, Stephen Cullingford, Stuart Adcock, Marco Revelant Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Toolset – Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, Steve Lesser, Sven Joel Wretborn, Douglas McHale — WINNER Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: 3D Printed Metal Armature – Richard Pickersgill, Glen Southern, Peter Saunders, Brian Leif Hansen Turning Red: Profile Mover and CurveNets – Kurt Fleischer, Fernando de Goes, Bill Sheffler

#visual effects society #visual effects society awards #ves awards #ves awards 2023 #winners

[mceproductions]

Best of 2022 Movies #10: Jurassic World Dominion

Colin Trevorrow is having a rough go of it recently.

As the original intended Director of rise of Skywalker, it was odd that he found himself back with the franchise that made him a name. But Jurassic World unlike Star Wars also needed a fix after the middle part of the trilogy mucked up things.

What We got was a movie that was ironically better than rise of Skywalker, but still is the low point of the Jurassic franchise.

As 4 Years pass and dinosaurs reintegrate themselves into the planet, Biosyn Genetics an original competitor for InGen led by Lewis Dodgson used the dna of the nearby creatures in the sanctuary valley in order to create Super Locusts for the purpose of controlling the food supply.

The crisis would not only bring back Ellie Sattler into Alan Grants orbit. With them rejoining original park buddy Ian Malcom. But would reach Owen Grady and Claire Dearing as they live in isolation to protect their adopted daughter Masie.

Both groups would begin the march to collide as Masie and Blue the Velociraptors offspring would be kidnapped setting the stage for one final adventure.

The effects have thankfully gotten better, ironically, by shifting away from the dinos, what remained ended up being some of the best since the original.

Both groups though, phoning it in would be an overstatement, although nice to see them all together in addition to DeWanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie actually make this watchable.

A good conclusion, but definitely like Campbell Scott meeting the same fate as Newman Nedry, not necessary.

SUM 22: The Jurassic Era fittingly concludes with a final trek through both the past and the future. Life still does find a way.

#jurassic era #jurassic world dominion #jurassic world 3 #chris pratt #bryce dallas howard #isabella sermon #sam neill #laura dern #jeff goldblum #we got Dodgson over here #locust #I wanted to show them something #alan grant #ellie sattler #ian malcolm #owen grady #claire dearing #dinosaurs #best of 2022 movies #best of 2022 #movies #10 #Youtube #campbell scott #dewanda wise #lewis dodgson #blue the raptor #beta the raptor #mamoudou athie #bd wong

[turquoisedinomaster]

A herd of Triceratops wanders through the abandoned Biosyn Valley.

#triceratops #jw evolution 2 #jurassic world evolution 2 #idk if i should tag dominion spoilers.

[askdrizella]

* Jurassic World Dominion AU ;

September 10th to the 24th.

Ivy Masrani

thirty years old

major shareholder in Biosyn

entanged

important connections; sister to Mary Masrani. 

things will be tagged * jwd au ;

Ivy Masrani was born to Simon Masrani, CEO of Masrani Global. From a young age, the woman grew up in a world surrounded by business ventures and money transfers. Every year was a new adventure but none were as grand as Jurassic World. It was no secret father had a huge love of dinosaurs but this took it to a whole new level. With many other business ventures, he sent his girls to the island to sit on the board of directors and ensure things were running smoothly in his absence. Only, they didn’t run smoothly for long. When all hell broke loose Ivy found herself paralyzed with fear which was followed by immense sadness at the loss of her father. Though the sisters sat on the board of directions, they were completely oblivious to what scientists were doing in the lab. The anger felt once the shock past led Ivy to work with a new company, Biosyn, who promised to help house the dinosaurs which had somehow ended up all over the world, and use them for good. 

Now a resident of the Dolomite Valley, Ivy tries to remain as quiet as possible. Gone is the party girl life replaced with one who still deals with the guilt over the lost lives, even if it wasn’t her doing. Though she helped fund Biosyn, and owns a good amount of shares, she prefers to stay completely out of the day to day dealings. Ivy’s need for privacy made her new relationship with Ingrid almost laughable. The social media influencer lives and life the exact opposite of what Ivy wants, but life has a funny way of leading people to where they belong. For the first time since the incident at Jurassic World leading to world chaos Ivy feels hope thanks to Ingrid. 

#* au bios ; #* jwd au ;

[moviemunchies]

Before seeing this movie, I’d seen a lot of reviews of this film. More fandom-oriented viewers seemed to like it, and the success of the movie at the box office seemed to bear out that general audiences liked it. Critic reviews were much less kind to the movie. I’ve seen some outlets refer to Jurassic World: Dominion as the worst film in the series.

So I was a bit apprehensive about going to the theater!

The previous movie, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, ends with dinosaurs being released into the wild, and the trailers for this film showed some of the results of that. Except that’s not really what this movie is about. Jurassic World: Dominion is about two main storylines:

With Owen, Claire, and Maisie: Biosyn, the genetics company that took over the business of dinosaurs from InGen, is searching for Maisie Lockwood because (as the last movie revealed) she’s a clone and this makes her genetically special, somehow, or something.

With Grant, Sattler, and Malcolm: So Biosyn is engineering prehistoric killer locusts to eat all the world’s crops except the ones engineered by Biosyn, and Sattler wants to prove it with Grant’s help. Malcolm, who now works for Biosyn as an in-house lecturer. 

All of them end up in Biosyn’s new headquarters, which is now in the middle of an isolated dinosaur sanctuary in a valley somewhere. Which means the premise of “dinosaurs out in the world” is discarded for “our heroes are trapped in a collapsing dinosaur park AGAIN, and the actual Plot is about locusts.

I’m sorry, I’m making it sound like I hated this movie. I didn’t–I had a lot of fun! There are some really cool action sequences, like the raptor chase in Malta. And there are a bunch of new dinosaurs! Maybe the two different kinds of raptors feel a bit repetitive, but the Therizinosaurus is cool, as is the Giganotosaurus, and the return of Dilophosaurus! I’m also very excited to finally see feathered dinosaurs in a Jurassic Park movie–it’s about freaking time. We don’t need hybrids, we need to move closer to paleontological accuracy!

The problem is that these creatures don’t have much time to be used as they’re crammed in a movie that’s not really about dinosaurs at all. The main Plot is ultimately about Biosyn’s plan to make locusts to eat everything but their own products. It’s a stupid plan, as I’ve said. The leader of Biosyn, Lewis Dodgson, doesn’t seem to even realize that he’s causing complete ecological destruction, even when it’s pointed out to him. Honestly, Dodgson seems a bit lost during the entire movie, and I thought it’d be revealed that the interest he has in genetic research is because he wants to cure some sort of degenerative mental disease he has. But nope! He’s just a befuddled man as far as I can tell!

Then again, he is named after the author for Alice in Wonderland_ (Lewis Carroll, pen name for Charles Dodgson) for no discernible reason, so maybe that’s meant to be his thing? It’s still weird, because the character has a brief scene in the original Jurassic Park (with a different actor) and in that, he’s considerably more menacing, despite having less than five minutes of screentime. Here, I don’t know if I’m supposed to feel sorry for him or not.

[Supposedly the actor who played him in the first movie was eager to play the character again if it ever came up, but he couldn’t do this movie because he was imprisoned for sexualy assaulting a kid. What the eff?]

Also this movie brings Grant and Sattler back together in a relationship. People care about that, I guess. I’ve always been bewildered by this, because I didn’t even know it was a thing until I saw the Nostalgia Critic review for Jurassic Park III (YES I watched Nostalgia Critic back in the day, so sue me). I didn’t realize that Grant and Sattler were EVER a couple in the movies, because it’s not like Jurassic Park has many overt romantic moments between the two. And I remembered that in the book, they’re explicitly NOT a couple–one of the kids asks Grant, and he tells them that she’s one of his students, he has no interest in her, and she’s dating some other guy.

Again, apparently this ship was important to people. Important enough that there were headlines before the release of Dominion in which people asked if it was appropriate in the first film, given their age gap.

So despite Jurassic Park III establishing that they’re still very good friends despite their relationship not working out, and Sattler being married with children, THIS movie awkwardly has it so that Grant was never really over her, and now she’s conveniently divorced and her kids are in college, so she’s free to get with Grant.

[helpless gestures] I don’t really care. Claire and Owen are finally a couple, if you care about that–I was tired of the Will They/Won’t They, so happy to see that resolved. And they make sympathetic/entertaining parental figures for Maisie.

The actual Plot doesn’t really make that much sense to me, truth be told. Okay, so Maisie is a clone, and her mother had a fatal genetic disease of some sort. But her mother changed her genes so Maisie wouldn’t have that disease. And so Dr. Wu thinks that by studying Maisie’s DNA he can find a way to stop the evil locusts Dodgson made him create within a generation, or something? Also Blue the velociraptor reproduced without a male, on her own, basically creating a clone (this is a thing that can happen in some species) that the baby raptor will also have some kind of genetic secrets? I don’t know how that works.

I’m more than a bit fuzzy on how “Maisie being a clone with edited genes” means “We can stop the locust plague”, and even more so on how the raptor could fix this. And the more I think about it, the more I realize that I shouldn’t have to be thinking about this because the Plot should be ABOUT DINOSAURS, DANG IT.

Look, I thought the dinosaur rights groups we saw in the last movie were dumb. They still are. But _Fallen Kingdom_ ends with Maise releasing dinosaurs into the world. This is going to have major repercussions. The beginning of this film tells us that there’s a dinosaur black market and so they’ve spread all over the world. This movie should give us something like a Dinotopia  or The Dinosaur Lords AU. We should start to see how people are adapting to sharing the world with dinosaurs out in the wild or in their cities. And there are some great scenes showing this! Instead the movie’s just not interested in that premise, outside of a handful of scenes.

But Kayla Watts is pretty cool. I mean, she’s probably the coolest character out of the last three movies, the most fun to watch, and one of the few people who is close to having her head on straight.

[rubs forehead]

Look, I guess what I’m saying is this: this movie’s dumb. For some people, it’s probably unforgivably dumb. But it’s entertaining. It doesn’t have much substance, to be honest, but it’s got action, and it is trying to please fans old and new by bringing back old characters and plenty of callbacks. 

[Some of those callbacks are grating and pointless, I’ll admit–the can of shaving cream from the first movie is back, despite that it has no function right now and is just something Dodgson keeps with him as a trophy, I GUESS.]

If you like Jurassic Park but don’t care about the story being too deep, yeah, you’ll be fine. Go watch this movie. It’s fine. There’s nothing as dumb as the military creating a genetic hybrid serial killer dinosaur. But it’s far from as good as this movie could have been, and displays that the makers of the Jurassic World trilogy don’t really know the true value of what they’re handling.

#Jurassic World #Jurassic World: Dominion #Jurassic Park #Movie Munchies #reviews

[stcrforged]

@murkyhazed​ asked ❝ long way from home, aren’t you? ❞ ellie to ian!

the VOICE. that's all it takes for him to turn in a haste, gaze falling upon a familiar face. something soft appeares in those deep brown orbs while a smile decorates lips. it has been such a long time since he has seen her face to face. sure, there had been a few phone calls and such. but this was something different. something better, to hear that FRIENDLY voice only a few steps away. “ i could say the same about you. ”

the mathematician stretches out his arms, an open INVITATION for an embrace. “ anyway, welcome to italy. ” the biosyn sanctuary, the nest of an evil mastermind, hidden in a beautiful valley, full of life near the dolomite mountain of italy. “ hopefully the stay won’t be long.” ian longed for his freedom (though, one could debate if it was really freedom). he despised almost all these people. what they were doing was wrong and he had said it for years and years. it needed to end and he sincerely hoped this would be the last time. that the world would finally open its’ eyes and see the truth. the CHAOS men had created in order to play god. he lowers his back ever so slightly, whispering. “ i do not recommend this place. would rate it minus ten stars when it comes to ethic and moral. ”

god of war (2018) starters / accepting

#‧₊˚✩ AND THE STARS ANSWERED ₊˚✩ / answered #‧₊˚✩ INTERACTIONS ₊˚✩ / ❝ dr. ian malcolm ❞ #murkyhazed

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Okay. So.

Zara.

Going off the idea that she survived the pteranadon attack and escaped the colossasaurus tank, only to be trapped on the island until Jurassic World 2, let's see what role she might have played in Dominion, shall we?

Zara has massive PTSD, right? Right. She's pissed at Claire, she's pissed at the dinos, she's pissed at everyone and everything. Except for a woman she happens to fall in with. A pilot just coming out of the Air Force named Kayla Watts.

They meet a seedy bar, and Kayla drunkenly brags that she's just started a new gig flying cargo for dino collectors. Zara just snorts. More likely she's shipping iguanas with prosthetics on it.

Oh, well, if Zara knows so much, why doesn't she come verify the goods for her? Kayla doesn't want to find herself in a bad spot delivering fake cargo to dangerous people.

And you know what? Zara's just like-- fuck it. Why not.

So she goes, and it is indeed a fake batch of compies, and in the end points Kayla towards the real stuff (she watched the black ops teams stealing dinos, and if she traced their connections across the globe after she got back to the mainland, who cares? Not her) and they strike up an arrangement.

Zara negotiates prices and verifies cargo-- Kayla flies the plane, while Zara rides jump seat. They fall into bed together multiple times, and slowly a bond begins to form. Eventually, as the years tick by, they become something like a couple.

To the point that when Kayla drives back to the airstrip with Claire fucking Dearing and a plan to fly to Biosyn, Zara is just like.

Fuck that shit.

No.

She just escaped a valley full of dinosaurs, why the hell would she want to go back to one? Fuck you, Kayla, no fucking way! All the while Zara is getting the plane into gear because Claire said something about Indoraptors and she does NOT fuck with those things.

But when Kayla snaps back with "they took a kid!", Zara caves. As ruined as she is, she still has a heart.

When the plane starts to crash, Kayla reveals there are TWO ejection seats, and Claire and Zara are sitting in them. She ejects Zara even as Zara is warning her not to do it-- "goddammit Kayla, don't you dare--!" And she and Claire have to go romping through the jungle. Amongst the dinosaurs. Together.

Zara retreats into survival mode, quickly picking her way across the valley towards the population center. Claire, on the other hand, is desperate to make amends. When she doesn't relent, Zara finally rounds on her, hissing "why on earth should I forgive you, claire? You treated me like a errand dog, and gave me your damn family to keep track of. And then you just... left me there. Did you even look for me?"

She glares at Claire, who doesn't respond.

"I didn't think so," Zara drawls. "Now shut up and follow me."

By the time they all group up together, Zara barely spares Owen a glance-- she's never liked him, and never pretended to (and she sure as hell isn't going to start now)-- but falls in with Kayla and the original trio.

She proceeds to serve as dino survival expert throughout the rest of the film. Zara even goes as far as saving Claire from being eaten by the allosaur. The kid Maisie really likes her, and sticks close to Zara, recognizing the safest place to be.

At the end of the movie, on the tarmac, Zara sits off by herself with an emergency blanket and a cup of bad coffee. Kayla is the only one to risk approaching her.

"You okay?" Kayla asks, sitting down beside her.

Zara sighs. "No," she says quietly. "I'm... tired." Her voice cracks. "I'm just so fucking tired."

Of danger.

Of dinosaurs.

Of being absolutely fucking miserable.

Kayla gazes at her for a long moment. "Do you.... want to come home with me?"

Zara stares at her. "What?"

"Yeah, my mom has a ranch in Montana. Keeps telling me I should come visit. You could... come with me, if you want. Good a place as any to get some R&R, right?"

When Zara continues to stare, Kayla grins. "Look, I like you, okay? In that wasn't obvious as hell. That means I care about you. And I care about what you need. All right?"

Finally, Zara's features soften, and she leans gently against Kayla's shoulder.

"So.... is that a yes?"

Zara grins. "Yes."

She chuckles.

"Idiot."

#jurassic world dominion spoilers #zara young survives au #there might be other options that come to me #but this is the one im currently thinking of.

[tossacointoyourhotmess]

Colin Trevorrow comment about Lost World T-Rexes. Not really a spoiler but under read more just in case 

Genuinely delighted that the two other T-Rexes you see in Biosyn Valley are the Buck and Doe from The Lost World, as confirmed by Colin Trevorrow. Hopefully that means that Junior is there too.

#Jurassic world dominion

[adamwatchesmovies]

Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

Jurassic World Dominion is stomping in like it’s the long-awaited conclusion to a trilogy we've been following with baited breath but it brings nothing new to its franchise. The picture seems to have no ambitions beyond being “another Jurassic Park movie”. That’s not enough, certainly not when you have all of these characters, find nothing to do with them, and then cap off your story with a message that contradicts everything we've seen so far.

Four years after the incident that released countless dinosaur species into our world, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) are protecting them from poachers while taking care of Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) - the first human clone. When Maisie and the Velociraptor Beta, are captured by bounty hunters and sent to the government-approved Biosyn Genetics company, Claire, Owen, and their pilot, Kayla Watts (DeWanda Wise) set out to rescue them. Meanwhile, paleobotanist Dr. Eli Sattler (Laura Dern) discovers a swarm of giant locusts who devour all crops except those grown from Biosyn seeds. With the help of paleontologist Allan Grant (Sam Neill), she hopes to approach Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) - working at Biosyn - for answers.

I suspect you can already tell why Dominion goes awry. This picture has too many characters and it's stuffing them all, along with the dinosaurs together in this bloated story that requires people to wind up in this one location when they’ve got no business going there. Why would supervillain Dr. Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott, playing the guy who gave Dennis Nedry the shaving cream container in Jurassic Park) hire Malcolm? So the chaotician can demoralize his staff with lectures Monday-through-Friday? Why did "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" tell us that Blue is the last Velociraptor if we’re just going to retcon that away and give her the ability to reproduce asexually? If the movie wanted more velociraptors, just pick more raptor-like dinosaurs and have them attack our heroes! In fact, it does! with two different species!

Shockingly, this “concluding chapter in the Jurassic World Trilogy” is not all that interested in its dinosaurs. The locusts and Maisie turn out to be the biggest motivators for the heroes, meaning you could rewrite and shorten this movie significantly by removing the thunder-lizards from the plot entirely. I suspect director Colin Trevorrow (who co-wrote the screenplay with Emily Carmichael and has made nothing but clunkers since 2015) just didn’t know what to do with this series. For anyone reading, I’ve got a premise for you: A group of researchers need to recover critical cancer research from a laboratory deep in a valley now infested with dinosaurs. Instant high stakes, likeable characters, and the cretacious-era beasts are back to being horror movie antagonists. I can tell you're excited already!

We’re introduced to multiple prehistoric reptiles that ultimately all play second banana to the ones we saw in the original film and feel like they’ve been selected to give us something new… but not so new. Is Giganotosaurus significantly different from the Indominus Rex? I don’t see how. Then it ends on a note that should make even the most hardcore future paleontologists raise an eyebrow. We’re told that humans and dinosaurs might just be able to live together, that the leviathanesque Mosasaurus could live alongside whales, Triceratops among rhinoceroses, etc. That message might not ring so hollow if we hadn’t just watched six movies where prehistoric carnivores did nothing but eat people.

In this movie’s defence, the special effects are convincing. While the characters aren’t all that well utilized, it is a treat to see the cast of Jurassic Park together again. Jurassic World Dominion has many scenes of dinosaurs in urban settings, several of which feature people getting gobbled up, which I'm sure will delight many. I suppose this will tidy me over until we get that inevitable adaptation of Dinosaurs Attack! but what we have here is another Rise of Skywalker: a concluding chapter that had no idea what it wanted to be. (3D Theatrical version on the big screen, June 12, 2022)

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Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Biosyn Expansion- out June 14th

Pyroraptor Recognise this gorgeous plumage, Park Managers? This week's Know Your Dino was none other than Pyroraptor, distant cousin to the Velociraptor and Deinonychus. This intelligent "fire thief" is sure to put your park management skills to the test, and will be the talk of your guests! ​Therizinosaurus Therizinosaurus is a fierce, territorial foliage-grazer sporting feathers across its imposing stature. With its elongated forearms and curved claws, this ancient dinosaur - whose name means "scythe lizard" - has an intimidating appearance. Usually its claws would be used to pull vegetation to eat, rather than to fight. However, it won't hesitate to defend its territory. ​Dimetrodon Dimetrodon is the oldest prehistoric species we've added to Jurassic World Evolution 2 - becoming extinct several million years before dinosaurs first appeared on earth. This carnivore is characterised by the impressive neural spine sail on its back, likely used as heat regulation. Quetzalcoatlus Last, but certainly not least, is one of the largest flying animals of all time: Quetzalcoatlus. This towering Pterosaur has a massive wingspan and will require several Aviary domes in order to satisfy its territory and environmental needs. Its sheer size and long, sharp beak makes it a dominating force in the air. New Dinosaur Variant and Skins With Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Biosyn Expansion we're also introducing 6 new dinosaur skins and 2 brand new Variants based on iconic dinosaurs from Jurassic World Dominion. Make your Giganotosaurus more frightening than ever with its new 2022 Variant, and experience the wonder of the new Dreadnoughtus 2022 variant. If you thought this sauropod was big before, it's even bigger now! We're rolling out 2 new skins for T. rex, a scarred 2022 version, as well as a feathered version, which is perfect if you decide to match it up against the new Giganotosaurus Variant modelled after it's appearance in Jurassic World Dominion. Finally, we're adding a new 2022 skin for Dilophosaurus and 3 film-based skins for Parasaurolophus that we know you'll absolutely love! New Campaign Jump into a completely new and immersive campaign and discover the rise of Biosyn Valley. You'll be taking control of Biosyn's valley research compound – soon to be seen in Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World Dominion – constructing it through multiple stages as you play. You'll also be working alongside familiar and iconic characters from across the franchise, including Claire Dearing (voiced by Bryce Dallas Howard), Dr. Alan Grant (voiced by Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (voiced by Laura Dern), and Lewis Dodgson (voiced by Campbell Scott). Much like InGen, Biosyn also extracts dinosaur DNA from amber. You'll be sending scientists deep into the earth beneath the valley to extract amber-encased DNA and build up your dinosaur genomes. As the valley research compound expands, you'll get to use all new gameplay features introduced in this DLC. An underground Hyper Loop transportation network will move people back and forth, while your dinosaurs are safely kept behind invisible fences. New buildings, vehicles and decorations will also be available to use in Sandbox Mode. The new Biosyn Valley map is also playable in Sandbox Mode, with both Normal and Flattened terrain options. The Normal terrain option will keep the Research Compound as a visual part of the map, whereas Flattened terrain will remove it. New Chaos Theory Level In addition to the new campaign, the Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Biosyn Expansion also adds a brand new Chaos Theory level to the game where you work to protect dinosaurs at a snowy Sierra Nevada range, in a level inspired by the events of Jurassic World Dominion. The new dinosaur-wrangling mechanic can be used to corral herds of dinosaurs quickly, without the need for tranquilisation or a transport team. As your ranch grows larger, dinosaur rustlers will break in to steal the dinosaurs you're trying to care for. You'll have to build out your security measures to detect intruders and perimeter breaches, and intercept their vehicles before they can make away with your dinosaurs. Update 3 There is plenty to sink your teeth, claws and talons into in the Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Biosyn Expansion. Alongside this DLC we're also releasing Update 3, a free update for everyone who owns Jurassic World Evolution 2. This update will include several new features and mechanics, as well as bug fixes and quality of life changes. Read on to learn more! Chaos Theory Maps in Challenge Mode A taste of Chaos Theory is coming to Challenge Mode with a set of new maps. These are all inspired by the 5 different Chaos Theory scenarios found in the base game and will put your park management skills to the test. To read more about these new maps and what you can expect, head over to our write-up on our forums. Dinosaur Wrangling Dinosaur wrangling is a core part of the new Chaos Theory level, but it will also be available to use in other modes. This is a way for you to move dinosaurs around without needing to tranquilise them and call in a transport helicopter. Wrangling dinosaurs is done in a Ranger Vehicle and will let you move herds of dinosaurs from point A to B. Park Tour changes Your Park Tours will also get a few upgrades with Update 3. We're very happy to announce that Park Tours will now function as transport, letting you connect separate areas of the park and improve your transport rating with a single connected tour. You'll also be able to increase the number of vehicles based on Tour length, and even adjust the distance between them. Finally, we're adding tour binoculars for all vehicles, further increasing the viewing radius of all Tours. We're also adding in a new DFW tour, so all eras will have access to a Tour in Sandbox Mode. Transport changes While dinosaur wrangling will let you move multiple dinosaurs at once while on land, we're also adding in a way to move multiple dinosaurs using transport helicopters with Update 3. Your dinosaurs will be grouped per species, and you'll able to see the order in which they'll be moved by your transport team. Quality of Life changes Last, but certainly not least, let's talk a bit about the quality of life changes we're rolling out with Update 3. We're adding in new contracts, as well as changing up some of the contracts already in the game. You may also encounter contracts that carry great risks, but also bigger rewards. These deals could go wrong, so be careful when accepting them! If you're an ardent Sandbox Mode builder, you will be happy to know we'll be removing building limits on Operation buildings in Sandbox Mode across all platforms. This will allow you to build multiples of buildings you could previously only have one of in your parks. You'll now be able to place down multiple Control Centers, Visitor Centers, Arrival Points, Research Centers, and more. You will also be able to full turn off both Status Checks and Dinosaur Injuries in Sandbox Mode! There will be more quality of life changes, as well as bug fixes, in the full patch notes coming out on 14th of June.

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BUCK, DOE AND REXY: T. Rex Family: Life in Biosyn Valley Episode 9 [4k] ...

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Jurassic World Dominion delayed review

81.      Jurassic World Dominion

Spoilers

Dinosaurs are everywhere. There are still those who would use them for their own ends. But there are also Locusts. Alan Grant is approached by Ellie Satler for help in investigating Biosyn’s scheme. Ian Malcom is also involved, having determined that something was going on. Meanwhile Blue and Masie are kidnapped, leading Owen and Claire to go to on a rescue mission. It is certainly a roller coaster of a film, but at least there isn’t a Hybrid this time. The sequence in Malta was rather good, leading to the convergence in plot threads at the Biosyn valley.

The true origin of Masie doesn’t seem too contrived. However some of the climactic sequence does seem contrived. It certainly isn’t as good as any of the previous films. 7.78/10.

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Ruby Lucas; Meghan Ory

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animal transport with department of wildlife

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Connections: Killian, Robin & Emma; close friends

Ever since she was a little girl, Ruby has always been obsessed with anything to do with animals. She was definitely that annoying child in school that would always talk about her favorite types, bonus points if someone brought up dinosaurs. She never thought that she would ever be close enough to see a dinosaur with her own eyes, let alone work close enough to one that they could potentially kill her, but here she was. She found herself on Isla Nublar keeping the animals that she loved safe. But we all know how that turned out. As crazy as it sounds, she couldn’t give up that job for anything. So fast forward a few years and here she was, still working with Biosyn but now in the small town of Dolemite Valley. She loved the vibe of a smaller town and still loved working with the department of wildlife. But with the best teammates by her side, she knew that this was the right decision for her.

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