While Jurassic World Rebirth aimed to revitalize the Jurassic Park series, it unfortunately repeated some of the franchise’s biggest weaknesses. Ever since the original Jurassic Park, the series has faced challenges in evolving beyond its brilliant initial concept. Some installments, like 2015’s Jurassic World, were successful sequels, but the quality has been decreasing lately. Jurassic World 5 needs to address this declining trend to get the series back on track.
Following the end of the original Jurassic World trilogy, Universal Pictures decided to continue the series with Jurassic World Rebirth. Instead of revisiting the characters from the previous films—like Claire and Owen—the new movie introduced a completely fresh cast and storyline. However, the film wasn’t well-received, earning negative reviews from both critics and audiences, and leaving the future of the Jurassic World franchise in question.
Dinosaur Hybrids Have Been Boring Since Jurassic World
The first three Jurassic Park films featured dinosaurs based on real creatures. When Jurassic World aimed to refresh the series, it introduced dinosaur hybrids – completely fictional creations. This began with the Indominus rex in 2015. Unlike its predecessors, the Indominus rex possessed unique abilities – like increased stealth, strength, and speed – thanks to its genetic makeup, which included DNA from other animals.
While not as critically acclaimed as the first Jurassic World movie, it was a huge box office success, leading to several sequels. Universal Pictures continued the story by creating more hybrid dinosaurs. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom featured the Indoraptors, and Jurassic World Dominion built on this with creatures like the Giganotosaurus, which was inspired by the Joker, along with other new hybrids.
With each film in the Jurassic World trilogy, the focus on hybrid dinosaurs increased, but the quality decreased. The movies didn’t seem concerned with the scientific plausibility of these creatures; instead, they simply created larger, more fantastical dinosaurs and vaguely referenced genetics to explain them. After the first movie, the hybrid dinosaurs weren’t used in any compelling ways within the story, and it felt like an easy way to create bigger threats.
The problem is, it’s tough to make anything seem more threatening than a T. rex. These dinosaurs are already so huge and powerful that it’s hard to imagine a hybrid being significantly more dangerous. Ultimately, they’re all incredibly dangerous predators capable of massive destruction, so simply making them hybrids doesn’t really add to the excitement.
Instead of trying something new, Jurassic World Rebirth relied on the same old idea of hybrid dinosaurs. This time, the villain is a mutated dinosaur called the Distortus rex – and, like previous villains, it’s simply bigger and more dangerous. The Distortus rex doesn’t offer any unique challenges for the characters, and could easily be swapped with any of the franchise’s other final bosses, making Rebirth the most uninspired example of this recurring trend.
The Next Jurassic Movie Needs To Move Away From Hybrids (Or Take It To Its Craziest Conclusion)
I’ve always loved the Jurassic Park films, and honestly, I think the whole hybrid dinosaur thing has run its course. We’ve had four movies with them now, and I’m really hoping Jurassic World 5 goes back to focusing on actual dinosaurs. That’s what made the original so captivating – the sheer wonder of seeing these real creatures brought to life. Lately, though, with dinosaurs like the Distortus rex, they feel so altered and artificial that they barely feel like dinosaurs anymore, and it just doesn’t grab me the same way.
If the filmmakers decide to continue using hybrids in a fifth Jurassic World film, the most compelling path forward would be to create dinosaur-human hybrids. This idea was previously considered for Jurassic Park IV, with concept art even being developed, and fans have wanted to see it explored for years. It feels like the natural next step in the series’ hybrid storyline, taking it to a logical conclusion.
With the villains in Jurassic World Rebirth now interested in medical science, creating dinosaur-human hybrids feels like a natural next step. These combinations could be unintended consequences of a drug, or deliberately engineered super-soldiers – either way, it would be an entertaining direction for the story. It might be a little silly, but it would also be a lot of fun.
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