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\n<\/p>\n

\n

[Moviegoing
\nhas unquestionably changed a great deal in recent years, but there is still a
\nplace for the summer blockbuster, and I believe there always will be. So for
\nthe unofficial kickoff of another summer season, I wanted to AmericanStudy a
\nhandful of recent such blockbusters!]<\/p>\n

On what\u2019s
\nnot new in the recent Jurassic Park<\/i>
\nsequels\/reboots\/whateverwecallthemnow, and what is.<\/span><\/p>\n

I blogged
\nabout<\/a> the original Jurassic Park<\/i> (1993) almost exactly a decade ago,
\nas part of a 2015 Memorial Day BlockbusterStudying series. This post will
\ndefinitely be in conversation with that one, so I\u2019d ask you to check it out if
\nyou would and then come on back for today\u2019s thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome
\nback! Full disclosure: I haven\u2019t seen the whole of any of the newer Jurassic
\nPark<\/i> films, which kicked off with 2015\u2019s mega-hit summer
\nblockbuster Jurassic World<\/i><\/a> and has continued through Jurassic
\nWorld: Fallen Kingdom<\/i> (2018), Jurassic World Dominion<\/i> (2022), and
\nthe forthcoming Jurassic World Rebirth <\/i>(2025). But I have seen lots of
\nclips and have read a lot about them, and it seems clear to me that they are continuing
\nthe trend on which I focused in that 2015 post: drastically simplifying the
\ncomplicated scientific ideas and multilayered characters that Michael Crichton\u2019s
\noriginal novel did feature, in favor of much more cartoonish heroes and
\nvillains, lots of dino action, clever deaths<\/a>, and the
\nlike. I have little doubt that if the films did more of the former and less of the
\nlatter, they not only wouldn\u2019t be the blockbusters they are, but probably
\nwouldn\u2019t exist because the first one wouldn\u2019t have been the success it was
\neither. But if we\u2019re going to claim that we\u2019re investigating ethical and moral
\nquestions around science (to quote a wise man<\/a>, \u201cYour
\nscientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn\u2019t stop
\nto think if they should\u201d), I\u2019d prefer that we do so with a bit more
\nthoughtfulness than these films display.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spoiler
\nalert: this isn\u2019t going to be one of those final paragraphs where I make the
\ncase for a radical re-viewing of my post\u2019s topic. But there is one new element
\nto Jurassic World<\/i> (and, I believe, its sequels) that I find more
\ninteresting: Chris Pratt\u2019s character
\nOwen Grady<\/a>, an ethnologist who has learned how to train and work with dinosaurs<\/a>
\n(specifically velociraptors, the franchise\u2019s consistent breakout dinostars).
\nThat\u2019s a pretty ludicrous concept, which of course makes it totally appropriate
\nfor a series that has depended on such at every step. But does it also represent
\nsomething distinct for the series, it seems to be: an emphasis on dinos as
\ncharacters in their own right, and even potentially heroic ones, rather than a
\nchallenge that our heroic characters must overcome (they\u2019re not necessarily
\nvillains in the earlier films, a title reserved for the human bad guys, but I
\nthink \u201cchallenge\u201d is an accurate term). If we\u2019re gonna keep making blockbuster
\ndinosaur films, reframing them as more clearly about the dinosaurs seems like a
\nvery good call. <\/span><\/p>\n

Next
\nblockbuster tomorrow,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben<\/span><\/p>\n

PS. What
\ndo you think? Summer blockbusters, recent or otherwise, you\u2019d analyze?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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