The Surprising Screenwriting Twist That Made Me Fall for Jurassic Park All Over Again
Universal made one big change with this film. They decided to make one awesome Jurassic Park movie and who the hell gives a shit about a franchise that comes after it. I realized that the second they took that path, it freed them up to explore all sorts of cool story possibilities that weren’t available to them had they designed a trilogy.
They essentially made their version of “Aliens meets Jurassic Park.” A bunch of mercenary types go to the Jurassic equator, which houses the last of the dinosaurs, to collect some blood samples in the hopes of turning the result into a miracle life extension. Their plan goes astray when a family on a boat throws up a mayday signal.