ODEON Magazine Issue 104 - May/June 2018 | Page 25

Mr. DNA (Jurassic Park) “There’s a dinosaur in our backyard” (The Lost World: Jurassic Park) After escaping the carrier transporting it to San Diego, an angry T-Rex runs riot in the city’s suburbs, before spotting a swimming pool and stopping for a drink. Bye bye family dog! A fiery end? (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) Roaring into cinemas on 6 June, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sees Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire (now an activist) returning with Chris Pratt’s dino-whisperer Owen to Zara’s demise (Jurassic World) Dr. Malcolm, we presume? (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) Poor ol’ Zara. Not only is she forced to babysit her boss Claire’s visiting nephews, she winds up in the stomach of Jurassic World’s terrifying Mosasaurus (making her the first major, on-screen female death in the series). Isla Sorna (The Lost World: Jurassic Park) The thrilling opening moments of Jurassic Park 2 see a girl being attacked by Compsognathus on an island that isn’t Isla Nublar, leaving only one conclusion: there’s – gasp! – a second island. Isla Nublar after a volcanic eruption threatens the surviving dinosaurs there. The odds of an event-free rescue mission? Slim to none, of course. And so it proves when Claire and systems analyst Franklin get cornered by a terrible lizard. (At least Claire’s got sensible shoes on this time!) Having skipped films #3 and #4, Jeff Goldblum is back as silky-smooth mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm in Fallen Kingdom. It’s only a cameo but we’re still giddy with glee. Alan gets graphic (Jurassic Park) “I’ve decided not to endorse your park” (Jurassic Park) During Jurassic Park’s epic climax, in whic h Alan, Ellie and the kids only escape with their lives thanks to a last- minute intervention by the T-Rex (who gobbles up the attacking raptors), Alan drolly tells John that he won’t be backing his project. You can understand his point! Some people have a way with kids, some people don’t. Alan Grant is definitely the latter, as proved in this scene when he explains raptor attacks to a bratty child. “The point is, you are alive when they start to eat you!” Oh Alan! The Spinosaurus destroys the plane (Jurassic Park III) Following a dramatic runway encounter, Paul and Amanda Kirby’s chartered plane crashes into Isla Sorna’s dense undergrowth, where a Spinosaurus proceeds to eat it – with everyone still inside! odeon.co.uk 25 This cute little fella gives our original trio of experts – Alan, Ellie and Ian – a 101 guide to how John Hammond and his company InGen created Jurassic Park. It’s simple, really: amber + mosquito + frog = dinosaur.