5+ Reasons Jurassic World Basically has the Same Plot as Jurassic Park

In case you couldn't tell, I'm going to be comparing the plot of Jurassic Park to that of Jurassic World, so if you're planning on watching either of these films, go watch them and then come back. If you're wondering how Jurassic World was without spoilers however, you can read my review!

This is not a post about what is superior but more of a comparison of the two plots. I'm largely convinced that Jurassic World is a bit of a reboot/sequel. It largely pays tribute to the original film back to the premise of opening a literal park featuring dinosaurs and all the perils that happen with it, largely supported by hubris, genetic engineering, and a series of amusement park rides. What follows is a collection of evidence pieces that compare the two plots from the film.

Mainly because it's my thumbnail image (and certainly not because it's not one of my strongest points), both films have their protagonists utilize red flares in order to draw the tyrannosaurus rex to them and send them in a specific direction. In Jurassic Park, Alan Grant (played by Sam Neil) uses a flare to draw the monster away from the trapped children, while in the sequel, Claire (played by Bryce Dallas Howard) lures it out to fight the Indominus Rex.

It's very clear who's running the show in both movies. Hammond is clearly the de facto boss in the original Jurassic Park. You can see it just in his attire. He fuels the park and every idea he's thought of is carried out. The only person to disagree with him the IT guy who's looking for a better buyer.

Sure, Claire isn't the owner of the Jurassic World amusement park, but it's undeniable she's the one in charge. Simon Masrani (the inheritor of Hammond's work) doesn't do much more than daydream and ask about the status quo, and by status quo we mean who the dinosaurs are feeling, not numbers in any form. Claire, like Hammond, also wears white and has their siblings' kids come to visit them at the worst possible time.

Hammond also doesn't wear heels, but whatever.

They're the guys you look towards when everything in the park falls to pieces. They warn all the legalistic management of the dangers surrounding the park and they're ignored until it's too late. Then, they have a plan and venture out with their contemporaries (and the audiences') full trust. Both wear slightly similar clothes, and both become very close with velociraptors.

A few differences sure. Owen Grady (played by Chris Pratt) gets a lackluster romance with the Person in White. Robert Muldroom (played by Bob Peck) has no such luck with Hammond, but does deliver one of the most memorable lines (hint, it's 'Clever Girl'). His interaction with the raptors is less than pleasant than Grady's.

This one's a bit more obvious. Dr. Henry Wu (played by B. D. Wong) appears in both the original film and Jurassic World. While he seems little more than an exposition piece in the first film (discussing raptors and how the dinosaurs were made after Mr. DNA has had his turn), his role is expounded upon in Jurassic World where he was the lead scientist that allows everything to occur in both films, even becoming a bit of an antagonist (it was his manipulations that breaks containment in both films).

Velociraptors totally get him in the book though.

What are niblings? A collective term for nephews and nieces, the kids are relatives to the Person in White, someone who has some capacity of authority over the park. The kids are barely chaperoned and are usually in danger due to the Person in White's negligence.

That being said, one of the two (in this case, the younger sibling) has a fascination with the dinosaurs and knows a lot about them. The older sibling could even be argued (albeit loosely) to be in touch with technology. In Jurassic Park, the niece was computer-savvy, while the older brother in Jurassic World is definitely in-touch with his phone and earbuds.

The scenes shown above demonstrate both encounters the siblings have with the Big Bad. In Jurassic Park, the kids are the first to encounter the Tyrannosaurus Rex where it manhandles their transportation park vehicle before nearly squishing them with nothing but a glass plate in between them. In Jurassic World, the vehicle may be different but it's still a park transportation vehicle and they're pinned by the new apex predator in their first encounter.

Also while this isn't in the movie, the parents of the kids in Jurassic Park are also being divorced, same as the kids in this film are as well.

• Builds new theme park on old theme park
• Creates (hybrid) Dinosaur by splicing Dinosaur DNA with other animal(s)
• Dr. Henry Wu creates dinosaur whose genetic engineering (a hodgepodge of animal traits) allows it to break specified containment
• Game Warden (Raptor Trainer) warns this is a bad idea
• Park's Owner is a powerful idealist, Manager wears white
• Employee (whatever D'Onofrio is) wants to use dinosaurs for a different purpose (as weapons of war)
• Dinosaurs are not 'exciting' (hence the need to reveal new hybrid dinosaur)
• Containment is breached, the Big Bad (Indominus Rex) begins eating people before venturing away
• Kids run about, adults look for them
• Ineffectual efforts are made to contain the situation
• Things get worse (repeat this ad nauseum)
• By worse, I mean raptors. Things get raptors and that's bad for the humans (many proportionally)
• Kids are safe and reunited with adults before everyone is cornered by raptors
• Raptors and Rex engage in battle and main protagonists get out alive

• Creates Dinosaurs by splicing dinosaur DNA with other animal
• Dr. Henry Wu creates dinosaur(s) with genetic engineering (with sex-changing frogs) that allows them to break specified containment (by mating)
• Game Warden (Raptor Trainer) warns this is a bad idea
• Park's founder/overseer wears white and is a powerful idealist
• Employee (lawyer/IT guy) wants to use dinosaurs for a different purpose (make loads of money)
• Dinosaurs are not 'exciting' (hence the need to put out goat-bait)
• Containment is breached, the Big Bad (Tyrannosaurus Rex) begins eating people before venturing away
• Kids run about, adults look for them
• Ineffectual efforts are made to contain the situation
• Things get worse (repeat this ad nauseum)
• By worse, I mean raptors. Things get raptors and that's bad for the humans (many proportionally)
• Kids are safe and reunited with adults before everyone is cornered by raptors
• Raptors and Rex engage in battle and main protagonists get out alive

Some of these instances and pictures don't really deserve a paragraph. Some are just artistic nods of recognition. Those follow hereafter:

Sure, some of this might be willfully seen, and many of them on their own are easily dismissable, but do you agree that the film team made a strong effort to reference the original film that started it all throughout their film? Do you see the plot similarities, the artistic moments? Feel free to disagree in the comments below, or if you have anything else to add to what I've said here, feel free to say so!

You can read my full review of Jurassic World if you'd like, or check out some of my other reviews of summer films in 2015. Also, you can read about the adaptation of Crichton's book to Spielberg's film.