Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Review

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a science fiction adventure film. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the sequel to 2015's Jurassic World and is the fifth movie in the Jurassic Park film series as well as the second entry in the Jurassic World Trilogy. The movie is produced by Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, and Legendary Pictures and distributed by Universal Pictures. Fallen Kingdom is written by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly and directed by J.A. Bayona.





The story is after the demise of Jurassic World, the dinosaurs there are now roaming freely. All of this is about to come to an end with an impending volcanic eruption that will destroy both the island and the dinosaurs. Claire and Owen along with other people go to the island to save them. However when they bring them back to the world they discover something terrifying.

Initial Reaction

I was all ready for this movie the moment the title was announced. And since I enjoyed the first film I figured the second one wouldn't disappoint. I also really enjoyed all of the trailers they looked really great. So I was going into this film enjoying all of the hype around.

Cons



I've got nothing to say. So let's move on.






Middle Ground




In Fallen Kingdom there's a twist related to one of the new characters. Now it's not a bad surprise but I think it could have gone better for one thing. The writers putting more emphasis on it. It was brought up and kind of winked at bit but it also felt like it got pushed back because they wanted to be more focused on the dinosaurs and only the dinosaurs.





Pros



Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom introduced a new hybrid dinosaur that being the Indoraptor. And I loved this thing. It was just so creepy and intimidating. The film also has stunning cinematography. We get a lot of shots that I just couldn't get enough of. My favorites were the aftermath of the eruption and the full moon shot with the Indoraptor. To my surprise there was a lot of dark moments in this film. Something of them made my jaw drop. I wish I could go into more detail but this isn't a spoiler review. Once again Chris Pratt's performance as Owen is spot on and he has definitely not missed a beat with this character. Another thing I liked about the film is the special effects. This time it feels like a huge improvment to the previous film. My final complement I'll give Fallen Kingdom is the ending. Like I said before I won't give any spoilers, all I'll say is the ending does make you curious about what their going to do for the third movie.






Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is quite an enjoyable flick. The Indoraptor is awesome, Bayona's directing is a perfect ten, a lot of great dark scenes, Pratt's performance is still one of the highlights of this franchise, the special effects have greatly improved, and ending makes you curious about Jurassic World 3. The only grey area is that twist.





My final rating is Good





State of The Project (Jun 7th - Jul 2nd)



Jun 7th - What You Probably Didn't Know About The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 14th - A Look Back at The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 16th - Incredibles 2 Review



Jun 18th - Differences Between Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Who Censored Roger Rabbit



Jun 21st - Raiders of The Lost Media - Overwatch: First Strike



Jun 23rd - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Review



Jul 2nd - Cinematic Disasters - Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever





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Raiders of The Lost Media - Overwatch: First Strike

Welcome to another post of Raiders of The Lost Media and today I tell you all about a lost comic book based on the popular video game Overwatch. So without any further a do let's get started.

Part One - What is Overwatch: First Strike?

Overwatch: First Strike (previously titled Overwatch: The Omnic Crisis) was to be a graphic novel based on the successful 2016 video game Overwatch. The comic was to written by Micky Neilson, penciled and inked by Ludo Lullabi, and colored by Ryan Odagawa.

Part Two - The Story

First Strike would have explored the early days of Overwatch, the elite international strike team that was assembled to protect humanity. Fans would have learned the origins of characters like Jack Morrison (Soldier 76), Gabriel Reyes (Reaper), Ana Amari, Torbjorn Lindholm, and Reinhardt Wilhelm, years before the events of the game when the Omnic Crisis happened.

Part Three - Planned Releases and Cancellation

The comic was planned to be released on November 2016 for the digital edition then on April 2017 for the physical hardcover edition. However during Blizzcon (Nov 4th - Nov 5th) people though it was odd that the comic was nowhere to be seen. This would lead to speculation that it was cancelled. Then on November 19th, 2016 those speculations were true when lead writer Michael Chu posted a message on BattleNet Forums, in the message he says

   "Hey everyone,

I wanted to let you know that we have decided to cancel the release of the Overwatch: First Strike graphic novel. While we are grateful to the team for the fantastic work they put into it, we've ultimately decided to take the story in a different direction.

The original idea for the graphic novel dates back to the early days of the game's development and came from our desire to tell the story of the founding of Overwatch during the Omnic Crisis. In the years since First Strike's conception, we have done a lot of development on the universe and it's stories. While the core of this story remains, we have changed and expanded upon how we see the events that took place during the first days of Overwatch.

So for now, the early adventures of Gabriel Reyes, Jack Morrison, Ana Amari, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Torbjorn Lindholm (and more!) wait for another day. But we know that this is a story that you are excited about, and it's one we still plan to tell.

I'd like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm, passion, and support you've shown toward the Overwatch universe. We have a number of stories in development that will delve into the world and it's heroes, and we can't wait to share them with you in the coming months.

-Michael"

Part Four - Released Pages

So far the only piece of this comic that still exist are these three pages. It's unknown at the time if they will be used anywhere or if the rest of the pages will be released to the public.

Well that's the end of that. Tune in next time on July 16th when I tell you about the cancelled sequel everyone wanted. That being Star Wars: Battlefront III

State of The Project (Jun 4th - Jun 23rd)


Jun 4th - Is It True? - Super Mario Bros. 3 is a Play



Jun 7th - What You Probably Didn't Know About The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 14th - A Look Back at The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 16th - Incredibles 2 Review



Jun 18th - Differences Between Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Who Censored Roger Rabbit



Jun 21st - Raiders of The Lost Media - Overwatch: First Strike



Jun 23rd - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Review





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Differences Between Who Framed Roger Rabbit & Who Censored Roger Rabbit

Hi everybody and welcome back to Differences Between. And this time I'm doing a film I loved from childhood all the way to adulthood. So without wasting any more time here are the differences between Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Who Censored Roger Rabbit.







One thing that differs from the book is Roger's appearance. In the novel Roger is six feet tall, with white fur on his hands, feet, and stomach along with brown fur everywhere else. The novel's Roger also enjoys a drink every once in awhile unlike his movie counterpart who can't hold his liquor.







The book Eddie is more fit and his backstory about having a dead brother doesn't exist anywhere. Also while movie Eddie drinks heavily because of he's deceased brother novel Eddie doesn't have an excuse he drinks because he wants to nothing more nothing less.







Another thing that differs between the two properties is Jessica's personality. In the movie she absolutely loves Roger and would never speak ill of him. The novel on the other hand not so much. In that story Jessica is a gold digger, speaks of Roger poorly, and even goes a far to divorce him.







Due to both the stories being completely different from one another many characters are not seen in the book like they are in the movie. Some of them being Judge Doom, The Weasels, and Benny The Cab.







Another notable differences between the two is how the toons work. What I mean by that is in the movie the toons work on film. With your typical stage, lighting, camera, director etc. In the book the toons work on print. Which means that have to pose for comic strips then a photographer takes a photo of them. Oh and the toons also come with their own word balloons.







One thing the book did that movie doesn't was give the toons the ability to make copies of themselves. The clones are empty shells with no memories and are used for scenes too dangerous for the original. Unlike the movie were the toons can be smacked, smashed, bashed, and thrown around with no injuries being brought to them.








Throughout the movie Eddie is seen snooping around, getting into fist fights, shoot outs, and car chases. In the novel he doesn't do any of that. He mainly conducts interview after interview in a more traditional noir style.








In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Eddie goes home and finds Roger in his bed. Roger is begging Eddie to the case to clear his name. Eddie later caves in but only because The Weasels arrive at his apartment. In Who Censored Roger Rabbit, it's almost the same thing but The Weasels aren't included and there's a surprising twist related to Roger.








In the movie Marvin Acme's will becomes an important part of the plot, but in the book someone's trying to find a supposedly regular looking tea kettle.








In Who Framed Roger Rabbit the movie has a glorious happy ending. In Who Censored Roger Rabbit not so much. In that book a major character is dying, confessions to a murder, then dies.







And so those were the differences between Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Who Censored Roger Rabbit. I was going to make this have a much longer list but I lot of it was heading into spoiler territory and I didn't want to ruin both the movie and the book for any of you.

State of The Project (May 26th - Jun 21st)



May 26th - Solo: A Star Wars Story Review



Jun 4th - Is It True? - Super Mario Bros. 3 is a Play



Jun 7th - What You Probably Didn't Know About The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 14th - A Look Back at The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 16th - Incredibles 2 Review



Jun 18th - Differences Between Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Who Censored Roger Rabbit



Jun 21st - Raiders of The Lost Media - Overwatch: First Strike






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Incredibles 2 Review

Incredibles 2 is a computer-animated superhero film and the sequel to 2004's The Incredibles. It is produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Incredibles 2 is written and directed by Brad Bird.

The story is Elastigirl has been hired to help campaign for the return of the "Supers". While Helen is off fighting crime Mr. Incredible has to stay home and take care of the kids. However all them will have to come together to stop the newest supervillain going by the name "The Screenslaver".

Initial Reaction

Like everybody I was excited for this movie because well Incredibles 2 was long overdue. I loved all of the trailers I just couldn't wait for June 15th to arrive. I still needed to pull back the excitement because well there still might be a chance it could turn out the way none of us wanted it to be. But I hope that wasn't going to be the case because so far Brad Bird has yet to make a bad movie.

Cons


I've got nothing to say. So let's move on.







Middle Ground




One aspect of Incredibles 2 that's in a grey area is it's kind of predictable of who The Screenslaver is. I say a little bit because while the mystery behind the villain's identity is still interesting, your still like "okay I know it's one of the new characters".






Pros




One thing to praise the movie is the animation. I thought the animation to the first movie but here it's incredible (no pun intended). There's so much detail in the animation that you can quite literally see the fabric on the clothes. Another thing I loved about the film is the humor. This is a very funny movie. One of the most hilarious moments that got a big laugh in the theater was between Jack-Jack and a raccoon. What I also enjoyed about Incredibles 2 was they actually show the struggles of being a parent of kids with superpowers. While yes some of it is played for laughs the other part is played for drama mostly for Mr. Incredible and his daughter Violet. The other aspect the film should be prasied for is Screenslaver's motivation. It's a great motive why Screenslaver is doing any of these. I won't give it away because all of my recent film reviews are spoiler free and it's just best to see the movie for yourself.






Incredibles 2 was definitely worth the fourteen year wait. The animation is astounding, the humor is good, the struggle of raising superpowered children was a great idea to put into Mr. Incredible's subplot, and Screenslaver's motivation was brilliant. The only thing the flick got have done just a tiny bit better was the identity of the main bad guy.





My final rating is Great





So guys if you loved the first movie you'll absolutely love the sequel. I kid you not when I say go see Incredibles 2.





State of The Project (May 24th - Jun 18th)



May 24th - A Look Back at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story



May 26th - Solo: A Star Wars Story Review



Jun 4th - Is It True? - Super Mario Bros. is a Play



Jun 7th - What You Probably Didn't Know About The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 14th - A Look Back at The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 16th - Incredibles 2 Review



Jun 18th - Differences Between Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Who Censored Roger Rabbit






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A Look Back at The Incredibles (2004)

The Incredibles is a 2004 computer-animated superhero film. The movie is produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. The Incredibles was written and directed by Brad Bird

The story is Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl along with other "Supers" are forced to retire and live mundane lives. While Mr. Incredible does love his wife and children he wants to relive the good old days of being a superhero. One day he gets to live that life again however things may not be what they seem.

• Negatives

I've got nothing to say. So let's move on.

• Mix

I've got nothing to say. So let's move on.

• Positives

One thing I loved about the movie that I never realized before when I was a kid was it's actually a period piece. This whole time I thought it took place in 2004 but it didn't. The movie was subtle about that was going to help it remain timeless.




Another thing I loved about The Incredibles were all the homages to comic books. For instance The Incredibles themselves are kind of like the Fantastic Four and the idea of superheroes being outlawed is similar to Watchmen (only without the insane amounts of violence).



Now since this is a superhero movie that does mean we get action scenes. And in my opinion while there not crazy like something you would see from a DC or Marvel film they are still worth a rewatch. My favorites were when Dash and Violet fought the henchmen and the final act.



Brad Bird providing great writing for the movie. The family not only have their own personalities but there own arcs. And through the film each arc comes to a satisfying end when the movie is over.



Mr. Incredible is a good protagonist. He's one of those feel bad for the guy characters. Throughout the movie you just want him to be a superhero again. Especially since he wasn't doing it for the fame because he just liked to help people.



Now ever good hero needs a good villain, and our main villain Syndrome is perfect. Not only is diabolical but he also has a simple but interesting plan. I won't give it away it's best if you just watch the film.




Now to tell you about the animation. It's being clichéd to say that the film has beautiful animation since after all it's a Pixar movie. But that's really all you can say for the animation.






The Incredibles is one of my favorite Pixar movies and rewatching it again has me excited for the long awaited sequel. Keeping the setting of the film low key was a great idea, all of the homages were fun to spot and figure out, the action is entertaining, the writing for the family was done to perfection, Mr. Incredible is a good hero as well as Syndrome being a good villain, and the animation is stunning.





My final rating is A Must Watch






State of The Project (May 19th - Jun 16th)




May 19th - Deadpool 2 Review



May 24th - A Look Back at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)



May 26th - Solo: A Star Wars Story Review



Jun 4th - Is It True? - Super Mario Bros. 3 is a Play



Jun 7th - What You Probably Didn't Know About The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 14th - A Look Back at The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 16th - Incredibles 2 Review






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What You Probably Didn't Know About The Incredibles (2004)

Welcome everyone to another entry in the What You Probably Didn't Know segment. With us being so close to the release of the Incredibles 2 it only made sense for me to do this. So enough of this let's get started.

1. In order to give Dash a realistic way of him running out of breath, Brad Bird made Spencer Fox run laps around the studio.

2. DC Comics objected to the name Elastigirl because they already had a character named Elasti-girl. A compromise was reached where outside of the film (promotional material) Elastigirl would be named Mrs. Incredible.

3. In the beginning of the film if you look closely when the robber is going through a woman's purse, you can see a Mr. Incredible Pez dispenser.

4. Syndrome's zero-point energy beam is based on an actual physics concept, the zero-point field, demonstrated in 1948 via the Casimir Effect and essential to Stephen Hawking's theory of black holes eventually evaporate. Harnessing the zero-point field would be quite a feat, as it would yield a virtually infinite source of energy.

5. When Edna gives Helen the homing device, the GPS zooms into the San Francisco area, where the Pixar Animation Studios is located (Emeryville, California).

6. This is the first Disney/Pixar film to receive a PG rating, since it contains a bit more violence compared to the other previous Pixar films.

7. The stained glass window above the entrance of the church resembles the I on Mr. Incredible's blue suit.

8. When Mr. Incredible is looking all over at his hero pictures, if you pay attention closely you can see Rock Em Sock Em Robots on his desk. And you'll see the same robots from Toy Story 2 (1999).

9. This is the second Pixar film to show blood. The first was Finding Nemo (2003).

10. When Edna is showing the suits for the family to Helen she stated that Jack-Jack doesn't have any superpowers. This would implie that Dash and Violet were showing signs of their powers during their infancy.

11. Syndrome's computer room Kronos bears a resembles to The X-Men's computer room Cerebro.

12. The whole movie features 35 explosions, 189 buttons pressed, and approximately 640 gunshots.

13. When Mr. Incredible first meets Buddy aka Incrediboy his mask has blue marker around his eyes. This is a nod to the technique for all of the Batman films were they would put black makeup around the actor's eyes so they can be visible against the black mask.

14. The line "You sly dog! You had me monologuing! was voted #15 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.

15. The Incredibles is the only Pixar film not to feature an appearance from The Pizza Planet Truck. While making the film Brad Bird, who at the time was not familiar with the tradition of Pixar's easter eggs (since he hasn't worked on any of their films prior to The Incredibles), hadn't been thinking of the truck and was unsure if the animators had snuck it into the film (thought he was able to know some other stuff like teasing Pixar's next project, and having John Ratzenberger voice a character). Many people had claimed to have seen the truck, but screen caps only show blurry "Rorschach test" images, and nothing that can be clearly identified as the Pizza Planet truck. Lee Unkrich would later go on to dismiss what people believed to have spotted and confirmed the truck doesn't show up.

16. Brad Bird originally conceived the film as a conventional cel-animated movie when he pitched it. The cel-animated sequences during the end credits are a representation of his original idea.

17. As with other Pixar productions, the original trailer for the film featured animation not shown in the final product of the movie but specially for the teaser. The trailer was directed by Brad Bird eighteen months before The Incredibles was finally released.

18. John Lasseter tried to coax Brad Bird to come join him in 1995 when Pixar was working on A Bug's Life (1998). Brad declined. When he later left 20th Century Fox, Lasseter asked again but Brad turned him down again as he had a contract with Warner Bros. to make The Iron Giant (1999). However, when Warner Bros. failed to properly promote the film, Bird finally agreed to join Pixar. Lasseter had only one request to his friend: "Make the film you've been dying to make". As Brad had been sitting on the idea of making a cartoon about a superhero family for over a decade, "The Incredibles" was the natural choice.

Well that's going to do it for me. Tune in next week for my review of the first Incredibles movie.

State of The Project (May 17th - Jun 14th)





May 17th - A Look Back at Deadpool (2016)



May 19th - Deadpool 2 Review



May 24th - A Look Back at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)



May 26th - Solo: A Star Wars Story Review



Jun 4th - Is It True? - Super Mario Bros. 3 is a Play



Jun 7th - What You Probably Didn't Know About The Incredibles (2004)



Jun 14th - A Look Back at The Incredibles (2004)






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Is It True? - Super Mario Bros. 3 is a Play

Hello and welcome back to another installment of Is It True? and this time I'm doing something different. Last time I did these they were both film theories this time I'm doing a video game theory. So let's stop wasting time and get right to it.

What is Super Mario Bros. 3?

Super Mario Bros. 3 is 1988 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System aka the NES. The game was made by the Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development lead by Shingeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. When the game was released it got critical acclaim with many agreeing it's one of the best video games ever made. The game also inspired a short-lived animated series titled The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.







The Theory

The theory states that Super Mario Bros. 3 is play because there are many elements that give it that look. For example a curtain opens up, platforms and blocks are bolted on as suppose to hanging in midair from previous Mario games, moving platforms are moving via machines instead of on their own, and whenever the level ends, the screen goes to a completely black area with zig-zags then stops moving making it appear Mario exits stage right thus ending the scene.

Is The Theory Believable?

Yes for the first time on this segment the theory is true. Why you may ask? Because Miyamoto himself confirmed it. On September 10, 2015 when interviewed by Nintendo UK he was asked the question "Was Super Mario Bros 3. all just a performance"? His response was simply "YES". And if you still don't believe it well I have video evidence that says otherwise.

That's going to do it for this edition of Is It True? I'll have another one of these but I don't know when that will be. So look out for that at the State of The Project schedule very carefully.

State of The Project (May 14th - Jun 7th)

May 14th - Road to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Jurassic World Review

May 17th - A Look Back at Deadpool (2016)

May 19th - Deadpool 2 Review

May 24th - A Look Back at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

May 26th - Solo: A Star Wars Story Review

Jun 4th - Is It True? - Super Mario Bros. 3 is a Play

Jun 7th - What You Probably Didn't Know About The Incredibles (2004)

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