Apparently early ideas for Jurassic Park 4 included dino-human hybrids

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Yes, you read that right: Dino-human hybrids.

Dinosaurs. And mankind. Hybridized.

Apparently this idea originated with a script by John Sayles in the early 00s:

Written by John Sayles, the basic premise was that a company had engineered hyper-intelligent human-dinosaur hybrids that would act as commandoes to prevent a dinosaur invasion of the United States (since the ending of Jurassic Park III indicated the dinosaurs would eventually move past their original islands).
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Though from what I understand, the dino-human hybrid idea was further developed even after the Sayles script had been rejected.

(If you're interested in reading the Sayles script BTW, it's available: http://jurassicoutpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JurassicPark4-SaylesDraft.pdf.)

They were apparently serious enough about this idea that several pieces of concept art were produced:


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If anyone is interested in more of the history of that long gap between Jurassic Park 3 and Jurassic World, then this is a great video:


 
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Jurassic Park is made out of people!!!

IT'S PEOPLE!!!
 
Alright, let me try my hand at this:
  • Supported by the US government, "The Company" is hybridizing dinosaurs and humans because they discover that the merger of blood cells can be mined to produce a (genetically controllable) army of monsters (who, they don't realize, can hybridize among each other even more and can become "skyscraperesque" in size), to destroy nations and militaries around the world and achieve conquest.

  • The Company instead advertises to the public that the hybridization is minor, and will allow people to achieve superhuman powers (steroids-times-ten), including curing disease.

  • The Company sets up a Willy Wonka-esque contest, and invites twelve downtrodden Americans to Jurassic Park, each with their own hard luck backstory living in modern America.

  • The lead protagonist's primary motivation is having a child who is diseased and not long for the world, and is hoping that the advertised cure can be bloodcycled into their child (and by proxy, can cure disease around the world)—not realizing this isn't actually what the Company is doing.

  • All of the protagonists are put into the sandbox that is Jurassic Park, and are meant to kill each other so the Company can extract the blood out of the corpses to be ported to their "central" superdinosaur.

  • Instead, a flaw is discovered in the (genetically controllable) hybridization by the Jurassic Park scientists, and they merge with one another to create two "skyscraperesque" superdinosaurs.

  • It ends up with six of the protagonists merging into one superdinosaur, five merging into another, and the lead protagonist on the hunt to stop the Company.

  • The finish is that the two superdinosaurs merge (the Company discards its own "central" superdinosaur), the Company unleashes it on the United States itself (who, after an election where the "good party" wins, realizes that the previous administration was in on this bullshit and tries to reverse the damage by indicting the senior members of the Company), and the megadinosaur destroys the military, some of the country, but the human consciousness that lives within prevails, and it ends up retreating to Jurassic Park (without ever being destroyed).

  • The lead protagonist tries to bloodcycle their blood into their child's, but it doesn't work. The child dies, and the immense sadness reverses the protagonist's hybridization (the chemical reaction of grief causes the pituitary gland to produce ACTH, which splits the dinosaur blood cells from the human blood cells, and flushes it from the body).

  • The film ends when the lead gets wind of something happening in Japan (where the competition is apparently easier), travels there, and finds the foil to the megadinosaur for the sequel:

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Still better than the genius sharks from Deep Blue Sea.
 
RTL said:
Hmm...
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LOL. My reaction exactly, followed up with a sign of relief.

I'm going to read that Sayles script to see what it's all about, but from everything I've read it sounds pretty fucking crazy (and not really in a good way).
 
TheRuthlessOne said:
Just because its different doesn't mean its bad

Image Dinosaurs but with guns and human intelligence
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I think that could be fun . . . but in a different franchise.

Jurassic Park is supposed to be grounded in realistic and reasonable science, not totally unrealistic flights of fancy. Jurassic World is already getting close to the edge with weaponized dinos.
 
shadow_priest_x said:
I think that could be fun . . . but in a different franchise.

Jurassic Park is supposed to be grounded in realistic and reasonable science, not totally unrealistic flights of fancy. Jurassic World is already getting close to the edge with weaponized dinos.
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They didn't close to the edge they crossed it. The military would have no interest in dinosaurs being weaponized like that. Especially with robots right around the corner there is no point in investing in that.
 
shadow_priest_x said:
I think that could be fun . . . but in a different franchise.

Jurassic Park is supposed to be grounded in realistic and reasonable science, not totally unrealistic flights of fancy. Jurassic World is already getting close to the edge with weaponized dinos.
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This is way cooler than dinosaurs that act like dogs
 
method115 said:
They didn't close to the edge they crossed it. The military would have no interest in dinosaurs being weaponized like that. Especially with robots right around the corner there is no point in investing in that.
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You're probably right. The weaponized dino sub-plot is easily my least favorite thing about JW.

I'm just saying that from a scientific perspective, if in fact the military wanted to then they could possibly find some way to use dinos in combat.

But half-dino/half-man monsters? We have traversed into pure fantasy with that.
 
method115 said:
They didn't close to the edge they crossed it. The military would have no interest in dinosaurs being weaponized like that. Especially with robots right around the corner there is no point in investing in that.
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Dinosaurs would be a good weapon against asteroids.
 
shadow_priest_x said:
You're probably right. The weaponized dino sub-plot is easily my least favorite thing about JW.

I'm just saying that from a scientific perspective, if in fact the military wanted to then they could possibly find some way to use dinos in combat.

But half-dino/half-man monsters? We have traversed into pure fantasy with that.
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I do agree the half/half thing is taking it a step further.
 
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