Why Jurassic World: Dominion’s New Giganotosaurus Is So Controversial
Jurassic World: Dominion’s prologue trailer pits the Giganotosaurus against an unevolved T-Rex, but why is this new dinosaur so controversial?
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The Jurassic World: Dominion prologue features a highly controversial first look at a new prehistoric adversary: the Giganotosaurus. A first look at the sixth Jurassic Park installment arrived this week in the form of a lengthy 5-minute prologue that succinctly spans the 65-million years between the Cretaceous period and the modern-day. The Jurassic World: Dominion preview’s highlight is undoubtedly the battle between the franchise’s classic Tyrannosaurus Rex and a new challenger in the form of the Giganotosaurus.
The Jurassic World: Dominion prologue begins with ample exposition featuring the abundant prehistoric fauna featured in the Cretaceous period before honing in on a titanic clash between a T-Rex and a Giganotosaurus. The two behemoths clash over feeding grounds, with the Giganotosaurus eventually gaining the upper hand and killing the T-Rex with a vicious bite to the throat. The new preview goes to lengths to display how much larger the Giganotosaurus is compared to his opponent in order to showcase the scale of the new threat facing Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and co. in the upcoming summer 2022 blockbuster Jurassic World: Dominion.
Yet despite this fearsome display, Jurassic World: Dominion’s new Giganotosaurus has proved highly controversial in the days following the upcoming film’s prologue release. At the core of audience complaints regarding the Giganotosaurus is the fact that this dinosaur and his T-Rex counterpart could not have existed in the same era, with the Jurassic World: Dominion trailer forsaking scientific accuracy for shock value. There is also the issue of the Giganotosaurus’ appearance, with the creature in the prologue appearing more akin to Jurassic Park’s classic T-Rex designs than the smoother, lizard-like Theropod reconstructions of a Giganotosaurus’ physiology.
The Giganotosaurus was a fearsome apex predator that lived during the early Cenomanian age approximately 97-million years ago and was thought to be unchallenged within its respective ecosystem. This species timeline is critical to understanding the ire directed at Jurassic World: Dominion’s Giganotosaurus portrayal, with the Jurassic World prologue taking place in the Cretaceous period in which the Tyrannosaurus Rex reigned supreme. While the tail end of the Cretaceous period can technically be classified as encompassing the Cenomanian age, the Tyrannosaurus Rex lived between 65-85 million years ago, meaning the Giganotosaurus and the T-Rex would never have crossed paths historically.
While there has certainly been an intense clamor from quarters of the Jurassic Park fanbase to include the Giganotosaurus in the franchise, its audiences have taken issue with the muddling of scientific timelines that the Jurassic World: Dominion prologue promotes. This feeling of sacrificing historical accuracy has only intensified since Jurassic World: Dominion’s Giganotosaurus dinosaur model was revealed in the trailer, with the creature looking decidedly different to the widely accepted scientific rendering of its appearance. The Giganotosaurus is often referred to as the “Southern Lizard” due to its sleek scales and green hue, which contrasts directly with the red and grey, spined beast that attacks the T-Rex in the Jurassic World: Dominion prologue.
Fundamentally, the Giganotosaurus has been included in the Jurassic Park franchise as a way of upping the ante against Grady and his team, and so showcasing this creature’s size and prowess against the previously alpha T-Rex is the easiest way to do this. Yet the appearance of the franchise’s Giganotosaurus and its choice to insert it into an incorrect time period have ensured instant controversy for the upcoming Jurassic Park installment. The first looks at the Jurassic World: Dominion movie certainly appear exhilarating, but Jurassic Park audiences have already made clear that these cinematic thrills should not come at the expense of scientific fact.
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