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\"\"<\/a>We already knew that Universal was prepping a 3D re-release of the original Jurassic Park<\/i> (1993) for this coming April \u2014 two months before the film\u2019s 20th anniversary. And we already knew that Universal had hired Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver<\/a>, the writers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes<\/i> (2011), to come up with a brand new Jurassic Park<\/i> sequel.<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t until today that Universal committed to an actual release date<\/a> for the new film \u2014 and it isn\u2019t that far away: June 13, 2014, or less than a year and a half from now. That\u2019s somewhat ambitious, for an effects-driven film that currently has no director or cast attached.<\/p>\n

As it happens, I\u2019ve been in this business long enough to have reviewed all three of the existing films during their initial theatrical runs. I can\u2019t find my review of the original film right now, which is probably just as well, since I was still finding my footing as a critic at the time; but I did find my reviews of the two sequels, which were written for very different audiences, and I\u2019ve re-posted them at this blog.<\/p>\n

First, there is my review of The Lost World: Jurassic Park<\/a><\/i> (1997), which I wrote for a Christian newspaper, with an eye towards teasing out the theological sensibility of the films and how it differs from that of the original novels. (See also this article<\/a>, which is mostly about Con Air<\/i> but also looks at how The Lost World<\/i> and other movies released that summer harped on the theme of \u201cfamily\u201d.)<\/p>\n

Then, there is my review of Jurassic Park III<\/a><\/i> (2001), which I wrote for a secular community newspaper, with an eye towards assessing the film\u2019s entertainment value.<\/p>\n

I would almost certainly write both reviews differently today, but, to my eyes at least, they offer an interesting window into what it was like to be reviewing movies for both Christian and secular publications at that point in my life.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, I have written a few blog posts about the Jurassic Park<\/i> movies over the years, too, and my favorite by far is this one<\/a> on how The Lost World<\/i> stood out from all the other disaster\/action flicks released in the mid-\u201990s because it actually killed the damn dog. You\u2019ll know what I mean when you read it.<\/p>\n

On a more tangential note, see also this post<\/a> on my 1999 interview with Sir Richard Attenborough, the actor-turned-Oscar-winning-director who returned to acting after a 14-year hiatus to play John Hammond, the entrepreneur who creates the original Jurassic Park and brings the dinosaurs back to life in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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