![]() They are, simply, the audience of the show (and the movies) themselves: kids who really like dinosaurs – which makes it a far more interesting exploration of what it means to come face to face with a massive, terrifying prehistoric monster than is more than likely going to try to eat you without warning, as well as something viewers will have an easier time empathizing with. In doing so, it defies another central thread of the Jurassic movies’ DNA: none of the story’s core cast are in positions of power either as staff at the parks or world leaders in the study of dinosaurs. (Spoilers: watch out for children falling from moving monorails.) Camp Cretaceous instead makes a point of separating the kids from their adult caregivers early in its first season, and never quite gets around to reuniting them, preferring to let them save themselves or die trying. If there’s a running theme to the Jurassic movies, it might be the need for endangered children to be rescued by the movie’s leading adult actors – something that proves to be the central conceit behind Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, and Jurassic World, somewhat staggeringly. There’s far more to the show than simply replicating the carnage of its big screen brethren, thankfully. ![]() Developed by screenwriter Zack Stentz (Marvel Studios’ Thor, X-Men: First Class), the show is named for the kid-centric camp on Isla Nublar that the series’ protagonists visit just in time for everything to be destroyed by dinosaurs running amuck. Kids Rule Okay Still from Season 5 teaser trailerĭebuting on Netflix in 2020, Camp Cretaceous initially looked as if it offered little more than an episodic spin on the familiar formula of the movies. ![]() Specifically, they need to watch the animated series, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous. It’s time to face up to the truth: those looking to find greater depth in the Jurassic mythology need to look elsewhere. Ever since its on screen debut in 1990, the Jurassic franchise – which spans three Jurassic Park movies, three Jurassic World movies, and a number of assorted spin-offs and tie-ins – has struggled with one basic question: what is it actually about, beyond 'dinosaurs are really big and scary'?Īcross the property’s 30+ year existence, the six movies that comprise the central canonical narrative have offered a variety of potential answers, including 'an exploration of corporate greed,' 'the abuse of scientific discovery,' and 'placing children in mortal danger as often as possible,' but ultimately fails to follow through on any of them as a result of getting distracted by large scary dinosaurs rampaging through everything leaving destruction in their wake.
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