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We’ve talked a lot about the Jurassic World franchise recently, and it’s been fun going
outside of comic books for a bit.
But one thing that we here at Top 10 Nerd love to do is talk fan theories.
And Jurassic World has quite a few really cool ones.
Now, of course, Fallen Kingdom just came out, so we don’t really have too many theories
about that quite yet.
But there are a bunch of neat Theories surrounding the franchise as a whole that is actually
pretty darn interesting.
So let’s talk about them, from the totally believable, to the laughably ridiculous.
It should be pretty much spoiler-free for the new film, but if there is one, I’ll
warn ya.
If you finish this and want more, check out our video on the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom
Easter Eggs next!
But first, get ready, it’s time for the Top 10 Fan Theories About Jurassic World!
Number 10: Indominus Rex wasn’t the first hybrid.
In the Jurassic blank movies, that includes both Park and World, all the dinosaurs are
kind of hybrids.
This is because they had to fill in some of the holes in their DNA with frog DNA.
But other than that, most of the dinos are believed to be true to form.
However, some believe that the Spinosaurus from Jurassic Park 3 was truly the first hybrid.
This is for a few reasons.
For one, it didn’t look quite like we now believe it would look, but that could just
be the result of creative or scientific differences.
The big kicker though is how it managed to beat out the T Rex in the movie.
Many fans were enraged, claiming that the T Rex should have won, but maybe, just maybe,
the Spino had a little help.
It could be that it was the first attempt at combining DNA, and the aesthetic changes
and extra fighting ability were because it had special DNA powers like Indominus Rex.
Neat.
Number 9: Karen and Claire Escaped from The Village.
Hey, remember The Village?
That movie where Bryce Dallas Howard and Judy Greer play sisters in a village stuck in the
19th century?
And hey, remember Jurassic world?
Where they're once again playing sisters?
Yeah, that's basically all there is to this theory.
That, and the idea that Ivy spending all her time trapped
in the wrong time, would lead her to be
operations manager for a park filled with dinosaurs, who are trapped in the wrong time.
Which is, admittedly, pretty darn cool.
It's a pretty funny coincidence, and fun to think about, but it's pretty unlikely, especially
considering Ivy, who would become Claire, was actually blind in The Village.
But Claire could definitely see in Jurassic World.
Otherwise, how the damn hell would she have run so well in those heels?
Maybe modern medicine restored her sight, but it's probably more likely that it's just
different characters.
Yeah, this one’s pretty stupid, and almost definitely not true, since they’ve clearly
had time to develop kids and lives and, ya know, the sense of sight in Claire’s case,
but it’s fun to kick around.
Number 8: The Dino Escape was an Inside Job.
This theory put forth by The Film Theorists, claims that the escape was actually intentional,
with the hopes of convincing the government to finance Velociraptor military research.
And it actually makes sense.
For one, the video theory points out that while the I Rex does have both the ability
to camouflage, and to change its heat signature, it almost certainly couldn’t do both at
the same time.
This is because it gains its heat-related abilities from a tree frog, which changes
its heat signature by changing its color so that it reflects more or less heat.
So unless the colors required to blend in heat-wise just happened to cause it to blend
in perfectly with its surroundings, it looks like someone was tampering with the censors.
There’s also the question of why they didn’t just check for its tracker, instead of going
“WHAAAA WHERE DID IT GO IT’S GOOOOONE!” and bursting in.
Well, this all makes more sense if you assume that Dr. Wu was in on it.
This theory states that he intentionally let the Indominus Rex escape so that they would
be forced to use the Velociraptors sooner than planned, and hopefully this would convince
the government to move forward on the project.
Of course, it’s not foolproof, you’re basically saying “Oh no, this dino we created
escaped because we’re incompetent, so let us make even more dinos and train them to
kill!
That will go over great!”
But it definitely makes the stupidity of the 4th damn dino escape a bit more palatable.
Number 7: It takes place in the MCU.
Okay, truth be told, this one's totally ridiculous, but on the other hand, superheroes.
Nuff said.
This theory states that Jurassic World actually takes place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
This is based on just one fact, and it's a hell of a stretch: Chris Pratt and Vincent
D'Onofrio are in both.
Pratt, of course, plays Owen Grady in Jurassic World, as well as Peter Quill in the MCU,
and D'Onofrio plays both Vic Hoskins in Jurassic World and Wilson Fisk in Daredevil.
"But Ron," you may ask, "that's so stupid I can't even begin to-" SHHHHHHH.
SHH.
It's okay.
There's an explanation.
Twins!
That’s right, this theory has the cohones to pull a straight up Prestige on us, and
claims that each character has a twin involved in the Marvel storyline.
Although I gotta say, it DOES explain how Owen manages to do so many insane things,
but that can also be explained away with “because it’s a movie”.
But really, if it WAS in the MCU, and dinos escaped, I feel like there would be a bunch
of Stark suits showing up to contain everything.
But maybe it’s in a different universe…
Number 6: Jurassic World is in the Orange is the New Black Universe.
That’s right, move over MCU, this is the true answer.
Fans of OITNB, okay, not calling it THAT anymore, may know where I’m coming from.
There was one actor who played a super similar role in both things: Lauren Lapkus.
In Orange, she played the shy prison guard at an all-female prison who eventually becomes
more hardened.
Hardened enough, in fact, that she was later hired to help oversee Jurassic World.
I know, I know, it’s a stretch, but it is a pretty similar position, and the best part
is, ALL THE DINOS ARE FEMALE!
JUST LIKE THE PRISON!
It works so well!
Now, is this actually the case?
Probably not.
She’s probably just been typecast because she is so damn adorable in situations like
this.
But it’s neat.
Number 5: Jurassic World is Westworld.
One theory states that Jurassic World, and indeed the previous Jurassic Parks, didn’t
actually have real dinosaurs.
It states that they were simply robots, that were based on what we THOUGHT dinos looked
like.
You may know that recently, scientists have started to think that many dinosaurs probably
had feathers, casting some doubt on the truthfulness of the dino DNA.
Other past inconsistencies, like the size of the velociraptors, or the acid spitting
of the dilophosaur, have led some people to believe that these are not miracles of genetic
engineering, but rather miracles of robotics.
Kinda like in Westworld.
But the real kicker is that this wouldn’t actually be that unheard-of, because the idea
of Westworld was actually an early draft for Jurassic Park, written by Michael Crichton.
Of course, this runs into problems with early storylines, and sick dinosaurs and whatnot,
but it’s pretty neat.
However, some take the whole robot thing to new levels, because another theory holds that…
Number 4: Everyone’s a robot.
Yep, this one’s admittedly super unlikely, but it does go a long way to explain away
some of the paper-thin characters.
One issue that a lot of people had with Jurassic World is that the people just don’t really
act like people.
The lovers are so cliché it’s like they’ve been programmed to be a will they won’t
they forever, and the boys are sulking through what is undeniably the best freaking vacation
in the whole damn world.
I get it, I was a teenage boy once, I know girls are all you can think about most of
the time but screw you, dinosaurs are better than girls any day.
This leads some people to believe that the whole experience is a fake, that there are
a bunch of robot people around that interact with guests and each other, following a strict
set of protocols.
The kids?
The lovers?
Everyone who’s injured in the escape?
Robots, who will just be rebuilt and used in the next escape simulation.
This one’s pretty silly, and really this is all just the result of somewhat lazy writing,
but it’s fun to imagine.
Number 3: The velociraptors were always on Owen's side.
If you've seen Jurassic World, which I hope you have considering you're watching this
video, you'll remember that a significant plot point involved the realization that the
velociraptors seemed to be working with Indominus Rex, who was acting like their alpha.
However, one theory by Reddit user Dazric claims that they were on Owen's side the whole
dang time.
It states that they initially began attacking, understandably, because the humans were shooting
rockets and stuff.
So they think: Humans are the bad guys.
But after Charlie’s first kill, and right before she was blown up by a rocket, she seemed
to be looking for Owen’s approval, like she still saw him as the leader.
Then later when Delta comes in while Owen's talking to Hoskins, it's believed that she
attacks Hoskins to defend Owen.
Then when she chases after him and is stopped by the hologram, she wasn't trying to eat
Owen, but to rejoin him.
And in the end, when they seem to change back to Owen’s side, it’s really that they
never left his side, to begin with.
And why did they help the I Rex?
Because they thought Owen was trying to bring it into the pack, to fight against the humans,
with whom they had seen Owen fighting.
They were just being cool to the new recruit.
Good on them!
Number 2: The Indominus Rex was part human.
When we learned about the Indominus Rex, and how it was an amalgamation of the DNA of numerous
animals.
But we don’t know all the animals since some were kept secret by Dr. Wu.
And we just don’t know where she got the opposable thumbs!
Even their official Tumblr page said that the source of the opposable thumbs was a mystery.
But wonder no more!
One theory states that Dr. Wu put some of his own DNA into the creature, mad scientist
that he is, and that it’s his DNA that gave the Indominus Rex her opposable thumbs.
This is definitely the theory that I most believe in and is actually something that
I straight up believe to be true.
It fits so well.
Just don’t picture how Wu got his DNA into it.
That would not fit very well.
Number 1: Owen is the kid from the first Jurassic Park.
You remember in the first Jurassic Park when Sam Neil goes off on this little punk and
basically makes him crap his pants out of fear?
Well, this theory believes that those crap filled pants belonged to none other than Owen
Grady.
In the credits, he was just listed as Volunteer Boy, so there’s nothing that says it’s
NOT true.
And it totally makes sense, even if there isn’t really, like, evidence for it.
The whole speech about showing a little respect to the velociraptor may have really gotten
to him and caused him to train them later in life.
He even has that line with Claire where he’s talking about his relationship with the Raptors
and says: On the other hand, it’s totally possible that this kid was completely scarred
from this and he hated dinosaurs for the rest of his life, but I much prefer this theory.
As far as I’m concerned, this is canon.
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