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CNA
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNA
First look at Jurassic World: The Experience at Gardens by the Bay's Cloud Forest
The warning signs, flashing lights and snapped cables can only mean one thing. Something big, prehistoric and full of teeth has escaped. And right on cue, the rockstar of the Jurassic World movie franchise, the Tyrannosaurus rex, roars to life as you round the corner. If you've always wondered what it's like to visit Isla Nublar, the fictional island home to de-extinct engineered dinosaurs, you can finally get a glimpse of it at the immersive exhibition Jurassic World: The Experience, which opens on Thursday (May 29). "Nublar" means "to cloud" in Spanish and no other location in Singapore is more fitting than Gardens by the Bay's misty Cloud Forest to stage the life-sized sculptures and animatronics equipped with motion sensors by Neon, the same team behind 2022's Avatar: The Experience. The pair of Brachiosauruses greeting you at the entrance, one of them with a towering three-storey-tall neck, is reminiscent of the first Jurassic Park movie in 1993. T-Rex and those slender-necked giants aren't the only bigwigs around. A pair of Velociraptors pose mid-action in their raid of the Pteranodons' nests hidden in the conservatory's Cloud Mountain. It's the perfect backdrop to imagine Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali in the upcoming new Jurassic World Rebirth movie that opens on Jul 3. A crashed container in the foliage reveals a confused bone-headed Stygimoloch trying to bust its container. Further down the path, you'll spot the long, swaying neck of another Brachiosaurus, this time, much closer than the pair at the entrance. If you spot a crowd gathering, chances are, the keepers have brought out the weeks-old baby dinosaurs, Stiggy and Bumpy, for a little show-and-tell and interaction. But not all of the smaller creatures are harmless like the Compsognathuses or Compys perched on rocks throughout Cloud Forest. They may be little, until you remember the little girl who wandered a little too far in the movies... You start to wonder, too, how good is your impression of Chris Pratt's Owen Grady, as you descend the escalator to meet Blue and the rest of the volatile velociraptors rattling their cages. But hold that thought as you come face to face with the fringed Dilophosaurus. These animatronics don't spit venom but they do spit – don't say we didn't warn you. The exhibition is also a chance to learn about the ferns, conifers and cycads that the dinosaurs fed on. At Evolution Walk, you'll even see the ancestors of plants, imagined in 3D reconstructions, that existed millions of years ago. There's no time limit to explore the exhibits but do allocate about an hour for the experience. And if you linger till past sunset, you'll be treated to a whole new different perspective.
Geek Tyrant
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
How the New T. Rex in JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH Is Different From the Orignal — GeekTyrant
For over 30 years, the T. Rex we've known in the Jurassic Park franchise has been Rexy, the towering, thunderous icon of Isla Nublar who walked straight out of our dinosaur dreams and into movie history. But with Jurassic World Rebirth , the filmmakers are rewriting the rulebook on what a Tyrannosaurus Rex can be, and it introduces us to a whole new T. Rex. This new take on the king (or queen) of the dinosaurs is a fresh breed. According to Rebirth director Gareth Edwards ( Godzilla, Rogue One ), 'The original Jurassic Park T. Rex is one actor. Now here's another one.' Edwards wants fans to see this new Rex like a different performer in the same franchise, Robert De Niro to Rexy's Al Pacino. So what sets her apart? The new T. Rex is described as 'bigger, beefier, and even surlier' a meaner, more monstrous take on the Tyrannosaur than any version we've seen before. While its bulk and posture echo the 1997 Lost World Bull T. Rex toy from Kenner. Edwards had another major influence in mind, the stop-motion beasts of The Valley of Gwangi , brought to life by animation legend Ray Harryhausen. Unlike Rexy, whose design in Jurassic Park was rooted in paleo-accuracy thanks to artist Mark McCreery and paleontological input, this new Rex ditches the museum and heads straight into monster movie mythology. Edwards explained: 'We looked at some of the designs in Ray Harryhausen's films, like The Valley of Gwangi. This new T. rex is kind of how, as a kid, I always thought a T. rex would look. I'm super happy with it.' There's even a nod to Jurassic Park 's literary roots. Writer David Koepp, who penned the original films and returned for Rebirth , revealed that the new film finally includes the infamous river-rafting T. Rex attack, which was lifted directly from Michael Crichton's novel and scrapped from the 1993 film. 'Both Steven [Spielberg] and I said, 'Hey, now we can do it,'' Koepp said. 'When I was re-reading the novel, I told him, 'Yeah, it's as good as we remember. We have to have this.'' In the film, 'The planet's ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. 'The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.' The movie stars Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett, Jonathan Bailey as Dr. Henry Loomis, and Mahershala Ali as Duncan Kincaid. The film is set five years after the events of Dominion , 'in which dinosaurs mingled with humans all over the globe, these creatures are now dying out. 'The present-day planet proved to be inhospitable to the prehistoric ilk, except for a small region in the tropics around the equator, where many of them now congregate. 'The three most colossal dinosaurs of land, sea, and air within this biosphere hold genetic material precious to a pharmaceutical company that hopes to use the dino DNA to create a life-saving drug for humanity.' Universal Pictures will release the Steven Spielberg-produced film in theaters on July 2, 2025. Via: Empire Magazine
