I've just finished Chaos Theory and holy sh*t, it's really the best Jurassic media ever since the original (long post)

[u/Adventurous-Net-4172]

I'm very late to the party, and only recently I have watched both CC and CT. Not gonna talk a lot about CC, because it was just aight (overall 6/10; first 3 seasons are okay, 4th season is mid, and then season 5 is just a big mess). I guess it's good for kids but it's really nothing special.

CT, on the other hand, is simply the best Jurassic media since the original Jurassic Park. There's just a lot to praise about this one. First and foremost, it utilizes tons of dinosaur species well, especially by introducing and/or utilizing lots of theropods (e.g., Allosaurus, Becklespinax, Majungasaurus, Suchomimus, and [the blind] Baryonyx) that can shine as the "big bad" antagonists. The show also focuses a lot on animal abuse and exploitation, which is a very interesting theme and most importantly, they executed the idea very well.

CT also has a great cast. Stakes are, unsurprisingly, higher than every single JW movie, and they can make you care for the characters. The main cast has great dynamics and you genuinely felt how they're literally a family. Like, you could see how sometimes they disagree with one another and led to a divide for a while (e.g., Darius and Kenji or Yaz and Sammy), but at the end of the day they reconcile and work together again without some forced plot.

I also love how they have tons of settings, so you get to see dinosaurs in different environments all the time. The set-pieces are also great, like I love its take on Malta, the Pyroraptor chase, the Suchomimus scenes, etc. Lastly, the series wrapped up the Jurassic World saga in the best way possible, and I genuinely can't ask to have a better ending to it.

That said, I do have some criticisms (mostly minor). The only thing that really drags the series down, to me, is the fact it sometimes forces itself too hard to connect with the Jurassic World movies. Like, I get that this is an extension of those movies, but it's kinda too bad that some storyline just won't work unless you watched some of the worst part of the franchise (e.g., CC season 5 and Dominion). For example, if you haven't watched the movies (especially Dominion), you'd be confuse on what the hell do locusts got to do with the series, how the Giga just dies, how Wu got other things to do, how Barry and/or Santos got another whole different problem that isn't really elaborated (or matter) in CT. Just my opinion, it's best when the series (or any Jurassic media) is trying to be their own thing rather than trying to connect with (every) plot points from a previous entry, especially when said previous entry was received negatively.

Other than that, I also kinda dislike the dinosaurs are sometimes still presented (i.e., in the way how they react or do things) like "movie monsters." Though, I gotta say that, most of the time, it's not as egregious as the JW trilogy. I also find Sammy's dislike towards Brooklynn a bit forced but not really at the same time, so it doesn't really matter to my whole opinion towards the series. Oh, and Darius being "romantically" interested in Brooklynn was weird and I think that's just out of his character. Glad they fixed that in the ending by saying he just feels the same towards all of his "camp-fam" members and reinforces that they have platonic feelings, though.

Overall, this is a just an amazing series, and if you haven't watched it, please do. I'd give it an average of 9/10, with the second season being my favorite. The show really tells you that:

1. We definitely don't need a rated-R media to have a great story
   • Genuinely, all you need to do is to have great characters and interesting dynamics
   • And most importantly, make the dinosaurs integral to the plot (and don't just portray them as "movie monsters")
2. The franchise works best when it's trying to do its own thing and not relying on JP nostalgia
   • and hence, to expand the series they should do more interesting stuff (that is not necessarily connected directly to any of the previous entries)
   • Also, they should do more things outside of the movies. Another TV series (maybe live-action this time, though I don't mind another animated show), non-park builder video games (like JP:TG, and JP Survival is a potentially good [re]start), and comic books (like JP comic books has some of the most interesting take on the series, even when the execution of the story isn't the best)
3. Having a kid or kid-equivalent character works when they are integral to the plot (in this case, Smoothie) and not just randomly thrown in

[u/CakeEatingDragon]

I really liked their first episode. 1 of the 6 is dead, the rest are being hunted. had a great atmosphere.

[u/daboot013]

Much like the clone wars. A media designed for kids ends up as an far deeper story and great piece of media aimed for older teens/ adults. Amazing show

[u/X_KAV007]

Will there not be more seasons of it?

[u/magicdog2013 → u/X_KAV007]

Chaos Theory? No

The story of the nublar six? Maybe

"TV" Spin-offs? Absolutely

[u/Ravenekh]

I haven’t finished it yet, and so far it’s decent. It is serviceable, the characters are well developed (although I wouldn’t mind a couple of the Nublar 6 getting axed to amp up the stakes and put an end to the countless scenes where they simply outrun dinosaurs), and it has more interesting themes than most of the JW movies. I wouldn’t go as far as calling it the best JP/JW since the original though

What I’m not a fan of is the animation and the art style. While a step up from CC, the environments are still very bland and lack details, the character design is generic and 2000s-y, you can see that many assets are being reused, the character movements are stiff. It sometimes feels like a PS2 game. I’d love sth in the style of Scavengers Reign, Predator Killer of Killers, Blue Eye Samurai or the Spiderverse for instance (all very different animated series and movies with different visual identities but they all have a style of their own). Had CT (and CC for that matter) had a visual soul, it would have easily upgraded from a nice addition to the franchise to something great.

[u/SomeGrapefruit2435]

I like your opinion. Is solid, and yeah, we don´t need movies rated R; Children looks movies too. I´m my opinion is better than CC but I prefer CC for Nostalgia. (I was 9 when it was released) I hope that Universal we´ll do what you said. There are good ideas. See ya!

[u/FishermanAnxious3523]

J'avoue que depuis la colo du Crétacé,rien de la saga jurassique a été bien(je n'ai pas aimé le monde d'après,mais j'ai un peu plus aimé Jurassic world renaissance)

[u/ardouronerous]

Better than Rebirth.

I want the writers of these to make a new Jurassic movie, not the people behind Rebirth.

[u/Volzarok]

I enjoyed it until that weird robot dogs arc, couldn't continue watching it

[u/fossilreef → u/Volzarok]

That's Camp Cretaceous. It gets better again after that season.

[u/RetSauro]

Honestly, I enjoyed this series as well.

I’ve seen some complaints on it, mainly due to it being targeting towards kids, but really that doesn’t make it bad or take anything away. Execution is more important than rating

I liked the characters, the story, action and really felt the tension here and there.

Had some flaws, but definitely a solid show that if I were to rank it, but it below JP and maybe the Lost World but above the rest

[u/Chuchshartz]

I wish it wasn't animated and for kids so then we wouldn't have all the plot armor

[u/Adventurous-Net-4172 → u/Chuchshartz]

Honestly, the plot armor is still not as big as most of the movies.