There was a new teaser for Jurassic World during the Super Bowl. It runs to 1 minute, 2 seconds long, but there's plenty to discuss and dissect.
If you haven't yet seen it, check it out now and then check out our detailed analysis in the video up top or read it down below.
As always, the below is based on sources like iMDB, the official website, and other things we know about the production; the rest is good old-fashioned inference and speculation.
00:01 - The trailer opens with a succession of shots we've already seen, including this one of the Mosasaurus amphitheatre.
00:05 - Again, this shot tallies with my theory that the Mosasaurus is a more recent addition to Jurassic World. There's talk of fatigue, of punters potentially losing interest in Jurassic World and its attractions, yet the Mosasaurus is drawing in the crowds, with the people above taking pictures and wearing Jurassic World merchandise, including hoodies, t-shirts, and even one kid wearing a raptor hat. That said, in the shot you can see Grey's (Ty Simpkins) brother Ryan (Nick Robinson) looks pretty bored by it all, staring at his phone.
Also, is it just me or is that a peculiarly high concentration of straw boater hats? My theory is they're being sold in memory of John Hammond, the original imagineer behind Jurassic Park? If so, that's a pretty cynical, exploitative cash-in, which I suspect is one of the underlying themes at play.
00:10 - We've seen this shot already, but worth pointing out that the visual effects have been polished up. Some people complained when the original teaser came out in November, but it's worth remembering the film isn't out until June. And even just a couple of months have significantly improved the CGI in the new Superbowl TV spot (and the background's entirely different, too).
It's evident elsewhere in the new trailer, too. Compare these two shots of the same sequence:
Not only is the shading better, there are even more dinosaurs!
00:15 - The gyrosphere ride.
When we first saw this in the teaser trailer, it seemed like one of the more relaxing rides in the park. It allowed guests to gawk at mild-mannered herbivores up close. This trailer, however, suggests things are going awry. We see triceratopses, apatosauruses, and stegosauruses stampeding. What are they running from? The new TV spot provides the answer shortly.
00:18 - Owen (Chris Pratt) 'tames' three velociraptors. The three dinosaurs seem to be on the verge of executing their classic manoeuvre of flanking their prey from right and left, a tactic memorably elaborated by Alan Grant in the opening of Jurassic World.
The appearance of the raptors have changed dramatically since the first movie, where they're a brown colour. In Jurassic Park 3, they are similar in colour to the dinosaurs above, but they also sported vestigial feathers along the crest of their head. I think the most interesting aspect of the new design is the big blue stripe running down the back on the middle raptor. Is it meant to be natural? Or could it possibly an indicator that this raptor has been genetically-modified to be more docile?
00:21 -Is this the holding facility where the Indominus Rex is being held? There's something about the setting and lighting that reminds me of the opening of JP, when they're setting up the park for the first time and there's an incident with one of the raptors ("Shoot her!").
00:24 - Our first glimpse of the Indominus Rex (fierce or untameable king in Latin) in the TV spot. Is it hiding or is it hunting someone?
00:25 - Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan) makes his first appearance. He was nowhere to be seen in the first trailer. He's the billionaire who bought John Hammond's company InGen back in 1998. After taking over the company, Khan appointed Dr. Henry Wu as its chief geneticist, and according to its corporate website, "Thanks to Masrani, InGen has been reinvented and is bringing tomorrow's science, today."
00:32 - T-Rex is a terrifying apex predator, but still people make fun of his puny arms. In contrast, Indominus Rex has strong arms and dextrous hands, capable of scooping up this unfortunate employee.
00:36 - Very interesting shot, this. Notice Owen's hiding and remaining as quiet as possible to evade the Indominus Rex. We have to assume that its vision, unlike T-Rex's, isn't based upon movement. There's much disagreement about Grant's statement regarding T-Rex's motion-based vision in the original movie, but let's consider it canon.
00:40 - Owen and Claire tend to an injured Apatosaurus, which is a sauropod – the order to which brachiosaurus also belongs. Apatosauruses typically measure 23-28m in length, and were one of the largest animals to ever walk the earth. Most of it is obscured from view, but imagine it sprawled out on the floor when Owen and Claire find it.
Has it been attacked by the I-Rex? Is it one of the stampeding animals seen behind the gyrosphere earlier in the trailer?
It's also possible this is a bit of an allusion/homage to the poisoned Triceratops in Jurassic Park. There was a lot of CGI used in the first trailer, but based on this shot and the one above of the I-Rex's jaws, there's good reason to believe director Colin Trevorrow recognises the importance of using CGI in conjunction with physical effects.
Hopefully he strikes the right balance. Jurassic Park's dinosaurs were onscreen for only 15 minutes: 9 minutes are Stan Winston's animatronics, 6 minutes are ILM's computer-generated creatures.
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