*SOLVED!* How the T-Rex REALLY got over the DROP OFF in Jurassic Park

[@ShadowsLew]

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[@KaiFoster-yh7qj]

I Don't Know By away She's Very Clever

[@brandonharris7516]

No

[@KaiFoster-yh7qj]

Bro I Don't Care Because We Don't Know How The Tyrant-Queen Lizard Dinosaur Get Up The T-Rex Paddock Cage

[@brandonharris7516]

@@KaiFoster-yh7qj oh

[@Aethra.]

Can you do a video explain why the Carnotaurus and Allosaurus in Jurassic World: Dominion not only don't attack each other but also they they seem to get along with each other quite well during the Malta event?

[@tobiewolfen01]

It always seemed like a convenient oversight to get Alan and the kids separated from Malcolm, along with creating tension.

[@sheaffer117]

Actually, there's a very clear explanation in the books. The T-Rexes cage had a massive mulch around it i.e the drop off except for a small part that let up from down below to the side of the fence to allow the t-rex to come up and feed on the goat within view of the passing cars. This way that if the t-rex ever tried to escape it could only escape for a very small part of the fence. Of course they did not count on there being a massive hurricane and most of the staff having left. And with The fence being electrical and the paddock being filled with food, water and everything else the t-rex we need. They didn't believe there'd be a reason for it to even try to escape on that small viewing heel.

[@nomercyinc6783]

how the book describes it isnt how the movie does it at all. the book wasnt copied by the movie. bad take

[@hanburgundy4317]

​@nomercyinc6783 The Goat elevator is right next to the fence - it's implied that there's a ramp up to the feeding area.

[@tatummc]

I wish theyd been more true to the book, such a good read

[@MoldyMojoMonkey]

​@@nomercyinc6783 not a bad take at all. You can come to the same conclusion if you just use your brain a little. People these days think every little thing that isn't spoon fed to them is a plot hole.

[@mattiafornei2437]

It's a great explanation, but I have just one question. Why Spielberg never gave this answer to those who asked him the infamous question?

[@taigalilly]

Spielberg's response of "oh well" is pretty disappointing. I would have respected a simple, "yeah we messed up with the direction there" far more than his dismissive response.

[@TheHeartlessHero]

How is "the enclosure had an incline beside the wall" a disappointing response when it is a realistic way of explaining the scene (-_-) Think Mark! THINK!

[@Imaculata]

But they didn't mess up. As is clear from the set schematics.

[@taigalilly]

@TheHeartlessHero but that wasn't explained by him. His response was, "oh well." That's what I'm referring to. The explanation that there was an incline always made sense to me.

[@taigalilly]

@@Imaculata but they didn't show that visually in the movie, hence why so many people question that part. That is indeed a mistake.

[@nomercyinc6783]

its a movie therefore not important.

[@erickvonengelwalten8568]

I think this is a plot error because of the Hurricane Situation they had, they lost time, money and some pieces of production. Probably Spielberg has cutted this explanation for this and some pace reasons, like Ray Arnold's death... A shame, but on a first view you never though of that. I personally thinks that Satler and Mouldoon had down throw the cables too and then got up climbing. Actually when i was a kid i never though any of this hahaha...

[@nomercyinc6783]

people dont cutted things

[@thejunglecommando]

Head cannon to solve this, there was a mulch but due to the storm it fell off

[@robdaniels8949]

Seems so pointless having the moat if they make a platform for it to walk up to the fence 🤣

[@benmiller5015]

Nah, think of it like this. If there's a big moat n a concrete wall taller than rexy around 99% of her paddock then there's no reason to electrify most of the fence. So at the observation area you can place more security measures like extremely high voltage fencing. Remember it was never intended for the rexes to be at that area of the fence while the power was off

[@jpfan4life812]

If the moat was meant to keep the t rex away from the visitors, then wouldn't that make the electric fence pointless?

[@benmiller5015]

@@jpfan4life812 it would. But you also have to have a viewing area. So you bring the elevation up in the one area where the visitors will pass by, put an underground tunnel with an elevator to give the rex snacks, n electrify the beejesus out of the fence in that one area n boom, safety inspection passed. The rex wasn't supposed to be by that area when the power was off, for maintenance n whatnot

[@HumanHamCube]

They wanted the moats to bottleneck the Rex into that area maximizing viewing for the guests

[@Lord.Mind_Flayer]

Pointing out all of hamonds stupid ideas for the park is basically just beating a dead horse at this point

[@dennisvanopstal7360]

As a kid when i first saw it. I never wondered how the T-Rex got over the dropoff. I always wondered where the dropoff came from. Cause i noticed the grass around the goat platform. The T-Rex just walks onto the road. And suddenly there is a dropoff. Never understood. Now after several explainations i wonder how the hell its so confusing in a otherwise near perfect movie.

[@EstebanBrenesV]

Funny enough when I watched it as a kid my sister asked where the dropoff came from I looked her in the eye and said "it was there we just didnt see it" she replied "what about the rex crossing?", I said "well she used the road where the goat was", huh i guess that makes sense and we continued watching. Little did I know this would blow up years later as a supposed plothole XD.

[@MoldyMojoMonkey]

​@@EstebanBrenesV everything these days is a plot hole for some reason. I was the same as a child. I just used my brain for a couple seconds to fill in the gaps. Modern audiences obviously struggle with that sort of thing.

[@EstebanBrenesV]

@@MoldyMojoMonkey I most say that even if its not everyone I find a lot of people have difficulty with that sort of thing, no idea why specifically, shouldnt be a generational thing but sometimes people spec that everything will be layed out in the open

[@danielmalinen6337]

I have been aware of this for a longer time, probably since 2013 or 2014, when the set plans for the filming became public. But every time I've talked about this somewhere, I've either been accused of being a liar, or I've been told that the plans are non-canonical and the plot hole remains. That's why I'm glad that more and more people are aware of them and the set plans will be familiar to everyone.

[@vangeeson]

Feel you. Im rolling eyes every time i see a video making this THE reveal.

[@Omega_1998_]

This was all because...Spielberg chose fun over continuity. The more you know! 🌈⭐️

[@AlbatrossRevenue]

Wrong. All wrong. It's that frog DNA. The T-Rex simply hopped over, of course.

[@FortniteDaan]

true!

[@KuroSukotto]

It was definitely an editing error. When Ian is in the back of the jeeps the at the top and you see Ian say come on and then they're magically at the bottom and no fence. So it make sense that the scene was also an editing error but still makes for cinematic gold all great sceens.

[@AzraelThanatos]

If you look at the scene, the section that they went over the edge at was also one past where the fence was there, just a short concrete barrier as that section of it does not have the posts for the fencing, so it was closer to the tunnel end of things there.

[@jurassicjam2156]

Lego Jurassic world game shows it exactly on the edge of the Rex paddock, and you can go down there. The goat was pretty much in the front corner next to the drop off.

[@frogurtcremebrulee5252]

This is one of those things that you don’t think about the first time you watch it, but after you notice it you always think about it to the point it drives you mad. Great video bud :)

[@ShadowsLew]

Thank you :)

[@ericexplorations]

The better question is why the Jeep teleported when Malcolm was talking about the impact tremors

[@TBNRanimations0511]

I never noticed the fact that the T-Rex was able to get above the dropoff despite the dropoff being 50-60 feet tall until I watched this video, also maybe one of the reasons was the T-Rex’s height, I mean like like, a 6 feet tall human is tiny compared to the T-Rex

[@beerasaurus]

Froggy power legs.

[@ShadowsLew]

*Did you EVER WONDER THIS? Or did you know it? Personally when watching the film, I NEVER EVEN noticed LOL*

[@Kidfriendlyguy]

I dident notice

[@Bendyirl]

I'm early again

[@DrgnLdyLizzie2001]

TBH, every time I watched it, I never cared. The fact that she WAS out was more important than HOW she got out.

[@Denchar1138]

I actually picked up on it later. You can see the start of the slope just in the right-hand background where Alan tells Lex to stay by the drainpipe so he can go get Tim down out of the tree.

[@digotaurus.]

Everybody needs to know this, the T-Rex panda paddock was at the left and the huge drop off was at the right end and that was probably the brachiosaurus paddock

[@Spectral-Senpai]

I just like to think a bunch of Pterodactyl's with the ability to turn invisible just lifted the T rex 😅😅

[@wesbenarnold1980]

Plausible

[@RaeC5280]

Best explanation yet!

[@ShadowsLew]

Thank you

[@hotkeyafl]

Muldoon - we need locking mechanisms on the car doors. Hammond - studies have shown that kids are likely to fall safely from the 60 foot drop into the trees.

[@spinoraptor7776]

How about that, a slope. Thanks to you subconsciously that movie mistake will be replaced with a slope. And 7:45 we need more clips like this, it truly brings horror back to these gracious creations. The scream was truly real enough to send chills

[@ShadowsLew]

Thanks for watching until the very end :) appreciate it very much.

[@spinoraptor7776]

You are most welcome Shadow, plan on watching all your videos :}

[@shaneoleary9919]

I was wondering how they did it

[@UnicornPastelPrincess]

That is how I always thought the Tex pen was always done, but it would have been good if that info was added into the film but not all info is, and to quiet "Oh well" I still love the film even if it does leave me with questions but I guess that's a good thing because it keeps you coming back to the film to try and answer them.

[@Loch_Ness_Lachster]

I mean, it’s such an intense scene, we’re all looking at the actors and the T-Rex, not wondering how it got there.

[@MegaVergatron]

I was wondering

[@PterospinosaurusrexYT]

Good thing it managed to get up there without using superpowers and managed to escape thanks to the power outage and claimed isla nublar!

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video.

[@AnthonyMorris-tv1fg]

I have the jarrasic world dlc in mincraft and what I conclude is the trex walked up put her feet between the fence and the edge shimied with tiny arms and bit down and escaped but then again that seems impossible

[@maestro-zq8gu]

I guess having the rex push the car 100 feet or so to the moat part, turn 90 degrees then push it over would make it look a bit too smart lol.

[@Jimmy94411]

It’s a T Rex. It can teleport and time travel and levitate. It can bend time and space and fart black holes. It speaks fourteen languages and cooks better than Gordon Ramsey.

[@_Arevan]

Dino Crisis 2 in the background . . I see you´re a man of culture 😉

[@sergioestuardocontrerasova4577]

Thanks for the video.

[@ShadowsLew]

You're welcome

[@bligabliga]

3:52 - basically what i thought all along, but going back to the movie could never confirm. what REALLY confused me however was this: 0:51 - first glimpse of the entrance of the paddock = vehicles exit concrete tunnel 2:48 - this scene i assumed took place at the exact same spot as the trex reveal scene, so i was confused why there was a long continuous dirt road and no tunnel. i had to play the sega cd game to realize that theres the tour track, and jeep accessible manual roads. now i didnt have to play the game, the scene where Nedry escapes and dies along with the scene with the triceratops wouldve been enough, but i wasnt even 10 years old yet.

[@ObiClon]

Always wondered this. Now I know the answer.

[@p0rt3r]

I think what bothers me is that there is a hole in the fence, where the car goes over the edge. The only hole should be where the T-Rex escaped.

[@bjbeamng8599]

I know, I was thinking the exact same thing, but at 5:30, they show that the entire fence has been destroyed (which, honestly, does not make a ton of sense). However, in the screenplay drawings, such as at 3:52, it is clear that only one section of the fence is destroyed; the section that the T-Rex broke through. The section of fence where the Explorer falls off the ledge is almost fully intact.

[@chrismarm21]

Actually there's a very clear explanation. It's simply a mistake. The filmmakers stated publicly, albeit quietly, many years ago that they fucked up. The Production Designer and Art Director and even Spielberg himself overlooked the logic of the scene and didn't even consider they'd need to explain the lack of continuity. In the book, the T-Rex paddock does indeed have a concrete moat behind the fence line that separates the enclosure from the fence line. And yes, in the film, Hammond does mention the existence of moats when discussing security measures. However, the Making of Jurassic Park book contains early concept art for the film which shows a couple of concept examples of the paddock with a moat but the final design that was constructed by the Art Department does not have a moat which indicates the filmmakers opted out of building it (either due to cost or a lack of necessity)...that is until they realized they had to drop the jeep into a tree. In the film, during the daytime scenes showing the T-Rex Paddock (filmed on location in Hawaii) there's clearly no moat behind the fence. You can literally see ground, tree trunks, and shrubbery in each direction of the frame and then there's the whole thing about the goat coming up out of the ground. However the nighttime scenes where the Rex breaks free (filmed on a soundstage) a moat exists and it's only revealed once the Rex begins to push the Jeep over the concrete lip and through the fence line. In the book, the T-Rex basically tosses the jeep up into a tree off to the side of the Tour Jeeps' road which is something they were never going to be able to pull off in the film at that time. So in a way, the Jeep being pushed through the fence line and falling into the tree was the alternative/solution to the book's handling of the Jeep. Oversights and mistakes, even big ones like this, happen all the time in Film and TV.

[@JaceD4V1S88]

theres a shot where the t rext tips the truck over and pulls it further down the track by its brush guard, after it lets go its in front of the moat part

[@MaxMustermann-x2k]

Minute 3:22 Dino Crisis Save Room Theme - Set You at Ease @ShadowsLew is a man of culture. I like him already!

[@benmiller5015]

Another thing to take into consideration is that the raised area literally has an elevator in it for the goats which means theres a service tunnel leading to that for workers to give snacks to rexy. All of that would take up a fair bit of space under the all you can eat goat bar

[@ShadowsLew]

Very true

[@KitbashCustoms]

Literally was wondering this just yesterday

[@thegoat0611]

People its been 30 years we got it figured out already That being said i love Jurassic Park and will watch any video on it so nice video 🤌

[@kingbro2]

Simple she is so mighty and powerful she can walk across with no problem bow down to the queen

[@mnal5gex]

You can see the Cliff to the left of grant and lex when they are hanging. The top of the cliff would be where the goat was at

[@ricardobjj24]

I had the same question but I didnt want to criticize it that much because I love the T Rex

[@hm5y]

Damn my theory that it levitated up while t-posing is debunked 😂

[@melissaspooner2401]

Hey shadows I’ve loved your theory’s so keep up the great work

[@ericbraithwaite-ef2zr]

I LOVE JURASSIC WORLD AND PARK AND I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[@MatthewKing-Alexander]

Now this video was awesome. I enjoyed watching this video, and finding out about how the T-Rex got over the cliff. Very interesting video indeed.

[@ShadowsLew]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MatthewKing-Alexander]

@@ShadowsLew Yeah I did

[@How-To-RC]

I love the inclusion of the dino crisis track in the back ground. Man... that game was so bad arse

[@Lilitha11]

I kind of assume it was correct on the set they were using, but they switched to a different location to film the hanging off the edge stuff, and due to the swap there was some minor inconsistencies.

[@DecepticonScout]

Thank you for explaining that.

[@ShadowsLew]

You're welcome!

[@Bendyirl]

Early again you my fav KZbinr :D

[@ShadowsLew]

You're the best!

[@Bendyirl]

You to

[@Ch4r1ie_Games]

"You bet Jurassican" is the best outro

[@user-cb9sp8kb5w]

What about the tunnel they came out of during the day, but was gone that evening when the T-rex escapes?

[@ronperrinejr133]

Exactly, plus why didn't Muldoon drive through the tunnel when they were trying to evade Rexy?

[@nicholashaan7345]

Yeah right, i bet it was Shadows using his dark mage powers to teleport Rexy across..

[@ryukiniko]

He says shut to say it silently they are approaching the rex😂😂😂 love that nut

[@Pirelli913]

While I can respect the explanation behind the drop off, two issues I've always had with it are 1) If the rex is down below it, the people in the cars will only see the head. Of course that's why you put the goat on the level ground so the rex has to walk up the hill, but still. 2) That drop off has to be extremely severe because it's like 5 feet from the goat on level ground to a massive 50 foot cliff. In the novel, it's explained that the rex picks up the car and throws it into a nearby tree by the side of the road (not into the tyrannosaur paddock). So to explain how the car ended up in a tree in the film, they made a drop off and had it fall into the trees below because to film the mechanical rex picking up a car and throwing it probably would've been hell.

[@keanuhowell8174]

That Dino crisis soundtrack 🥹

[@AnnoyingMoose]

6:40 - 6:50 Your explanation here fails to take into account the apparent change in direction of the electric jeeps. As they approach the paddock at 6:48 the fence is to the left of the jeeps but when the T. Rex gets through the fence it is to the right of the jeeps.

[@whalehands]

I am so happy finding out im not the only one who noticed this. Even as a four year old kid watching this on opening night. I was able to say "Hey wait a minute"

[@TinyFlyThing]

I ofc wondered too as a kid how that worked, but i just thought that i don't have the full picture of the fence and area so it probably makes sense - and i just don't get it... and it's fine. I think it's really presumptions to say something is 100% a mistake if you just can't know. Many places look totally different on video then in real life, specially with video cuts and edits.

[@66solerpower]

I’ve always thought about this as a kid. That’s wild.

[@kyrios1120]

Bro I always though how tf that T-rex came out and when the car falls there’s a drop off and wanted to type it somewhere badly but my english is so bad I had no idea how to express myself clearly. Was thinking of a whole description until you just put it in one line in the title😂😂

[@leonlim007]

Totally didnt thought about it.

[@Demnosaurus]

The T-Rex say nope nope❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤I love dinosaurs like you

[@Green.Star_ks]

It’s more obvious when you see the stop motion animation tests for the T-Rex. She messing up and bites the car, but also drags it backwards, closer towards where the moat is

[@CGZeditz93]

this has been on my mind a lot

[@ShadowsLew]

Hope it answered some questions!

[@Hale_hana_noeau]

Great video but sorry to say I think your not the first to explain, I believe Klayton Fioriti's channel did this about 5 yrs back complete with the same script drawing. Good to once again dive into it tho.👍

[@rogerhuffmanjr.7695]

Most of the paddock was shot in the studio so that explains some of the inconsistencies in the choreography and continuity but I always thought when I was younger that the T-Rex pushed the car to the other side of the road where there was the moat drop off and I thought that until someone pointed out that the car is on the same side. I now accept that the T-Rex pushed the car further down because you can see multiple breaks in the fence on screen, not just one. Even if it's a little choppy that's a legitimate explanation especially because it was choreographed that way.

[@BeNiceToTheDevilsKat]

I always thought that that scene was so unlogical. When the T-Rex got "fed" with the goat the ground was flat and all of a sudden it was a cliff? 😅

[@soozdundee]

Poorly designed enclosure. 😂 How was the public ever meant to clearly see the Rex...

[@ShadowsLew]

Love it, logical thinking

[@Dan-ln3ty]

This has constantly been playing on my mind

[@smudgey5000]

I figured because it's a giant lizard, frog, chicken mutant that it had the genetics and strength to survive jumping down that drop off.

[@UnelectableAirwaves]

What doesn’t make sense to me still is that the massive hole where Rexy escaped from is right in front of the drop off. Like it appears ripped open specifically in that spot

[@Peter_1986]

There is actually a very simple explanation for this scene - the T.rex goes through the fence between the two jeeps, then it goes to Lex's and Timmy's jeep, much further ahead, pushes it even further ahead, and then drops it off at that location. So the T.rex was actually quite far away from the precipice when it went through the fence.

[@xprodigyx9069]

Or it could be "Subverting expectation"

[@powdercowboy90]

I could be wrong....but the cars pass by the trex paddock twice. The first time is when we see them come out of the tunnel....the second time they would have been going the other direction...twards the tunnel. So idk maybe that makes a difference in how we dont see the moat on screen

[@ShadowsLew]

Return to garage ;)

[@gamage4623]

Thats intresting but i am still confused.

[@ALX_6.11]

It's 23.57 and i got overthink by this AGAIN

[@DMH7]

Hey there shadows I just got done watching this video and it makes sense how the trex got out how you see the trex walking on ground and then later you see a drop off, now I have really never thought about that but I’ve always known seeing the trex walking on ground then you see a drop off but I didn’t really wonder how the trex got across, but it going up a hill does make sense how it got up there to escape, and I believe that Dr grant and the kids didn’t go up the hill probably because they didn’t see it, by the way the video was great 👍🏻, shadows could you do a video on what happened to the dilophosaurus in Jurassic Park.

[@Azuris190]

That was just my Explanation, one Side was just deeper than the other.

[@everfreebrumby8385]

Also why would you design an enclosure where you couldn’t see the Rex down a hill?

[@somekidcalledmark3754]

Maybe rexy uses her tail to jump just like gex the gecko

[@franky.378]

Yes I have

[@thecrusaderhistorian9820]

Nice video! I will be honest. I did not think about it. I missed that detail.

[@majinjason]

Or the feeding area only slopes in one direction, the other is a straight drop off. So the Rex has to approach it from either the other side, or walking towards the fence. It doesn't have to be a hill on all sides. This isn't a plot hole, its a nitpick.

[@dudehi3317]

Ov allways woundered but at the same time the goat was there to with woods around it

[@KingFrogVR_]

Early and someone just liked when I liked ✅

[@myleswelnetz6700]

She went around it.

[@tazman2253]

issue is if the script was right then the car would of been moved further along and even had to of broken more of the fence lines. this does not happen in fact the car only moves a few feet all the time staying along the broken part of the fence. Where its clear from how the Rex broke out that there is no that is zero drops or dips. This is clearly shown in the scene. I do love when people debunk their own theories when giving them. Like an athiest trying to claim they are not a religion.

[@Nator316]

Hasn’t anybody seen the map they got of the T-Rex paddock. I have and there’s 2 routes that take to the fences and in the middle it’s the huge gap where Alan and the Ford Explorer fell off.

[@shaun1912]

What about the tunnel

[@EchoDaFlameOniGAMING]

Crazy I never thought about that wtf how the trex grew invisible wings

[@Mal_Freeman0451]

Life finds a way.

[@stevenmcaulay165]

Thing is why didn’t they use the same hill to escape well if you look where the t-Rex was meant to be when they are in its paddock there is no hill just a moat a forest nothing to indicate that a hill was there

[@person5828]

What is the music from the start?????

[@thouseefjr3355]

Jurassic world indominus rex theme

[@DelainaTheJurassicFan]

Woo-hoo! Let's go! Another incredible video from the amazing and incredible Shadows! Without the T-Rex, the Jurassic franchise just wouldn't be the same! Shadows, I absolutely loved today's video! Thank you so much for posting this! Keep up the great work! You're the best! Edit: Can you please do a video about why the Tarbosaurus was absent from the Camp Cretaceous series until it appeared in Hidden Adventure?

[@ShadowsLew]

Glad you enjoyed it Delaina! I worked hard on this one :)

[@etosprinter]

Muldoon and Ellie manage to get down to where the Car was, with little problem.

[@johnstephens1447]

When you watch this part of the film, the front car door is closed when the T rex is walking around and stays closed until the kid closes it and the T rex looks at them. How did it open ?