The Lost Version of Jurassic Park

[@brentdrag00]

It's pretty amazing just how "small" this movie is. Once they get in the jeeps, it becomes a haunted house/haunted island movie. There are, what, 9-10 people on the entire island? It's explained easily away by the incoming tropical storm, but what a brilliant maneuver to keep it to a tight cast of totally distinct, extremely well-cast characters. No extra guards, no extra techs, nothing. For such a blockbuster extravaganza, what brilliance to keep it so tight and focused on that small group.

[@MLPIceberg]

Actually, if going by the book I think they were either fully staffed or half-staffed. That's what... hundred plus employees? Most of them didn't make it to the ship meant to take them off the island due to the hurricane (Both fictional and real life one) in the book. I'll stop there. Don't wanna get ahead of myself in case you or another reader didn't read the book yet.

[@dr.stevebrule4511]

Agree and it’s exactly why the JW movies blow

[@kev3d]

@@dr.stevebrule4511 I swear the JW movies were written by a child. Just say out loud the major plot points and it sounds exactly like a little kid came up with them as he or she was making things up on the fly. "There's a new Jurassic Park, but it's bigger. And there's this huge fish dinosaur. And everyone likes it but the scientists make a giant bad guy dinosaur that is smart. Also, there are these raptors, but they are good guys because they were raised by a human. But the bad guy wants to sell the raptors to the army. There's also a pretty lady with red hair. And then something goes wrong and everything escapes. And then the bad guy dinosaur eats everyone, except the kids who are in a bubble. Then the bad guy dinosaur is about to eat the good guy humans, so the raptors and the t-rex team up to fight the bad guy dinosaur. And then it gets eaten by the giant fish dinosaur. Also a helicopter crashes and the old Jurassic Park jeeps still work. And the guy and the girl kiss. "

[@dr.stevebrule4511]

@@kev3d haha legit sounds like producer characters from South Park episode or something

[@dr.stevebrule4511]

@@kev3d it’s amazing they made Dominion with such disrespect to the original source content. It’s like, “have you even SEEN the original Jurassic Park? Do you understand you’ve put together a film that is everything that film wasn’t?”

[@HarryBalzak]

I went to Universal Studios on a rainy day back in 95 or 96 and there were maybe 1000 people there max. There were no lines as each ride had less people trying to ride it at any one time than the number of people the ride could accommodate. My friend and I rode Jurassic Park probably 2 dozen times in a row, before we got bored. The ride would stop at the end and the operator said, "Wanna go again?" and he would start it up again. Good times.

[@robertsertori5559]

I think the modern one took us like an hour wait in August

[@Rschr101]

Good old days. That park is unrecognizable now

[@jagsdomain203]

I worked there in 2001 as a tour guide. That was the best ride in the park

[@lifewithlulu4056]

I don’t like that they replaced it with screens and got rid of the animatronics. The tram ride is awful because everything is 3D now. I went all the time as a child and got to see the back lot dressed for back to the future 2. It’s such a cool memory to have. When I was a young child the tram had two stops and at one of them there was food and set items to play on. The tram could take you all day to complete. The whole park is not what it used to be unfortunately once Michael Eisner decided Disney needed to compete with universal instead of coexist 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@snoopywriter3643]

I did that in Six Flags with the Taz Tornado, I rode it like 6 times one visit because no one was there.

[@mythmaker6554]

Jurassic Park itself in the first film looks like an actual theme park, and I think that's what helps to give it a distinct aesthetic.

[@suedenim]

I had forgotten some of this until I happened across the first 30 minutes or so on cable. It's striking how good the movie is, and how effective at establishing setting and character, before you see the first dinosaur.

[@purefoldnz3070]

...spared no expense.

[@ZebboGeesucks]

I feel like Jurassic Park is inherently tied to the '90s aesthetics-wise, the contrast of the neon theme park tech and the brutalist concrete bunkers against the green Hawaiian jungle. The holographic stuff from JW1 and the iPhone lab from Dominion was just completely unsuitable imo, like it doesn't even belong to the same property.

[@scottb3034]

I don't think it is the theme part aesthetic but rather it having an aesthetic at all. Gave the film and location character and one that fits the setting. What makes Jurassic world not work as a location imo is the generic, bland look to it that doesn't look befitting of a rain forest locale.

[@toddbonny3708]

The original park still left a lot of the natural world intact. It's not a sea of concrete.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Personally, I think Spielberg was right to cut the more overt romantic elements. It feels like they'd be a distraction, and one that doesn't really go anywhere. It's fine leaving Grant & Ellie's relationship a little ambiguous. They aren't there on a date.

[@SmegulonPrime]

Too busy focusing on kids... As usual

[@Nope2479]

@@SmegulonPrime kind of the point, completes Grant’s arc.

[@SmegulonPrime]

@@Nope2479 point missed

[@ricardodavis4730]

Right On! And in the Jurassic World movies, the romantic element of Owen and Claire's relationship WAS totally distracting in that it didn't feel organic. As though the writers were making a checklist of Hollywood cliche.

[@kaijudirector5336]

I wouldn't say ambigious. You can tell from the get go they are together, but that's about it. They should really do that more: have the romantic couple together from the start and don't push the will they-won't they narrative.

[@Larry]

The raft scene also appears in the Jurassic Park Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game!

[@jabberjaw7163]

The Guru has graced us with the knowledge 🤘🏼

[@dc9662]

I was just going to say the same thing! Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ.

[@KairuHakubi]

Hello you. That's the first thing I thought of.

[@diojiwoolf]

Because it's a huge part of the book.

[@stefcannon2580]

Love that level, the music is awesome!

[@rouka120]

Yknow, I’ve never really complained about the Jurassic World movies because my draw to the newer movies has always been: “Alright, let’s go watch some dinosaurs kill people.” But when I rewatched the original I now know what is missing. It’s just there’s so much technology, action, flare, etc, in the newer films and it just draws away from the actual characters who get little to no development at all. In the original(and even a little in the two first sequels) the characters were isolated on the island, they didn’t have the means to bring weapons or helicopters or shit. They were alone and on their own and you actually got moments of them soaking this realization in. You also had moments of alone time with these characters where you got to see them interact and talk with each other to flesh out their own backstories and relationships with each other. It made it much more real, scary, and gave it so much character.

[@sinematic06]

The approach reminds me of Skull Island. That fear of rescuing Ann who’s alone with Kong and prehistoric creatures. The Jurassic World movies didn’t capture that feel as well as the original films did

[@jessemacaspac443]

First Jurassic World should have been a nightmare. When the dinos get released there is no Dino buffet, as there should have been excessive gore, but there isn't so there's no impact. Even the cgi was too cartoony. There's no real 'action' or consequences because the movies are too soft. At least the original Jurassic Park movies had better grounded action with real tension.

[@lifewithlulu4056]

What makes the originals better is that CGI was in its infancy so they had to rely on puppets and animatronics, which makes it more realistic. The actors had real things to act with unlike today with mostly green screens. Doing everything CGI is not realistic and the acting isn’t genuine. Those kids being chased by the raptor had real fear because there was a puppeteer behind those feet and not a blank screen.

[@tsdobbi]

I mean a big part of Jurassic Park, was them bringing dinosaurs to life in a way that had never been done before, the anticipation to the events. That simply can't be recaptured again. They basically address that in Jurassic World with dinosaurs kind of being treated as un-interesting, they've been back for nearly 30 years, no one cares anymore.

[@kev3d]

I have a little trouble with the plot point of Dinosaurs being sold to the military as some sort of super weapon. Better than, you know, precision missiles and armor piercing rounds?

[@chrismartin956]

The action figure of Dennis Nedry, which came out just before the movie's release, had removable arms. This indicates that the toy makers based their toy design from the book, rather than the movie. Also, the toy line had a juvenile T-Rex, which was a huge part of the book and not the movie.

[@innermostlayers6865]

I've always wondered why his hands could be ripped off. From what I remember from the original novel, Nedry indeed loses one of his arms…

[@skylark9896]

I loved the figures growing up. I was 11 when the film came out. Nedry always looked like some secret agent with his sunglasses and dark turtle neck.

[@ForTheRecordwithScottyD]

I had the juvenile t-Rex toy as a kid and it was my favourite for years, wasn’t until I read the book years later that I understood it was separate to the adult

[@VitZ9]

@@innermostlayers6865 Does he? I don't remember Nedry losing an arm. From memory the Dilophosaurus blinds him, then cuts him open, and he feels his guts spill out into his hands before losing consciousness. But I could be confusing his death with Wu, where the raptors rip his guts out before he passes out an dies. It's been a while since I read the book! 😅 I do remember Regis loses an arm and a leg though. When the juvenile Rex jumps on his chest, he puts his arm up to defend himself and the juvenile rips it off. Then later, Muldoon and Genarro find his severed leg on the side of the road. Maybe the toy designers just combined the Nedry action figure with Regis? Seeing as Regis was cut/combined into Genarro for the film, but they still released the juvenile Rex as a toy? Maybe they intended on having a Regis action figure till they found out he had been cut from the film, but thought the arm removing gimmick was too cool to not include it on any figure? Although adding it to the Arnold figure would have made more sense as far as the film edit goes, but then maybe Arnold didn't have an action figure?

[@veramae4098]

"The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Butterworth. Book for kids. An oldie but a goodie.

[@candydemure]

Finally someone who shares my opinion about the look and feel of the original park versus the "icy blue" look of Jurassic World. It just has so much more warmth and character.

[@prathapkutty7407]

I hate the color grading used in jw. It just looks so ugly.

[@ITSAHARDNUGLIFE]

It went way too Sci-Fi with the World films. Should have went with the less is more approach keep the Jeeps, and inject more practical Spielberg character situations.

[@starshine9205]

It reminds me of all are favorite old logos and commercial advertising. changing from cute, colorful, and memorable to gray, commercial and bland!

[@SammEater]

Jeff Goldblum acting like Jeff Goldblum in interviews is always a hilarious thing to watch.

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Same here!

[@MrNegativecreep07]

That interviewer certainly seemed to be enjoying herself.....

[@Realoemo]

@@MrNegativecreep07 she was weirdly close to him lol

[@rocketeightyseven1823]

It's impossible not to root for him and like him in every role he plays. Very few can pull that off.

[@MrNegativecreep07]

@@rocketeightyseven1823 Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai is an underappreciated gem, where he's a cowboy from New Jersey who plays his character as if he's walked onto the wrong movie set.

[@Skkredd]

Thanks for doing this. We had a year and a half of preproduction on that first film and I think THAT shows. We were given time to develop the dinosaurs while they developed and refined the story. Good times

[@adventuresinAI1982]

Solid work in it still holds up today.

[@hazonku]

Holy shit it's Shannon Shea! I was 10 when Jurassic came out & was instantly obsessed. And we're not talking obsessed like every 10 year old boy was, this was the turning point from "That's SO cool!" To "That's what I want to do!" So many of us owe our entire careers to you, Stan, and everybody else that made such a slew of hits but this masterpiece in particular. Thanks for everything.

[@Skkredd]

@@hazonku I felt the same way about Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Phil Tippett, Rick Baker and Rob Bottin!

[@RaptorStudios]

There are other cut scenes, including the aviary scene where the cearadactyls attack Grant and the kids. It was used in JPIII instead. Also, a scene where Alan calms Lex down after Tim falls into the tree, and shows her a map from the brochure how to get back to the compound. There’s a photo on a Jurassic Park 1993 trading card. The part where Ellie grabs a leaf was supposed to have Alan talking about studies on Apatosaurus. The gallimimus stampede was originally a hadrosaurus stampede. Hammond was supposed to die at the end from a raptor attack while alone in the control room or theater. In another storyboard, he falls down a hill into a trampled jungle in the Brachiosaurus paddock and sees the helicopter pass above, leaving him behind. In another script, he falls into a stream, left behind again, and a mosquito lands on his hand. The list goes on and on, but those are just a few.

[@Franniiv3]

The chemistry between Jeff Goldblum and the Interviewer lady was greater than the chemistry between all the characters in the 'Jurassic World' films, combined!

[@ShinSeikiEvan]

Geez, I wish I had even a tenth of Goldblum's charisma. That woman was completely entranced.

[@GamingintheAM0801]

For real. I'm a straight dude and even I was feeling the sparks from that man.

[@blakehill1164]

Fr

[@arisucheddar3097]

There was a strangely beautiful set of photos in some magazine profiling stars in their bedrooms. Jeff Goldblum was there in all his glory, in a ridiculously big bed. I've never been that jealous of furniture.

[@jonmc6573]

She outright tells him to backoff, not sure what you're getting at.

[@pyramidion5911]

@@jonmc6573 that's called flirting

[@wstine79]

It looks like Hats Off Entertainment has spared no expense with his great videos.

[@cesarhernandez6861]

Well, life finds a way...

[@loginregional]

DAMMIT! I just commented the same darn thing. GEEZ.

[@cesarhernandez6861]

@@loginregional Hehe, I won the race this time! But I'm sure you'll get the next one!

[@loginregional]

@@cesarhernandez6861 I'm not looking for first! I should have thought about it for a moment and looked before I hit GO

[@cesarhernandez6861]

@@loginregional Ha! Fair enough!

[@louistrouver2800]

I love your cutaways with relevant dialog from the film, especially when Goldbloom was talking to that interviewer. So perfectly timed 😆

[@branamcs]

I think you nailed it with the casting/the characters. Everyone is so believable. Laura Dern specifically has so many subtle and great moments: the relief when Ray's arm lands on her shoulder, her jumping into Alan's arms, the ice cream scene. All these moments of subtle, believable characterization.

[@leetll8]

I saw this movie 3 times in the theater, and I swear to god Ellie grabbing the leaf was in the theatrical cut I saw. I distinctly remember noticing that it wasn’t there when I saw it on video much later.

[@J.S.3259]

It was only in the trailer

[@ja2306]

Yes! I had this conversation with my mom once, and she told me she remembered the same thing. This was in Puerto Rico, and back then it took a lot longer to get movies subbed in spanish for Theaters, so I always thought they used an older theatrical cut with this scene in there. Either that, or my and my mom are going through some weird mandela effect thing lol

[@prathapkutty7407]

I'm pretty sure it was in vhs version back in 94

[@vinceventresca6763]

I saw it on Opening Night in 1993 and roughly ten times in the theater over the next year, and at no point did I see Ellie grab the leaf.

[@MadMatt13]

I love the way you edit and replay parts for comedic effect. Another excellent video 😁👍

[@THEMAX00000]

My mother pulled myself and my little brother out of class for the day and took us to see this the weekend it opened. It is one of my most cherished memories.

[@davidjames579]

You were at school on the Weekend?

[@jackb3758]

I had NEVER noticed the lawyer misusing the term "autoerotica"

[@carvahaunter122]

Thankfully Universal Orlando’s version of Jurassic Park is still themed after the og movie even with the new coaster being Jurassic World themed.

[@LangyMD]

Pretty much completely unrelated, but the Velocicoaster (the new Jurassic World coaster in Universal Orlando) is an *exceptionally* good roller coaster. Highly recommended.

[@ricardodavis4730]

Hmmm. At least someone decided to keep the classic alive in theme park form. I had no idea the Orlando version was left untouched by Jurassic World.

[@j-555]

it's neglected though. rode it last year and the dinosaurs are not looking too good.

[@johnscanlon8467]

The six-week barf cycle is in Crichton's novel, which is how it got into the script and other text versions (except it was originally Stegosaurus not Triceratops)

[@bennettfender9927]

Ironically enough Triceratops was capable of chewing its food and wouldn’t need gizzard stones unlike Stegosaurus.

[@hamsandwichson]

I remember seeing a Jeff Goldblum interview years ago, that I've never been able to find, where he's just so sick of talking about dinosaurs that he starts going "Dinosaurs, dinosaurs dinosaurs!" It was perfectly Goldblum.

[@ChewyThomson]

There was also a riverboat sequence in Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition on Sega Genesis. Great game.

[@stillbuyvhs]

And in the Game Biy fame. Probably in the NES game too.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Was in the novel as well

[@Rschr101]

Great game

[@pvawterpvawter]

Thanks for making this. I can't even count the amount of times I've watched the first Jurassic Park movie. It's neat to see all the little things that you've discovered about its deleted scenes. thanks for a video honoring the perfection of that first film and sparing no expense. Love your channel thanks for all you do

[@MysticMike]

I love the use of clips from the movie for your points.

[@ThemeParkStop]

Love these types of videos from you! Ellie picks up some of the stones in the berries off the ground in one shot in the final film, contemplating, right before inspecting the dino droppings. And I remember the stones playing a role in the story in the Michael Crichton novel, so I always loved that they kind of addressed it, by showing her thinking about it.. just for us in the know.

[@ggrarl]

In the book it was a sick Stegosaurus instead of a Triceratops, but neither would've needed to swallow stomach stones, because they had grinding teeth. It would make sense if it was a Gallimimus or a Brachiosaurus though.

[@J0MBi]

11:00 I was struck by a similar feeling going back to rewatch Jurassic Park recently. Everything about the design and feel of the movie is perfect for the blend of adventure, excitement, comedy and scares. The premise of the story and the look of the locations and sets are just spot on, the pacing gives you enough time to really feel like you are on this amazing adventure with these characters in this high tech wonderland before it takes the turn into the dinosaur based horror and action.

[@shainewhite2781]

DUDE, YES!!! Been waiting for something like this! The Lost Cut Of JURASSIC PARK. Always wondered what happened to this version.

[@smaakjeks]

Oh my god, we dodged so many bullets! -The part about kids not knowing about different geological eras makes Alan look stupid and narrow-minded as frack. Where it actually cuts makes it funny and sweet because you can hear he's being uncharitable on purpose. That he has other reasons for not wanting kids, but is being playful about it. -The parts where Malcolm flirts are low-key creepy, but goofy. If we had a big ol' kiss between Ellie and Alan at the beginning, Alan's reactions to Malcolm flirting would come across as burning jealousy. Especially if they had kept the "u feel what i feel omg" lines from Ellie. In the movie, their relationship is cemented subtly and Alan seems just overbearing and annoyed with Malcolm's (still low-key creepy, but relatively harmless) flirting. Alan doesn't see him as a threat. As he wouldn't if they were in a solid relationship. And, it's nice that Malcolm does in fact apologise for going after Ellie once he finds out they are in a relationship. Tim the dinosaur nerd not instantly recognising a triceratops would beggar belief... Every kid knows triceratops, let alone one who can spot Gallimimus. I agree, the final cut is absolutely perfect. Every line has purpose and gives suggestions for more nuance for those who are more interested, without boring or confusing people who miss those suggestions. And, yes. The characters are fantastic and perfectly casted. Your editing was great, too! I laughed out loud several times :D

[@Gramscifreedom]

Absolutely agree with this analysis. It seems they knew exactly what to keep in and what to cut out. Fantastic movie.

[@aortaplatinum]

Jeff Goldblum wasn't cast to play Malcolm, like all of his roles, he just wandered on set one day and thought it was real

[@pyrotechnick420]

It's really ridiculous how well the 3D holds up in the original, it basically set the standard that no one was able to achieve for the rest of the decade lol

[@viddork]

Since the movie wasn't originally released in 3D. I assume you're talking about the "3D" animation, i.e. CGI?

[@heliosdelsol]

What the hell?!?! We need a RELEASE THE LOST CUT! campaign for this ASAP!

[@davidjames579]

I'd love if you could do one for Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Things like the two half drunk glasses of Champagne when Marcus arrives at Indy's house. Lawrence Kasdan saying some of the best dialog he ever wrote was cut from The Raven Bar. The good hearted German Soldier's scene where he can't kill Sallah.

[@tubguinace]

Is it just me or was that woman interviewing Jeff Goldblum super into him? And Jeff was all for it. Wouldn't be surprised if they hung out in the back for a good while after the camera stopped rolling lol.

[@kevincooper1982]

Even Hats Off thought the same hence the slow mos when Jeff was licking his lips 😆

[@davidjames579]

Personal Space Invader and Jeff can't stop looking into her eyes.

[@crakatoot5480]

The first film is SO amazing. It's kind of shocking, they were never able to come up with a good idea for a sequel

[@lutherheggs451]

The island is literally bombed and destroyed at the end of the novel....there literally should have never been a sequel. There wasn't even a second book until they wanted to make a sequel to the film.

[@crakatoot5480]

@@lutherheggs451 true but the bombing thing didn’t happen in the movie. They could have had them go back to Isla Nubar. Frankly there was never a good reason given why there was a second island

[@crakatoot5480]

@@bitkitty3506 the third one had a few cool scenes. Like the bird cage scene or the Spinosauros boat attack. That’s about it. The other trilogy had domesticated Raptors and Chris Pratt…..uggghhh

[@guileniam]

@@crakatoot5480 it also had very very bad scenes like a raptor saying Alan

[@rolanddeschain6089]

It's weird that when they pull in scenes from Jurassic World, you see some one-dimensional actors. Characters from a movie. Looks like a commercial. Everything looks so clean. Even the actors look kinda fake. I can't fully put it into words. The characters from JP, on the other hand, seem like real characters. Like real people. The park doesn't look like a videogame but like a real 90s amusement park.

[@Jared_Wignall]

I really enjoy hearing about these lost versions of films. It’s interesting to hear what could have been or what was originally conceived before being the film we know today.

[@hp5469]

My Sega Genesis Jurassic Park game had the River Boat scene. As a kid I wondered why that was in the game.

[@raviamodernepic]

I laughed at each and every cut-in with Nedry and Hammond lol

[@jabberwock6]

He spared no expenses

[@DavidMeggers]

I swear I recall seeing the leaf grabbing scene (mentioned at 03:46) in the opening weekend version of the film, it’s annoyed me ever since that I’ve never seen it.

[@covidkiller420]

Same I swear I’ve seen that and the other scene of her explaining why she’s sick

[@DavidMeggers]

@@covidkiller420 it must be an opening weekend cut or something

[@grumpyoldwizard]

If any fans have not read it, the book JP is based on by MC, is excellent.

[@Funnylittleman]

The first one is. The Lost World is awful, in my opinion. It’s clearly written for the money and the pressure from the studio.

[@matthewbowen5841]

@@Funnylittleman I'm not sure I would say awful, but the first book is a scientific ethics masterpiece, while the second is a very fun summer blockbuster read.

[@Sawrattan]

The fade from Goldblum chatting away, to Hammond saying "you'll have to get used to Dr Malcolm" 😂😂😂

[@DanKidsYouNot]

HATS OFF to that Jeff Goldblum edit, hahaha... 🤣

[@azn1011]

damn i hope Jeff Goldblum got those digits. and the thing about the original Jurassic Park was that it really was lightning in a bottle and came out a the right time and can't ever really be replicated, even if you bring back all the original characters as Jurassic World Dominion showed.

[@mightyfilm]

I don't even think the original sequels were able to capture that feeling either. The second one, almost, definitely not the third one.

[@adnsaurus]

I don't actually thing Colin Trevorrow really tries to do a good or decent movie, he just writtes some bulshit about genetics add non developed protagonists, put some dinosaurs behaving like monsters instead of animals and makes a plot with no sense to get money from us, Im sicked of the world franchise. At least TLW and JP3 tried and were more coherent with their universe and the plot.

[@mightyfilm]

@@adnsaurus Some movies don't need sequels or need to be franchises. Some are just perfect as one film, and if absolutely needs be, a series of expanded universe tie ins. Novels, comics, a cartoon series maybe. They hit it out of the park hard the first time and it was a tough act to follow, even though the book itself had a sequel. That third one basically proves that the studio system that wants to turn everything into a franchise was always around. Speaking of which.... I at least give credit for the first Jurassic World. Even if unintended, the movie feels like a Meta commentary if not outright satire of said franchise system and commercialization of the concept. The massive partnerships, the Disney World-esque Jimmy Fallon ride video intro, the line about audiences wanting bigger and bigger dinosaurs. The whole thing came off to me as a sarcastic backhand to Universal for wanting to drudge up a 90's movie franchise, but making it more of a spectacle because modern audiences are somehow that jaded. All the while you have that one guy who was a huge fan of the original park (without ever going there) and how dangerous it was. Shades of the comment section from a video on Action Park. Of course, they completely beefed it with the second movie, and the third movie felt like they had 3 unfinished scripts for it, and hoping if they shoved them all together, no one would notice they don't have an ending. But at least they made a massive backtrack and saying "Oh, no no no! Hahaha! No, she's a natural born daughter, not a clone. Wherever would you get a weird idea like that?" It was unintentionally hilarious, even they realized what a stupid plot the second one had.

[@penske_material]

@@mightyfilm Dominion was really bad. I went in expecting it not to be very good and somehow it was worse than I thought. I can't imagine if I had had high expectations for it. I felt most of the times the characters were doing things for the sake of doing them. Not even the original characters were interesting to me, I mean when first seeing them yeah, it was nice but after seeing them speak those lines it never really felt like they were the same people... idk, it was bad lol

[@mightyfilm]

@@penske_material Universal clearly wanted to make this film more than anyone who made it. It was clearly a rush job, and it set up a lot of potential, and didn't know what to do with any of it. You have a world full of dinosaurs humans have to live along with, and that could have been a movie all its own. All we got out of that was barely a set piece about underground dinosaur smuggling. We had that storyline about a corrupt genetics company creating an infestation that could have ALSO been its own movie and didn't need to be a Jurassic Park film at all that at least they had some focus on, but still felt like they dealt with it at the surface level. It felt like multiple movie ideas compacted into one incoherent mess, and the fan fiction level of understanding of the original characters is actually the least of the film's problems. At least they do something. The trilogy's new characters were barely present and didn't need to be in the movie in the first place. They seemed shoehorned in to undo the stupid clone revelation from the last movie. And even then, THIS movie was a slight improvement over that one. At least we got some sort of forcefully inserted kaiju battle at the end.

[@mjb4287]

Just discovered your channel and I’ve already binged watched everything. Look forward to another “Forgotten Failures.”

[@freaknr1]

7:00 The gizzard-stone explanation is in the comic-adaptation as well. I own the comic to both Jurassic Park and The Lost World and there are cut scenes from the movie in both. In TLW, the scene originally introducing Roland Tembo, where he beats up a guy sexually harassing a waitress, is included. I think that scene is on the DVD, but it was apparently cut from the film because it made Tembo to sympathetic to the audience. Always great to see theses videos from you. I've been a fan of Jurassic Park since I was 6 years old, but I had no idea about some of these scenes.

[@JagoHazzard]

Weird, I had that same Mandela effect thing, and I also had the junior novelisation. In fact, I remember seeing the film on TV once and wondered why they cut that bit, because I was sure it was in the cinema release.

[@aaronj204]

Same. I swear I saw this in the original theatrical cut when it came out and have not been able to dig up anything on it since.

[@dennisnedry1587]

@@aaronj204 yeah I remember it as well. Used to talk with my siblings about how strange it was being cut out on the vhs.

[@Dark.Shingo]

@@dennisnedry1587 I do remember the rocks detail, I'm confused now!

[@SJHFoto]

It was in the original book-not just the screenplay. I read it there. (But I was probably older than a lot of the viewers of the movie were in 1993)

[@trackermusicforever]

I also remember seeing Tim find the rocks in the theater. I also did read the novelization.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

This movie is a master piece in every way and one of my favorite 90s movies despite the minor mistakes left in the movie. Great look at the cut scenes.

[@swoosh4644]

Also the T Rex/raft scene. They used it in the Jurassic Park video game on Sega Genesis. The T. rex chases Alan Grant. Pretty fun

[@CSM100MK2]

Love your channel. Your vocal style is so refreshing - not annoying, easily understood, good pacing, and doesn't embellish for time or narcissism. Even if I disagree with your classification of almost cult classic lol

[@dogtagduke744]

Seeing even small snippets of new footage is for some reason so magical.

[@davidprenticeii6742]

First of all, great editing on this video. Your cut aways were perfectly timed with what your talking about and made me chuckle. Secondly, I believe what was so magical about Jurassic Park was that a lot of pieces came together flawlessly. The actors, the music, the most real looking dinosaurs to date, set design, etc. I saw the film 8 times during it's first release and watched it every day after school when I got the VHS over a year later for at least a month. I love that film and while I enjoyed the sequels, they can never measure up to what the original brought us.

[@tysongasaway2286]

Can you do a video on the lost virson of Ferris’s bullers day off and Star Wars and the original viacation and anomal house and the three amigos please thank you love you’re videos

[@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra]

I wanna see the lost version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which began production at Disney in 1983 before Spielberg got involved, had a different voice cast in mind and was overall much closer to the original Gary K. Wolf novel.

[@lovenotegestapo]

You may want to check out Lost In Adaptation, he has a great video on the differences between the RR book and movie

[@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra]

@@lovenotegestapo That's one of the VERY FEW tolerable videos from that channel.

[@sheldonhatch8255]

@Hats Off Entertainment I truly thank you sincerely for making this video. I was 12 or 13 when this came out & it fit right in with my daily life. My dad was a geologist, paleo-buff, who had his own business, a rock shop, selling all kinds of fossilized remains. This was years before our "government " deemed it illegal. He learned this from his grandfather and I from him, the art of dilapidary work, rock saws, polishing, cutting, fitting, etc. ..what a beautiful, exciting and thrilling hobby/career this is

[@JakeVonScott]

Major kudos to you! This is the kind of stuff I live for, bts and deleted scenes, such a joy to watch and I appreciate the effort you put into this!

[@adamkane4217]

I do think the other reason the original looks so good is because of all the real sets and restraint with the CGI--it's much easier to add a monorail in post than it is to build one these days, but it makes the films look a bit too perfect.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

The irony of of Grant hating kids in the film is that it’s a complete inversion of his attitude in the book. Grant LOVED kids in the book.

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

The merch had a special feeling going beyond the movie .

[@agrippa.the.cosmonaut-wiz]

Weird thing is, I don't remember ever having seen the trailer, but I remember Ellie grabbing the leaf in the movie? Idk, must've seen that shot in some DVD extras and my brain just filled the gap in the movie.

[@jkincaid582]

I remember her grabbing the leaf as well. Perhaps there's a cut of the film where that was left in? It's such a quick moment it seems strange to have cut it at all.

[@mrmojomajestic8317]

In the book, Grant actually loves children and it makes far more sense. He is a dinosaur lover and there is no group of humans that loves dinosaurs more than young children.

[@Cyril29a]

10:04 The interviewer was clearly imagining going down and getting wet with Goldblum on that ride as he described it.

[@kevincooper1982]

😆👍

[@MsLeenite]

Excellent work, Joe: research and execution. Thanks!

[@reminicrush9016]

Ellie clutching the leaf in the movie is something I do remember watching in the theater . When I finally watched it on VHS, I even recall being a little let down and perplexed as to what happened to that sequence. Even my friends commented on it. I kept saying, “she’s holding the leaf, where’s the part where she grabs it?”

[@officergamerpro]

Spolier for the original Jurassic Park book... Its funny because Alan and Ellie are not a couple in the book, so leaving their relationship in the movie ambiguous makes some sense. Ian Malcom wasn't even interested in Ellie either and Mr. Hammond is a huge piece of work, literally not caring about the kids.

[@tylerseese2407]

Do The Lost Version of The Breakfast Club and Ferris Buellers Day Off. There are deleted scenes in both movies that I don’t think have ever been seen.

[@davidjames579]

I second that.

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

I've always wanted an animated remake of Jurassic Park that combines the scientific complex plot of the book with the likeable characters of the film. A combination of the 2 could give us a perfect adaptation. However, of course nothing will be as iconic as the 1993 film

[@matthewbowen5841]

As a massive fan of the movie and the book, I have often wrestled with this. In my eyes, the movie as it stands and the book are both just about perfect as seperate but related works of art. Most of the time, movies based on books seem to cut corners and are obviously inferior in scope and idea, for the obvious reason that filming the detail inherently available in text form inspiring the human brain is nearly impossible. But Spielberg simply knocked it out of the park, replacing much of the complexity and detail and additional characters necessarily dropped with heart and imagination and vision all his own. It really stands above simply being a movie adaptation of an amazing book.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

No trash animation. Tired of that.

[@mctownes2013]

It would be interesting to see a Jurassic Park that is a direct adaptation of the specifics of the novel.

[@jl.7739]

Here is my dreampitch: remake the novel into a streaming mini series. Maybe 6-8 episodes each an hour long. Stay close to the book, update the dinosaurs to the latest knowledge. Make it „R rated“ and keep the scientific/ mathematical talk.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@@jl.7739 They'll do a terrible job just like they did with these horrendous World movies

[@TheMarineIguanaStudios]

6:56 Though I don't recall that scene in particular, I do have a similar story... ... I seem to have this incredibly vivid memory of when I was in the theater back in 1993: seeing the T. Rex crash through the wall of the the Visitor's Center just before she attacks the raptor. I remember being a bit confused when I watched the movie on VHS, finding the scene in question was quite absent. Perhaps I just come from the Berenstein timeline...

[@psilva2462]

That’s the tarp on the wall the raptors come through and the t Rex following them. No smashing. But this happened to me too

[@feathero3]

7:51 This scene was in the SEGA Jurassic Park game I played as a kid! It was awesome, but I always wondered why it deviated so much from the events of the film. Thanks for letting me know it was from the novel and original script!

[@slurpmeslower6516]

Jeff Goldblum def smashed that reporter.

[@ThePlay111]

i appreciate when you guys do these kinds of videos, script cuts and deleted scenes, how it would have impacted the film. Thanks.

[@loginregional]

Joe has done it again. Looks like he spared no expense in shooting this video.

[@Makoto03]

Jurrassic Park is such a perfect summer blockbuster. But its nice to see these cut scenes from the script. :)

[@michaelnagle5482]

Goldblum looks so bored trying to talk about the Universal Ride. You better believe he got it on with that interviewer though.

[@luisrazi]

The charming you talk about it’s Steven Spielberg’s trademark touch. All his movies have it. ET, Indiana, Close Encounters, Hook, Jurassic, AI and more. But mostly adventure sci-fi movies are his most unique.

[@zonesproductions]

Ellie grabbing the leaf was in the version I saw at the cinema on release day. I remember it pretty vividly as when I watched VHS release it cut that shot and had an interaction between Hammond and his lawyer. I knew I hadn't seen that scene at the cinema.

[@JDelwynn]

Or, more likely, you remember it wrong. Happens all the time.

[@J.S.3259]

Believe me, it was only in the trailer

[@fromvault801]

Theodore Rex for Forgotten Failures please. It's history is as entertaining as the film is bad. I'm not a Make a Wish kid but that's what I'd ask for

[@jhgfdsertuiokjhg]

I totally thought I saw that baby triceratops scene in the movie as a kid

[@UKThemeParks]

There was a clip in the scene where Ellie is running out after resetting the power, where her torch gets caught on the railings and is nearly attacked again by the Raptor. I remember this from the cinema however have never seen this clip again! In all cuts i've seen since (wasn't in the 3D Re-release either) you see her running with the torch attached to her leg, then straight out of the door with no explantion of where it went.

[@mr.snezok]

Thanks for compiling this together. I wouldn’t mind watching the missing scenes.

[@ryanspengler4877]

I swear I have a possible Mandella situation, too, with that "babies smell" scene because I SWEAR I remember it going two seconds longer: Grant: "...they smell." Ellie: "They do NOT sm-" Grant: "Babies smell...(USUAL CUT IS RIGHT HERE)...the one on the airplane did..." Ellie: "Well...he had a little...accident-" Grant: "No, no, no-" (HELICOPTER LANDS AS USUAL and cuts off their conversation, scene proceeds as we've seen it before) I know I've seen it this way somewhere before because I never even knew that line was still missing. Anyone else ever see it or am I completely crazy? 🤔

[@kevincooper1982]

Maybe you watched an edited for tv version which had dialogue and scenes included to make up for the scenes that were edited out due to content and that's what you're remembering?

[@jameshatton3293]

I don't remember that but I do remember the Trike scene and another where Ellie notes the extinct plants and pulls it off as the jeep goes by. She might still be saying it's supposed to be extinct in the current cut right before the brontosaurus but I remember her pulling it off the tree

[@sl0thysl0th]

Jurassic Park is and forever will be my favorite movie. This video is phenomenal ♥ Wonderful job love

[@dalejennings2677]

As a kid I thought Dr.Grant was a professor and Elle was a student.

[@jahimjauh-hey5653]

For years I had no idea Alan and Ellie were a couple and when hearing people advertising Jurassic Dominion as people have been waiting for 30 years for them to kiss I thought to myself wtf are you talking about. I don't think I've met a single person who were hard core shipping them and mostly everyone is indifferent.

[@KairuHakubi]

plus she married someone else. I got the impression they were genial exes, or maybe former professor and student where the student had become an expert in her own right and their power dynamic had sort of shifted in an uncomfortable way for Grant..

[@LiveForFuntasy]

@@KairuHakubi They were professor and grad student in the original novel. There was even a scene where Grant had to correct Tim, who mistakenly thought they were a couple, and that Ellie was engaged to a Berkeley physicist.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@LiveForFuntasy well how do you like that, i didn't even read it and somehow that still came through in what we got. I guess the screenplay had to get 'hollywooded' up a bit.. back when that meant romances between a man and a woman, and softening the edges on really despicable characters like the book's version of Hammond (I have HEARD about the book in some detail, but only recently, long after cementing my feelings on the movie)

[@AJR-zg2py]

@@KairuHakubi Book Hammond was a total asshole and I'm glad he met the terrible end that he did. I'm so glad they didn't use Book Hammond for the movie because for the story to work as a movie, he needed to be likeable. JP wouldn't be remembered as well today if Book Hammond was used.

[@rikmichaels9233]

Hollywood did their bs to the relationship that was never meant to be from the source material

[@Mi_Pi]

Excellent, excellent work on my all-time favourite movie, Sir!

[@jaceksulek]

In old days movies shot on film were 24frames and for VHS/Broadcasting TV it had to be converted to 50/60Hz I remeber reading the interview Spielberg states that two shots: Ellie grabbing leaf and T-Rex entering Visitors Center was cut from Broadcast conversion because the film is stretched during 24p to 60Hz conversion.

[@Balevolt]

This was the first movie I remember seeing in theaters. Your opening line makes me feel ancient.

[@kev3d]

Goldblum was definitely looking to go down town, on Down Town, If you know what I mean.

[@tenebrousoul9368]

God yes! I admire what you do, Hat crew

[@Lohengrin1850]

I just rewatched the film, and wondered again why we never see Ellie actually help the Triceratops! Thanks for sharing that scene from the script and so many other neat scenes.

[@wstine79]

I would've love to see those stop motion animation dinosaurs that were planned to be used in the movie.

[@lutherheggs451]

It would look god awful, especially now with people constantly crying for everything to be in 4k....Things that relied heavily on stop motion do not look good in 2022...Hell the original Clash of the Titans stopped looking good in the early 2000s. Things like that weren't made to be in 4k....Star Wars was not meant to be in 4k and will never be in native 4k. All 3 of the original trilogy and Phantom Menace were all filmed in 2k as most effects heavy films are. By making "4k" its not only upscaling an image not meant to be in that resolution, your also kinda doing some damage to the image itself.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@lutherheggs451 uh.. pretty sure anything filmed on real film can be blown up. and they're using AI techniques now to add inbetweening to make the frames smoother for old stopmotion.. I feel like all the old Harryhausen stuff holds up.

[@J.S.3259]

@@KairuHakubi the Go Motion effects for Dragonslayer looks far better than most CG. Give me a real matte painting over a digitally composited one, too

[@KairuHakubi]

@@J.S.3259 well now you're just being silly, obviously digitally edited paintings are better but yeah dragonslayer still looks amazing. god i love that movie.

[@J.S.3259]

@@KairuHakubi not necessarily, no. Many mattes that are painted on glass can far exceed the artistry of what a digital artist can produce. The art had been lost, as has the ability to properly photograph them. Honestly, the overuse of CG, coupled with a dearth of lower/mid-budget films aimed at mature audiences (I’m talking about depth, not “mature” in the sense of sex or violence), has made me largely eschew most Hollywood films from recent years and look for features from other countries

[@tompollockjr144]

Jurassic Park is just so good, I don't think I'd want any of these scenes back. Except for maybe the T-Rex trying to get the raft... That could be pretty awesome.

[@The_Texorcist]

I think that JP was lightning in a bottle. There was an innocence to it. As the movies went on though I felt they became overly cynical. Plus you have the awesome mix of CG and Practical Effects, the amazing soundtrack, the endless merchandising. Edit - as to the white water T-Rex scene I assume that got axed when Spielberg brought Stan Winston on. He probably told Spielberg “you know how anamatronics and water don’t mix, YOU worked on Jaws. Do you really want to go through that again?”. They had enough problems with the Rex with the rain scene (getting the shakes). Ya put that thing in churning water… oof good luck.

[@CarletonTorpin]

This is one of your best edits, Hats Off.

[@mikeyfrederick1232]

Just had to say that your content is super interesting and insightful sir.. You can really tell the hard work you put into these..I'm a fan

[@jesstipton]

Another amazing documentary! I agree, JP1 is cinema perfection.

[@oryoruk]

Fantastically researched and stitched together!!! Thanks

[@VideoHeadMan]

Best part is Hammond exclaiming, "DAMN!" when referring to cuts needed to be made.

[@j.donaldson2758]

We had PrimeStar satellite back when I was a kid and I think it was an ad for their Starz package that showed the scene where Ellie plucked the leaf. It always bothered me that even though I'd seen JP many times I did not recall that scene. It took me years to finally realize she was holding it in the Jeep and that they had used a deleted scene for the commercial.

[@MBhatesYT]

This is so incredibly interesting! I had never seen any of those stills/brief scenes!

[@simplicitylost]

7:01 I saw this movie when I was six (in 1993) and have obsessed over it ever since. _Never_ do I recall anything about gizzard stones.