The Jurassic Park franchise has captivated audiences for decades with its thrilling depiction of prehistoric creatures brought back to life through genetic engineering. Since the original 1993 film, the series has expanded into the Jurassic World trilogy, introducing new characters and increasingly dangerous dinosaurs. Yet as the franchise evolved, numerous logical inconsistencies and plot holes emerged that continue to baffle viewers. With Jurassic World Rebirth set to debut in 2025, many fans are revisiting these narrative problems that have never been adequately addressed.
Jurassic World Rebirth follows a new cast of characters led by Scarlett Johansson in a world where dinosaurs exist in isolated equatorial environments resembling their prehistoric habitats. The story centers on three colossal creatures holding the key to a miraculous life-saving drug, potentially addressing some long-standing questions about the franchise's approach to genetic science. Before this new chapter begins, however, it's worth examining the persistent logical problems that have plagued the series from its inception.
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The T-Rex Ship Escape In 'The Lost World'
The Lost World: Jurassic Park concludes with a baffling sequence where a Tyrannosaurus rex breaks free on a cargo ship and eventually rampages through San Diego. Before the T-Rex appears on deck, viewers see a severed hand on the ship's wheel, suggesting the dinosaur somehow entered the bridge and killed the crew without destroying the cabin itself.
More perplexingly, no explanation exists for how the massive predator escaped its holding area, killed the entire crew in confined spaces, yet remained contained within the ship until reaching port. This sequence sacrifices coherent storytelling for spectacle, leaving a logical gap that has never been addressed.
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The Government's Lack Of Oversight On Dinosaur Creation
One of the most glaring inconsistencies in the Jurassic franchise is how InGen managed to create living dinosaurs with virtually no government supervision. John Hammond's company discovered preserved DNA in fossilized mosquitoes and used it to engineer prehistoric creatures - a revolutionary technological breakthrough that somehow occurred without meaningful regulatory oversight. This scientific achievement - literally creating life from extinct species - would realistically attract intense government attention, regulation, and likely intervention.
By the time of Jurassic World, genetic manipulation had expanded to creating hybrid dinosaurs like the Indominus Rex and later the Indoraptor with minimal government interference. The absence of strict regulations around such potentially dangerous research becomes increasingly difficult to believe as the franchise progresses.
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The Preservation Of Dinosaur DNA
The franchise's foundational premise - that viable dinosaur DNA could be extracted from mosquitoes preserved in amber - stretches scientific plausibility to its limits. DNA has a half-life of approximately 521 years, making the recovery of intact genetic material from creatures extinct for 65 million years virtually impossible.
While this scientific shortcut enables the premise, the series never adequately addresses how scientists overcame this fundamental obstacle. Later films compound this problem by suggesting perfectly preserved specimens exist for increasingly exotic species, without explaining advances in the extraction or reconstruction process.
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Maisie Lockwood's Cloning Plotline
Fallen Kingdom introduces Benjamin Lockwood as John Hammond's previously unmentioned former partner and reveals his granddaughter Maisie is actually a clone of his deceased daughter. This major revelation feels awkwardly inserted into the established storyline, raising questions about why such significant characters were never referenced in previous films.
The ethical implications of human cloning far outweigh those of dinosaur recreation, yet the film treats this as a secondary plot point rather than the revolutionary scientific milestone it represents. Maisie's existence suggests human cloning technology had been perfected years earlier - a development that would realistically transform society in ways the franchise never explores.
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Training Dinosaurs For Military Purposes
In Jurassic World, Vic Hoskins confidently proclaims that raptors can be trained for military operations, ignoring the inherent unpredictability of apex predators. His plan to weaponize velociraptors for combat missions defies practical logic, yet becomes a central plot point. Even Owen Grady's limited success in training the raptors hardly justifies Hoskins' extreme confidence that these animals could serve as reliable military assets.
The concept reaches absurd heights with the Indoraptor in Fallen Kingdom, designed specifically as a precision weapon responding to laser targeting. The franchise never convincingly explains how creatures with reptilian brains and predatory instincts could be reliably deployed in combat scenarios without endangering their handlers.
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The Timeline Of InGen's Research
The franchise never clearly establishes when InGen began its dinosaur cloning research, creating a confusing chronology. For the original park to have fully grown specimens by 1993, significant research breakthroughs would have occurred years earlier. This raises questions about how such revolutionary science remained secret during development.
The accelerated growth of the dinosaurs presents additional logical problems. The franchise never adequately explains how InGen solved the challenge of rapidly maturing creatures that would normally take years to reach adulthood - a scientific achievement potentially more revolutionary than the resurrection of extinct species itself.
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