7 Insane Things That Were Cut From Jurassic Park Movies
Ideas that became extinct.
Movies about resurrected dinosaurs and genetic engineering tend to have insane stuff in them, as the Jurassic Park series has proven over the years, but the parts you didn't get to see are the most bonkers of them all.
When Steven Spielberg was adapting Michael Crichton's novel for cinema in the early '90s, there were scenes from the source material deemed too dark and expensive for the movie, so he backtracked on his initial plans to include them.
Although these scrapped ideas were condemned to extinction, fans got a hint at what might have been via storyboards and concept art that surfaced post-release.
Since Jurassic Park left a T-Rex-sized footprint in the box office in 1993, three successful sequels have stomped into cinemas, and the follow-ups also shed scenes that were dubbed too dark, outlandish or downright oddball during development.
As was the case with the original, life found a way to give the fans a good look at these aborted sequel ideas... and it's called the Internet.
7. The T-Rex River Chase
One of the most intense scenes from Michael Crichton's novel was cut from Jurassic Park because even Steven Spielberg movies have budgetary constraints.
The sequence in question looks like it would have been a real adrenaline fest. Alan Grant, Tim and Lex are rafting their way down a river when the T-Rex shows up to give chase, wading into the water to pursue the gang.
Spielberg and his creative team originally planned to include this pulse-racing set piece, but it was dubbed too expensive to film. The combination of practical effects and CGI required to pull it off raised a few too many pulses at the studio, which had already invested heavily in the movie. Bringing dinosaurs back to life isn't cheap, you know.
Storyboards which surfaced on the Jurassic Time YouTube channel have given fans a look at how this scene would have played out. From the look of things, it was all Lex's fault. The T-Rex was sleeping soundly until she decided to heckle it.
Fortunately for the group, a falling tree stops the T-Rex in her tracks, giving Robert Muldoon the chance to tranquillise the creature.
In an attempt to appease the hardcore Jurassic Park fans who would be outraged at this sequence's omission, Spielberg padded out the scene where Rexy chases after the jeep. The original plan was to have it drive away as soon as the beast's footsteps were heard, which isn't nearly as exciting.