Jurassic World: 5 Reasons Why Dinosaurs Shouldn't Have Feathers

4. The Other Sequels Didn't Either

Although many would like to forget them, there were two sequels to Jurassic Park before World opened. And neither of them got even close to embracing the whole idea of dinosaurs having feathers. This may seem just like a continuation of the "they did it first" argument from before, but you have to remember that The Lost World and III came out in 1997 and 2001 respectively. By the time the final sequel rolled around feathered dinosaurs had gone from being a wild theory to a very plausible concept. And yet Joe Johnston didn't even consider changing up the look of his creatures, even for the newly introduced Spinosaurus. The film's lead velociraptor did boast some frills, but they were more hair than actual plumage. Of course, the film as a whole was about as lazy as Dennis Nedry, but that doesn't hide the fact that it knowingly flew in the face of the truth. The counter to this argument is that the dinosaurs in the first three films were all the product of the earlier genetic meddling from the original, where the bird theory was controversial and only amphibian DNA was used to fill the gaps in the dino-genome. Of course the dinos in 2001 would be feather-less - they were made with early-90's science. What's 2015's excuse? Well, Jurassic World actually provides one..