One of my favourite Hammond moments comes as a result of the changed ending. I love watching Hammond standing on the helipad, staring back in the direction of the Visitors Centre, you can almost hear him thinking "Next time will be very different... when we have control..." I don't believe Hammond could ever completely divorce himself from the fantasy of Jurassic Park.
I agree, but on the other hand The Lost World shows him converted into a raving ecologist, which we have to accept as his true arc despite it not being shown to us, just simply stated.
@@alexandrumircea which also makes sense in a way since Hammond (and his actor, sadly) was dying. Hammond always struck me as a narsacist and if _HE,_ with all his precautions and expenses couldn't control Jurassic Park, what could some LESSER man do?
Me too and this is kind of unrelated But if universal does decide to do a tie in Jurassic survival game. I personally think they should use the games “Days gone” , “the last of us” , and the Cabela s dangerous hunts “ games as blueprints.
Honestly, as interesting as it would have been to see Hammond complete his character arc, I think it's a lot more realistic to have him come so close to that realization, and then just barely miss it. Change is not impossible for anyone, but it is really, *really* difficult. Also, I can't really see the Hammond we saw portrayed in the movie going out and shooting a raptor like that, and even in the storyboards, it's interesting to note how even just that very basic illustration of Hammond appears significantly younger and burly than the Hammond that we got with Richard Attenborough, which may be another reason for the change in ending
I don't think it can be stated enough how much the final ending changed the franchise trajectory as well as the impression of Jurassic Park on audiences worldwide. The Tyrannosaurus suddenly became an icon and a hero however accidental, moreso when she roars triumphantly like King Kong or Godzilla.
I had no idea this version of the ending existed. As badass as this would've been for Hammond, the ending we got with the first jurassic park was and forever shall be fantastic.
My favorite scrapped ending I’ve heard of was the one where Muldoon showed up and blew the raptors away to save everyone because he originally wasn’t supposed to lose that fight with that raptor in the jungle. He was a cool character.
@@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1248 Yeah, but where does this alleged Muldoon ending come from? Was it a legit thing? Or was it just someone looking at the storyboards, seeing a middle aged looking guy with a receding hairline and a spas-12 and assuming it was Muldoon, when it was in fact Hammond?
@@jakdekayen I did "freaking" read. He said he'd "heard of" this alleged Muldoon ending and then I asked where he'd "heard of" it from and asked the question as to whether or not it was a legitimate thing, because you see, just because you've "heard of" something, does not make it 100% true. It's a very real possibility that this alleged Muldoon ending that he's "heard of" was not true and that the person/source that he "heard of" it from, was wrong. As I suggested, it could have been a case of a fan looking at the storyboards and seeing a middle aged looking guy with a receding hairline and a spas-12 (as can be see in the actual storyboard at 4:43) and assuming it was Muldoon, because it looks kinda like Bob Peck, when it was in fact suppose to be Hammond, but was made before Richard Attenborough was cast in the role. But of course it could have been a legitimate ending that was scraped, which is why I'm asking where he "heard of" it from, to find out if it's legit or not. So how about, instead of telling other people to "fricking read", you use that smooth little marble rattling around in your head, that you over exaggeratedly call a brain, and actually think for a bit longer then couple of seconds and not just let a bunch of shit and dribble fall out of your mouth.
Nice Video analysis of the original or different ending of the First Jurassic Park Movie and honestly, it would work perfectly and somewhat different than the one from the first Jurassic Park from 1993 and I pretty much agree with you on this. Great work Klayton and keep it up.
Big fan of the actual blockbuster ending we got. Sadly they have nuked the T-Rex since then in what seems like an always-losing battle. Admittedly though I might add- with the introduction of Camp Cretaceous it would appear the park was trying a more real-dino-centric approach to getting people interested in their park over just using side-shows like Scorpius or Indominus. I mean opening a camp for kids to enjoy all that Jurassic World had to offer is a little sketch, but also more wholesome than hybrids as a means of getting feet through the door.
For better *OR* for worse (depending on how you look at it), the franchise has become what it is today thanks to Spielberg having a say in the 1993 original film’s ending. However, I personally can’t deny that seeing Hammond take out a raptor with a shotgun would’ve been *badass (😃)!*
Hey Klayton, hope you’re doing well. I have a very different view of John Hammond’s arc. Personally, I think Hammond did indeed abandon his dream of Jurassic Park, and here’s why. 1: Though his initial reaction to the attack was that it was a mere setback, after calling Grant and hearing their terror, he realized that it was far worse than he had deluded himself to believe. He heard his friends and more importantly his grandchildren in mortal danger, and the look on his face and his fearful yell sell that he now sees the extent of his failure. 2: I think his line about him not endorsing his park is Spielberg’s way of solidifying that Hammond has changed his views, especially given Attenborough’s grim expression and delivery. 3: I think his final look at his park is him looking upon his mistakes and taking in all of what happened. He didn’t resist Grant helping him leave, and looked like Grant had just snapped him out of being lost in thought. 4: Hammond looking into his amber cane is more just him reminiscing about his dream and what led them all to where they are now. 5: To exemplify what he thought in TLW, I’ll just use a quote from Hammond himself: “[The dinosaurs] require our absence to survive, not our help.” That bring up the obvious question: why was final wish to Simon Masrani to make Jurassic World? Even as a kid watching Jurassic World in theaters, having only seen TLW for the first time a few months prior, this confused me. Why would Hammond immediately take thirty steps back in his progression between movies? My running theory, provided that my interpretation of Hammond in the films is correct, is that Masrani misinterpreted what Hammond told him. I’d compare it to The Boss’ Dream in Metal Gear Solid 3, where she dreamed of a world where soldiers would always have a place in society, and Naked Snake takes that to mean soldiers should always be able to fight wars on their own terms, and the Boss’ dream would be further misunderstood and mangled in a horrific game of Telephone until it caused much of the conflict in the series. Maybe Hammond told Masrani something along the lines of “I want the world to see the dinosaurs for what they are,” or something more poetic, and Masrani took it to mean “I want the world to see the dinosaurs for what they are… in a theme park.” Ultimately, this is all my interpretation and headcanon, and I respect your interpretation of Hammond as well. I think it speaks to the qualities of the writing that different people can interpret the story differently, maybe even according to who they are. Perhaps my interpretation of Hammond says something about me as a person. But anyways, thanks for listening to my rambling, and for now, take it easy. :)
While this ending sounds very cool. I like the ending we got is iconic and one of the best movie endings of all time. I think it's perfect the way it is
I'm glad to hear someone else point out that all those wild dinosaurs WOULD be huge problems! Like, c'mon, invasive species that also pose direct threats to human life? Yeah, no, they really should have let them stay on the island while the volcano was erupting. Emotional traumatic, yes, but that'd be the ecologically responsible thing to do
That would have been an interesting ending and a good way to redeem Hammond, but it would have made sequels impossible. Unless they made Hammond lose control of InGen. Which didn't they do, or kind of do in TLW anyway? I haven't seen that in a long time, and he was still in favor of making that park, so his position didn't change too much. Plus JP1 is as close to a completely perfect film as you can get.
As someone who grew up in SoCal, i remember going to seaworld which was a water zoo, and now it’s basically an amusement park with animals. Kinda crazy to see them during the 90’s talk about basically the evolution of SeaWorld
Notification Gang! Always make sure to come whenever I see that Klayton uploaded and leave a like! I’m conflicted on this ending for JP! Like it would’ve been interesting for Hammonds character, but I can’t lie I love the big spectacle ending with the T-Rex 😁
The whole Hammond wanted Misrani to reopen the park, which never made sense, all considering Hammond was trying to prevent it just before he died in 1998?
The impression I got from Dominion's ending was that oh shit, the dinosaurs are out now now, just gotta try to contain the dinosaurs as long as possible & just gotta live with it until the dinos eventually die out again. Maybe the ending hits different for others, I haven't seen the movie since when it first dropped in theaters, so maybe it will hit differently.
I think one of the most fascinating parts of doing the Audio Drama I did with Jurassic Time based on Rick Carter's adaptation of the script was learning and delving into these changes. Seeing how much Hammond changed. Seeing how far he'd come and how much further he still had to go. Even the discussion of Should he die? Should he live? Rick's discussion too about the over commercialization still sticks with me and I'm sure with Derrick because it really does highlight that change. Working at a theme park, there are so many pieces of Jurassic World that feel eerily familiar--and of course some details that are just wrong heh. But it is... fascinating learning about how the films were made. I don't think enough time or attention is really given to learning about those things and truly understanding it. It's like Malcolm's line about "thin-telligence" or even the "standing on the shoulders of giants" line. There's a lot more there than people give the production credit for. Not just dinosaurs, not just CG, not just spectacle but truth.
@@alexandrumircea well JW got some things wrong but its mostly from a contingency perspective. Where are the elevators? Wheel chair ramps? ECV / Stroller access? Throughput on the gyro-sphere is abysmal and if someone has an accident (vomit or other) then you’re rolling around in it. They were power-washing mainstreet with guests present (causing a slip hazard). JP has some as well, but its less and more understandable from the perspective that JP would have catered only to the super rich-no matter what Hammond thinks.
With the storyboard showing the Raptor getting crushed by the skeleton and the the Rex catching the chopper in it's jaws reminds me of what the Sega Genesis has in Allan Grant's ending.
when I first watched Jurassic World with my best friend he said, and I quote "this feels wrong. this music is for majestic dinosaurs, not an theme park."
But IF Hammond had the complete arc with him killing the raptor, acknowledging the full failure and mistakes of engineering a park with dinosaurs, and then coming to reject his creations like that, why wouldn't he have not only shut down Site B opperations on Sorna, but have ALL the remaining dinosaurs and Pteranodons on Sorna rounded up and then destroyed, so that it couldn't happen again, at least not because of him? That right there would have changed literally the entire Jurassic saga, and perhaps Biosyn would have been the next ones to figure out the dinosaur engineering technology and launching directly into a Jurassic World story for any sequels immediately following the original Jurassic Park?
This thumbnail gives me euphoria man! Mom got surprised me and got a dinosaur game she seen Jurassic Park Warpath when I was like 8 and I remember the case was “holographic” or whatever and man I was so excited and loved it so much!
I think that ending may have killed off the sequels, it would be a case of all dinos are baddies rather than victims of bad science & financial greed, changes the whole premise of the future films
I'm a fan of the Jurassic franchise and if the ending had changed the first movie, the sequels may or may not have happened. Keep up the good work Klayton!
Damn this alt ending is really interesting. Now that would've badass to see Hammond shoot a Raptor. But the ending we got is just pure awesomeness. Well done as always.
Awesome topic for the video Klayton! That is a very fascinating notion on how the Jurassic Park book described the future of the Park in what would later be Jurassic World. I personally love the T-Rex 🦖 ending and don't think anything else would have been better. After that point, I feel like Rexy sorta turned into what Godzilla did in the movies. First was a bad guy but then helped out later. Also, out of the six movies, the 1st Jurassic Park is my favorite. It's one of those few movies that are SO good and well constructed where I can watch it every year and not feel like it's boring or old. It has a special place in my heart.
I love the commentary and foresight of Rick Carter, it is profound and creepy in a way, however. It will never reach the level of confusion I had with the use of Barbasol thanks to Nedry as a child.
Man that ending would have been so cool. I really like the actual ending, with the T Rex fighting the raptors, but it would have been so cool to see Hammond complete his character arc as well. And the T Rex grabbing the helicopter would have been really cool as well.
@@azhdarchidae66the book ends with Alan Killin the raptors, hammond getting eaten by compys, the group discovering a raptor nest, malcom dieing and the island gets napalm bombed
God bless Rick Carter. I believe that by the end of JP Hammond was extremely conflicted. The scene with Ellie really dives into this. His dream became a nightmare. Even when he can hear Alan shooting at the raptors over the phone he screams as though not to shoot them and harm his dinosaurs. But he is there at the end in the car to drive them to safety. I’m glad they kept Richard Attenborough away from the dinosaurs in the end. In term of the trajectory for the rest of the franchise, I think the only concept that changed was that the climax of each JW movie had to have a dinosaur battle. They’ve taken that concept and run it into the ground. Not to say they aren’t enjoyable but they do not hit home like the T-Rex vs raptor fight from JP because it was well paced and though out. I believe that even if Hammond had of shot the raptors to save his grandchildren, I don’t think his humility would’ve stopped him from trying to create another park. Character arcs are great but I’m not sure it was in his character to not push the boundaries and try to learn from his mistakes, spend more money, make the park safer etc because he relished in the capitalism and the power. It would be more befitting of his character to be the tycoon who did not learn from his mistakes until it ultimately was too late.
Just wished you'd given the author of that first book, "The Making of Jurassic Park", a shout out. Her name is Jody Duncan. Otherwise, thanks for another great post on the franchise.
As cool of an arc ending as that would have been, I'm glad they didn't. Hammond was always the old grandpa with a childlike heart. He cared for the dinosaurs as If they were his grandkids. Not to say I think he'd choose them over Tim and Lex mind you, but he's supposed to be innocent to a fault in the movies. I think he purely wanted people to love the dinosaurs as he did. Especially when I listen to the memoirs. So a depressed Hammond makes way more sense. I do wonder though if Mizrani was stretching the truth about Hammonds dying wish, just from the ending of lost world. Which does fit his character, though you have to pay attention a bit to other characters dialog. I mean Hammond would never have a approved weapons research. I think Hammonds dying wish was for INGEN to continue to find a way to take care of his animals, not build another park. As in this might be a lesson in making sure your will is extremely clear. I dunno, I just felt like everyone who made World was basically manipulating Hammonds image to further their financial goals. Essentially taking what Ian Malcolm said " If I may... Um, I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here, it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it, you wanna sell it." And having Mizrani do the same thing to BOTH the scientific knowledge AND the idea that started it.
With that alternate ending had happened I think there would have been different versions of the sequels or quite frankly I think we would got a more different lost World movie and personally I think there wouldn't been a jp3 or the World trilogy.
@Joshua 1992 the t-rex saw the raptors attacking Alan and the others as we know in the Jurassic universe the rex's vision is based on movement so when the raptors were attacking the rex decided to engage and attack and kill them since they were moving around.
Very thought-provoking quote by Rick Carter about theme parks being shallow, it helps me realize where a lot of my dislike for Jurassic World comes from. On the other hand, abandoned circuses / theme parks etc are fascinating, which is why I enjoyed the first three seasons of Camp Cretaceous so much.
With the same actor playing Hammond (The alternate ending seems to have planned for a much younger version of Hammond), I can see some differences happening, but not a lot. Hammond taking out a Raptor does not mean he wouldn't love dinosaurs anymore, he was simply protecting his grandkids and the others. A dog-lover killing a rabid dog wouldn't mean that they wouldn't still love dogs, just that they were protecting others from a dangerous animal. I definitely could see him still sending people to Site-B to prevent another park from happening. I see nothing of the alternate ending changing that. All Hammond did was take out a Raptor that wasn't even focused on him. The only change would be Hammond being a lot younger XD.
10:41/10:48 This also somewhat implies that the events of Jurassic Park: 0 from Topps most likely happened at least a few years before the events of the film, but also few years after 1988 (the year JP officially began construction).
Based on the books, the whole reason the park would never work was because the animals were breeding and escaping. A major part of the book plot that was never really part of the book. Basically, the movie Park fell due to corporate espionage. Where as the book Park never worked to begin with because the creatures were both breeding and getting off the island prior to the espionage. Basically the espionage magnified the short comings already part of the system.
Richard Attenborough did complain about not getting his death scene. Had John Hammond gotten a death scene in the original movie the second Jurassic Park movie could still have happened by replacing John Hammond by perhaps his grandchildren competing with Peter Ludlow for the course to be set with these animals. John Hammond could even have been killed by the T-rex at the end after it finished off the last of the raptors killing the idea the apex predator was "saving humans" in that final battle.
[ book spoiler ] kind of bothering how Hammond is the jolly, kind of just a bit deluted old man with a dream that many dinosaur fans could instantly get behind of, and making a sort of redemption towards the end - the book version of hammond was an old man, with so much ambition for money and success in the genetic field, mixed with denial that could travel a mile after hitting the breaks. it was really scary how voluntarily blinded book hammond is and i was so pleased to find him dying. movie Hammond having this alternative ending does give more completion to his arc and it would have even suited him well. nice video, it is mindboggling how i hadnt found this channel before 😅 my way past-self ripping my first barbie to pieces and feeding her to the hollow t-rex i initially had wouldve shaken her head. nice to get pleasant surprises still, though 🥰
i feel that the seemingly fine nature of the ending of the newer trilogy is mainly cuz of the lack of focus on that kind of stuff cuz most movie goers would not be interested in that kind of stuff and would get bored, like i feel a lot of the issues in that universe are off screen and they just did not focus as much as they probably could have even while sticking to an entertaining story/film
Meanwhile in a parallel universe: what if the T. rex came back at the ending of Jurassic Park to kill the raptors? The fans: oh man, why didn't we get that ending!?
This video has me wondering: how would've turned out if the third movie was about Ingen looking for the dinosaurs and rounding them up,leading up to jurassic world?
Does anyone remember the old jurassic game of a park ranger laying in a hammock with some bushes right behind him and the bushes open up to be a t rex eye? I cannot get that scene out of my head
The idea of Hammond shooting a raptor fits with his character, _if_ you see the idea of him imprinting on the hatchlings as a demonstration of control rather than caring. He’s so egotistical, he believes the animals only exist because of him, that he should be & indeed is the only one with control over them, and ultimately, as he has control over their lives, he should also have control of their deaths. It would have been a far more mature, thought provoking ending, but not nearly as cool & cinematic as what we got.
The ending we got with the T. rex saving the day will always be awesome. Although I'll admit that the initial ending with Hammond killing that last raptor would've been an interesting way to wrap up his character arc, letting go of his dream to save the people he cares for. And even then, I never thought how that would affect the sequels until now. Maybe "The Lost World" would be closer to its book counterpart by having that story's characters run the plot. Chances are Universal would still probably green light more sequels depending on how successful they were, and some of them may end up being similar to the ones we have now.
I personally still loved the movies. It's sad it's over now really. Hopefully we can still get some new material later in by way of videogames and comics and such.
I wonder if there would be some sort of middle ground ending, where Grant & Hammond kill a raptor or two and the Rex takes out another. Maybe we get the rex scene after Hammond kills a dilophosaur near the helicopter.
no because they abandoned micheal's vision. Ever wonder why dr/ wu's story line in the movies feels so empty? Well it wasn't compelling because he was an evil scientist...no, it was compelling because he represented a naive evil and paid the price for his hubris. the movies didnt make the dr pay for his sins...ney, they did what we do often in the west...we reward the evil and forget about their sins. wu = hilary both did evil things and both got away scot free. the dif though, is at least the wu in the movies learned he was being evil lol. Although he never had a proper requiem.
I do like the ending but I also really wish we could have gotten a properly closed character arc for Hammond. I don't think it's brought enough how when the raptors break into the control center and Grant shoots at them he screams "DON'T!" into the phone. In my opinion this shows that in a brief moment of panic, he valued the safety of the raptors over his own grandchildren. It feels like *something* happens between that moment and when he picks them up. Ever since I was a little kid watching the movie that moment has ALWAYS stood out to me. Hammond's arc has always been so clunky to me, all the way into the end of Lost World.
With the state of the Jurassic park franchise right now. Robot dogs, Giant locusts, Owen grady using the force to stop the dinosaurs, a cloned girl causing the countless deaths of people & animals for letting the dinosaurs loose. Yeah maybe if we got that ending, we'd have a 1 sequel movie that is based off The lost world book with that DX prion ending that causes the 2nd extinction of the dinosaurs. It would have been a really interesting franchise thats until Hollywood reboots it and we get pet dinosaurs instead of wild animals
Lol in the books Hammond doesn’t give a FUCK about his grandkids. He runs from a T-Rex roar and falls in a ditch like Deter from The Lost World, and he also dies by the compsognathus just like Deter. But when he falls he realizes that his grandchildren did the roar on the loudspeaker intercom and he cursed them and explained how much he didn’t like them. He kinda hates his grandkids.
They could have still included the scene albeit have them escape and run into one raptor that happened to catch their scent, then boom, Hammond shows up and shoots it. It definitely could have been included in that way or another.
I kind of wish BioSyn had run Jurassic World instead of Masrani Global. Saying BioSyn had taken over Isla Neublar and were making Frankenstein monsters for the military would have made sense.
I still want to see what would have happened if they had stuck to Hammond’s original death in the book. But only if they had kept his apathetic personality from the book where it was really making us feel like he deserved it
Here’s my rebuttal. Even if this ending took place, Ingen would still be desperate to make money after all the lawsuits over fatalities. IMO the sequels would still play out similar with Hammond losing control and Ludlow trying to cash in.
Now I got a Mandela effect here because I swear I remember first time seeing this alternate ending on Jurassic Park collectors edition on DVD and it clearly said Robert Muldoon fired the shot. But I could just misremember that.
I don't think any of the future Jurassic Park films would've had the same production or story development if the alternate JP ending with Hammond shooting the raptor was left in the film. I still prefer the ending we got with the T. rex killing the raptors since it is so iconic and memorable. Also, I agree that it is interesting to look into the history of the movies and how they were put together during production, especially as a Jurassic Park fan. In fact, I would say that, alongside The Lion King, Jurassic Park is the movie that I've taken the most time to look into its production history.
One of my favourite Hammond moments comes as a result of the changed ending.
I love watching Hammond standing on the helipad, staring back in the direction of the Visitors Centre, you can almost hear him thinking "Next time will be very different... when we have control..."
I don't believe Hammond could ever completely divorce himself from the fantasy of Jurassic Park.
@MarcLeStrange1 what??
The original ending writes a satisfying Hammond. Not disappointed 👍
I agree, but on the other hand The Lost World shows him converted into a raving ecologist, which we have to accept as his true arc despite it not being shown to us, just simply stated.
@@alexandrumircea which also makes sense in a way since Hammond (and his actor, sadly) was dying. Hammond always struck me as a narsacist and if _HE,_ with all his precautions and expenses couldn't control Jurassic Park, what could some LESSER man do?
Personally, I like the ending that we got with the T-rex doing the iconic pose and roar.
Rexy used a stage fatality
@@elykspuz6596 lol Brutality on the Lawyer 😂
Me too and this is kind of unrelated
But if universal does decide to do a tie in Jurassic survival game.
I personally think they should use the games
“Days gone” , “the last of us” , and the Cabela s dangerous hunts “ games as blueprints.
@@ethandoyle4978 trespasser
@@lunathekuduruk1311 good example
I still think that game could get remastered
Honestly, as interesting as it would have been to see Hammond complete his character arc, I think it's a lot more realistic to have him come so close to that realization, and then just barely miss it. Change is not impossible for anyone, but it is really, *really* difficult. Also, I can't really see the Hammond we saw portrayed in the movie going out and shooting a raptor like that, and even in the storyboards, it's interesting to note how even just that very basic illustration of Hammond appears significantly younger and burly than the Hammond that we got with Richard Attenborough, which may be another reason for the change in ending
I don't think it can be stated enough how much the final ending changed the franchise trajectory as well as the impression of Jurassic Park on audiences worldwide. The Tyrannosaurus suddenly became an icon and a hero however accidental, moreso when she roars triumphantly like King Kong or Godzilla.
I had no idea this version of the ending existed.
As badass as this would've been for Hammond, the ending we got with the first jurassic park was and forever shall be fantastic.
My favorite scrapped ending I’ve heard of was the one where Muldoon showed up and blew the raptors away to save everyone because he originally wasn’t supposed to lose that fight with that raptor in the jungle. He was a cool character.
It was hammond that showed up not Muldoon.
@@jeremyrodriguez9763 captain obvious you need to read the comment a few times until you get what he's saying
@@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1248 Yeah, but where does this alleged Muldoon ending come from? Was it a legit thing? Or was it just someone looking at the storyboards, seeing a middle aged looking guy with a receding hairline and a spas-12 and assuming it was Muldoon, when it was in fact Hammond?
@@leroy1154 they said "heard of", genius, freaking read, damn.
@@jakdekayen I did "freaking" read.
He said he'd "heard of" this alleged Muldoon ending and then I asked where he'd "heard of" it from and asked the question as to whether or not it was a legitimate thing, because you see, just because you've "heard of" something, does not make it 100% true.
It's a very real possibility that this alleged Muldoon ending that he's "heard of" was not true and that the person/source that he "heard of" it from, was wrong. As I suggested, it could have been a case of a fan looking at the storyboards and seeing a middle aged looking guy with a receding hairline and a spas-12 (as can be see in the actual storyboard at 4:43) and assuming it was Muldoon, because it looks kinda like Bob Peck, when it was in fact suppose to be Hammond, but was made before Richard Attenborough was cast in the role. But of course it could have been a legitimate ending that was scraped, which is why I'm asking where he "heard of" it from, to find out if it's legit or not.
So how about, instead of telling other people to "fricking read", you use that smooth little marble rattling around in your head, that you over exaggeratedly call a brain, and actually think for a bit longer then couple of seconds and not just let a bunch of shit and dribble fall out of your mouth.
Nice Video analysis of the original or different ending of the First Jurassic Park Movie and honestly, it would work perfectly and somewhat different than the one from the first Jurassic Park from 1993 and I pretty much agree with you on this.
Great work Klayton and keep it up.
Yoooo that Warpath Jurassic Park box art in the thumbnail takes me baaaack!
Big fan of the actual blockbuster ending we got. Sadly they have nuked the T-Rex since then in what seems like an always-losing battle. Admittedly though I might add- with the introduction of Camp Cretaceous it would appear the park was trying a more real-dino-centric approach to getting people interested in their park over just using side-shows like Scorpius or Indominus. I mean opening a camp for kids to enjoy all that Jurassic World had to offer is a little sketch, but also more wholesome than hybrids as a means of getting feet through the door.
For better *OR* for worse (depending on how you look at it), the franchise has become what it is today thanks to Spielberg having a say in the 1993 original film’s ending. However, I personally can’t deny that seeing Hammond take out a raptor with a shotgun would’ve been *badass (😃)!*
I can't imagine a better ending for JP1
I would like to see a prequel to the first jurassic Park movie showing how the park was made
Hey Klayton, hope you’re doing well. I have a very different view of John Hammond’s arc. Personally, I think Hammond did indeed abandon his dream of Jurassic Park, and here’s why.
1: Though his initial reaction to the attack was that it was a mere setback, after calling Grant and hearing their terror, he realized that it was far worse than he had deluded himself to believe. He heard his friends and more importantly his grandchildren in mortal danger, and the look on his face and his fearful yell sell that he now sees the extent of his failure.
2: I think his line about him not endorsing his park is Spielberg’s way of solidifying that Hammond has changed his views, especially given Attenborough’s grim expression and delivery.
3: I think his final look at his park is him looking upon his mistakes and taking in all of what happened. He didn’t resist Grant helping him leave, and looked like Grant had just snapped him out of being lost in thought.
4: Hammond looking into his amber cane is more just him reminiscing about his dream and what led them all to where they are now.
5: To exemplify what he thought in TLW, I’ll just use a quote from Hammond himself: “[The dinosaurs] require our absence to survive, not our help.”
That bring up the obvious question: why was final wish to Simon Masrani to make Jurassic World? Even as a kid watching Jurassic World in theaters, having only seen TLW for the first time a few months prior, this confused me. Why would Hammond immediately take thirty steps back in his progression between movies? My running theory, provided that my interpretation of Hammond in the films is correct, is that Masrani misinterpreted what Hammond told him. I’d compare it to The Boss’ Dream in Metal Gear Solid 3, where she dreamed of a world where soldiers would always have a place in society, and Naked Snake takes that to mean soldiers should always be able to fight wars on their own terms, and the Boss’ dream would be further misunderstood and mangled in a horrific game of Telephone until it caused much of the conflict in the series. Maybe Hammond told Masrani something along the lines of “I want the world to see the dinosaurs for what they are,” or something more poetic, and Masrani took it to mean “I want the world to see the dinosaurs for what they are… in a theme park.”
Ultimately, this is all my interpretation and headcanon, and I respect your interpretation of Hammond as well. I think it speaks to the qualities of the writing that different people can interpret the story differently, maybe even according to who they are. Perhaps my interpretation of Hammond says something about me as a person. But anyways, thanks for listening to my rambling, and for now, take it easy. :)
While this ending sounds very cool. I like the ending we got is iconic and one of the best movie endings of all time. I think it's perfect the way it is
I'm glad to hear someone else point out that all those wild dinosaurs WOULD be huge problems! Like, c'mon, invasive species that also pose direct threats to human life? Yeah, no, they really should have let them stay on the island while the volcano was erupting. Emotional traumatic, yes, but that'd be the ecologically responsible thing to do
That would have been an interesting ending and a good way to redeem Hammond, but it would have made sequels impossible. Unless they made Hammond lose control of InGen. Which didn't they do, or kind of do in TLW anyway? I haven't seen that in a long time, and he was still in favor of making that park, so his position didn't change too much.
Plus JP1 is as close to a completely perfect film as you can get.
As someone who grew up in SoCal, i remember going to seaworld which was a water zoo, and now it’s basically an amusement park with animals. Kinda crazy to see them during the 90’s talk about basically the evolution of SeaWorld
2:16, I did see the storyboard to this alternative ending, which was used as the opening scene for JURASSIC WORLD 2: FALLEN KINGDOM
Kudos on the Warpath artwork as the thumbnail. I played that and Lost World on playstation constantly as a kid.
Dude I missed watching these videos coming home on my lunch and watching these. We're always the best. Hope you're doing great
Notification Gang! Always make sure to come whenever I see that Klayton uploaded and leave a like! I’m conflicted on this ending for JP! Like it would’ve been interesting for Hammonds character, but I can’t lie I love the big spectacle ending with the T-Rex 😁
The whole Hammond wanted Misrani to reopen the park, which never made sense, all considering Hammond was trying to prevent it just before he died in 1998?
Jurassic Park producers predicted Jurassic World!? MIND. BLOWN.
I mean, the sequels would take the original script as inspiration.
The impression I got from Dominion's ending was that oh shit, the dinosaurs are out now now, just gotta try to contain the dinosaurs as long as possible & just gotta live with it until the dinos eventually die out again. Maybe the ending hits different for others, I haven't seen the movie since when it first dropped in theaters, so maybe it will hit differently.
I think one of the most fascinating parts of doing the Audio Drama I did with Jurassic Time based on Rick Carter's adaptation of the script was learning and delving into these changes. Seeing how much Hammond changed. Seeing how far he'd come and how much further he still had to go. Even the discussion of Should he die? Should he live? Rick's discussion too about the over commercialization still sticks with me and I'm sure with Derrick because it really does highlight that change. Working at a theme park, there are so many pieces of Jurassic World that feel eerily familiar--and of course some details that are just wrong heh. But it is... fascinating learning about how the films were made. I don't think enough time or attention is really given to learning about those things and truly understanding it. It's like Malcolm's line about "thin-telligence" or even the "standing on the shoulders of giants" line. There's a lot more there than people give the production credit for. Not just dinosaurs, not just CG, not just spectacle but truth.
Very interesting, thanks. What does JP get wrong about theme parks, in your experience?
@@alexandrumircea well JW got some things wrong but its mostly from a contingency perspective.
Where are the elevators? Wheel chair ramps? ECV / Stroller access?
Throughput on the gyro-sphere is abysmal and if someone has an accident (vomit or other) then you’re rolling around in it.
They were power-washing mainstreet with guests present (causing a slip hazard).
JP has some as well, but its less and more understandable from the perspective that JP would have catered only to the super rich-no matter what Hammond thinks.
With the storyboard showing the Raptor getting crushed by the skeleton and the the Rex catching the chopper in it's jaws reminds me of what the Sega Genesis has in Allan Grant's ending.
The Making of Jurassic Park's prediction being correct was very fascinating! I loved learning about this one, thank you for sharing this!
when I first watched Jurassic World with my best friend he said, and I quote "this feels wrong. this music is for majestic dinosaurs, not an theme park."
We should petition for more short films based on these alternate endings and deleted scenes
But IF Hammond had the complete arc with him killing the raptor, acknowledging the full failure and mistakes of engineering a park with dinosaurs, and then coming to reject his creations like that, why wouldn't he have not only shut down Site B opperations on Sorna, but have ALL the remaining dinosaurs and Pteranodons on Sorna rounded up and then destroyed, so that it couldn't happen again, at least not because of him? That right there would have changed literally the entire Jurassic saga, and perhaps Biosyn would have been the next ones to figure out the dinosaur engineering technology and launching directly into a Jurassic World story for any sequels immediately following the original Jurassic Park?
This thumbnail gives me euphoria man! Mom got surprised me and got a dinosaur game she seen Jurassic Park Warpath when I was like 8 and I remember the case was “holographic” or whatever and man I was so excited and loved it so much!
COOL, more alternative endings !
Why, the last time I was this early, the Precambrian had just begun!
I think that ending may have killed off the sequels, it would be a case of all dinos are baddies rather than victims of bad science & financial greed, changes the whole premise of the future films
I'm a fan of the Jurassic franchise and if the ending had changed the first movie, the sequels may or may not have happened. Keep up the good work Klayton!
Showing LOVE for the channel thank you for another great video once again Mr Klayton. Have a blessed day everyone
Damn this alt ending is really interesting. Now that would've badass to see Hammond shoot a Raptor. But the ending we got is just pure awesomeness. Well done as always.
Raptors: *About to eat his Grandkids*
Hammond: *Your free trial of living has expired*
Awesome topic for the video Klayton! That is a very fascinating notion on how the Jurassic Park book described the future of the Park in what would later be Jurassic World. I personally love the T-Rex 🦖 ending and don't think anything else would have been better. After that point, I feel like Rexy sorta turned into what Godzilla did in the movies. First was a bad guy but then helped out later. Also, out of the six movies, the 1st Jurassic Park is my favorite. It's one of those few movies that are SO good and well constructed where I can watch it every year and not feel like it's boring or old. It has a special place in my heart.
Remember when they made movies where you could make a movie about it's production, and it would be just as amazing.
Having just recently finished the book, I am quite dissapointed that the river Chace scene was not in the movie :(
I love the commentary and foresight of Rick Carter, it is profound and creepy in a way, however. It will never reach the level of confusion I had with the use of Barbasol thanks to Nedry as a child.
Very interesting, I badly need to get me the making of Jurassic park book
Love your vids dude!
Man that ending would have been so cool. I really like the actual ending, with the T Rex fighting the raptors, but it would have been so cool to see Hammond complete his character arc as well. And the T Rex grabbing the helicopter would have been really cool as well.
Why am I imagining Hammond shooting the raptor with a .44 magnum given him using a cane
He asks the Raptor if it’s feeling lucky before he shoots haha
@@KlaytonFioriti and if it was the shotgun he'd say he came here to make dinosaurs and eat ice cream and he's all out of ice cream
Just imagine getting the book ending. Would have been so much darker.
How does the book end ?
@@atvena they blow up nublar and kill everything on the island with helicopters
And much less cinematic
Also nublar goes boom
@@azhdarchidae66the book ends with Alan Killin the raptors, hammond getting eaten by compys, the group discovering a raptor nest, malcom dieing and the island gets napalm bombed
God bless Rick Carter. I believe that by the end of JP Hammond was extremely conflicted. The scene with Ellie really dives into this. His dream became a nightmare. Even when he can hear Alan shooting at the raptors over the phone he screams as though not to shoot them and harm his dinosaurs. But he is there at the end in the car to drive them to safety. I’m glad they kept Richard Attenborough away from the dinosaurs in the end. In term of the trajectory for the rest of the franchise, I think the only concept that changed was that the climax of each JW movie had to have a dinosaur battle. They’ve taken that concept and run it into the ground. Not to say they aren’t enjoyable but they do not hit home like the T-Rex vs raptor fight from JP because it was well paced and though out. I believe that even if Hammond had of shot the raptors to save his grandchildren, I don’t think his humility would’ve stopped him from trying to create another park. Character arcs are great but I’m not sure it was in his character to not push the boundaries and try to learn from his mistakes, spend more money, make the park safer etc because he relished in the capitalism and the power. It would be more befitting of his character to be the tycoon who did not learn from his mistakes until it ultimately was too late.
I don't tink Hammond killing a raptor at the end would have changed his character all that much.
You planning on making videos on the two Jurassic Ultimate Visual History books? There's a lot of juicy details regarding both trilogies.
Just wished you'd given the author of that first book, "The Making of Jurassic Park", a shout out. Her name is Jody Duncan. Otherwise, thanks for another great post on the franchise.
As cool of an arc ending as that would have been, I'm glad they didn't. Hammond was always the old grandpa with a childlike heart. He cared for the dinosaurs as If they were his grandkids. Not to say I think he'd choose them over Tim and Lex mind you, but he's supposed to be innocent to a fault in the movies. I think he purely wanted people to love the dinosaurs as he did. Especially when I listen to the memoirs.
So a depressed Hammond makes way more sense.
I do wonder though if Mizrani was stretching the truth about Hammonds dying wish, just from the ending of lost world. Which does fit his character, though you have to pay attention a bit to other characters dialog. I mean Hammond would never have a approved weapons research.
I think Hammonds dying wish was for INGEN to continue to find a way to take care of his animals, not build another park. As in this might be a lesson in making sure your will is extremely clear.
I dunno, I just felt like everyone who made World was basically manipulating Hammonds image to further their financial goals. Essentially taking what Ian Malcolm said " If I may... Um, I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here, it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it, you wanna sell it."
And having Mizrani do the same thing to BOTH the scientific knowledge AND the idea that started it.
"Human Contact Incident Report"
Oh yeah, I remember that game...
With that alternate ending had happened I think there would have been different versions of the sequels or quite frankly I think we would got a more different lost World movie and personally I think there wouldn't been a jp3 or the World trilogy.
@Joshua 1992 the t-rex saw the raptors attacking Alan and the others as we know in the Jurassic universe the rex's vision is based on movement so when the raptors were attacking the rex decided to engage and attack and kill them since they were moving around.
Very thought-provoking quote by Rick Carter about theme parks being shallow, it helps me realize where a lot of my dislike for Jurassic World comes from. On the other hand, abandoned circuses / theme parks etc are fascinating, which is why I enjoyed the first three seasons of Camp Cretaceous so much.
With the same actor playing Hammond (The alternate ending seems to have planned for a much younger version of Hammond), I can see some differences happening, but not a lot. Hammond taking out a Raptor does not mean he wouldn't love dinosaurs anymore, he was simply protecting his grandkids and the others. A dog-lover killing a rabid dog wouldn't mean that they wouldn't still love dogs, just that they were protecting others from a dangerous animal. I definitely could see him still sending people to Site-B to prevent another park from happening. I see nothing of the alternate ending changing that. All Hammond did was take out a Raptor that wasn't even focused on him. The only change would be Hammond being a lot younger XD.
10:41/10:48 This also somewhat implies that the events of Jurassic Park: 0 from Topps most likely happened at least a few years before the events of the film, but also few years after 1988 (the year JP officially began construction).
Based on the books, the whole reason the park would never work was because the animals were breeding and escaping. A major part of the book plot that was never really part of the book. Basically, the movie Park fell due to corporate espionage. Where as the book Park never worked to begin with because the creatures were both breeding and getting off the island prior to the espionage. Basically the espionage magnified the short comings already part of the system.
Great video!👍
Richard Attenborough did complain about not getting his death scene. Had John Hammond gotten a death scene in the original movie the second Jurassic Park movie could still have happened by replacing John Hammond by perhaps his grandchildren competing with Peter Ludlow for the course to be set with these animals. John Hammond could even have been killed by the T-rex at the end after it finished off the last of the raptors killing the idea the apex predator was "saving humans" in that final battle.
Very interesting stuff, I need to search for that making of book...
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.
[ book spoiler ] kind of bothering how Hammond is the jolly, kind of just a bit deluted old man with a dream that many dinosaur fans could instantly get behind of, and making a sort of redemption towards the end - the book version of hammond was an old man, with so much ambition for money and success in the genetic field, mixed with denial that could travel a mile after hitting the breaks. it was really scary how voluntarily blinded book hammond is and i was so pleased to find him dying. movie Hammond having this alternative ending does give more completion to his arc and it would have even suited him well.
nice video, it is mindboggling how i hadnt found this channel before 😅 my way past-self ripping my first barbie to pieces and feeding her to the hollow t-rex i initially had wouldve shaken her head. nice to get pleasant surprises still, though 🥰
i feel that the seemingly fine nature of the ending of the newer trilogy is mainly cuz of the lack of focus on that kind of stuff cuz most movie goers would not be interested in that kind of stuff and would get bored, like i feel a lot of the issues in that universe are off screen and they just did not focus as much as they probably could have even while sticking to an entertaining story/film
The movie ended as it should have. The fight and roar, with the banner falling is perfect. 😊
I still wonder what a Full Grown Dilo scene with Nedry would have done for the Movie.
Good spot in the Making Of book!
Meanwhile in a parallel universe: what if the T. rex came back at the ending of Jurassic Park to kill the raptors? The fans: oh man, why didn't we get that ending!?
That could have been awesome to see if it didn't get abandoned, but maybe they could have that in another Jurassic story if possible.
This video has me wondering: how would've turned out if the third movie was about Ingen looking for the dinosaurs and rounding them up,leading up to jurassic world?
Could you do a video about Dinosaurs that were cut from each movie and the animated series?
Does anyone remember the old jurassic game of a park ranger laying in a hammock with some bushes right behind him and the bushes open up to be a t rex eye? I cannot get that scene out of my head
The idea of Hammond shooting a raptor fits with his character, _if_ you see the idea of him imprinting on the hatchlings as a demonstration of control rather than caring. He’s so egotistical, he believes the animals only exist because of him, that he should be & indeed is the only one with control over them, and ultimately, as he has control over their lives, he should also have control of their deaths.
It would have been a far more mature, thought provoking ending, but not nearly as cool & cinematic as what we got.
A random thought: Claire should have kept the short hair.
The ending we got with the T. rex saving the day will always be awesome. Although I'll admit that the initial ending with Hammond killing that last raptor would've been an interesting way to wrap up his character arc, letting go of his dream to save the people he cares for. And even then, I never thought how that would affect the sequels until now.
Maybe "The Lost World" would be closer to its book counterpart by having that story's characters run the plot. Chances are Universal would still probably green light more sequels depending on how successful they were, and some of them may end up being similar to the ones we have now.
I think that's very cool
I personally still loved the movies. It's sad it's over now really. Hopefully we can still get some new material later in by way of videogames and comics and such.
Interesting and cool video 🙂👍
An interesting ending I must say! 🌟
I wonder if there would be some sort of middle ground ending, where Grant & Hammond kill a raptor or two and the Rex takes out another. Maybe we get the rex scene after Hammond kills a dilophosaur near the helicopter.
We did get to see a functioning Jurassic Park for 20 years before the collapse with the abomination of the Indomenous Rex.
no because they abandoned micheal's vision.
Ever wonder why dr/ wu's story line in the movies feels so empty?
Well it wasn't compelling because he was an evil scientist...no, it was compelling because he represented a naive evil and paid the price for his hubris. the movies didnt make the dr pay for his sins...ney, they did what we do often in the west...we reward the evil and forget about their sins.
wu = hilary
both did evil things and both got away scot free. the dif though, is at least the wu in the movies learned he was being evil lol. Although he never had a proper requiem.
I do like the ending but I also really wish we could have gotten a properly closed character arc for Hammond. I don't think it's brought enough how when the raptors break into the control center and Grant shoots at them he screams "DON'T!" into the phone. In my opinion this shows that in a brief moment of panic, he valued the safety of the raptors over his own grandchildren. It feels like *something* happens between that moment and when he picks them up. Ever since I was a little kid watching the movie that moment has ALWAYS stood out to me. Hammond's arc has always been so clunky to me, all the way into the end of Lost World.
With the state of the Jurassic park franchise right now. Robot dogs, Giant locusts, Owen grady using the force to stop the dinosaurs, a cloned girl causing the countless deaths of people & animals for letting the dinosaurs loose.
Yeah maybe if we got that ending, we'd have a 1 sequel movie that is based off The lost world book with that DX prion ending that causes the 2nd extinction of the dinosaurs. It would have been a really interesting franchise thats until Hollywood reboots it and we get pet dinosaurs instead of wild animals
Hey, could you provide name of the last soundtrack of the 'How The Camouflaging Carnotaurus Hunted Its Prey On Isla Sorna'?
I wonder if when they were making dino crisis they sae that part with the rex and the chopper and thought hey that would be cool
Lol in the books Hammond doesn’t give a FUCK about his grandkids. He runs from a T-Rex roar and falls in a ditch like Deter from The Lost World, and he also dies by the compsognathus just like Deter. But when he falls he realizes that his grandchildren did the roar on the loudspeaker intercom and he cursed them and explained how much he didn’t like them. He kinda hates his grandkids.
They could have still included the scene albeit have them escape and run into one raptor that happened to catch their scent, then boom, Hammond shows up and shoots it. It definitely could have been included in that way or another.
Just wondering, but where did the slow motion bits like 8:58 come from? I have been trying to find out because they look awesome.
yeah, same question
An image of Richard Attenborough holding a smoking shotgun would have been badass.
I kind of wish BioSyn had run Jurassic World instead of Masrani Global. Saying BioSyn had taken over Isla Neublar and were making Frankenstein monsters for the military would have made sense.
Did it even explicitly say in Jurassic World what Hammond's dying wish actually was, other than the new CEO saying he was carrying it out?
I prefer the stars being the dinosaurs themselves. But I like sub stories being about people. Like camp cretaceous..
I still want to see what would have happened if they had stuck to Hammond’s original death in the book. But only if they had kept his apathetic personality from the book where it was really making us feel like he deserved it
Here’s my rebuttal. Even if this ending took place, Ingen would still be desperate to make money after all the lawsuits over fatalities. IMO the sequels would still play out similar with Hammond losing control and Ludlow trying to cash in.
I agree. We get this development by the start of Lost World anyway.
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I’m picturing it right now if they put the original ending from Jurassic Park.
@Joshua 1992 Yes.
Now I got a Mandela effect here because I swear I remember first time seeing this alternate ending on Jurassic Park collectors edition on DVD and it clearly said Robert Muldoon fired the shot. But I could just misremember that.
I don't think any of the future Jurassic Park films would've had the same production or story development if the alternate JP ending with Hammond shooting the raptor was left in the film. I still prefer the ending we got with the T. rex killing the raptors since it is so iconic and memorable. Also, I agree that it is interesting to look into the history of the movies and how they were put together during production, especially as a Jurassic Park fan. In fact, I would say that, alongside The Lion King, Jurassic Park is the movie that I've taken the most time to look into its production history.
It’s interesting how this ending mirrors TLW JP deleted planned scene with Roland blasting the Raptor attacking the helicopter.
this is like some alternative unverise stuff