So much hate for the film and cast even before its release. I can't understand it. How can we expect the franchise to evolve if we do not give its makers credit? Would we rather have another lame excuse for a movie, like JP3 was, as long as we have the fab-three originals in the cast? I mean, at least for me, JP3 had such a poor plot (even though Neill was in it) that I felt sorry for Dr. Grant. Come on, guys, do we want a new JP or not? We have waited for this for 13 years and now that it is finally happening, people complain that we don't have this or that character in the film. We don't even know for sure what the plot is for sure. We don't even know what the makers intend for the future of the franchise. And all we seem to want is for the same old characters to find themselves trapped in the same situation forever! How stupid/foolish would those doctors be? When rumours surfaced of the possibility of JP4 being only a remake of the original film, there were people fainting all over the place: "I want a new story, not a reboot".
Of course characters such as Grant, Sattler and Malcolm were iconic and play important roles in our memories of JP. But we can't expect those people (characters) to be trapped again, and again, and again forever. Nobody would! I don't like Bryce Dallas Howard either and I don't think Pratt is Oscar material, but I am glad we are really and finally getting another JP movie in this lifetime and I am willing to give them a chance (even though I hated JP3's storyline).
I just wonder what the haters would say if Universal suddenly called off the whole project (again). Would they really be satisfied, just because Grant, Malcolm and Sattler were not in the plans once again?