A New Approach to Jurassic Park? - JP4 Plot Speculation

Since this isn't official news, I'm posting this mixture of speculation and rumors here, in the [b]Jurassic Park 4[/b] discussion forum, so feel free to contribute your thoughts below. Okay, so over the past few weeks, I've been speaking with a few friends through emails and in person about [b]JP4's[/b] plot. We all know that the initial draft of the script was written by [i]Rise of the Planet of the Apes[/i] writers Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa. They were brought on to the [b]JP4[/b] project for their work with the [i]Apes[/i] prequel. They did an exceptional job bringing back an older franchise with a modern twist. So, this was the stepping stone for the following speculation / rumors... With regards to [b]Jurassic Park 4[/b] we have two paths the plot can take. The first, being a prequel. What happened before [b]Jurassic Park[/b]? What happened before Hammond had things under control enough to invite a team of scientists (+Lawyer) to visit and sign off on the park? Surely there were a number of events which occurred before the park was cleared for public visitors. Path #2 which is where this topic takes off - is a sequel, set in the near future. Through my conversations and personal debates with a number of fans, and friends, factoring in the reason why Rick and Amanda were brought on to write the fourth installment, the common theme in all our discussions were - surviving an apocalyptic situation, as if we were living, 65 million years ago. Think it's crazy? Well, keep reading... [b]Jurassic Park 4[/b] - set in the near future, depicts what happens to the Dinosaurs on Site A, B and C. They've evolved. Life found a way... and they got loose. A common theme in the Jurassic Park films were scientific ignorance - just because we can, doesn't mean we should. Our ingenuity and innovation have been portrayed as our greatest enemy in a number of films; The Matrix, Terminator, Jurassic Park, to name a few. So, in [b]JP4[/b] it's hypothesized that the film will show an Earth, overrun or in the process of being overrun by Dinosaurs, which have evolved to suit the timeframe they've been involuntarily been put in. So how does [b]Isla Nublar[/b] fit into this? Well, it's our thesis that a team is assembled to go to the source of where the Dinosaurs originated and try to find a way to kill them off - a mass genocide to save the human race from extinction. Remember in Jurassic Park, there was a gene implanted in each Dinosaur that would cause them to die off if not constantly looked after by InGen staff? Well, clearly something went wrong and now InGen, and whoever else involved, needs to find out why. Another theory - mutation. Before you throw your laptop off your desk and curse out those scrapped designs of human-dino bio-weapons, hear me out. Mind you, I'm not talking about human hybrid dino-warriors. I'm talking mutated Dinosaurs, that are extremely hard to kill. We've all seen what radiation can do. We've seen what it can do in the movies as well. So, here comes theory #2 which loosely ties into theory #1. Site A and Site B are subject to a radioactive agent in an attempt to kill off the remaining dinosaurs, by order of the resident government, or for whatever other reasons. They can't nuke the islands, because well, that would cause too many issues for the rest of the world. So they devise this ingenious chemical, which is thought to kill the Dinosaurs humanely and quickly. They breathe it in - they go to sleep, then once in a comatose state, the chemical switches off the various organs, killing the Dinosaur, then quickly decomposes the body. But, obviously, something goes wrong and the chemical they release on these Dinosaurs, mutates their genome, making them more hostile, more intelligent, near zombie-like and extremely hard to kill. By zombie-like, I mean scary and messed up, not slow and brain dead. Following the "mutant evolution", a team is sent to Isla Nublar to ensure things went as planned and to study the side effects of their latest invention. But as usual, the Dinos don't respond well to their new guests and this team is exposed to even scarier, smarter Dinosaurs. Scenerio #3, following the past 2, revolves around the team bringing back some of the mutated Dinosaurs back to the mainland to be studied and they get loose and really mess shit up. Think the above ideas are crazy? Well good, cause they are. They have to be crazy. It has to be out there. How many times can you go back to the island, be inspired by the Dinosaurs for a bit, until they get loose and then run hiding until the military comes to save you? The fact of the matter is, that whether [b]JP4[/b] is a prequel or sequel, there needs to be change. There needs to be a new angle, a new direction for the series to take in order to keep audiences interested. Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver were hired to do JUST this exactly. Look at what they did with the [i]Apes[/i] prequel, similar kind of approach as we're expecting with [b]JP4[/b]. Not to mention... what's scarier than a Velociraptor? A mutant, smarter, faster Velociraptor who really wants to kill you, not necessarily to eat you, but just to kill you. Also remember, multiple sources close to the [b]JP4[/b] project have vouched that the film will deliver on an [i]EPIC[/i] scale.. which leads me to further expect a crazy new approach to the franchise. Now, factor in the recent info that the [b]JP4[/b] script has been re-worked by Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, apparently due to the fact that Spielberg was not thrilled with the initial draft. It could be that the studio and Spielberg thought the above synopsis was too "out there" for a JP film. Spielberg may have also preferred to keep the film family friendly and thus go with the prequel option instead of the crazy, out-there sequels mentioned above. But the problem with a prequel is - we know what happens at the end. We've seen what the events lead up to. So... it's my guess that [b]Jurassic Park 4[/b] will not be a prequel, but a more mature sequel. The above theories and speculation are a mixture of my own thoughts and the thoughts of a number of people I've spoken with in the past month. So, what do [b]YOU[/b] think? You know they need to do something with the franchise to keep it fresh, modern, and interesting. So keeping that in mind, I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this, so feel free to share your ideas below! Hopefully we'll have some official leads on the [b]Jurassic Park 4[/b] plot soon. 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