My Plot Idea for JPIV

Here’s my plot idea for Jurassic Park IV. It’s not a complete, full-movie kind of plot. I give an uber-detailed beginning, then more vague details in the middle, then a detailed final ending. Feel free to voice your opinions on the dinosaurs, actors, and themes I chose for my plot. The movie opens as we zoom into a scene in a conference room at BioSyn. Lewis Dodgson (Cameron Thor) stands at the head of a long table, motioning toward charts and graphs of the company’s financial decline since the events of the first Jurassic Park. Dodgson explains that the only way for the company to avoid further decline and eventual bankruptcy is to reinstate “Operation Nublar.” At once the room is in chaos, with people shouting that the operation was a failure, that it is far too dangerous, and that another attempt would be out of the company’s budget. In a minute Dodgson regains the board’s attention. He explains that the original Operation Nublar was full of holes (Nedry was irresponsible, the operation was doomed to fail on the shoulders of only one man, etc.). However, Dodgson reminds them that Phase 2 of Operation Nublar [i]was[/i] in fact a success. Phase 2 was for Nedry to hack into the system and, ultimately, to destroy the park facility, and this part of the plant worked. Dodgson says that now is the time for Phase 3. He plans to send an undercover team onto Nublar to finish the job Nedry started: obtain dinosaur DNA. And not just embryos this time; now they will steal eggs. The long, low blast of a ship’s horn sounds as the camera zooms in on a freighter sailing across the Pacific toward a huge island. [The classic Jurassic Park theme music in the background confirms to fans that the island is Nublar.] Now we are on the deck of the freighter. Agent Rachel Towsen (Scarlett Johansson), top field explorationist at BioSyn and head of the undercover team, converses with Dodgson over face-time. Dodgson tells Rachel that the failure of this mission will mean the job-cuts of half of BioSyn’s employees, including her own. With that, Rachel’s screen goes dark. Rachel paces the deck, observing her team. She sees Geneticist Charlie Newman (Chris Evans) preparing to run tests through a lab window. She looks up to the observation deck where Dr. Bill Snyder (Michael Keaton), Dodgson’s right-hand-man at BioSyn, glances at a magazine. Rachel scans the horizon. Her view of Nublar fades when a patch of fog covers the freighter. Rachel glances at the captain to see him look nervously ahead, and suddenly, the ship lurches upward, tossing everyone toward the railings. Chaos ensues. Our view goes underwater where a massive 82-foot long Liopleurodon, about the same size as the freighter, heaves upward and shakes the boat again. The monster then glides around the ship, smashing into the hull and leaving a gaping hole. Back on the ship, alarms buzz and the captain’s voice over the loudspeaker motions the small crew and the team of ten toward the lifeboats. Another jolt of the ship sends crew and team members overboard into the jaws of the hungry Liopleurodon. Agent Towsen’s elite team claims a lifeboat and unties it. Secured in the boat, they let it fall into the waves, each team member helping to row away from the disaster. Rachel glances back, regretting leaving the remaining crew behind, but sees the ship is halfway submerged, and not a single person remains on deck. She looks back at her team. Before, her team consisted of ten members, including herself. Now, the only survivors are herself and five others, including Charlie Newman and Bill Snyder. Despite this great loss, Rachel remembers Dodgson’s warning. She rouses her team, and they row toward the shores of Nublar, their one refuge from the chaotic ocean, and they hear one last echo of the distant Liopleurodon’s underwater roar. When the team of now six hit the coast, they dock and hop out of the boat. Agent Towsen sends three of her team members to scout nearby while she, Charlie, and Dr. Snyder examine the supplies they have salvaged. Communications with the outside world have been lost. The team has managed to save two small briefcases full of scientific machinery and information, as well as seven egg-holding canisters. Dodgson had requested five eggs per species on the island. Assuming more species had developed since Nedry’s infiltration, Rachel had supplied twenty egg canisters holding five eggs each, enough for one hundred eggs from twenty species. The remaining seven canisters would hold thirty-five eggs. Dodgson would be disappointed, but nothing could be done. Among other supplies in the lifeboat are water bottles, fire-lighters, and materials to set traps for food. Each team member is also armed with a gun and grenades. Okay, now just a few details about the in-between: - A base camp is set up - Team members are sent out in groups of two to collect eggs (Rachel and Charlie, Snyder and one scout, two other scouts) - Rachel grows closer to Charlie throughout the movie, and they have each other’s backs - Several encounters with dinosaurs will be: o A pack of four raptors (when the tam attempts to raid the nest) o A pair of adult Carcharodontosaurus or “Carchars” (these will be the main antagonists of the movie) o Return of Dilophosaurus!!! Lewis Dodgson has assigned Dr. Snyder to keep an eye on things. Snyder desires to lead the team and gradually turns half of the team against Rachel, believing that his approach to leadership on the island will be more effective. Snyder drives out Rachel from the base camp, and Charlie abandons the team to follow her. The two are forced to brave Nublar together, and both have character arcs: they realize the beauty of the island and the dinosaurs and turn against BioSyn and the scandalous raid on the island. Charlie and Rachel use up their weaponry killing two raptors and injuring the other two throughout the movie. The two Carchars will be constant threats. The Dilophosaurus will kill Snyder. Before the raptors are killed by Towsen and Newman, they will kill off the other team members on Snyder’s side. At the very end, as Rachel and Charlie make a final escape, they are chased by the Carchars. One Carchar will be killed by the pair using the very last of their weaponry. As the remaining Carchar lunges for them, a T-Rex rushes out of the trees, bowling into the Carchar and ending its life with a bone-crushing bite to the neck. As Rachel and Charlie run, the Rex lets out a long and triumphant roar. Dodgson has sent a helicopter to retrieve what remains of his team. Charlie and Rachel climb aboard, settling in for a quiet ride home and holding hands. They are no longer loyal to BioSyn, and they plan to help protect the islands from the company, following John Hammond’s wishes. I wanted to mix the plot up a little without Rex or Spino as the main antagonist. I feel like putting Carcharodontosaurus into the spotlight gave a unique change. Spino’s victory in JPIII isn’t crushed, but Rex still gets a triumphant return. Comments? Questions? Feel free to comment below.