I think when Colin and Marshall were re-writing the script, they watched the first movie to see how many "Easter eggs" they could put in... Unfortunately, that ended up being the whole movie.
Like the low amount of raptors, In the film there was 4, Blue Charlie Delta and echo.
In JP there was three (I think, It was that or four) With their own alpha... Their alpha was the biggest one. There deaths are also fairly identical. 1 Was eaten, 1 was thrown into something. The other two don't count... Although I'd be interested in learning what burning raptor flesh smells like.
In my oppinion... the entire thing was an easter egg wrapped in delightful connections fo the first film.
Regardless, A lot of things i didn't notice were in this. Good find.
Life cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way