Board Thread:Movie discussion/@comment-25727858-20150917151431/@comment-25727858-20160104211811

86.180.100.52 wrote: Owen is better. He's a soldier with a conscience. He also did which the other two failed to do... control dinosaurs. He tamed Blue. He earned their trust and knew better than those who suggested force. HE also shwoed enough balls to take on Indominus who is the most dangerous dinosaur ever... thus preventing World War 3.

Would rock to spot the three fight eachother. Fair point, but let's take a closer look at WHY Owen was able to "tame" the velociraptors when Muldoon and Tembo couldn't..

Looking back at the original park on Isla Nublar we see the raptors enclosed within a very small enclosure with so much foliage, you can barely even see the raptors inside. The velociraptors were known to be extremely dangerous (Especially since one of them outsmarted and killed Jophery), so that explains why they were not included in the tour of the park. InGen cloned the raptor known as "The Big One", which turned out to be the most intelligent raptor in JP history. The Big One was truly a bad egg, and actually singled humans out as the biggest threat between her and her goal of dominating the island. She even killed all but two of the weakest and most controllable raptors in the pack to use and manipulate. With this knowledge in mind, it's safe to say that these particular velociraptors were untamable.

The reason I put so much emphasis on how small and concealed the original raptor enclosure was is for this reason: Robert Muldoon's job was to be the game warden and head of security of the park. While he did oversee everything that involved the raptors, he never had any reason to attempt to train or build a relationship with them. The fact that their enclosure was so small only made it worse for the raptors, since they couldn't be closely monitored and worked with as seen in Jurassic World. Muldoon was not a fool, and knew The Big One was truly an evil, intelligent animal. Every time a worker got near a raptor, The Big One would order her other raptors to attack. This is what lead Muldoon to believe that velociraptors were too dangerous to coexist with man.

As you can see, Robert Muldoon never recieved the opportunity that Owen had to bond with the velociraptors, all because of The Big One's manipulation.

Moving on to Roland Tembo. Tembo was a simple big-game hunter from Mombasa who kept to himself and enjoyed life for the most part. When he was asked to lead the group of mercenaries into Isla Sorna to capture animals for the upcoming San Diego JP, he accepted, hoping to be able to hunt a buck t-rex.This was an act of selfishness and proved that he had no respect for the animals of Sorna. Later on in the movie they team up with Dr. Malcolm's group, get chased by dinosaurs, and are miraculously succesful at capturing a live male t-rex. When a slaphappy Peter Ludlow offers him a job at the new JP, Roland declines.

"I believe I've spent enough time in the company of death..."

I just wanted to point out how Roland went from being eager to take advantage of Sorna's unprotected wildlife to being stern and humbled by his experiences. The relationship Tembo had with the velociraptors isn't all that interesting. He wasn't there to build a relationship with them, and his team had orders not to capture any due to the fact that they're so dangerous. Saying that Owen was better than Tembo because Owen had a relationship with the raptors is just not valid.

Now for Owen Grady. In JW, the workers were smart enough to allow the newborn raptors to imprint on Owen, their handler, to gain a natural sense of trust. In the first film the raptors never were allowed to imprint on Muldoon, only Hammond. Also, let's take a gander at the size of the JW raptor enclosure. It's huge and roomy. The raptors can be studied and monitored with ease, much unlike the original enclosure. Owen could easily and personally interact with the raptors, thus building a bigger relationship. The Big One was not present, the raptors had a much more comfortable paddock, and the raptor population was kept to only four. The raptors were happier and healthier, while also somewhat bonding with Owen.

Muldoon never had this chance. The builders built the enclosure too small. Also, The Big One was responsible for making the other raptors hate humans, especially Muldoon. Can we really blame Muldoon for screaming "Shoot her!!" and for hating the raptors? No, I don't believe we can. After all, he did sacrifice himself to save everyone's lives in the end.