User blog comment:John Alfred Hammond, CEO/Predictions of Jurassic World Plot/@comment-1259419-20140628162746/@comment-6493791-20140629040105

Simply because that's the whole reason Steven Spielberg left it there; the novel never said anything about the can curiously falling out of Nedry's coat and being vigorously buried in mud, left to be someday found by those who will find it. And I hate to be that guy, but the WHOLE reason the scriptwriters are returning to Isla Nublar is to reference the original trilogy. Do I think plot elements not seen in previous work will be used? You bet, but you simply cannot ignore Hollywood. I'm taking modern Hollywood as it is, not as I'd like it to be.

Sure, I consider JP: TG canon. I consider it as much canon as the Expanded Universe is canon to the Star Wars Franchise. Unfortunately, games, comics, and other EXPANDED works are simply not worth film producers time. Essentially, they are canon until directly contradicted.

As for the "rusted, dirty, old Barbosol can not a good plot element, I have to disagree. From certain rumors I've heard, one of the main characters and his younger brother get lost in the jungles of Nublar, and apparently stumble on Hammond's original park setup. Now, we still don't know how much the public really knows about what happened in Jurassic Park, that was all sealed with ND's (even Grant won't talk about it in JP///). So, think of the emotion, turmoil, and buildup these unknowing teenagers could discover, using flashbacks, plot elements, destroyed familiar locations, and finally the ultimatum; the truth behind the park's problems. Not a bad element at all, I'm not saying it's good, but it's not the worst idea.