It was an idea Colin had for the battle at the end, but that's about it as far as I know.
The film itself, the script, the Ultimate Visual History, production notes between Spielberg and Koepp, storyboards that Klayton Fioriti has videos on, and a YT interview with Spielberg's personal guest on the set.
There was supposed to be damaged to the wheelhouse according to storyboards, but they couldn't actually damage the rental ship. So we got a puzzling execution, but nonetheless, it was always meant to be the tyrannosaur.
It was Buck. All sources corroborate this. Raptors is a fan myth.
No. They didn't include anything from the show on the site originally, so I don't think they'll bother this time.
Out of these, it'd have to be the Spino or Cory. Spino can kill Tyrannosaurus, which throws off the food chain if too many die. Corythosaurus is another big breeder and could contribute to herbivores overpopulating the island.
The junior novelization for JP3 got that line from the script, so "bull" Tyrannosaurus is basically synonymous with the male overall. Even Stan Winston Studio's Twitter account called it the "bull" at one point in reference to TLW's male.
https://twitter.com/SWinstonSchool/status/1006602968995651585
Buck and Doe are also acknowledged internally, at least by Colin Trevorrow. They're not named in the franchise guide, but people within the crew know who we're referring to when we say those names. Nobody knows who "Medium One" and "Small One" are, in contrast.
Randy and Kim was based on a misinterpreted plan for the puppeteers on set. I think that stuck because there wasn't really anything else to call the other two unnamed raptors. However, "Medium One" and "Small One" aren't based on anything, as even the names don't make sense because they're both the same size (even TBO is the same size model, only described as different in the script).
I agree that if the discussion is about Ark (or some other media) and doesn't relate or connect to JP at all, then it shouldn't be on here. People can go to the Ark wiki or wherever if they want to talk about that. Reddit has whole communities for paleontology and dinosaurs, for instance. Dinosaurs as a whole should be allowed, though, considering that is JP's main selling point, but again, it should be somewhat connected to the franchise.
I also think loosening up the conditions for discussion would benefit, as this place and the fan base isn't as active as it used to be.
Their franchise guide that has the timeline, dino profiles, and basically says what is considered canon.
It's canon according to Scott Kreamer. It's dubious canon according to the guide Universal has. So like a public/internal conflict thing.
Canonicity aside, I don't mind the first three seasons. Season 1 is still my favorite for some reason, but even that is just alright. 4 and 5 are awful and they should have kept it to three seasons for a more cohesive story.
That original Nublar site was magical. It's my favorite JP website in general besides the one for Lost World. Dinotracker is close, but it feels incomplete in comparison. DPG was fine for lore but wasn't too thrilling, in my opinion.
Yeah, if we're using canon (or as close to it as possible in this case), then it appears Spinoceratops is the current name of the hybrid. They could change it back in the future, but who knows.
@PowerLord23 I meant the one Universal and their brand partners use internally, not fan-made ones. Or did somebody leak the official guide? Because that's Universal's proprietary property and I can't see them being too happy about that.
Lewis Lee, the one who's worked as a consultant with the franchise in recent years. He worked on the massive encyclopedia project before that fell through, and had (or has?) access to the franchise style guide and stuff like that.
According to Lewis, the name was originally Sino-Spino, but they've gone with Spinoceratops now. So I think it's safe to use the latter name going forward, unless they change it back.
I'll see if someone like Lewis Lee knows what the animal is supposed to be called.
What all calls it Spinoceratops? Because even though it's probably the better name, if it's just toys, it might not trump the junior novelization in terms of authority.
It's just an unfortunate middleground between Baryonyx and Spinosaurus, so it's a bit redundant. But it's a shame it hasn't been included on-screen because we know it was at Jurassic World and never said to have gone extinct.