NEW UPDATE REGARDING THE JP3 SPINO

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jurassicworld/jurassic-worldtm-miniature-game/posts/2996602

Exod Games posted a new update to their kickstarter, includingthe JP3 spino. The following was provided as backstory which they said was pending approval by universal/amblin.

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Anecdote: (fictional content, approval pending by Universal and Amblin)

Sitting at her desk in the DPG's office, Zia Rodriguez had been listening for too long to her interlocutor, Congresswoman Delgado, for what she considered to be a web of politically-oriented bullshit. And the b*** would not let her get a word, with her condescending air:

- ... during the San Diego incident. Did you know that InGen went on to develop dinosaurs? Without any authorization and thinking, they could do it with impunity? On their laboratory island, in the most perfect illegality ...

Zia knew what the politician was referring to and saw this as a way of establishing her point to convince her to support her cause:

- I hear you and join you, Mrs. Delgado. InGen broke through a barrier at that time, breaking free of the Gene Guard Act. But the fact is that the dinosaurs they created in that context are real. Take the spinosaurus, for example. They ended up abandoning it to its fate on Sorna without any care. Except that this particularly aggressive predator adapted and started to attack herbivorous dinosaurs. It found itself in competition with other large theropods, which completely disrupted the island's biotope. It even managed to kill a T-Rex. If the dinosaurs created were placed in a suitable place and then supervised by expert care and strong legislation, they would not be a problem.

After a pause, Delgado resumed, with a tone that seemed bitter to Zia :

- You seem to forget that this monster was genetically boosted with growth hormones. Jesus Christ, do I really have to remind you of 2001? Two US Navy teams sent, one to rescue Professor Grant's group and the other to do a reconnaissance during which they came across a juvenile specimen attacking them in the abandoned dam? It turned out that this dinosaur was an excellent swimmer and used the rivers to move quickly from one end of the island to the other? That an entire regiment was decimated?

- Mrs. Delgado. Creating dinosaurs, then abandoning them, taking them from isla Sorna to isla Nublar, and finally letting them die is immoral. I don't need to remind you that we still don't know how the spinosaurus died, but considering his hormonal treatment he couldn't be healthy and he probably died of cancer.

- And it is the interest of these beasts that animates your group? Delgado questioned her sarcastically.

- Of course, it's their interest that concerns me above all! I'm a paleo-veterinary...

Then a small laugh of the deputy followed, which exasperated Zia:

- Yes, yes, it does exist...

She felt that she was losing ground in the face of Delgado's disdain:

- No, no, I haven't seen a real one. Not everyone can spend their savings...

Luckily this is the moment that Claire chose to arrive. Zia handed her the phone so that she could continue the discussion with her.

Sickle_Claw wrote:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jurassicworld/jurassic-worldtm-miniature-game/posts/2996602

Exod Games posted a new update to their kickstarter, includingthe JP3 spino. The following was provided as backstory which they said was pending approval by universal/amblin.

Quote :

Anecdote: (fictional content, approval pending by Universal and Amblin)

- You seem to forget that this monster was genetically boosted with growth hormones. Jesus Christ, do I really have to remind you of 2001? Two US Navy teams sent, one to rescue Professor Grant's group and the other to do a reconnaissance during which they came across a juvenile specimen attacking them in the abandoned dam? It turned out that this dinosaur was an excellent swimmer and used the rivers to move quickly from one end of the island to the other? That an entire regiment was decimated?

It was actually a U.S. Marine Corps team. Also, do we really think that an entire Marine Corps regiment would get wiped out by the Spinosaurus? It just seems like a pre-emptive justification for why the military can't just wipe out the dinosaurs if you ask me.

Rhedosaurus wrote:

Sickle_Claw wrote:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jurassicworld/jurassic-worldtm-miniature-game/posts/2996602

Exod Games posted a new update to their kickstarter, includingthe JP3 spino. The following was provided as backstory which they said was pending approval by universal/amblin.

Quote :

Anecdote: (fictional content, approval pending by Universal and Amblin)

- You seem to forget that this monster was genetically boosted with growth hormones. Jesus Christ, do I really have to remind you of 2001? Two US Navy teams sent, one to rescue Professor Grant's group and the other to do a reconnaissance during which they came across a juvenile specimen attacking them in the abandoned dam? It turned out that this dinosaur was an excellent swimmer and used the rivers to move quickly from one end of the island to the other? That an entire regiment was decimated?

It was actually a U.S. Marine Corps team. Also, do we really think that an entire Marine Corps regiment would get wiped out by the Spinosaurus? It just seems like a pre-emptive justification for why the military can't just wipe out the dinosaurs if you ask me.

Well, technically, the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy are both part of the U.S. Department of the Navy and are coequal in status.

And, it was a joint operation between the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines to rescue Grant, Billy, and the Kirbys.

That aside, it is ludicrous for an entire Marine regiment to be wiped out by a Spinosaurus (or any other dinosaur) as there are 2,000 Marines to a regiment.

1morey wrote:

Rhedosaurus wrote:

Sickle_Claw wrote:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jurassicworld/jurassic-worldtm-miniature-game/posts/2996602

Exod Games posted a new update to their kickstarter, includingthe JP3 spino. The following was provided as backstory which they said was pending approval by universal/amblin.

Quote :

Anecdote: (fictional content, approval pending by Universal and Amblin)

- You seem to forget that this monster was genetically boosted with growth hormones. Jesus Christ, do I really have to remind you of 2001? Two US Navy teams sent, one to rescue Professor Grant's group and the other to do a reconnaissance during which they came across a juvenile specimen attacking them in the abandoned dam? It turned out that this dinosaur was an excellent swimmer and used the rivers to move quickly from one end of the island to the other? That an entire regiment was decimated?

It was actually a U.S. Marine Corps team. Also, do we really think that an entire Marine Corps regiment would get wiped out by the Spinosaurus? It just seems like a pre-emptive justification for why the military can't just wipe out the dinosaurs if you ask me.

Well, technically, the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy are both part of the U.S. Department of the Navy and are coequal in status.

And, it was a joint operation between the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines to rescue Grant, Billy, and the Kirbys.

That aside, it is ludicrous for an entire Marine regiment to be wiped out by a Spinosaurus (or any other dinosaur) as there are 2,000 Marines to a regiment.

And they could have used their landing craft, which have more then enough firepower, against the Spino easily. Not only that, but didn't the Marine have attack coppers with them as well?

There definitely wasn't 2,000 marines on the island when they went to rescue the group. It's not too farfetched to believe the Spino could wipe out the ones that actually came to the island.

If it was this, then they should have wrote a part of a regiment instead of an entire regiment.

Dead2009 wrote:

There definitely wasn't 2,000 marines on the island when they went to rescue the group. It's not too farfetched to believe the Spino could wipe out the ones that actually came to the island.

It is with all the firepower that they carried.

The Geeky Zoologist wrote:

If it was this, then they should have wrote a part of a regiment instead of an entire regiment.

And even if this was possible, the Spino would have died of its wounds anyway.


Did anybody who did this think anything through?

It's not really an update IMO. It's for a fan-made game, even if Universal/Amblin gives consent to use their assets legally, which is all that "pending approval" means. It's not as if the approval would suddenly make it canon, or basically everything using the JP/JW assets would be canon and we know that's not true. The game is cool and all, but I'm not taking anything it says seriously unless somebody like Trevorrow, Marshall, or Ewins says to.

Jack Ewins already confirmed the JP3 Spino was a fully grown adult in the film, so this fan lore is a contradiction to that. In fact, Ewins' response was to somebody asking about the supposed "juvenile" claim for the animal. I don't get the determination people have with making the JP3 Spino bigger than it actually was.

Also, yeah, one Spinosaurus taking out an entire regiment is asinine.