T. rex vs Spinosaurus rematch for Jurassic World 2: One of the worst ideas of the franchise?

Now I've been hearing about a petition that wants to have a rematch between the Spinosaurus and the Tyrannosaurus rex for the sequel for the finantially (and critically, to an extent) succesful Jurassic World. Now, the reason for it is mainly because to make up for the now infamous match between the T. rex and the spinosaurus in the third installment of the franchise: Jurassic park III, were a spinosaurus killed a T. rex by breaking it's neck.

But is it really a good idea? is it really what the story needs? is it what the fans need? is it what the franchise needs? will this make it into a good movie?:

The answer to all of these questions is simple: 

Now look, you may be thinking "oh look! a spino fanboy who doesn't want to see it's favourite dinosaur getting killed!" but that's a 100% wrong statement. I like the T. rex FAR more than the spinosaurus in the JP universe, I always have and always will. What I am is a simple fan of the franchise that wants nothing but the best for the future of it, so if there is something that is threating that, I can at least express my opinion against it.

Drawing done by your humble blogger, me. 

And I care because the person that iniciated this petition apparently tweeted it to Colin Trevorrow, at what he responded "noted, my friend". Now this doesn't mean the fight will happen or that he's in favor of the fight, it just means Trevorrow knows the petition exists. And it doesn't even mean he will consider it, it might as well just a PR stunt and show how much does he care about the fanbase.

Also, take into account, I'm not here to change your mind about anything. It would be really easy for me to say "diz idea sukz, iz tha worzt!" with no reason. But I'll just simply offer reasons as to why this idea is the stupidest thing it could ever happen to the franchise. So, without further due, let's begin: 

1) It would tear appart the comunity of fans of the franchise. 

Now it is common knoledge that, for the mayority of the fans, the Spinosaurus and T. rex match in Jurassic Park 3 was awful in most ways. Wether it was the length of the fight, the outcome, the animation, among others, fans seem to not put this fight in their favourite moments of the franchise. Now, it is true that some do like this match, but it's clear that does not represent the mayority of fan's opinions. And since that moment, arguments in forums, facebook posts and comment sections on youtube have debated who would win in a fight between the 2 theropods for over 14 years, dividing the fanbase almost to the point of being on the side of the T.rex or Spinosaurus. 

But most of us have grown up, have matured, and have mooved on since then to focus on Jurassic World. And is clear that the vast mayority of fans have loved the final showdown between the Indominus rex, the Velociraptor named Blue, and the T. rex (myself included). 

The problem with a rematch happening between the T. rex and the Spinosaurus in JW2 is simple: It would spark the debate between fans again. Now the people that support the rematch say the fights "will happen regardless of the rematch being there or not", but it's obvious that the controversy will be A LOT worse if it did happened. It is easy to imagine the argument "but the fight in JW2 was more realistic because the T.rex won!" "Shut up, the spinosaurus is bigger and stronger!". Is like opening a scar and pouring salt into it, the result is going to be nasty.

2) There's no reason for it, specially when other forms of media have already done it. 

Something that the people that support the rematch say to try to make it have sense is that "The franchise humilliated it's icon, that's why it's bad and it won't work, because it needs the T. rex to win again". 

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WTF?, seriously, that's one of the stupidest things I've heard in my life. It would have made sense if it was after Jurassic Park III, but the thing is: Jurassic World happened, and it's obvious the T. rex no longer suffers humilliation. Just look at the ending, it's beautiful, and shows how the T. rex is Queen of Nublar again.

But the people that support the fight say "No, the fight in Jurassic World wasn't enough, it has to be against Spinosaurus!".

That sounds very desperate and childish. Is scrapping the bottom of the barril looking for arguments that, simply put, just don't hold up. It shows to me that the people we are dealing with are not serious and just fanboys that are still, for some reason, pissed off about a stupid moment 15 years ago. 

And is not like other forms of media didn't do it justice already. 

Primal carnage, for example. There's an actually pretty well done promotional video showing the rematch where the T. rex wins. 

Or in Ice Age 3, there's a fight between momma T. rex and an oversized Baryonix (that kinda looks like I. rex) and she pushes it into a cliff. Is basially the same type of fight.

Hell, even in the JP franchise it already happened! In a little Gem called Jurassic Park Operation Genesis. When the T. rex and Spino meet, they can go either way for either dinosaur, so it's already pointless to take the fight in a movie setting. 

See? It already happened!.

So Jurassic World 2, following these examples, would be literally ripping off less good and chilish sources. Following a now tired cliché. And it's a very bad sign when a movie repeats the same mistake it did in it's worst movie. Because that's all what the Jurassic Park franchise it's all about, just pleasing fanboys that wanted to see the rematch in a movie that was Jurassic Park (that's sarcasm btw). 

3) This is not a fight the T. rex can win.

Let's face it people, for what they showed us in Jurassic Park 3, the Spinosaurus is way too much of a monster for the T, rex to win. 

Now yes, I know, if this fight happened in real life, the fight would have ended as soon as the T. rex clamped it's jaws around spino's neck. But this is Jurassic Park, the creatures they are potraying are obviously not accurate (if they were, the spino wouldn't even fight the T. rex). 

The spinosaurus is potrayed as a ruthless killing machine that can take out just about every dinosaur, its unlikely a T. rex can take it out. And it is true the T. rex in Jurassic Park III wasn't fully grown, but is very desperate to beleave a 40 foot long Tyrannosaurus will succed were a 37 foot long one failed. Again, I'm a huge fan of the T. rex, but realistically speaking, it's very implausible. 

So following logic, if the rematch were to happen (for some reason) and the spinosaurus won, it would make matters worse, and making the objective of the fight, entirely pointless.

4) It insults the characters of the creatures and the franchise overall. 

I don't know how nobody has noticed this, but this is really a denigration of the franchise we love and the dinosaurs in it. This is Jurassic Park, not rocky. This is a franchise that its supposed to reflect the message of man over nature, the corruption of man when it tries to take too much without noticing, the consecuences that follow the attempt of creating life, all in an enjoyable movie. Not just dinosaur fights and spectacle. Even Jurassic World understood this and found a balance between the 2 and present it on a different way (while Jurassic Park 3 didn't). Since when did we forgot these are animals and not Kaijus?. 

And it's not like the petition has a good story incuding the fight, it's just the fight, for all they care, the movie could be absolute garbage, even worse than Jurassic Park III, but as long as it has that fight "it's going to work". That's both selfish and lazy.

A rematch doesn't sound like a Jurassic Park fan wants, it sounds more like a person THINKS a Jurassic Park movie wants. Now granted, this is not the mayority of the franchise who want the fight, the petition represents a fraction of the franchise. It has 4000 likes, by contrast, the official Jurassic Park Facebook page has over 8 million. That means: over 0.05% of the fanbase wants this fight. And that's not counting the fans that don't use facebook. 

Furthermore, the people that support the fight use the argument of "it will be good for publicity". DUDE!! It's a Jurassic Park movie we are talking about! Jurassic World last year made 1.6 billion dollars at the worldwide box office, it's currently on the number 4 spot as the highest grossing film OF ALL TIME!!! and it didn't sell just because of the climatic battle at the end, so it's obvious a Jurassic Park film does not sell just because there's a fight on it, it sells on itself, making that argument pointless yet again. 

I could go on and on about why this idea is horrendous in every sense of the word (hell, I might edit this post and add more reasons). But I'll conclude this for now. So overall, if you read this, and sat through it, and you were convinced by at least one of these points, then you may want to start thinking "You know what? Maybe this idea is not good at all". Because that's the reality: The arguments offered in favor of the fight are simply awful, childish, biased, fanboyistic, selfish, lazy poorly thought out and they just don't hold up at all. 

Thank you so much for reading and have a great day.