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More Jurassic Park sequels after The Lost World had the flexibility to chart their own route because there were no more Crichton novels to base them on. Jurassic Park 3, directed by Joe Johnston and released in summer 2001, was the least financially successful movie in the series, resulting to a 14-year sabbatical before Jurassic World brought the franchise back. While many would blame the slump on negative reviews, a repetitive idea, or waning cultural interest in dinosaurs, an often neglected factor may be even more essential. Jurassic Park 3, at the time of its release, was representative of the type of movie that would very soon die off: The standalone franchise sequel. When looked at within that context, it provides a great example of a franchise that failed to anticipate the changes that were about to occur in the moviemaking marketplace. Join us for the third part in our retrospective of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films. 2001: A Serial Odyssey 2001 is a criti...