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Time of India
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
How to craft a Primal Egg in Grow a Garden
Grow a Garden receives constant updates, with the latest Prehistoric expansion bringing dinosaurs to the game. There is a new Primal Egg recently introduced into the Roblox experience, and it allows you to get several solid pets, including the Spinosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and Dilophosaurus. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now To get your hands on the specific egg, you will have to craft it using a Dinosaur Egg, Bone Blossom, and Sheckles. Additionally, you will have to make upgrades to the DNA Machine in the process. Here is a detailed guide that provides all the information that you need to know about crafting a Primal Egg in Grow a Garden. Grow a Garden: How to craft Primal Egg How To Get Primal Egg in Grow a Garden | Unlock Primal Egg Crafting Recipe | Roblox There are a few steps involved in the process of crafting a Primal Egg in Grow a Garden, and it isn't going to be cheap. Here is everything you need to know: Upgrading the DNA Machine to Level 4 The first prerequisite you would need for the purpose of crafting a Primal Egg is having the DNA Machine at Level 4. You will be able to find this next to the NPC Graham, and you can upgrade it by submitting the plants that you get via the Ancient Seed Pack. It would be ideal to use plants like Horned Dinoshroom and Paradise Petal, given that they are reharvestable. To advance the machine to Level 4, you will need to deposit a total of 100 kg of prehistoric plants. Once it reaches that, you will have the ability to craft a Primal Egg in Grow a Garden. Procuring necessary items Once the DNA Machine is at the necessary level, you will have to procure the different items that are needed to craft a Primal Egg in Grow a Garden. They include: Dinosaur Egg: It is a time-limited egg that you can get via means like Dino Quests and through NPC Graham. Bone Blossom: This is another item that you will be able to get by completing the 21 Dino Quests. You will have to redo the 21 quests to get the Bone Blossom again. 5.5 million Sheckles: The in-game currency is required in a huge number for crafting the specific egg. Accordingly, you will need to have the currency saved up. Crafting procedure This is the final step in the procedure, and you simply have to head to the crafting table. You can then select the Primal Egg recipe and enter the aforementioned items into the same. It will take 30 minutes to craft the Primal Egg in Grow a Garden. On the other hand, the hatch time of the egg is 4 hours and 10 minutes. Thus, you will have to wait for a while to get the rare pets like Ankylosaurus, Dilophosaurus, and more.
Mint
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Why are we so invested in Jurassic Park and Jurassic World sagas? A deep dive
The moment Dr Alan Grant removed his sunglasses and stared at the long necked Brachiosaurus the world fell in love with the concept of Jurassic Park. We didn't just go to the movies, we were there in the kitchen hiding from the velociraptors. We were aghast at the greed of Dennis Nedry who sells Dino DNA to a rival firm and we raised our fist in the air in morbid pleasure when a venom spitting Dilophosaurus killed him… Selling corporate secrets to rivals for profit? Poaching trained staff, sabotaging another's work, bribing someone in the rival firm to share R&D results… Nothing new to all you who are battling your own set of challenges in the corporate world. But they managed to create this chaos on gorgeous islands and tried to contain it… Jeff Goldblum and his unforgettable presence made chaos believable! He said, 'Life will find a way.' And we have been amazed since 1993/4 at the magnificence that is the big T-Rex. It's 2025 and three Jurassic Park movies and five Jurassic World movies later we are still engaged in this series! How loyal are you to the blue chip stocks in your portfolio? The Jurassic Park franchise has evolved from a groundbreaking sci-fi thriller to a global action-adventure phenomenon. While each installment shares the core premise of genetically engineered dinosaurs running amok, they differ significantly in their narrative focus, critical reception, and cinematic approach. Let's embark on a journey through Isla Nublar, Isla Sorna, and beyond, comparing the films that keep us invested in this iconic series. The first three films, known as the Jurassic Park trilogy, laid the foundation for the entire franchise, establishing its core themes and visual language. Based on Michael Crichton's novel, this Steven Spielberg masterpiece introduces wealthy industrialist John Hammond's ambitious dream: a theme park populated by cloned dinosaurs on Isla Nublar. Paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant, paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler, and chaotician Dr. Ian Malcolm are invited to assess its safety. Industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic park shutdown, unleashing the dinosaurs and forcing the visitors to fight for survival. Jurassic Park revolutionized cinema with its pioneering use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) seamlessly blended with animatronic dinosaurs, setting a new standard for visual effects. The film explored the ethical implications of genetic engineering, humanity's hubris in controlling nature, and the unpredictable nature of chaos. We are still comparing Iconic performances from Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum to everyone that has come after. Universally acclaimed by critics and a massive box office success, the film won three Academy Awards for its technical achievements and is widely regarded as one of the greatest summer blockbusters ever made. Its impact on modern cinema and special effects is immeasurable. We're rewatching the film online just to say, 'Clever girl!' Four years after the Isla Nublar incident, Dr. Ian Malcolm is reluctantly drawn to Isla Sorna (Site B), a second island where InGen secretly bred dinosaurs and left them to fend for themselves. Two opposing factions emerge: one seeking to exploit the dinosaurs for profit, and another, led by Malcolm, aiming to protect them in the wild. The conflict culminates in a Tyrannosaurus Rex rampage in San Diego. Steven Spielberg returned to direct this sequel. Everything else may look spectacular thanks to CGI, but many of us have hated the subsequent introduction to mutants… This film moves beyond the park setting to explore dinosaurs in a wild, untamed environment and their potential impact on the mainland. The Pteranodon and Compsognathus are added to our vocabulary, and we sit in darkness, hearts racing at how action oriented and horror based this survival film is. This was the film where the annoying kid trope was introduced… In this film Dr. Alan Grant is persuaded by a wealthy couple to accompany them on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, only to discover their true motive is a rescue mission for their missing son. The group faces new, more aggressive dinosaurs, particularly the Spinosaurus, and must outwit intelligent Velociraptors to survive and escape the island. Director Joe Johnston introduces us to the ridiculous American family, and a new Apex Predator: The Spinosaurus. True fans to date hate that it defeats the T-Rex. Despite a wafer thin plot and barely any element of wonder, this film was still a financial success, though the lowest-grossing of the franchise until Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) is fully tallied. The Jurassic World trilogy: Revival, expansion, and global impact After a 14-year hiatus, the franchise was rebooted with the Jurassic World trilogy, aiming to re-energize the series for a new generation. Set 22 years after the original, a fully functional dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, operates on Isla Nublar. To boost visitor numbers, the park creates a new genetically engineered hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus Rex, which inevitably breaks loose and wreaks havoc, leading to another desperate survival mission for park operations manager Claire Dearing (Dallas Howard) and raptor trainer Owen Grady (Chris Pratt). This revival was a massive global hit and the highest-grossing film in the franchise. Touted to be 'Bigger, Louder, More Teeth', this blockbuster featured larger crowds, more dinosaurs, and a focus on hybrid creatures. Critics praised the visual effects and entertainment value but often criticized the characters and reliance on nostalgia. Its immense box office success solidified the franchise's return. Three years after the Jurassic World incident, Owen and Claire return to Isla Nublar to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from an impending volcanic eruption. However, they uncover a sinister plot to transport and auction the dinosaurs on the mainland, leading to a gothic horror-inspired second half set in a mansion. Director J.A. Bayona brought a distinct, darker, and more horror-driven aesthetic to the film's second half. Dinosaurs are brought off Isla Nublar, setting the stage for their global spread. The film explores new ethical questions regarding the dinosaurs' rights and survival. Introduces the Indoraptor, another dangerous hybrid. This film divided both critics and fans. Visually, this film was stunning, and the action set pieces were breathtaking, the plot was super convoluted and the character decisions questionable. Despite the mixed reviews, it was another significant box office success. Set four years after Fallen Kingdom, in this film dinosaurs live and hunt alongside humans worldwide. The film brings together the original Jurassic Park trio (Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Ian Malcolm) with the Jurassic World protagonists (Owen Grady, Claire Dearing, Maisie Lockwood) to uncover a global conspiracy involving giant genetically engineered locusts and the shady Biosyn Genetics corporation. Everyone loved the return of Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum in significant roles alongside the new cast. The film focused on a corporate conspiracy and ecological disaster involving giant locusts, alongside the ever present threat from dinosaurs. The film struggled to blend the sci-fi thriller elements and the need for action with narrative coherence. This is where everyone seemed to be suffering from franchise fatigue, thanks to a bloated plot, underdeveloped characters, and a failure to fully capitalize on the premise of dinosaurs living among humans. Despite critical panning, it still crossed the billion-dollar mark at the global box office, proving the enduring appeal of the franchise. Set five years after Dominion, this new film attempts to get us to go back to dinosaur island where a team employed by a pharmaceutical company is going to obtain biological samples from feral dinosaurs living in remote waters near Earth's Equator to help create meds for us humans. If it weren't such an outlandish idea, the film's thrills put it in the category of a "heist movie with monsters." Director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One) is at the helm, and visually the film fulfils its promise of a return to awe and scale. Alas, Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali, try super hard to save the story and the most annoying family ever that has just wandered into this remote island. Before you can say, 'Run, dinosaurs!' you realise you are cheering for the dino and hoping it swallows the irritating boyfriend fist. Thoughts of investing in the company that makes that rubber dinghy that manages to remain intact despite the sharp teeth and claws on the dinos chasing the family through the waters will cross your mind. The action pieces are thrilling and the setting is spectacular, and yet, the plot makes you gag. And it seems like so much left-over footage has been taken from the earlier film that this film looks like a poor quilt of found footage and you wish both it's ugly borrowed from StarWars to look like Rancor, the D-Rex (more like Diasastersaur than any other name!) and its clone pals would all die and also all the annoying humans. The only thing more positive to say about this film is that it's better than Dominion, which isn't really praise. The original Jurassic Park masterfully balanced wonder, suspense, and horror. Subsequent films, particularly the Jurassic World trilogy, have increasingly leaned into action-adventure spectacle, often at the expense of character development and the ethical dilemmas that defined the first film. Rebirth attempted a return to a more grounded, suspenseful tone, but the mutant dinos killed the fun. We have invested so heavily (for some of us, half our lives) in the spectacle of dinosaurs we tend to forgive the dodgy narrative quality. Manisha Lakhe is a poet, film critic, traveller, founder of Caferati — an online writer's forum, hosts Mumbai's oldest open mic, and teaches advertising, films and communication. She can be reached on Twitter at @manishalakhe.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Jurassic Park story so far ahead of new film Jurassic World: Rebirth
The Jurassic Park franchise will soon return with a brand new story following new characters in a new setting in Jurassic World: Rebirth, but one that has a strong connection with its predecessors. Jurassic World: Rebirth is set five years after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, and it follows a team of scientists who travel to a remote island that has been taken over by dinosaurs in order to extract DNA for groundbreaking medical research. Jonathan Bailey, Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali lead the cast of the exciting new film. While it is, for all intents and purposes, a rebirth for the franchise (pun very much intended), the film is impacted by the events of the movies that came before it. So for those in need of a refresher, here is what has happened in the franchise so far. The one that started it all, Jurassic Park sees wealthy businessman John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) invite paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neil), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to the tropical island Isla Nublar where he has built a park full of dinosaurs. In order to open it Hammond needs to complete a safety check with some of the best scientists in the business, or his funding will be pulled. The dinosaurs were brought back to life by cloning dinosaur DNA found in fossils and splicing it with the DNA of other animals. The result is spectacular but also, as it will soon become apparent, incredibly dangerous. At the park a tropical rainstorm hits leading to issues with the technology, computer programmer Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight) claims he will get the park back online but really he plans to hack the database to stop anyone from foiling his plan — get out of the park with dino DNA that he can sell to the highest bidder. However, things start to take a turn when the dinosaurs escape their confines, with Dennis being killed by a venomous Dilophosaurus. While Alan, Ian, and John's grandkids Tim and Lex contend with a rampant Tyrannosaurus Rex. Ian is injured in the process while Alan and the kids manage to escape, as they try to piece their way back to the visitor centre Ellie helps get Ian to safety. After contending with many dangers, Alan and the kids make their way to the visitor centre which is still without power because of Dennis' hack (though Samuel L Jackson's engineer Ray Arnold is on the case) and Alan goes in search of Ellie. Unfortunately this leaves Tim and Lex on their own, where they must evade a group of Velociraptors. The pair manage to escape through some quick thinking in a kitchen, and they find their way back to the others in the control centre. Before everything can go wrong the remaining raptors are killed by the Tyrannosaurs Rex, giving the team enough time to escape. As the group leave the island via helicopter the scientists agree not to endorse the park. Only Goldblum of the main trio returned for Jurassic Park 2, subtitled The Lost World. Set four years after the original, Hammond (Attenborough) has lost control of his company InGen to Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard) his nephew. Ludlow wants to exploit his uncle's work and use the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna — the second island owned by the company — to save it. In a bid to avoid disaster Hammond sends Ian and a crackpot team to go to the island and document the dinosaurs, so that they can persuade the powers that be to leave them alone. Ian heads to the island where he reconnects with his ex-girlfriend Sarah Harding (Julianna Moore) and Nick Van Owen (Vince Vaughn), there they learn that Ludlow's plan is to capture the dinosaurs and ship them to San Diego where he intends to create a dinosaur theme park in Los Angeles. They face a number of obstacles along the way, including several terrifying dinosaurs. Ian, Sarah, and Nick try their best to dissuade Ludlow from taking the dinosaurs to San Diego, and after a Tyrannosaurs Rex manages to run rampant throughout the city the trio are forced to try and capture it. The mistake leads to any plans for the park to be scrapped, with the dinosaurs taken back to Isla Sorna which is declared a nature reserve by the American and Costa Rican government. It was Neil and Dern's time to return with 2001's Jurassic Park III, which sees Alan Grant tasked with helping a divorced couple who will fund Alan's research into Velociraptors, which has hit a dead in the years since the original, if he gives them a guided aerial tour of Isla Sorna. Alan and his assistant Billy Brennan (Alessandro Nivola) head to the island alongside the couple and a number of others where it is revealed that the divorced couple Paul and Amanda Kirby actually wanted Alan to help find their missing son and Amanda's boyfriend Ben Hildebrand who were illegally parasailing on the island. The group encounter the likes of a Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus along the way, learning that Ben was killed above a Velociraptor nest. When he is separated from the group Alan encounters Eric, who saves his life from raptors, and the duo try to reunite with his parents. It turns out that Billy stole Velociraptor eggs which is why they were attacked, later in the film the raptors take their eggs back after Alan successfully confuses them while they try to kill the group. After reclaiming their eggs they retreat, giving Alan and the group the window they need to get off the island — but not before Alan dreams of a raptor calling out his name. In 2015 the Jurassic Park franchise was rebooted with Jurassic World, which takes place on Isla Nublar 22 years after the original film. The Jurassic Park as Hammond envisioned it has come to fruition, though this time is is called Jurassic World. The park has been up and running for years, but when a genetically spliced dinosaur the Indominus rex escapes from its enclosure and goes on a rampage everything starts to go awry. Brothers Zach and Gray Mitchell (Nick Robinson and Ty Simpkins) get caught in the chaos whilst visiting their aunt Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) who is operations manager of Jurassic World. Claire asks Navy veteran and ethologist Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) for his help to get them to safety. Owen has been working in the park to train Velociraptors into a squad with Blue, Charlie, Delta, and Echo listening to his commands, and InGen want to weaponise the creatures but he is determined not to make that happen. As Claire and Owen search the park they evade the Indominus by the skin of their teeth, with the creature's rampage leading to a number of dinosaurs escaping their confines and attacking the guests. The good news is that Claire and Owen find her nephews and take them to safety. With the Indominus on the loose, Owen agrees to use his raptor squad to try and stop the beast and all but Blue perish in the process. In order to stop the dinosaur Claire decides to take matters into her own hands, and lets loose the Tyrannosaurus Rex which battles the Indominus. The T-Rex is overpowered but the battle gives Blue the chance she needs in order to recover and attack the Indominus, and the two dinosaurs work together to defeat the genetically enhanced creature. They ultimately win when the Indominus is dragged underwater by another dinosaur. Six months after the events of the first Jurassic World movie a mercenary team travel to Isla Nublar in order to extract DNA from the Indominus Rex. While many of the team are killed by dinosaurs, some successfully escape with the DNA sample giving scientists Dr. Henry Wu (BD Wong) the tools he needs to create an all new dinosaur. Cut to three years later and the US government are considering whether to save the dinosaurs who live on the island, and whose lives are threatened by an impeding volcanic eruption. Dr Ian Malcolm returns to tell them all that the dinosaurs are meant to be extinct and this event shows that "life finds a way" to redress the balance. Claire wants to protect the creatures after establishing a dinosaur sanctuary, but officials vote not to save the animals. However, she is invited to the home of John Hammond's former partner Sir Benjamin Lockwood (James Cromwell) who tells her of his plan to bring some of the dinosaurs to his own personal sanctuary and he asks Claire for her help. Claire enlists the help of Owen to complete the rescue mission, particularly to find Velociraptor Blue, however while they are on the island they are betrayed and left to die with an injured Blue taken captive by mercenary Ken Wheatley (Ted Levine) who also takes paleo-veterinarian Zia Rodriguez (Daniella Pineda) with him to save the animal's life. Owen and Claire manage to sneak onto a ship full of captured dinosaurs headed for Lockwood's manor, and the remaining dinosaurs are killed by the volcanic eruption. At the estate it is revealed that the dinosaurs aren't intended for a sanctuary but will be sold on the black market, and that Dr Wu created a new Indominus Rex that has been genetically cloned with Velociraptor DNA — but it's only a prototype and he hoped to use Blue's DNA to make it susceptible to commands. At the auction, Owen and Claire work towards creating a distraction so they can stop the dinosaurs from being shipped off to private clients. During the chaos the Indominus Rex prototype goes on a rampage and it's up to Blue to try and stop the creature — the pair battle atop the glass roof of the building and fall through it with the Indominus impaled. Blue survives the encounter, and while someone tries to make off with a tooth from the Indominus the man is eaten by a T-Rex and the DNA sample trampled on. The dinosaurs in the estate manage to escape, leaving humanity to try and find a way to co-exist with dinosaurs. Four years have passed since the Lockwood Estate incident and dinosaurs now roam freely on Earth, and in a bid to control them a dinosaur preserve has been established in Italy's Dolemites by Biosyn Genetics where genomic research is conducted ostensibly for pharmacological purposes. Claire, Zia and Franklin Webb (Justice Smith) work towards exposing illegal dinosaur breeding, while Owen helps rescue and relocate stray dinosaurs. Claire and Owen live in a secluded mansion with Lockwood's biogenetic granddaughter Maisie (Isabella Sermon), who leaves the safety of their home with the asexually-produced baby of Velociraptor Blue, named Beta, and are kidnapped. It's up to Claire and Owen to save Maisie. Meanwhile, the original trilogy's trio Neil, Dern and Goldblum return as Alan, Ellie and Ian, who now work towards exposing the truth about Biosyn Genetics and what they are doing. Biosyn are genetically engineering locusts using dinosaur DNA in a bid to dominate the world's food supply, forcing Dr Wu to make this a reality despite his protestations that it will cause an ecological collapse. Dr Wu meets Maisie and reveals that his former colleague Dr. Charlotte Lockwood used her DNA to create an exact genetic copy of herself, Maisie, who she could give birth to. He reveals that Maisie and Beta's asexual conception could be key to stopping the locusts if he creates a pathogen with their DNA. Ellie, Alan and Ian reunite in Biosyn where they plan to get a DNA sample from the locusts to uncover the conspiracy, with CEO Dr. Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott) trying to get away with dinosaur embryos in order to continue his research. When Claire and Ellie manage to stop him from escaping he is killed by a trio of dinosaurs, while the characters from both the original and sequel trilogy unite in order to save Maisie and Beta. The group succeed but not before some locusts escape a blaze started by Dodgson and start a wildfire, they and Wu manage to escape Biosyn whilst dodging a number of dinosaur encounters and reunite Blue with Beta. Dominion ends with Ian testifying against Biosyn and Wu releasing a locust hosting a pathogen that will be able to eradicate the locust swarms that escaped Biosyn. The film ends with man and dinosaur finding a way to co-exist peacefully, with Biosyn Valley deemed a dinosaur sanctuary. Jurassic World: Rebirth premieres in UK cinemas on Wednesday, 2 July.
