Deliberate mistake: The decaying tree trunk would have more than likely broken into pieces and/or uprooted from the force exerted by the rope tethered to the pulling Parasaurolophus when Owen wrapped the rope around the trunk to stop the heavy-weight dino, but the trunk held up without even losing a shred of bark. (00:08:36)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
1 deliberate mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: Sam Neill, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard
Factual error: As the C-119 cargo plane is going down over the Bio-Syn reservoir, the right wing snaps off, separating completely from the aircraft. As a result of upward lift forces pushing upward on the left wing no longer being countered by an equal lift force from the right wing, the aircraft would roll very quickly to the right. However, after the right wing separates, and just before the scene cuts away, the C-119 dips to the left.
Ian Malcolm: The doomsday clock might be out of time.
Trivia: The shaving cream can held by Dodgson is the very same one seen in Jurassic Park, used by Nedry.
Question: When we first see Alan Grant, he and his team are excavating old dinosaur bones. Given that this is a time when Dinosaurs roam freely on earth, why is he even bothering? He could learn far more from simply studying a live dinosaur than its bones. And secondly, given that dinosaurs are alive and free, who is gonna have the slightest interest in bones that are millions of years old. I considered this a goof, but I'm opened to any explanations.
Answer: Agree with the other answer but would add that while to date about 1000 species of dinosaurs have been identified, it is believed there are at least 1,000 more types that existed and are still to be discovered and studied. Only a tiny fraction of the known species were cloned by In-Gen and Biosyn, and, as noted in the other answer, they are not genetically pure. Also, there is much to learn about dinosaurs' habitat, range, species evolution and decline, mating habits, health and diet, the existing climate at the time, and so on. That would be why paleontologists like Alan Grant continue digging.
Answer: The existing answers are good. In the movie, Alan Grant actually asked, "Why do we dig?" and answered his question, "Because paleontology is science [fossil animals and plants], and science is about the truth. And there is truth in these rocks." [00:20:52].
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Answer: The live dinosaurs are genetically tweaked recreations, they're not the "pure" dinosaurs of the past, which would still be of great interest. Plus just like any other archaeology or historical study, there's always more to be learned about the past, and a great many people are interested in what the past has to teach us.