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Episode 127 - Jurassic World Rebirth: Roaring Success or Franchise Extinction?

October 28, 2025·28 min·10 clips

Dewey is late to this one. He opens by framing Jurassic World Rebirth as a franchise close to his heart, notes that it is the seventh Jurassic film overall, and says he rented it on Apple TV after missing it in cinemas. He wants to know if it is good, bad, or just okay. From there he steps into the film's core setup: a restricted island, a mission to recover a sample from a giant flying reptile's egg, and the sort of dinosaur chaos that comes with going where nobody is supposed to go. He also keeps one eye on a family story running alongside the mission. That family has already had a run-in with a Mosasaurus, so the movie keeps piling danger on top of danger instead of staying with one thread. Before he really settles in, he pauses for a sponsor mention. He says DMR is part of the Audible Creators Program, points listeners toward a 30-day free trial, and mentions that he has started the Keith Richards audiobook Life. Then the dinosaur roll call begins. He runs through the T-Rex, Velociraptors, three Spinosaurus, the Mosasaurus, Titanosaurus, the giant flying reptile, a small herbivore, Dilophosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Compsognathus, and Apatosaurus. The T-Rex gets a particular cheer. He likes the raft chase lifted from the first novel and says the dinosaur looks somewhere between juvenile and adult, which makes the sequence feel fresh again. The Velociraptors do not get much time. The Spinosaurus do, and Dewey says the design does not look right compared with Jurassic Park III, where that creature was the real menace. He also calls out the giant flying reptile as a carnivorous creature the size of an F-16. The mutant angle pushes him toward stranger territory, especially when the T-Rex starts feeling Xenomorph-adjacent. Near the end, the episode shifts from review mode to memory lane. He talks about drone filming humpback whales, says that work gives him the same rush he felt seeing Jurassic Park as a kid, and finishes with a plug for DMR Media 1. The whole thing lands as a loose, enthusiastic walk through a blockbuster he clearly cares about. It is part review, part creature checklist, part personal hangout, and it keeps circling back to the simple question of whether the franchise still knows how to make lightning strike.

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A relaxed Jurassic verdict that leans into creature detail more than tight criticism.

Jurassic World Rebirth is framed as a late verdict from someone catching up on the seventh Jurassic film, noted as a July release and watched as an Apple TV rental rather than in a cinema.

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For a blunt take on Jurassic World Rebirth, with dinosaur callouts, raft chaos, and franchise-level grumbling.

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