Quoted from SLAMT1LT:
This is clearly not based on the movies but a new adventure set in the same universe. Video games create new stories and characters set within familiar world's, so it's not always necessary to carbon copy a film for a pinball experience.
Somehow every other genre of entertainment manages this. Even movie reboots and sequels and prequels and reimaginings and all the other crap we get tacked on to franchises these days get to do things their own way. But with pinball there's some stubborn set of people who have shrunken imagination lobes or something, all they can possibly picture is a game that plays back movie clips while spitting back sound bites.
"Haha! Did you hear that? I hit the target and it said 'life, uh, finds a way', I'm never gonna get tired of hearing my favorite line. This game is the best!"
Someone is going to say "Alien did that, played back clips, people like it, so shut up", and they'd be right. It's definitely one approach, and when it's done well it works. No question. But even for Alien we combined two movies into the package, and did our best to not be a slave to the literal narratives.
The Alien universe is cool, the worlds of the film are cool, wanting to play inside them makes sense. The Jurassic Park island is cool, it makes sense to want to play inside it also. But you don't have to turn the game into an expensive lunch box that plays quotes.
I'm not in love with the art package. I'm not a crazy fan of the JP films. Never even saw the new ones. And yet, the simple fact that they appear to not be doing the movie-clip-athon tired model makes me way more interested in this game. If it's actually an original 'story' set on the island and you're playing through being a park employee trying to round up dinos on the loose while the command center is radioing you updates or something? That would be 10x more interesting than hearing Jeff Goldblum mumble his lines. I can watch the movie any time for that. I've already played the original Data East a ton. Let things breathe.
I actually legit hope the actors from the film aren't in this at all, and it's totally new. As long as the new voice acting is good, and not crap.
And if after seeing it in motion, you're not sure you like it? The screen animations are lame? Or whatever else? Hey, criticize away. I've been known to nitpick a game or two in my time. But at least I always wait until I can see it and make some kind of educated opinion before opening my yap.
I feel like Keith Elwin has earned a chance to show his game before it's judged, that's my short summary of my rant.