Director Gareth Edwards and screenwriter David Koepp give EW the inside scoop on creating these prehistoric monsters.

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Some 35 years ago, author Michael Crichton pondered the disastrous implications of using DNA to revive various species of dinosaurs. Suffice it to say that the consequences of this ill-advised fictional project, as chronicled on screen across the decades, have borne little resemblance to an episode of “The Flintstones.”

After several installments focused on silly human stories, the latest gives due respect to the creatures that made the whole franchise possible.