Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Scientifically Accurate Baryonyx + VFX Breakdown

A fun what-if scenario, where the sequel to Jurassic World used the original website design for their Baryonyx instead of the one we got in the film. While I have many critiques toward the film, have no hard feelings towards Jurassic World or its Baryonyx, this was merely a fun experimental video for me. I made this because I love Jurassic Park/World, please do not misinterpret this as me hating on the original. The original VFX artists did a stellar job and I do not mean to demean their work in any way. I merely intend to educate on fact vs fiction in sci-fi media, in addition to showcasing how I create my VFX work.

Which Bary design do you prefer? Would you want them to redesign it for Jurassic World Dominion? Let me know in the comments!

For all people saying this looks like suchomimus: yeah, that’s just what baryonyx looked like. Sucho and bary irl did not look too different from each other. You are probably under the impression baryonyx had a wider head than suchomimus due to media like JWE- but the truth is Baryonyx’ head looked essentially the same as suchomimus but with a shorter snout. The body had some differences, but those aren’t extremely visible in this video due to the angle and lighting. In life it wouldn’t be super easy to tell the two apart from afar.

Source video is property of Universal Pictures. This video counts as fair use due to the transformative nature of heavy editing with an intent to critique and educate, in this case the scientific accuracy of a movie dinosaur design.

Background music: "The Escalation" By Kevin Macleod

Animation and rendering made in Blender, with compositing and editing done in Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, and After Effects.

[Iguanak]

I think the accurate one is way more terrifying. Its that "hook" on its upper jaw plus the flatness of its snout that makes you think its gonna just cut you in half.
The one in the actual movie looks more like a toy.

[joschuaknuppe]

So much better! The scene is still ridiculous but a Baryonyx that follows the fossils is so much more menacing.

[riamus]

Now THIS, is a Baryonyx. I highly appreciate the effort you put into making this one, seeing you share progress was a pure delight.

Also oof, a lot of people thinking this is Suchomimus. The two are extremely closely related, so naturally they look similar. This is very much the perfect Baryonyx there is out there.

[redmage]

I love it, it makes the scene so much better. The baryonyx went from generic dinosaur monster to an actual dinosaur

[TheHiddenShadowz]

It baffles me that people like you aren't hired to work on these actual movies. It just makes no sense to me 🤯. You're very talented 💯

[ChristianFlores]

I don't know what's more astonishing. The new model or the fact this was entirely made by a duck! 🦆🦖

[ericgrutzmacherkoch]

It looks so absolutely gorgeously amazing! This is diamond hard evidence that you don't need a monster mash of a dinosaur to make a scene intense, the real deal got that covered already.

[RossCuth]

In an alternate universe, this is what we could've had. This just looks soo much better, in every way <3

[CountJoe]

I feel like a scientifically accurate baryonyx wouldn’t be stupid enough to let lava fall on its head and still try and kill people like a mindless monster

[andrewcrowley]

While I don’t hate the JW Baryonyx design, I can’t deny that I would’ve preferred this in the actual movie. Also props for using the early concept art for Bary.

[achillobator]

Now it's an actual Baryonyx, great work

[cosmavoid]

I'm just genuinely SHOCKED that talented people like Digital Duck can just create VFX that look BETTER than blockbuster hollywood movies. Bravo, my friend. You have earned a subscriber and I hope you get many more.

[TheInvisibleMan-]

This is, honestly, way better, the baryonyx in the movie barely looked like a baryonyx, this one, not only looks real, but is still scary, good job

[tamayako]

Oh my god you even included the eyes reflecting in the light before it revealed itself, this is heavenly

[patrikcauan]

Man you really should work on movies or something like that. it looks perfect!

[saytr_the_doodler]

THIS SO MUCH BETTER! A gift for us and honestly it looks even scarier than the OG!

[Sehrena]

This is so perfect, thanks for making it! I love Spinosauridae, and besides Spinosaurus, we don't get to see them fully rendered in media. I think the Baryonyx has a naturally threatening and unique shape, and it's a shame the movie design throws that all out.

[Crakinator]

Jesus that is impressive. It’s so weird that they gave us a stupid dinocroc-looking ass instead of the Baryonyx that was actually on their website. I’m glad you modeled it after the one on the website, it’s honestly a really cool Bary design.

[Tom_Zone]

You should try the same for Giganotosaurus. You can use the moment where he steps out of the trees and sees Owen and Grant.

[safyra]

The long slender snout makes it look so much more terrifying, it looks like it's going to grab you and snap you in half