It never made sense that, following the events of Jurassic Park, the island (and project) was seemingly abandoned, rather than dealt with by the local government. The ending to Crichton's original book both addresses one of the biggest plot holes in the series, as well as offers a solution that would have prevented the franchise's most frustrating problem.

The ending in the Jurassic Park book is drastically different than the movie: In the novel, the Costa Rican government is made aware of the situation, and it acts decisively, covering the abandoned park in napalm, in hopes of killing all the creatures. However, the final chapter also includes a scene suggesting that the dinosaurs had already escaped the island, and had evolved to survive outside of the park. Characters like Alan Grant and Ian Malcom are not only concerned about the safety of the park - they fear that the dinosaurs will find a way off the island. The stakes in Crichton's novel are different than in Spielberg's Jurassic Park. Related: Spielberg’s Original Jurassic Park 2 Story Plans (& Why They Changed) Yet, this isn't surprising given the limited stakes in the franchise that resulted from diverging from the book's plot. Jurassic Park 3 introduced the worst franchise trope: making a genetically altered dinosaur into a monster/villain figure. The movies, however, departed from the books' events in key ways, and by the third installment, Jurassic Park 3, the franchise had little source material left to adapt - resulting in the franchise being increasingly contrived. Michael Crichton's novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World served as the source material for Spielberg's iconic 1993 movie and its sequel.

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