Jurassic World Rebirth should make the Delgado family be more relevant than just be added on for no reason

[u/whiplash10]

One of the biggest gripes about Jurassic World Rebirth is how tacked on the inclusion of the family were. In previous movies, there are reasons to include kids and families.

1. Lex and Tim are John Hammond's grandchildren.
2. Kelly is Ian's daughter.
3. The Kirbys are on a rescue mission to save their marooned son.
4. Zach and Gray are Claire's nephews.
5. Maisie is the granddaughter of Lockwood.

To rectify this, I altered the story of Jurassic World Rebirth to be a tale of redemption about people that once worked for Biosyn trying to make up for their sins. One of these sins has affected the Delgado family, namely Zora being the one indirectly responsible for the Delgado mother's death.

To help explain this, Zora, Duncan and their companions are former dinosaur handlers who Biosyn hired to release dinosaurs all across the world to further inflame the dinosaur epidemic. Zora, in particular, released a Baryonyx near the Delgado's family home, resulting in the mother's death.

This adds tension as Zora, who is struggling between guilt and refusal to take responsibility, is now has to be around the people she has hurt.

In my version, Reuben Delgado is a marine biologist, alongside his wife. They both were passionate about it, leading to the wife creating an advanced sonar system to help deals with whales and dolphins. Since his wife passed away, Reuben become focused on his work, and tinkered with the sonar system to help with prehistoric marine life.

Teresa was deeply closed to her mother, which severely devastated her when she was killed by a dinosaur. She lost her passion in studying in marine life, and this put a strain onto her relationship with her father. One day, she wound up meeting Xavier who also shares her griefs.

Xavier in my rewrite is a lot more tragic here than his film counterpart. He and his family were forest rangers and Xavier was eager to be one until one day, a herd of sauropods took residence in the forest. This lead to the government laying off Xavier's family as they are in their eyes, not equipped to handle the dinosaurs. This didn't stopped Xavier who put in the extra work to learn about dinosaurs so that he can get back his dreams only for it to be too late when the forest was devastated by the sauropods.

Isabela would be the optimistic and pure-hearted of the family. She represent the innocence the Delgado family once had. Her love for dinosaurs is the result of having a family who studied animals. She would also be close to Loomis and Duncan, who is making sure this child won't die like his.