The Plastic Lunchbox

A non-binary Chicane actor, poet, and screenwriter with the heart of a nerd.

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Some photos from my trip to Jurassic World today 😊

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Some photos from Universal Studios Hollywood.

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Caught Scooby and Daphne playing hide-and-seek.

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Hi.

I'm J. Quinzelle and I'm returning to Tumblr.

I'm hoping to share my writing, art, ideas, and photos on here with you all.

In my absence, I was on Instagram and Threads. Although I was finding it interesting, the one thing that got to me was that it was all forced to be brief, and discourse became inane. I wanted to share opinions, but felt more like I was just there. I found myself responding and reacting more than creating.

I still want to share, yet want to share with more detail and care. Whether it be in description or creation.

I hope to find audience and community here.

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A letter from J. Quinzelle:

"In my restless dreams,

I play that game, Silent Hill 2.

You promised I'd play the game

again someday

and I will.

Well, the game will be here soon...

My special game...

Waiting for me...

Waiting for me to

pick up to play with it.

And I definitely will.

And so I wait, wrapped in

my cocoon of anticipation and hype.

I know Konami did a terrible

thing with the HD Collection, something

we can't forgive.

We wished you could change

that, and you did.

I feel so silly and immature

being so hyped over a game, waiting for it...

Every day I think of Silent Hill's

impact on me and

how unfair Konami was...

The reviews came in this week.

They said the game is good and

out in a few days.

It's not that there aren't other games to play.

But this is Konami's

redemption chance...

I think you know what I mean...

Even so, I'm hyped for Silent Hill to

come home. I've missed it terribly.

But I'm afraid, Bloober.

I'm afraid that nostalgia won't really

accept a new Silent Hill coming home.

Whenever I see the new photos.

I can see how much the game has evolved...

I don't know if Konami

hates us or loves us...

Or maybe we're just money bags...

I'm sorry for being doubtful.

When I first learned that

there was a Silent Hill 2 remake, I just

wondered why not the original game first?

I was skeptical of the decision and I

credited it as fan service and not much more.

I was wrong, Bloober.

That's why I understand

I will love this game.

But I want you to

know this, Bloober.

You're fucking awesome.

Even though I'd rather have a

remake of the original, I wouldn't trade the promise of Silent Hill 2 for the world. We're

going to have a wonderful time together.

Well, this letter has gone on

too long, so I'll say goodbye.

I chose to express myself in

this for you before I play the game.

That means that as you read

this, I'm impatiently waiting for Tuesday.

I can't tell you to do Silent Hill 4: The Room next,

as I can't bear to be without an

original Silent Hill remake.

These past years since Konami

made a pachinko... I'm so sorry for

what they did to the franchise, did to the fans.

Do what's best for Silent Hill, Bloober.

Silent Hill has given us so much and

I haven't been able to find

a single replacement.

That's why I wanted you to succeed

for the fans now.

Bloober...

You made me happy."

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I believe in an afterlife, but it's not a paradise in the sky.

If life is energy and energy can't be created or destroyed, only transformed or transferred, then life is eternally constant, and, therefore, the promise of life after death is not a complete fabrication.

Religion has long promised life after death, which the flock interprets as their current life ongoing, but better. No disease or poverty, just sunshine and harps on clouds. I refuse to believe that the afterlife is a recreation of our current one, nor is it a perfect place where you get all you want nor a place of punishment.

Why can't I accept this version of an afterlife? It's not natural. In the end, matter and energy, organic or not, are natural manifestations and manipulations. We don't control nature, we experience it naked. If death is a natural transition and the act of dying out of our control, left to nature's discretion, then why is the promise so artificial? Material objects and property are artificial. They aren't part of the beings' life energy. Wealth and power don't exist afterward since they are accolades, not life energy. I consider the energy that pumps the blood and fuels emotion and energizes the brain the life energy, not the possessions.

Is there pain in the afterlife? Pain is an electrical signal, and electricity is energy, so sensations may still exist. Is there joy and sorrow? That's chemical energy, so maybe. What I doubt is that a cul-de-sac suburb is waiting with a Tesla and cold beer. Our current interpretations of the afterlife in the West are descriptions of parallel universes with their own energy, not ours. Energy can most likely bleed over, but I doubt that the entire being in energy can be transferred completely into a new dimension. But I'm no quantum physicist.

This leads to belief systems. Does believing in a god give you a different energy than others? I say yes because thought is chemical energy and can therefore be transferred or transformed. But I doubt any belief will remain the same after death as it moves over to the next life. Details and meanings will be lost as energy is redistributed and changed. God may no longer be God to the deceased, nor do politics and passions carry over. If anything, we will compose the thoughts of others as life energy is transferred to carbon, ingested, digested, and transformed into chemical and electrical energy.

Is there a heaven or hell? I don't know. Is there judgment from God? I don't think so. But I do believe, according to physics, if life is energy, then life is eternal, only transformed or transferred into other forms.

These are the thoughts of a former Catholic turned agnostic turned spiritual witch. I'm not telling you that God or your afterlife are wrong because I myself may be wrong. What I'm sharing is a belief I have that helps me understand and cope with death and beyond.

Your loved ones will never die. They aren't in the Kingdom either. They are in the trees, the sky, the air you breathe, the water, the flora and fauna, and everywhere else. You breathe them in every breath, and you speak to them with every word. Don't fret for life is everywhere.

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A coloring of Tim Murphy from the Golden Books Jurassic Park coloring book.

I added details like the pattern on the headband, the cross hairs on the lenses, his shirt stripes, and a power light for accuracy.

I plan to color more pages soon, especially during Jurassic June.

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I just spent the last few hours writing and editing my fan-script titled, JURASSIC LEGACY: DEEPER WOUNDS.

JURASSIC LEGACY: DEEPER WOUNDS is the third feature length fan screenplay in a series I started years ago when I began my education in film.

As a huge Jurassic Park and Jurassic World fan, my dream job, my goal, is to write and act for an official Jurassic franchise cinematic entry. As a new writer with no presence in the industry, I know it's an uphill battle and may take some time. It may not ever happen!!

Until I get a voice, I'm eager to write Jurassic. So eager in fact, that I went ahead and just wrote some stories.

I take a lot of care in my scripts. I research as much as I can before writing and try to remain consistent with the official canon. But I'll admit I've goofed.

In JURASSIC LEGACY: THE CHAOS ON ISLA SORNA, for example, my first fan-script, I confused my hurricanes, something crucial to the plot of the narrative. Because it's so deeply engrained in the plot, I couldn't fix the mistake.

Recall that these are the efforts of one person with minimal feedback. I don't have readers or actors giving me advice. I don't have producers guiding the direction. I'm just one guy writing Jurassic stories for fun.

And that's what this is in the end. My fan-scripts are fun practice to share. I create these for my own pleasure and to share my passions. I do it to exercise my skill and to enjoy myself.

As I near the halfway point, I'm hoping that this entry in my series of scripts will be received kindly and inspire others.

It's going to be a strange one, I'll admit. With this story, I wanted to approach Jurassic differently. I wanted this one to be about the characters first. Their sufferings and fears and flaws. I wanted this to be an R-Rated entry as well. So, with that, I can use adult dialogue and create scenes of extreme carnage.

I'm not sure when it'll be done, but I'm hoping that by my birthday, December 22nd, I'll have a copy uploaded to AO3 and my personal website.

I may or may not share pages when I reach page 90. I'm still debating that.

I get so excited when I write these.

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Hi, I'm J. Quinzelle. I'm a 36 year old aspiring screenwriter in Los Angeles. Nice to meet you, Tumblr.

This Tumblr is intended to be my output. As a patient of mental health services, I struggle with anxieties and too many intruding thoughts. Due to my mental health issues, it's hard for me to keep friends, so I'm basically, save for the interactions with family, a loner.

It's not sad to be a loner, as I spend a lot of time writing. With Twitter (X) being a dumpster fire, I find my output to be unfortunately blocked. But Tumblr offers me the opportunity to vent and share on a public forum with little limit on the length of my content.

I hope to use this Tumblr to share ideas and thoughts, but to also share poetry and samples of my writing. I won't be posting daily, but I hope to make posting a frequent habit.

I do encourage you to join me on here and Instagram, Threads, and YouTube.

Thank you for having me,

-J.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jquinzelle/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@jquinzelle

Life Finds A J.

Welcome to Life Finds A J., where we spare many expenses! I'm your host, J. Quinzelle. I'm a screenwriting CSULB graduate, a birb dad, and

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Popular misconception: The core Jurassic Park is about dinosaurs. It's not. It's about this guy...

It's easy to think that, given how every movie centered around the prehistoric creatures. I mean, the title is JURASSIC Park or World. Heavy emphasis on dinosaurs.

But if one was to look at the entirety of the franchise, even go as far as reading the novels, Jurassic Park seems more focused on the chaos. Cause and effect. Complex systems failing. Unpredictability.

Kind of sounds like a certain scientist now, doesn't it? In the first film, Ian Malcolm makes a speech in the nursery. While the speech is triggered by the raptor, it's not about the newborn or any other animal. He speaks on genetic power.

Ian tells how the hubris exhibited by the staff and John Hammond is a fallacy because manipulating genetics at Henry Wu's level is an untested field with unforeseen consequences. The dinosaurs are more than teeth here, they are variables. And variables can skew data.

While we see the dinosaurs running around eating people, the main narrative is summed up nicely in a popular quote from, yes, Ian; "Life finds a way."

No matter how many fences are put up or how many gene sequence gaps get filled, nature always wins. We see this with the natural repopulation by the dinosaurs in the wild. We see this even with the ending: nature handling nature as the Rex kills the Raptors. They are variables settling as the status quo shifts.

Where am I going with this? Jurassic World Dominion.

One of the biggest complaints I've seen for the sequel is that there was too much focus on the bugs and not the dinosaurs. That Fallen Kingdom promised dinosaurs in the mainland, not some locusts.

I disagree with them. Aside from the bugs, the dinosaurs had plenty of screen time and were even in Malta!!

I think the insects were a great idea, but implemented poorly. Could've been poor writing. Could've been COVID reasons during production. I like to believe that the locusts suffer from being shoved into a movie that really needed to be 2 parts. If Jurassic World Dominion was 2 parts, they could have kept the locusts and flesh them out more AND include dinos in cities.

I'm digressing.

Dominion and the locusts represent the peaking in the abuse of genetic power, told in Jurassic terms. The locusts unchecked may cause a possible extinction of the human race, all because BioSyn was blinded by its own hubris. Lewis Dodgson is dark John Hammond.

Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom said the same thing about genetic power with hybrid monsters. Hoskins talked about Raptors eating terrorists "belt buckle and all." A black market emerged. People died. All because humanity discovered how to manipulate genetics without understanding the consequences.

So, yeah, Jurassic Park and Jurassic World revolve around action scenes with dinosaurs and a beautiful shot of them here and there. But the core of the franchise, the main narrative, is not about shoving dinosaurs in front of the camera and watching them fight. It is and always has been about genetic power and the mishandling of it by arrogant men.

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Did Lex Murphy Doom Them All?

Just got back from watching Jurassic Park 3D in theaters for the second time (and I highly recommend you watch it at least once) and noticed how Lex Murphy was the domino to initiate the slaughter for the Isla Nublar tour.

Yes, Dennis Nedry did the hack. Yes, John Hammond was cheap. Yes, the park was always doomed.

But how did a little girl doom the cast of characters left on Isla Nublar?

Well, when the Rex gets loose and wanders, it just does... Rex things. At first, it looks at either car and then roars. But notice how soon after roaring, the Rex ignores the cars and proceeds forward.

Here's where Lex screws up...

As the Rex is leaving, she opens a crate in the back of the car and takes out a flashlight. It is when this flashlight is turned on that the Rex takes interest in the cars. Before that, it was just roaming.

With the Rex's attention, it attacks the car, causing Alan Grant to devise a rescue tactic; it being the flair technique. Then, Ian Malcolm, in an attempt to aid, copies Grant, only to be maimed. Soon after, Donald Gennaro is eaten.

Had Lex not gained the Rex's attention, the Rex could have and probably would have continued on its merry way into the island. Malcolm wouldn't need to act, so Gennaro would have stayed hidden. The cars wouldn't have been destroyed and could have served as decent shelter, so Ellie Sattler and Robert Muldoon wouldn't need to go out into the island looking for Grant and the kids.

With a present Grant and non-injured Malcolm and living Gennaro, there is literally more man power to handle the task of restarting the park systems. Ray Arnold wouldn't need to go alone into the shed, so he would stand a better chance.

Had Lex not turned on that flashlight, fatalities would be minimal and the movie would have boiled down to a bunch of guys chilling in a bunker until help arrived.

Do I have a point or is this me trying to make a butterfly effect out of nothing? I'm not hating on Lex at all! I love her character and believe she redeemed herself, if this theory is believed, by rebooting the park systems.

Am I being too tough on her?

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My first post!!

Welcome to my blog. I hope to make it a regular habit to post at least once a week with thoughts, pictures, poetry, whatever comes to mind. Please, be kind as I'm not an experienced blogger.

My name is J. I'm a writer in Los Angeles and birb dad. I love Jurassic Park and Silent Hill and have written fanfiction on both.

I hope you'll come to enjoy this little blog.

Thanks,

-J.