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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It is. I tried once to make the argument that Jurassic Park is, too, but I get yelled at.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What's your argument? I'm all for twisting shit to make stuff isekai but jurassic park is just an island on planet earth with revived dinos.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The dinos are the isekai.

"I woke up as a copy of my 65 million year old self in a land of apes."

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They had no prior memories, they were born there

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

They're also not technically dinosaurs due to the heavy amounts of DNA splicing they had to do to make them viable, being more like a designer monster that resembles a dinosaur. There's a ton of non-dino DNA in them.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Thank you! No one else gets it.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

That's also cyberpunk from the dinos' standpoint.

a bit of nitpickingBut that would contradict trying to be at least vaguely scientific-like because no memory would have been preserved

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Star wars is also isekai

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because to make that argument, you have to reduce the definition to the point of uselessness. Jurassic Park isn't Isekai/Stranger in a Strange Land because the island isn't a strange, unknown land. It was created by the same people/culture the main characters are from. Isekai needs an independent culture with it's own history and people.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But then SAO also isn't an isekai because all it's inhabitants are just visitors from the real world and was also created by the same people/culture the main characters are from

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You're right. SAO isn't isekai. It's just "Trapped in the game". Although the Alicization arc is isekai.