Hey, summer blockbusters: Stop trying to save the world!

How about focusing on humans instead?

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In Jurassic World, a character explains to Chris Pratt the theme park's rationale for creating a gargantuan new dinosaur: "Corporate felt genetic modification would up the 'wow' factor." To which Pratt, incredulous, spits back: "They're dinosaurs. 'Wow' enough."

In two lines, Jurassic World­ perfectly encapsulates everything that's gone awry with the summer blockbuster, even if the movie fails to heed its own advice. With every blockbuster that arrives in theaters, the wow factor grows ever higher — even as our emotional investment in its heroes gets lower and lower.

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Travis M. Andrews

Travis M. Andrews is writer and editor from New Orleans. He has written for Time, Esquire, The Atlantic, Mashable, The Washington Post, and The Times-Picayune. When he was younger, he wrote on his mother's walls. She was displeased. For more about Travis, please visit www.travismandrews.com or follow him on Twitter @travismandrews.