was it just me, or does this movie seem like a toy commercial?

I haven't listened to the full commentary yet, so I don't know if this is addressed or not.  But I feel like the problem with Teague's cleaned-up, save-the-animals version is that the dinosaurs essentially no longer become a threat. 

Sure, in JP 1, the dinosaurs weren't evil and didn't want to eat you because it was fun.  But we certainly weren't rooting for them either.  They were the antagonist, and it was a simple man vs. nature story.  Now granted, as with most man v. nature tales, a lesson was learned and we realize we never should have tampered with nature in the first place.  But this was all more conceptual, and not a physical series of actions throughout the film of people intending to capture/control the dinosaurs.

If we place all this focus on the hunters in Lost World, it becomes less clear who our antagonist is.  The only way to really do it would be to completely eliminate the dinosaurs as a threat, and make it just about stopping the "bad guys."  But then you completely eliminate the reason people go to see a Jurassic Park movie.

And then if you throw both in, it becomes a man vs. nature vs. man? story.  It's like making a movie where our hero tries to stop poachers from harming panda bears.  Oh yeah, and the panda bears also EAT YOU!!!

EDIT: Better example.  Jaws 5!!  Chief Brody has to stop the bad men from hurting the shark.