This week. the bird boys revisit one of the greatest films of all time for PALMREADER’s official birthday pick, Steven Speilberg’s 1993 epic action-adventure sci-fi flick “Jurassic Park”. Starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, BD Wong, and a host of others… this movie was innovative technically, culturally, and cinematically. It was a phenomenon, and rightly so. I cannot stress how much this movie means to us and to so many people and that’s why we’re stoked to be doing an episode on it. “Jurassic Park” is a modern classic.
There’s a lot to cover on this episode and the bird boys try to do it justice. Not only was “Jurassic Park” the first film to REALLY integrate CGI into live-action filmmaking but it also made tons of money, changed filmmaking in almost unfathomable ways, blew people’s minds, brought dinosaurs back (in more ways than one), gave the Toronto Raptors their name, and spawned tons of merchandise (video games, comics, toys), and launched an IP that still continues (for better and for worse) today. Not to mention that you can’t help but feel like a kid again every time you press play.
From the first awe-inspiring moment that we see a dinosaur on the screen to the T-Rex escape to the Raptors in the kitchen to Muldoon saying “clever girl” to chaos theory to the incredible final roar of the Tyrannosaur… this move just GOES. All tied together with an absolutely amazing score from John Williams. The pacing, the editing, the SFX, the acting, the world-building, the cinematography… all incredible. This is one of those movies that remind you what cinema is all about. It also boasts a stacked production team working at the top of their game. They really brought us a masterpiece of cinema and a true spectacle in the best way. Buckle up, it’s going to be deep dive.
We also talk about the many video games, briefly touch on the sequels, praise the marketing and design, share stories about PALMREADER being “the Jurassic Park guy”, look at the common themes in Speilberg’s body of work, talk about Jeff Goldblum’s sex appeal and look at Michael Crichton as one of the most important figures in sci-fi. Plus, people crying at the CGI T-Rex walking, Godzilla’s influence, the science of the film being ahead of its time, Timmy’s survival rate when the fence turned back on, a nod to Pirates Of The Caribbean, Palaeontology in real life, and more.
Life, uh, finds a way and the bird boys, uh, revel in it.
Next week? GRISELDA with our homie Emerson Corleone. Let’s get it.
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