TMTYR Episode #8: The Tranny-saurus and the Philosoraptor (Jurassic Park)

In Episode #8, the Pavement Pounders discuss Jurassic Park, both the 1993 film and 1990 book, and as might be expected, The Malcolm Effect rears its ugly head.  We’re blaming Dennis Nedry for our recording setup failing us.  So, we ended up with a great discussion being captured by the built-in laptop microphone.  We’ll understand … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #8: The Tranny-saurus and the Philosoraptor (Jurassic Park) →

In Episode #8, the Pavement Pounders discuss Jurassic Park, both the 1993 film and 1990 book, and as might be expected, The Malcolm Effect rears its ugly head.  We’re blaming Dennis Nedry for our recording setup failing us.  So, we ended up with a great discussion being captured by the built-in laptop microphone.  We’ll understand if you want to give it a miss, but if you can look past it, give it a listen.

Pounder Rankings!:

Colin:

book
film

James:

film
book

Seth:

film
book

I think we can all agree Colin is just dead wrong as usual.  Though Colin might disagree.  And be wrong again.

Notes:

20 things you may not know about Jurassic Park: http://mentalfloss.com/article/49904/20-things-you-might-not-have-known-about-jurassic-park

Making of Jurassic Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9bKxRQfvs8

Raptors replaced with Kittens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlPoPMbiffU

Steven Spielberg with “dead” Triceratops: http://imgur.com/gallery/yznKsSt

How Jurassic Park Should Have Ended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkRaKBZB9S8

Cinema Sins for Jurassic Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KjB-_bjOJs

The Far Side “Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear”: https://www.flickr.com/photos/retiredusnchief/7043874665/

TV Tropes “Objects in mirror” entry, featuring T-Rex: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CloserThanTheyAppear

Philosoraptor: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/philosoraptor

Professor Gregory  Retallack (University of Oregon): http://geology.uoregon.edu/profile/gregr/

Seth’s Review of Jurassic Park (book): http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2014/06/book-review-jurassic-park-by-michael-crichton/