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Episode 442: Jurassic Park (Patreon)

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2022-03-11 08:01:01
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2026-06
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Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark, and one of the most important movies of the 1990s. So, in our continued mission to discuss movies that influenced and spawned video games, it only makes sense that we cover Spielberg's dinosaur film that captured countless hearts and wallets nearly 30 years ago. And we got so wrapped up in chatting about Jurassic Park, we didn't even get around to the games! But podcasting—uh—finds a way. (Meaning a follow-up podcast is coming soon.) On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Nina Matsumoto as the crew helicopters over to Isla Nublar and tampers in god's domain. What could possibly go worng?

And be sure to pre-order Nina's newest graphic novel, Sparks: Future Purrfect!

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Robert

The reason for no Ford explorers in Jurassic World is that the movie was sponsored by Mercedes. Just look at how many times they show the logo in the movie. They do allow the Jeep to make an appearance though. But guess what? Mercedes has a financial interest in Jeep.

Guillermo Jiménez

Is "worng" a typo or a deliberate joke about this going wrong? My guess is the former.

Derek Hartley

Great ep but I’m really excited for the follow-up about games because Trespasser is so interesting. Talk about a game way ahead of its time

SilverHairedMiddleAgedTuxedoMask

Great episode! The Toronto Raptors were indeed named after Jurassic Park but only because of a "Fans Name The Team" contests, and to show just how powerful Jurassic Park was, Toronto T-Rex's was a runnerup. However the Raptors quickly became a laughing-stock in the league due to the fact their jersey color was a bright purple and a purple dinosaur in the 90's was already late night comedy fodder.

SilverHairedMiddleAgedTuxedoMask

I would honestly say though Speilbergs lasting legacy on video games is the fact he personally spearheaded the first Medal of Honor game via DreamWorks Interactive as he felt that FPS games up to that time were just mindless gorefests based on movies or fantasy, and Medal of Honor was supposed to be "so realistic it was educational" about World War 2. This launches the Medal of Honor franchise which then kickstarts the entire "WW2 FPS Genre" of the 00's we all knew and loved, and eventually lead to Call of Duty 1, which then lead to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare which revolutionizes the FPS genre once again and leads to Activision making so much steady money year after year they eventually get bought by Microsoft.

anotherheadforhydra

When the episode released, I was only marginally interested in the topic. By the end, I couldn’t wait for part 2! Very fun discussion.

Kormakur Gardarsson

Is the trio of Jeremy, Bob and Nina the best Retronauts lineup? Yes.

Guybrush

It really says something about the power of well executed cinema, that a character like Muldoon with probably a half page of dialogue is so memorable. I love the scene where he explains to the characters (and audience) the threat of the raptors. It could have come across as kind of hokey, and perhaps for some it is, but it's actually one of my favorites in the movie, right down to "they remember."

Michael Castleberry

Reading the Lost World was a trip after reading the JP book, since Michael Crichton basically had to retcon things from the novel to line up more with the movie, so Ian Malcolm, who definitely died was miraculously revived later. If I recall he set a record for someone who was clinically dead being brought back.