The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 132: Jurassic Punk (2022) (Patreon)

On this week's Watchcast Brad's documentary pick is up to bat, and he's selected Jurassic Punk, a movie that both chronicles the early days of computer generated special effects at ILM, and serves as a character study of the embittered genius that is Steve 'Spaz' Williams.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 132: Jurassic Punk (2022)(00:00:30) - Intro.(00:15:55) - The central figure of this week's doc: Steve 'Spaz' Williams.(00:22:44) - Diving headlong into The Abyss.(00:27:11) - The Terminator 2 flex.(00:36:39) - Break!(00:37:05) - We're back, and let's talk about the team around Steve.(00:44:58) - A movie about some dinosaurs.(00:51:35) - On hierarchies and Oscar speeches.(01:00:24) - Running afoul of George Lucas.(01:04:00) - Steve's first special lady.(01:06:20) - Steve's post-Jurassic Park career.(01:20:09) - Maybe the least memorable computer animated film of all-time.(01:22:11) - Things take a dark turn.(01:26:57) - Things do manage to improve.(01:32:16) - A little bit of Where Are They Now?(01:37:09) - Final thoughts.(01:47:53) - Notes on our final film for April: Exit Through the Gift Shop!(01:50:30) - Outro.