Welcome to TAKE ONE Presents… The Dinopod. Simon Bowie and Jim Ross are watching all the Jurassic Park (/World) franchise films in order starting with this episode analysing JURASSIC PARK. Simon and Jim get into the anti-capitalist and animal rights themes of the film, the underlying conservatism and anti-feminism of Michael Crichton’s source material, and how Spielberg’s flair for visual language elevates this formative blockbuster.

Content warning: body horror, birth, colonialism, misogyny, animal abuse, eye stuff.

Our theme song is Jurassic Park Remix by Gabriel Filósofo available on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gfilosofo/jurassic-park-remix

Full references for this episode available in Zotero at https://www.zotero.org/groups/5642177/take_one/collections/I3ADHYX6