Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 2: Jurassic Park
Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.
As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Kaytee and Shad will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We call these the bowling lane bumpers, and they’ll help guide the conversation and keep us from rabbit trails.
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Jurassic Park by Michael Chricton
James Patterson
Stephen King
2:14 - Here’s the Setup.
3:22 - Previews.
Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.
Jurassic Park by Michael Chricton
The Lost World by Michael Chricton
Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.
Jurassic Park (film) - can be watched on Peacock
Jurassic World films
7:03 - The Cutting Room.
Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen.
Seeing dinos on screen for the first time
The very first T-rex attack scene
Velociraptors in the kitchen and paddock
Anything left out that shouldn’t have been.
Fewer dinosaurs and dinosaur swaps
Pterodactyl scenes
The main conflict driver in the movie versus the book
Mini wooly mammoths!
Problematic elements.
“Leg-forward” movie scenes
Cutting out Costa Rican characters
Sexualizing Ellie Sattler
Casting and mis-casting.
Dr. Alan Grant
Sam Neil - Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfus, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Costner.
Dr. Ellie Sattler
Laura Dern - Robin Wright, Helen Hunt, Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow
John Hammond
Richard Attenburough - Sean Connery
Ian Malcolm
Jeff Goldblum - Jim Carey, Michael Keaton, Ted Danson, Johnny Depp
Dennis Nedry
Wayne Knight
The kids: Lexy and Tim
Joseph Mello and Arianna Richards
Arnold and Wu
Samuel Jackson and BD Wong
30:10 - Award Season.
Worst and best parts of the adaptation.
Editing errors
Beginning of the book setup and epilogue
Characters teleporting
Velociraptors in the visitor center
Dinosaurs on the screen
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Worst and best actors.
Arnold/Samuel L Jackson
Harding/Jerry Molen
Malcolm/Jeff Goldblum
Hammond/Richard Attenborough
Sattler/Laura Dern
Worst and best book characters.
Lexy
Dennis Nedry and John Hammond
Grant and Sattler
Ian Malcolm
52:29- Book/Flick Energy:
Book scored on a 5 star scale.
Lost World by Michael Chricton
The Folio Society special edition of Jurassic Park
Movie scored on a 10 point scale.
1:01:25- A Leftover Popcorn Kernel:
How many corgi-sized T-rexes could you take in a fight?
Which extinct animal would you bring back to life?
Who is your favorite muppet?
Muppet Christmas Carol
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
1:02:31 - End Credits:
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Red, White and Royal Blue is coming to Amazon Prime Video on August 11th!
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