40. Jurassic Park

Kaylia and Leah discuss Jurassic Park in this super-sized episode. We talk dinosaurs, life lessons, chaos theory, and the travesty of the Genaro character assassination. Plus a Schitt’s Creek shoutout and some gleeful celebration of bad guy death. Enjoy!

Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. It is a cautionary tale about genetic engineering that presents the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically re-createddinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real world implications.

Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fictionaction film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton with a screenplay written by Crichton and David Koepp.

This Pages and Popcorn Podcast episode was produced by Kaylia Metcalfe and featured “Pages and Popcorn Podcast (with Special Guest) Theme” / M.D. Arms

Show Notes

What Is CRISPR?

Who was Dolly and why it matters.

Who is Alexis and can you have just a little bit of her?

How dinosaurs shrank and became birds. No, really.

The Pages and Popcorn Podcast Episode about The Da Vinci Code.

Map of the island:

Random trivia

Can you really “De-extinct” creatures?

Other Sources:

http://academic.depauw.edu/aevans_web/HONR101-02/WebPages/Fall2009/Katie/novelanalysis.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(novel)

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-crichton/jurassic-park/

https://blog.ung.edu/press/jurassic-park-novel-and-film-review/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)

https://screenrant.com/jurassic-park-differences-book-movie/

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2551906/jurassic-park-differences-between-the-book-and-movie-adaptation

Published by kayliametcalfe

Queer,loudmouth,skeptical-agnostic-pagan,book addict,coffee lover,wine drinker, SAHM,writer,editor,producer,podcaster. -She/her

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