132: Jurassic Punk (2022)
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.