

Silver Screen Science - 65 (2023)
Aug 27, 2023
This podcast explores the portrayal of prehistoric creatures in movies, including dinosaurs, bugs, and saber-toothed creatures. They discuss how these creatures adhere to common tropes in paleontology media and the exaggerations and mixing of different species. The hosts also delve into the depiction of deadly ancient environments, movie settings, tropes, and the fun of nitpicking scientific inaccuracies in movies. They also discuss a gross body horror moment and language inconsistencies in a movie, as well as the inaccurate portrayal of science in the film being discussed and hint at a future silver screen movie.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Portrayal of Prehistoric Creatures in a Movie
02:53 • 15min
The Paleo Art Perspective and Movie Portrayal
18:20 • 6min
Depiction of Deadly Ancient Environments in Films
24:03 • 18min
Movie Setting, Tropes, and Nitpicking
41:39 • 2min
Gross Body Horror Moment and Language Inconsistencies
44:02 • 7min
Discussion on Pay Wall, Science-Inspired Movie, and Future Silver Screen
50:52 • 2min