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this video is sponsored by frome.co
dinosaurs
the ultimate in charismatic megafauna
sure dragons are cool but dragons aren't
real
jesus christ and while an interest in
dinosaurs is pretty common for your
average american boy growing up in the
1990s i've never shaken the fascination
dinosaurs were my entry point into
science
i started learning about dinosaurs in
pre-k which soon led to biology ecology
geology deep time hell even just
imagining the past
i have these sense memories as a kid of
just wandering around the forest
thinking about how whole ecosystems rose
and fell long before there was a single
human being around to witness them it
was also enigmatic
terrifying and inspiring and all of it
within the realm of human understanding
to no paleontologists to know
geopolitics when i was an undergrad in
college i got to go on a real live
dinosaur dig and the professor had with
him this massive

English: 
- [Serge] This video was
sponsored by frome.co.
(ominous orchestral music)
Dinosaurs.
(Malcolm gasps)
(T. rex roars)
The ultimate in charismatic megafauna.
Sure, dragons are cool,
but dragons aren't real.
- [Man] Jesus Christ, that thing's real?
- And while an interest in
dinosaurs is pretty common
for your average American
boy growing up in the 1990s,
I've never shaken the fascination.
Dinosaurs were my entry
point into science.
I started learning about
dinosaurs in pre-K,
which soon led to
biology, ecology, geology,
deep time, hell, even
just imagining the past.
I have these sense memories as a kid
of just wandering around the forest,
thinking about how whole
ecosystems rose and fell
long before there was a single human being
around to witness them.
It was also enigmatic,
terrifying, and inspiring,
and all of it within the
realm of human understanding.
To know paleontology
is to know geopolitics.
When I was an undergrad in college,
I got to go on a real-live dinosaur dig,
and the professor had
with him this massive

English: 
color-coded geologic map of
the entire state of Wyoming,
where each color represented
the age of the exposed bedrock.
This thing was accurate
down to the square acre.
I asked him, "Where'd all the
money for this come from?"
Did some paleontology
department pinch pennies
until it could finally afford
to map an entire state?"
And he said no, they weren't
the university's maps at all.
They were borrowed from the oil industry.
Dinosaurs were also my entry point
into a whole swath of historical
and political subjects.
I learned about the bloodless
democratic revolution
of Mongolia by reading about Tarbosaurus.
I got really into
crypto-zoology in middle school,
and it was while researching evidence
for the existence of Mokele-mbembe
that I first heard about
the CIA's involvement
in the assassination of
the democratically-elected
prime minister of the
Republic of the Congo.
Yeah, pretty heavy stuff!
My point is that an interest in dinosaurs
is only ever as "juvenile"
as we want it to be,
and I don't want it to be that way at all.
I wanna approach the study
of dinosaurs with the same
interdisciplinary interest
and purpose that I bring
to the study of history,
geography, politics, art.
Dinosaur art in particular is one area

English: 
color-coded geologic map of the entire
state of wyoming where each color
represented the age of the exposed
bedrock
this thing was accurate down to the
square acre and i asked him
where'd all the money for this come from
did some paleontology department pinch
pennies until it could finally afford to
map an entire state and he said no they
weren't the university's maps at all
they were borrowed from the oil industry
dinosaurs were also my entry point into
a whole swath of historical and
political subjects i learned about the
bloodless democratic revolution of
mongolia by reading about tarbosaurus
i got really into cryptozoology in
middle school and it was while
researching evidence for the existence
of mokili mabembe that i first heard
about the cia's involvement in the
assassination of the democratically
elected prime minister of the republic
of the congo
yeah pretty heavy stuff my point is that
an interest in dinosaurs
is only ever as juvenile as we want to
be and i don't want it to be that way at
all i want to approach the study of
dinosaurs with the same
interdisciplinary interest and purpose
that i bring to the study of history
geography

English: 
politics art dinosaur art in particular
is one area where i feel i've got the
most to contribute to the intersection
of art and entertainment is my lane
and the body of scholarly work
surrounding dinosaur cinema is pretty
lacking most of what you find on youtube
are just a bunch of nostalgic appraisals
from my fellow white boys which is fine
but i want to expand the discourse age
it up a bit see if we can make it
interesting for the people who aren't
already interested in dinosaurs and if
you're still wondering why i care so
much
no prizes for guessing dinosaurs were my
entry point into cinema 2. the very
first film that i remember seeing in
theaters was jurassic park and as if it
couldn't get any more faded
the land before time came out the exact
same day that i was born
that isn't true i was actually born one
week earlier the same day that ernest
saves christmas came out but how cool
would that have been if i had
now when i first sat down to make a
video about dinosaur cinema i thought
i'd do like a simple little
introductory survey course but then i
immediately came up with a list of 34
films i wanted to talk about
in one video which in hindsight

English: 
where I feel I've got the
most to contribute to.
The intersection of art and
entertainment is my lane,
and the body of scholarly work
surrounding dinosaur
cinema is pretty lacking.
Most of what you find on
YouTube are just a bunch
of nostalgic appraisals
from my fellow white boys,
which is fine, but I wanna
expand the discourse!
Age it up a bit, see if
we can make it interesting
for the people who aren't
already interested in dinosaurs.
And if you're still
wondering why I care so much,
no prizes for guessing.
Dinosaurs were my
entry-point into cinema, too.
The very first film that I
remember seeing in theaters
was Jurassic Park, and as if
it couldn't get any more fated,
The Land Before Time came out
the exact same day that I was born!
That isn't true.
I was actually born one week earlier,
the same day that Ernest
Saves Christmas came out!
But how cool would that've been if I had?
Now, when I first sat down to make a video
about dinosaur cinema, I thought I'd do
a simple little
introductory survey course,
but then I immediately came
up with a list of 34 films
I wanted to talk about, in one video,
which, in hindsight...
(J. Jonah Jameson cackles)
Yeah, I always tell myself

English: 
yeah i always tell myself i'm just gonna
make like one point about each film and
then get through a whole list of them in
like 20 minutes but then i start writing
and the script hits 2000 words before
i'm even done talking about colonialist
tropes and adaptations of the lost world
you caught up so i guess what i'm saying
is that this is going to be like a new
semi-regular series on the channel
sorry and cinema episode 2 i'll tell you
right now
is going to be about colonialist tropes
within adaptations of the lost world in
fact it was originally going to be
episode one but after two weeks of
scripting i realized there was still a
lot more reading i needed to do
just as well because now i get to start
with a movie that everybody would have
just been waiting around for me to do if
i wasn't going to start with it anyway
i'm talking about the undisputed gold
standard mac mommy of all dinosaur films
jurassic park

English: 
I'm just gonna make one
point about each film
and then get through a whole list of them
in like 20 minutes.
But then I start writing, and
the script hits 2,000 words
before I'm even done talking
about colonialist tropes
in adaptations of The Lost World.
- Good, you caught her!
- So I guess what I'm saying
is that this is gonna be
a new semi-regular series on
the channel, "Saurian Cinema."
Episode two, I'll tell you right now,
is gonna be about colonialist tropes
within adaptations of The Lost World.
In fact, it was originally
going to be episode one,
but after two weeks of
scripting, I realized
there was still a lot more
reading I needed to do.
Just as well, because now I
get to start with the movie
that everyone would've
just been waiting around
for me to do if I wasn't
gonna start with it anyway.
I'm talking about the
undisputed, gold-standard,
mac-mommy of all dinosaur
films, Jurassic Park!
(T. rex roars)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(dinosaurs roaring)

English: 
- It's a dinosaur egg!
The dinosaurs are breeding.
- Part One: Formal Film Criticism
versus Nostalgic Fanboys.
My favorite thing about
formal film criticism
is that you can apply it to anything,
explore any idea, with literally any film.
You don't have to wait around
for a movie to provide you
with a specific reading.
You can do it on your own and
thereby expand the discourse
in a near-infinite number of ways.
You could do a feminist
reading of The Land Unknown,
a postmodern reading
of A Sound of Thunder,
a Marxist reading of Planet of Dinosaurs.
(man screams)
You're not asking if a film
is "feminist," "postmodern," or "Marxist."
Keep that in mind, that's
gonna be important later.
You're just using these
theoretical frameworks
as a way to explore the wider implications
of a specific school of thought
within the context of a kick-ass subject.
- Ah, yes, like the public
is that easily manipulated!
- Ow, ow.
(bullies clamoring)
Hey, hey, hey, suck-taur!
- [Serge] You could analyze Jurassic Park
through any number of critical frameworks,
but I think gender makes the most sense,

English: 
mr
it's a dinosaur egg the dinosaurs
are breeding part one formal film
criticism versus nostalgic fanboys
my favorite thing about formal film
criticism is that you can apply to
anything
explore any idea with literally any film
you don't have to wait around for a
movie to provide you with a specific
reading you can do that on your own and
thereby expand the discourse in a near
infinite number of ways you could do a
feminist reading of the land unknown a
postmodern reading of a sound of thunder
a marxist reading of planet of dinosaurs
you're not asking if a film is feminist
postmodern or marxist keep that in mind
that's going to be important later
you're just using these theoretical
frameworks as a way to explore the wider
implications of a specific school of
thought within the context of a kick-ass
subject
oh yes like the public is that easily
manipulated
hey hey you could analyze jurassic park
through any number of critical
frameworks but i think gender makes the
most sense

English: 
since it comes up in jurassic park a lot
more frequently and a lot more
explicitly than in most sci-fi action
thrillers there are several major plot
points that hinge on gender
how do you know they can't breathe well
because all the animals in jurassic park
are female
the text itself has more than zero
things to say about it we can discuss
sexism and survival situations when i
get back
then there's all the various ways in
which gender is coded throughout the
film
everything from grant and sattler's
color-coded shirts to the fact that
tim's agency and sense of adventure tend
to get rewarded by the narrative
whereas lex tends to get clobbered
where's the goat
oh did you think this was just gonna be
another glowing youtube review of a
beloved 90s action film i only asked
because i want to know how many
nostalgic fanboys are already writing
defensive screeds in the comments before
i've even said what i actually think
in 2005 author and film critic joshua
david belland published framing monsters
fantasy film and social alienation in
which he gives a gendered analysis of
jurassic park
basically a close reading of the film
that focuses on how it frames codes and

English: 
since it comes up in Jurassic Park
a lot more frequently
and a lot more explicitly
than in most sci-fi/action thrillers.
There are several major plot
points that hinge on gender.
- How do you know they can't breed?
- Oh, because all the animals
in Jurassic Park are female.
- [Serge] The text itself
has more than zero things to say about it.
- We can discuss sexism
in survival situations when I get back.
- [Serge] Then there's
all the various ways
in which gender is coded
throughout the film,
everything from Grant and
Sattler's color-coded shirts
to the fact that Tim's
agency and sense of adventure
tend to get rewarded by the narrative,
whereas Lex tends to get clobbered.
- Where's the goat?
(goat leg thuds against window)
(Lex gasps)
- Oh, did you think this
was just gonna be another
glowing YouTube review of
a beloved '90s action film?
I only ask because I wanna
know how many nostalgic fanboys
are already writing defensive
screeds in the comments
before I've even said
what I actually think.
In 2005, author and film critic
Joshua David Bellin published
"Framing Monsters: Fantasy
Film and Social Alienation,"
in which he gives a gendered
analysis of Jurassic Park,
basically, a close-reading
of the film that focuses
on how it frames, codes,
and editorializes gender.

English: 
And he comes out swinging:
"Jurassic Park represents
the patriarchal family
"as threatened and besieged
by monstrous women,
"while at the same time seeking
"to resolve the threat
and absolve the father
"by collapsing ideology into biology."
Basically, Bellin argues
that Jurassic Park
is a coded call to suppress
female reproductive autonomy,
and for men to take their
"rightful, natural places"
as heads of the
patriarchal nuclear family.
He argues that both the
narrative and the camerawork
prioritize male vision, male
thought, and male agency.
Women are belittled, mocked,
and even punished for attempting same.
(dinosaur roars)
Sure, men might cause all the
problems in Jurassic Park,
but they're also the ones who
fix them, and what's more,
they're the ones the problems
are supposed to be fixed for.
"If on the one hand, the film presents men
"as prideful violators
of the natural order,
"on the other, it celebrates
the right of patriarchy to rule
"a female world depicted as
chaotic and unpredictable."
Well, that's bad.
But does it actually track?

English: 
editorializes gender and he comes out
swinging
jurassic park represents the patriarchal
family as threatened and besieged by
monstrous women while at the same time
seeking to resolve the threat and
absolve the father by collapsing
ideology into biology
basically belen argues that jurassic
park is a coded call to suppress
female reproductive autonomy and for men
to take their rightful
natural places as heads of the
patriarchal nuclear family he argues
that both the narrative and the
camerawork prioritize male vision
male thought and male agency women are
belittled
mocked and even punished for attempting
same
sure men might cause all the problems in
jurassic park but they're also the ones
who fix them and what's more
they're the ones the problems are
supposed to be fixed for
if on the one hand the film presents men
as prideful violators of the natural
order
on the other it celebrates the right of
patriarchy to rule a female world
depicted as chaotic and unpredictable
well that's bad
but does it actually track part two men
are from mars

English: 
Part Two: Men are from Mars,
Women are from the Cretaceous.
In essence, Jurassic Park
is a story about an island
full of female dinosaurs
that are recreated
by a team of almost
exclusively-male scientists,
who are subsequently put in danger
when the dinosaurs do the two things
they're not supposed to
do: breed and break free.
As Bellin puts it, "The
abdication of the paternal role,
"men's trifling in reproduction
outside the nuclear unit,
"has loosed a band of screeching harpies
"who rend and tear those
foolish enough to court them."
Enter Alan Grant, a man who
wants nothing to do with kids
at the start of the film,
which is then presented
as his one great flaw.
- Aw, Ellie, look, they're noisy,
they're messy, they're expensive.
- Chief, chief.
- They smell.
- In fact, In fact, a
disinterest in children
reads as almost every male
character's major flaw.
Gennaro might be a greedy,
profit-minded lawyer.
- We're gonna make a
fortune with this place.
- [Serge] But it's not
until he abandons the kids
to the T. rex that he's finally
punished in the narrative.
(Gennaro whimpers)
(T. rex roars)
(Gennaro screams)
(bell dings)
(T. rex roars)

English: 
women are from the cretaceous in essence
jurassic park
is a story about an island full of
female dinosaurs that are recreated by a
team of almost exclusively male
scientists who are subsequently put in
danger when the dinosaurs do the two
things they're not supposed to do
breed and break free as belen puts it
the abdication of the paternal role
men's trifling and reproduction outside
the nuclear unit has loosed a band of
screeching harpies who rend and tear
those foolish enough to court them
enter alan grant a man who wants nothing
to do with kids at the start of the film
which is then presented as his one great
flaw
oh ellie look they're noisy they're
messy they're expensive
they smell in fact a disinterest in
children reads is almost
every male character's major flaw
gennaro might be a greedy prophet-minded
lawyer we're gonna make a fortune with
this place
but it's not until he abandons the kids
to the t-rex that he's finally punished

English: 
in the narrative
malcolm fares at least slightly better
he comes off as a total cad in the first
half of the film who leaves a trail of
unsupported children at his wake
any kids me oh oh hell yeah three
i love kids anything at all can and does
happen
who at least partially redeems himself
by trying to distract the wrecks long
enough for grant to rescue the kids
as bella notes malcolm doesn't die he
merely suffers a broken leg
enough to lay him up for a while and
perhaps afford him time to atone for
past indiscretions
then there's nedry poor subcontracted
nedry
like ask me sometime how a union could
have saved jurassic park
a man who's consistently codified as a
smutty teenager look at
what this workstation slog barely
capable of following children much less
raising them
i actually kind of love bellen's reading
of edry though in an enactment of the
teenage boy's wet dream and worst fear
nedry meets his end at the hands and
mouth of a koi frilly creature that
turns into a terror in the front seat of
a car parked on a ledge evocative of a

English: 
Malcolm fares slightly better.
He comes off as a total cad
in the first half of the film
who leaves a trail of
unsupported children in his wake.
- You got any kids?
- Me?
Oh, oh, hell yeah, three.
I love kids, mm.
Anything at all can and does happen.
- [Serge] Who at least
partially redeems himself
by trying to distract the T. rex
long enough for Grant to rescue the kids.
As Bellin notes, Malcolm doesn't die.
He merely suffers a broken leg,
"enough to lay him up
for a while and, perhaps,
"afford him time to atone
for past indiscretions."
Then there's Nedry, poor,
subcontracted Nedry.
Like, ask me sometime
how a union could've saved Jurassic Park!
A man who's consistently
codified as a smutty teenager,
- Look at this workstation!
What a complete slob!
(trash clatters)
- [Serge] Barely capable
of fathering children,
much less raising them.
I actually kind of love Bellin's
reading of Nedry, though:
"In an enactment of the
teenage boy's wet dream
"and worst fear, [Nedry] meets his end
"at the hands and mouth
of a coy, frilly creature
"that turns into a terror
in the front seat of a car
"parked on a ledge evocative
of a 1950s-era lover's lane."

English: 
1950's era lover's lane
grant by contrast is presented as a man
who isn't a bad dad
so much as a man who needs only to
channel his energy into family
commitment
to bring order to chaos even at the very
start of the film
grant is consistently characterized as a
level-headed problem-solving go-getter
who just needs to direct those energies
into rearing children in order to be
redeemed as bellen puts it
grant represents the power of the father
to negotiate and tame a wild feminized
nature
what species is this you know that scene
in the movie where grant ties two
female seat belt ends together in the
helicopter in order to keep himself
secure
most everyone i know interprets that
scene is like a koi foreshadowing as to
the fact that an island full of all
female dinosaurs have figured out how to
make it work as it were but belen's got
a different interpretation he says that
the image of grant subduing two
recalcitrant sisters by literally
tying the knot is another way that the
film's imagery reinforces this
heteropatriarchal ideal
now it wouldn't be the wildest thing to
suggest that a steven spielberg film has

English: 
Grant, by contrast, is presented as a man
who isn't a "bad" dad, so much as a man
"who needs only to channel his energy
"into family commitment
to bring order to chaos."
Even at the very start of the
film, Grant is consistently
characterized as a
level-headed, problem-solving
go-getter who just needs
to direct those energies
into rearing children
in order to be redeemed.
As Bellin puts it, "Grant
represents the power of the father
"to negotiate and tame a
wild, feminized nature."
- What species is this?
- You know that scene in the movie
where Grant ties two "female"
seatbelt-ends together
in the helicopter in order
to keep himself secure?
Most everyone I know
interprets that scene as
like a coy foreshadowing
as to the fact that an island
full of all-female dinosaurs
have figured out how to
"make it work," as it were.
But Bellin's got a
different interpretation.
He says that the image
of Grant subduing two
"recalcitrant sisters" by
literally "tying the knot"
is another way that the film's imagery
reinforces this hetero-patriarchal ideal.
Now, it wouldn't be the wildest thing
to suggest that a Steven Spielberg film
has a certain fascination with fatherhood,
and I'll be the first to admit,

English: 
it's even more pronounced in the sequels.
"One of the most remarkable constants
"in the three Jurassic Park
films released by the year 2001
"is that, though they are
all about dinosaur attacks
"and hairbreadth escapes in one respect,
"they are all about the
creation or restoration
"of father-centered families in another."
And I think Bellin is spot-on here.
You've got Ian Malcolm trying
to rescue his girlfriend
and repair the relationship
with his estranged daughter
in The Lost World, and Paul Kirby
trying to save his son and, I dunno,
low-key get back with his
ex in Jurassic Park III.
- I miss fishing.
- This is, without doubt,
my least favorite thing
about any of the Jurassic Park sequels,
their stubborn refusal
to explore new themes,
although to be fair, one
of my favorite things
about Jurassic Park III is that Paul Kirby
isn't the main character, it's
Alan "Fuck-You-Pay-Me" Grant.
- Here we are in the
worst place in the world,
and we're not even being paid!
- But even just restricting the discussion
to Jurassic Park, Bellin concludes:
"The film's moral calculus
is thus disarmingly simple:
"the measure of a man is
his fidelity to fatherhood,

English: 
a certain fascination with fatherhood
and i'll be the first to admit it's even
more pronounced in the sequels
one of the most remarkable constants in
the three jurassic park films released
by the year 2001 is that
though they're all about dinosaur
attacks and hair breath escapes in one
respect
they're all about the creation or
restoration of father-centered families
in another
and i think belen is spot on here you've
got ian malcolm trying to rescue his
girlfriend and repair the relationship
with his estranged daughter in the lost
world
and paul kirby trying to save his son
and
i don't know loki get back with his ex
in jurassic park 3.
i'm miss fishing this is without doubt
my least favorite thing about any of the
jurassic park sequels their stubborn
refusal to explore new themes
although to be fair one of my favorite
things about jurassic park 3 is that
paul kirby isn't the main character
it's alan fuck you pay me grant we are
in the worst place in the world we're
not even being paid
but even just restricting the discussion
to jurassic park bellin concludes
the film's moral calculus is thus
disarmingly simple the measure of a man
is his fidelity to fatherhood and the

English: 
"and the punishments meted
out to the male characters
"bear a direct relationship
to that factor."
I mean, except when they don't.
Bellin doesn't talk much
about Muldoon, Mr. Arnold,
or John Hammond, and for good reason!
There's nothing much "paternal"
about any of their fates.
They do little to strengthen his argument.
Hammond endangers Lex and Tim
by bringing them to the island
in the first place, but I
guess he recognizes his hubris
in the end, and that means
he's not marked for death?
Meanwhile, Muldoon and Mr. Arnold
are both mercilessly
slaughtered by the raptors,
even though they both seem like competent,
proactive, and even fairly selfless guys.
- Three minutes,
I can have power back
on in the entire park.
- We're gonna have to cut
the tour short, I'm afraid.
- But enough about the men.
Part Three: The One and
Only Adult Female Human.
Bellin spends much of his
time comparing Dr. Grant
to Dr. Sattler, and for
good reason; she's literally
the only adult female
human in the entire film.
"In the amber mine, at
the archeological dig,
"in the control room, in the
dinosaur birthing-chamber,
"women have, at best, walk-through roles,

English: 
punishments met it out to the male
characters bear a direct relationship to
that factor i mean
except when they don't belen doesn't
talk much about muldoon mr arnold or
john hammond and for good reason there's
nothing much
paternal about any of their fates they
do little to strengthen his argument
hammond endangers lex and tim by
bringing them to the island in the first
place but i guess he
recognizes his hubris in the end and
that means he's not marked for death
meanwhile muldoon and mr arnold are both
mercilessly slaughtered by the raptors
even though they both seem like
competent proactive and even fairly
selfless guys
three minutes i can have power back on
the entire park we're gonna have to cut
the tour short i'm afraid
but enough about the men part three the
one and
only adult female human belen spends
much of his time comparing dr grant to
dr sattler and for good reason
she's literally the only adult female
human
in the entire film in the amber mine at
the archaeological dig
in the control room in the dinosaur
birthing chamber women have at best
walk-through roles while men are in

English: 
command belen's argument is that dr
sattler is there basically just to
reinforce grant's presence and primacy
throughout the film the first sighting
of a full-figured dinosaur for example
is insistently even aggressively granted
to him having first spotted the
brachiosaur he rises from the jeep
removing his sunglasses while sattler
too busy fussing over a plant to notice
that there's something much bigger
happening in the field needs to have her
head turned by the force of her
partner's hand before she catches on
as the sequence concludes sadler appears
slightly out of focus behind grant
snuggling up to him and confirming his
authority of vision
and the reflected glow of what she can
only bask
okay so sadler's point of view
definitely takes a backseat to grants in
this scene he's the guy we're supposed
to be viewing the scene through the film
employs very specific filmic language to
make that clear
but then we don't spend much time with
malcolm in this scene organero
or hammond they each get one or two
shots a piece sat there meanwhile
stays with grant for the entire sequence
from the first shot of the brachiosaur

English: 
"while men are in command."
Bellin's argument is
that Dr. Sattler is there
basically just to
reinforce Grant's presence
and primacy throughout the film:
"The first sighting of a
full-figured dinosaur, for example,
"is insistently, even
aggressively, granted to him.
"Having first spotted the brachiosaur,
"he rises from the Jeep,
removing his sunglasses,
"while Sattler, too busy
fussing over a plant
"to notice that there
is something much bigger
"happening in the field,
needs to have her head turned
"by the force of her partner's
hand before she catches on.
"As this sequence
concludes, Sattler appears
"slightly out of focus behind Grant,
"snuggling up to him and
confirming his authority of vision,
"in the reflected glow of
which she can only bask."
Okay, so Sattler's point of view
definitely takes a backseat
to Grant's in this scene.
He's the guy we're supposed to
be viewing the scene through.
The film employs very
specific filmic language
to make that clear, but then,
we don't spend much time
with Malcolm in this scene,
or Genaro, or Hammond.
They each get one or two shots apiece.
Sattler, meanwhile, stays with Grant
for the entire sequence.
From the first shot of the brachiosaur
to the final shot of the
scene, she's only excluded

English: 
from a single camera
set-up that includes Grant.
(bell dings)
But I bet I know what
Bellin would say to that.
It's not if she's included
in the scene, but how:
always behind Grant, following his lead,
"slightly out of focus,"
basking in his "reflected glow."
Bellin's point is that Sattler's only here
to reinforce Grant's masculine primacy.
And he might be onto something.
I mean, it's not like this
dynamic is ever flipped
anywhere else in the movie, right?
Right?
- God creates dinosaurs,
God destroys dinosaurs.
God creates man, man destroys God.
Man creates dinosaurs.
- Dinosaurs eat man.
Woman inherits the earth.
- Okay, well, now,
here's a shot of Sattler
busting Malcolm's 'nads about his use
of patriarchal language,
and now Grant's the one
who's out of focus in the background.
And see how the camera
follows her movement
at the end of the shot,
affirming her vision,
prioritizing her perspective?
When you start to look for it,
you'll find that Sattler's
perspective is actually

English: 
to the final shot of the scene
she's only excluded from a single camera
setup that includes grant
but i bet i know what bellen would say
to that it's not if she's included in
the scene but
how always behind grant following his
lead
slightly out of focus basking in his
reflected glow
bellen's point is that sattler's only
here to reinforce grant's masculine
primacy
and he might be onto something i mean
it's not like this dynamic has ever
flipped anywhere else in the movie right
right god creates dinosaurs god destroys
dinosaurs
god creates man man destroys god
man creates dinosaurs dinosaurs
eat man woman inherits the earth
okay well now here's a shot of sadler
busting malcolm's nads about his use of
patriarchal language and now grants the
one who's out of focus in the background
and see how the camera follows her
movement at the end of the shot
affirming her vision
prioritizing her perspective and when
you start to look for it you'll find

English: 
sort of emphasized, like,
all throughout the film.
Oh, but Bellin doesn't exactly
ignore Sattler's perspective.
On the contrary, he feeds it
right back into his thesis.
Formal film analysis is absolutely
obsessed with "the gaze."
Where people look, when,
who gets to, and how
are all critical factors
when trying to determine
what a film communicates.
Bellin does well to highlight
the primacy of vision
throughout Jurassic Park.
(dinosaur roars)
There's a near-constant emphasis
on who's looking, what's being seen,
and what power dynamics those
looks are communicating.
(leaves rustle)
(dinosaur growls)
- Clever girl.
- [Serge] And to sum up Bellin's argument:
when men look, they do it to
gain agency and affirmation.
- Keep absolutely still.
Its vision is based on movement.
- But when women look,
they're either horrified,
or the look itself is
nothing short of horrific.
And at first glance, yeah.
Women would seem to be the
face of terror in this film.
(dinosaur roars)
(Sattler screams)
(Lex screams)

English: 
that sadler's perspective is actually
sort of emphasized like
all throughout the film oh but belen
doesn't ignore saller's perspective
on the contrary he feeds it right back
into his thesis formal film analysis
is absolutely obsessed with the gays
where people look
when who gets to and how are all
critical factors when trying to
determine what a film communicates
bellin does well to highlight the
privacy of vision throughout jurassic
park
there's a near constant emphasis on
who's looking what's being seen and what
power dynamics those looks are
communicating
clever girl and to summit bellen's
argument when men look they do it to
gain
agency and affirmation keep absolutely
still
this vision is based on movement but
when women look
they're either horrified or the look
itself
is nothing short of horrific
and at first glance yeah
women would seem to be the face of
terror in this film

English: 
(dinosaur roars)
(Lex screams)
- I wanna go now.
- [Serge] Bellin singles out one shot
right at the end of the film
in which Sattler finally
gets to look at something
and not experience terror,
but Bellin says it's only
because her look is affirming
the hetero-patriarchal status quo.
"This sequence reiterates
at the film's close
"its gendered hierarchy of vision:
"the male look is self-affirming,
"while the woman's is
rewarded, indeed permitted,
"only because it embraces
the patriarchal unit
"to which she willingly
subordinates herself.
"When the woman looks, she sees a family.
"When the man looks,
"he sees himself: warrior, hero, savior."
To prove his point, Bellin
brings up the only other
gendered pair of characters
in the film: Lex and Tim.
"On the one hand, Tim's desire to see
"is not only presented
as a natural outgrowth
"of his maleness but is
encouraged and rewarded.
"On the few occasions in
which Lex does express
"a desire to look, she suffers punishment,
"or at least indignity, for doing so."
- Here, girl, come on.
Up here!
(dinosaur sneezes)
- Well, again, except when she doesn't.

English: 
belen singles out one shot right at the
end of the film in which sattler finally
gets to look at something and not
experience terror but bellen says it's
only because her look is affirming the
heteropatriarchal status quo this
sequence reiterates that the films close
its gendered hierarchy of vision the
male look is self-affirming while the
woman's is rewarded
indeed permitted only because it
embraces the patriarchal unit to which
she willingly subordinates herself when
the woman looks
she sees a family when the man looks he
sees himself
warrior hero savior to prove his point
belen brings up the only other gendered
pair of characters in the film
lex and tim on the one hand tim's desire
to see is not only presented as a
natural
outgrowth of his maleness but is
encouraged and rewarded
on the few occasions in which lex does
express a desire to look she suffers
punishment or at least indignity
for doing so here

English: 
well again except when she doesn't there
are plenty of instances of lex looking
at something that pleases her
not to mention she's the one who gets to
reactivate the park's security systems
at the end of the film
it's a human
using a set of skills that her brother
had previously mocked her for
i'm a hacker that's what i said you're a
nerd and tim gets plenty of scares all
to himself
and settler experiences plenty of joy
throughout the film too even when she's
not watching grant play dad
belen singles out the triceratops scene
as an instance in which the film forces
sattler to fulfill the stereotypically
feminine role of nurse
and so the fact that he does so much
joyful looking in this scene does
nothing to temper his criticism
but let's take a closer look grant is
the one who coos and awed his childhood
favorite dinosaur
was my favorite when i was a kid and
obviously she's the most thing i ever
saw
which is something that bellen
criticized sadler for during the raptor
nursery scene
oh my god and while grant is busy
turning her castralia into a bounce
house
sadler's the one who's trying to figure
out what's actually wrong with her

English: 
There are plenty of instances
of Lex looking at something
that pleases her, not
to mention she's the one
who gets to reactivate the
park's security systems
at the end of the film.
- It's a Unix system!
I know this.
- [Serge] Using a set of skills
that her brother had
previously mocked her for.
- I'm a hacker.
- That's what I said.
You're a nerd.
- [Serge] And Tim gets plenty
of scares all to himself.
(Tim gasps)
Sattler experiences plenty of
joy throughout the film too,
even when she's not
watching Grant play dad.
Bellin singles out the triceratops scene
as an instance in which
the film forces Sattler
to fulfill the stereotypically
feminine role of "nurse,"
and so the fact that she
does so much joyful "looking"
in this scene does nothing
to temper his criticism.
But let's take a closer look.
Grant is the one who coos in awe
at his childhood-favorite dinosaur.
- She was my favorite when I
was a kid, and now I see her,
she's the most beautiful thing I ever saw.
- [Serge] Which is something
that Bellin criticized
Sattler for during the
raptor nursery scene.
- Oh, my God!
(raptor screeches)
(all laughing)
- [Serge] And while Grant is
busy turning her gastralia
into a bounce-house,
Sattler's the one who's trying
to figure out what's
actually wrong with her.

English: 
it's pharmacological from local plant
life
grant looks to satisfy his nostalgia
sattler looks to solve a crisis
is this west indian lilac what's
settler's job by the way
this is our paleobotanist dr sadler
paleobotany which bellen refers to as
the female preoccupation with plants and
flowers but then where does that female
preoccupation eventually take her
that is one big pile of shit the men
hang back while sattler forges ahead
into poop
whereupon she's characterized as she's
six weeks tenacious you have no idea
you know what bellen has to say about
the poop scene you will remember to wash
your hands before you eat anything
no i was asking i couldn't find anything

English: 
- It's pharmacological.
From local plant life.
- [Serge] Grant looks to
satisfy his nostalgia.
Sattler looks to solve a crisis.
- Is this West Indian lilac?
- [Serge] What's
Sattler's job, by the way?
- This is our, paleobotanist, Doctor.
- Sattler.
- [Serge] Paleobotany,
which Bellin refers to as,
"the female (pre)occupation
with plants and flowers."
But then where does that
"female preoccupation"
eventually take her?
(flies buzzing)
- That is one big pile of shit.
- [Serge] The men hang back
while Sattler forges ahead, into poop,
(Sattler grunts)
whereupon she's characterized as.
- Jesus weeps.
- She's tenacious.
- You have no idea.
- [Serge] You know what Bellin has to say
about the poop scene?
- You will remember to wash your hands
before you eat anything!
- No, I was asking.
I couldn't find anything
about it in his book.

English: 
Part Four: So, Bellin Is Wrong?
So, look, it's not that
Bellin isn't onto something
with his close reading of the film.
This video isn't meant to
be a takedown of his work;
on the contrary!
I consider this to be a
continuation of his work.
- You know, you read what others had done,
and you took the next step.
- In an earlier chapter of the book,
Bellin lays into the
racist coding of King Kong.
And, I mean, he really goes for it.
He talks about how racism
is an inviolable ingredient of
the film's cultural heritage,
and that the fantasy elements do more
to offer its racist white audience
plausible deniability
more than anything else.
But then, towards the end of that chapter,
he mentions, almost as an aside,
that it's also one of his
all-time favorite films.
So what's going on there?
Is he excusing the racist
coding in the film?
Far from it!
"Throughout this study,
I assume the perspective
"of the dominant, in this context, white,
"culture in the creation, circulation,
"and reception of fantasy films.
"I do not regret this choice,
nor do I retreat from it here.
"Yet as I also said, any
approach to alienation
"in fantasy film that selects
only dominant social attitudes

English: 
about it in his book
part four so belen is
wrong so look it's not that belen isn't
onto something with his close reading of
the film
this video isn't meant to be a takedown
of his work on the contrary
i consider this to be a continuation of
what he wrote you know you read what
others had done
and you and you took the next step in an
earlier chapter of the book belen lays
into the racist coding of king kong
and i mean he really goes for it he
talks about how racism is an inviolable
ingredient to the film's cultural
heritage and that the fantasy elements
do more to offer its racist white
audience plausible deniability more than
anything else
but then towards the end of that chapter
he mentions almost as an aside
that it's also one of his all-time
favorite films so what's going on here
is he excusing the racist coding in the
film far from it
throughout this study i assumed the
perspective of the dominant in this
context white culture
in the creation circulation and
reception of fantasy films
i do not regret this choice nor do i
retreat from it here yet as i also said
any approach to alienation and fantasy

English: 
film that selects only dominant social
attitudes and readings is necessarily
partial
belen tells us that the close readings
in his book are all specifically
constructed from the perspective
of the dominant white cultures that made
the films in question
so of course his interpretations are
going to skew towards the regressive
the racist the hetero-patriarchal but
that's not
a value judgment of the films themselves
that's the difference between formal
film analysis and some of the more
reactionary stuff you find on youtube
nobody's coming to cancel king kong
least of all joshua david bellen but
it's important i would even say
necessary to seriously consider what
regressive elements a culture that made
any given film
might have imparted onto it i want
critical readings of the media
i enjoy the rules just changed so
radically and we're all
running to catch up how old would we
know that ellie sattler's the only adult
character in jurassic park who's
credited with her first name instead of
her last
and i for one i'm glad that there are
writers like joshua david bellen out
there who pay attention to this sort of
stuff if you happen to know mr bellen
please don't send him this video

English: 
"and readings is necessarily partial."
Bellin tells us that the
close readings in his book
are all specifically
constructed from the perspective
of the dominant white cultures
that made the films in question.
So of course his interpretations
are going to skew
towards the regressive, the
racist, the hetero-patriarchal.
But that's not a value judgment
on the films themselves.
That's the difference
between formal film analysis
and some of the more reactionary
stuff you find on YouTube.
Nobody's coming to "cancel" King Kong,
least of all Joshua David Bellin.
But it's important, I
would even say necessary,
to seriously consider what
regressive elements a culture
that made any given film
might've imparted onto it.
I want critical readings
of the media I enjoy.
- The world has just changed so radically,
and we're all running to catch up.
- [Serge] How else would
we know that Ellie Sattler
is the only adult
character in Jurassic Park
who's credited with her first
name instead of her last?
I for one am glad there are
writers like Joshua David Bellin
out there who pay attention
to this sorta stuff.
If you happen to know Mr. Bellin,
please don't send him this video.
I want him to like me!

English: 
But when it comes to Jurassic Park,
it really does sound like Bellin
doesn't like it very much,
so at the very least, I'm happy
to offer a gendered reading
of the film that doesn't prioritize
the conservative,
hetero-patriarchal perspective.
Part Five: A Gendered Reading of the Film
That Doesn't Prioritize
the Conservative,
Hetero-Patriarchal Perspective.
My take on Jurassic Park
is that it's not a story
about the restoration of
the patriarchal family unit,
but rather a recalibration
of traditional, patriarchal
gender roles themselves
that denies the men in power
their desire to control biology
on any regressive ideological grounds,
where women are free to occupy
the traditionally masculine
role of saving the day,
while the men are busy
either getting eaten or hunkering down
in a bunker to literally
wait out the storm.
In any other movie, Muldoon
would've been the one
to save the day, case in
point: Jurassic World.
But instead, he gets
outflanked within minutes.
- Clever girl.
- [Serge] And then Sattler's the one
who goes and restores the power.
She's also the one who gets to articulate
not only the film's stated thesis.
- When we have control again.
- [Sattler] You never had control!
That's the illusion!

English: 
i want him to like me but when it comes
to jurassic park
it really does sound like bellen doesn't
like it very much so at the very least
i'm happy to offer a gendered reading of
the film that doesn't prioritize the
conservative heteropatriarchal
perspective
part five a gendered reading of the film
that doesn't prioritize the conservative
heteropatriarchal perspective
my take on jurassic park is that it's
not a story about the restoration of the
patriarchal family unit
but rather a recalibration of
traditional patriarchal gender roles
that denies the men in power their
desire to control biology on any
regressive ideological grounds
where women are free to occupy the
traditionally masculine role of saving
the day while the men are busy either
getting eaten
or hunkering down in a bunker to
literally wait out the storm
in any other movie muldoon would have
been the one to save the day
case in point jurassic world but instead
he gets outflanked within minutes and
then sattler's the one who goes and
restores the power
she's also the one who gets to
articulate not only the film's stated
thesis
when we have control you've never had
control that's the illusion

English: 
- [Serge] But also the thesis
of my particular reading.
- It ought to be me really going.
- Why?
- Well, I'm a, and you're a.
- Look.
- Come on, let's go.
- We can discuss sexism
in survival situations when I get back.
- Like, there's a reason
Sattler's such an enduring
action movie heroine, and it's
not because she exemplifies
female passivity and
the ideal of motherhood.
- I'm going with him.
- [Serge] You could definitely still argue
that Grant's arc is that of "dad."
(bell dings)
- Your hair's all sticking up.
- [Serge] But in the
final scene of the film,
Grant looks less to me like
a "warrior, hero, savior"
so much as a brooding mother
hen, not in a bad way,
but not in a "warrior-male"
sorta way either,
an image which is then reinforced
by the shot of the pelicans
outside the window.
Oh, and speaking of the final scene,
you know how Sattler began
the film dressed in pink,
and Grant was dressed in blue?
By the end of the film, they've switched.
- Run!
- Sattler's now in blue,

English: 
but also the thesis of my particular
reading it ought to be me really going
why well i'm uh i'm your own
uh look come on let's
we can discuss sexism and survival
situations when i get back
like there's a reason sattler's such an
enduring action movie heroine
and it's not because she exemplifies
female passivity and the ideal of
motherhood
i'm going with him you could definitely
still argue that grant's arc
is that of dad your air is all sticking
up
but in the final scene of the film grant
looks less to me like a warrior hero
savior so much as a brooding mother hen
not in a bad way
but not in a warrior male sort of way
either
an image which is then reinforced by the
shot of the pelicans outside the window
oh and speaking of the final scene you
know how sadler began the film dressed
in pink
and grant was dressed in blue by the end
of the film they switched

English: 
sattler's now in blue and grant is
shifted more towards the earth tones
i am not the first person to point this
out by the way cosmovoid did a great
video about color symbolism jurassic
park that'll link below
then there's the dinosaurs themselves
belen says the dinosaurs are
consistently characterized as monstrous
and that's definitely true for most of
the film but come on by the end of the
movie
half the audience is rooting for the
dinosaurs when i saw the main road
attack
i said i think our star in this movie is
the t-rex the audience will hate me if
the t-rex doesn't come back and make one
more
heroic appearance
belen repeatedly interprets the
dinosaurs as a sort of unified block of
feminine resistance but that's only half
the story
every single dinosaur in the film is
categorically either cis female
or trans male i say trans not in the
sense that these dinosaurs all have a
unique gender identity like we humans do
but that their ability to change
biological sex
could be compared to our ability to

English: 
and Grant is shifted more
towards the earth tones.
I am not the first person to
point this out, by the way.
Cosmavoid did a great
video about color symbolism
in Jurassic Park that I'll link below.
Then there's the dinosaurs themselves.
(raptor roars)
Bellin says the dinosaurs are
consistently characterized
as "monstrous," and that's definitely true
for most of the film, but come on!
By the end of the movie,
half the audience is
rooting for the dinosaurs.
- When I saw the main motor track, I said,
"I think our star of
this movie is the T. rex.
"The audience will hate me if
the T. rex doesn't come back
"and make one more heroic appearance!"
(T. rex roars)
(triumphant orchestral music)
- Bellin repeatedly
interprets the dinosaurs
as a sort of unified bloc
of feminine resistance,
but that's only half the story.
Every single dinosaur in the film
is categorically either
cis female, or trans male.
I say "trans" not in the
sense that these dinosaurs
all have a unique gender
identity like we humans do,
but that their ability
to change biological sex
could be compared to our
ability to change gender,
or even just gender roles.

English: 
change gender or even just gender roles
sex and gender are not interchangeable
terms mind you but they are
analogous when comparing mutant
dinosaurs that spontaneously change
biological sex to human beings
expressing non-traditional gender roles
in gender fluidity i know it sounds like
i'm nitpicking the shit out of my own
video here but there is a lot of turfy
bullshit flying around the internet
right now and i don't want my audience
to make assumptions about either me or
my terminology
gender is a spectrum trans rights are
human rights and this is not a turf
friendly channel now go follow riley
black on twitter
be sure to buy all our books but back to
the main point the dinosaur's ability to
change sex from male to female in a
single sex
environment is hardly the
heteropatriarchal ideal and what's more
i don't think the association is as
negative as bellen would have us think
i know this is kind of an insipid
example but when i first heard about the
existence of trans people
like the age of six or whatever i
literally thought to myself oh
like jurassic park it wasn't a thorough
understanding to be sure

English: 
Sex and gender are not
interchangeable terms, mind you,
but they are analogous when
comparing mutant dinosaurs
that spontaneously change
biological sex to human beings
expressing nontraditional gender
roles and gender fluidity.
I know it sounds like I'm nit-picking
the shit out of my own video
here, but there is a lot
of TERF-y bullshit flying
around the internet right now,
and I don't want my
audience to make assumptions
about either me or my terminology.
Gender is a spectrum, trans
rights are human rights,
and this is not a TERF-friendly channel.
Now, go follow Riley Black on Twitter
and be sure to buy all her books!
But back to the main point:
the dinosaurs' ability to change sex
from male to female in
a single-sex environment
is hardly the hetero-patriarchal ideal,
and what's more: I don't
think the association
is as negative as Bellin
would have us think.
I know this is kind of an insipid example,
but when I first heard about
the existence of trans people
at like the age of six or whatever,
I literally said to myself "Oh!
"Like Jurassic Park?"
It wasn't a thorough
understanding, to be sure.
Like, I'm not arguing
that a pack of voracious,

English: 
like i'm not arguing that a pack of
voracious mutant raptors is the best way
to represent the trans community but it
wasn't a negative association
either do you want to talk about how
nedri's death is emblematic of something
how about the fact that no dinosaur is
more aggressively misgendered than the
poor dilophosaurus
all right nice boy nice boy
nicer oh thought you were one of your
big brothers you're not so bad
billion argues that the sex-changing
raptors still reinforce the film's
patriarchal ideology
because it's pushing the idea that the
natural way of things is for men to
inevitably rise to the top
mother nature ensures the survival of
father family but belen also spends a
lot of time arguing that the dinosaurs
represent strictly maternal forces
so which is it do the dinosaurs
represent feminine chaos or paternal
sovereignty they can't be both
ultimately by the end of the film the
dinosaur's freedom isn't something to
negate or destroy anyway
it's just something to adjust to guess
we'll just have to evolve too
when grant learns that the dinosaurs are
not only breeding but spontaneously

English: 
mutant raptors is the best way
to represent the trans community,
but it wasn't a negative
association, either.
You wanna talk about how Nedry's death
is emblematic of something?
How 'bout the fact that no
dinosaur is more aggressively
misgendered than the poor Dilophosaurus.
- Whoa, nice boy.
Nice boy!
(dinosaur coos)
I thought you were one
of your big brothers.
You're not so bad!
- Bellin argues that
the sex-changing raptors
still reinforce the film's
patriarchal ideology,
because it's pushing the
idea that the "natural" way
of things is for men to
inevitably rise to the top.
"Mother Nature ensures the
survival of Father Family."
But Bellin also spends
a lot of time arguing
that the dinosaurs represent
strictly maternal forces.
So which is it?
Do the dinosaurs represent feminine chaos,
or paternal sovereignty?
They can't be both!
Ultimately, by the end of the
film, the dinosaurs' freedom
isn't something to
negate or destroy anyway.
It's just something to adjust to.
- Guess we'll just have to evolve, too.
- [Serge] When Grant
learns that the dinosaurs
are not only breeding, but
"spontaneously changing sex"

English: 
changing sex in order to do it it's not
presented as something that either he or
the audience are meant to balk at
we're in awe
life found a way this film can't only be
read as a story about reasserting
patriarchy it's also
maybe even more so about achieving a new
equilibrium through the eradication of
traditional gender roles
and the fluidity of sex and gender
itself or at least
that's the interpretation that makes the
most sense to me part six
okay but seriously is jurassic park
sexist or not
velen does well to point out that the
dominant political narrative at the time
of the film's release was that
traditional heteropatriarchal family
values were under attack you tell the
opposition
we stand for family values and there's
no reason to think that political
narrative had no effect on the film i
would argue that the preoccupation of
the jurassic park series with
father-headed families that are
threatened by
indeed that come into existence through
their battles with maternal forces
places these films squarely in the

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in order to do it, it's
not presented as something
that either he or the
audience are meant to balk at.
We're in awe.
(dramatic orchestral music)
- Life found a way!
- This film can't only be read
as a story about reasserting patriarchy.
It's also, maybe even more so,
about achieving a new equilibrium
through the eradication of
traditional gender roles
and the fluidity of sex and gender itself,
or at least, that's the interpretation
that makes the most sense to me.
Part Six: Okay, But Seriously,
Is Jurassic Park Sexist or Not?
Bellin does well to point out
that the dominant political
narrative at the time
of the film's release was that traditional
hetero-patriarchal "family
values" were under attack.
- So you tell the opposition,
we stand for family values.
- And there's no reason to think
that political narrative
had no effect on the film.
"I would argue that the preoccupation
"of the Jurassic Park series
with father-headed families
"that are threatened by,
indeed, that come into existence
"through their battles
with maternal forces,
"places these films squarely

English: 
dominant family values camp
the fact that family values discourse or
at least its torchbearers
lost in 1992 suggests the possibility of
reading jurassic park
is part of a program to defend a
putatively threatened
ideological consensus the
intensification of family values
discourse under perceived conditions of
attack
and i mean sure i'll concede that
jurassic park
is definitely either a program to defend
the putatively threatened
ideological consensus of family values
discourse
or a pointed rejection of same
definitely one or the other so now the
question is
are there any clues in the film itself
to suggest that it's a rejection of
conservative family values ideology
i believe that there are and what's more
i think bellen's the one who points them
out for us
belen ends with an analysis of the
film's conclusion the reclamation of
patriarchy at the close of jurassic park
is considerably less than convincing
in its chaotic final act from the
raptors hunt to the reappearance of the

English: 
"in the dominant family values camp.
"The fact that family values discourse,
"or at least its
torchbearers, lost in 1992
"suggests the possibility
of reading Jurassic Park
"as part of a program to
defend a putatively threatened
"ideological consensus, the
intensification of family values
"discourse under perceived
conditions of attack."
And I mean, sure, I'll
concede that Jurassic Park
is definitely either a "program to defend"
the "putatively threatened
ideological consensus"
of "family values discourse,"
or a pointed rejection of same.
Definitely one or the other!
So now the question
is, are there any clues
in the film itself to
suggest that it's a rejection
of conservative family values ideology?
I believe that there are, and what's more,
I think Bellin's the one
who points them out for us!
Bellin ends with an analysis
of the film's conclusion:
"The reclamation of patriarchy
at the close of Jurassic Park
"is considerably less than convincing.
"In its chaotic final act,
from the raptors' hunt
"to the reappearance of the tyrannosaur,

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"the film makes a merry
hash of its own values,
"in large part by aping them mercilessly:
"Lex, briefly empowered
within the kitchen,
"fights off the monsters,
her weapons of choice,
"a soup ladle and a dumbwaiter.
"Grant and Sattler, ineffectively
barring the front door
"against a leering intruder,
"are upstaged by a preteen
playing video games.
"And finally, just before
the family group's escape
"from the island, the
patriarch's protective shield
"is spitefully exposed as tissue-thin.
"As the raptors in the
rotunda coil for the kill,
"Grant stations himself
in front of Sattler
"and the children, a
position that, at best,
"prepares him as a sacrificial lamb,
"only to be rescued by, of all things,
"a single woman in the shape
of the cruising tyrannosaur.
"The family system is not secured.
"The domestic scene
that concludes the film
"cannot veil the fact that
loose women remain on the prowl,
"their matriarchal ability to shake
"the controls of
patriarchy, hatching sequels
"to try the marrow and
sinews of fresh fathers."
So, yeah, Bellin's definitely
either highlighting
Jurassic Park's inability to prove

English: 
tyrannosaur the film makes a merry hash
of its own values in large part by aping
them mercilessly
lex briefly empowered within the kitchen
fights off the monsters her weapons of
choice a soup ladle and a dumb waiter
grant and sattler
ineffectively barring the front door
against a leering intruder are upstaged
by a pre-teen playing video games
and finally just before the family
groups escape from the island the
patriarch's protective shield is
spitefully exposed as tissue thin
as the raptors in the rotunda coil for
the kill grant stations himself in front
of sattler and the children a position
that at best prepares him as a
sacrificial lamb only to be rescued by
of all things
a single woman in the shape of a
cruising tyrannosaur
the family system is not secured the
domestic scene that concludes the film
cannot veil the fact that loose women
remain on the prowl their matriarchal
ability to shake the controls of
patriarchy hatching sequels to try the
marrow and sinews of fresh fathers
so yeah belen's definitely either
highlighting jurassic park's inability

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its own regressive themes, or, or,
these aren't the film's
actual themes at all!
We're kinda straying outside the realm
of formal film criticism with
all these value-judgments
all of a sudden, but I don't care.
I love this movie, and
I'm here to defend it
in my own small, little way.
Close readings have
their uses, to be sure,
but they're never supposed
to supplant the big picture.
And if Tumblr's taught me anything,
it's that Queen Rex is
one of the most celebrated
non-binary, gender-fluid
icons in all of movie history!
(T. rex roars)
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to prove its own regressive themes
or or these aren't the film's actual
themes at all
we're kind of straying outside the realm
of formal film criticism with all these
value judgments all of a sudden but i
don't care i love this movie and i'm
here to defend it my own small little
way
close readings have their uses to be
sure but they're never supposed to
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to the right can you guess what this one
is
it's jurassic park yeah
more purple than i would have expected
see this green strip here
that's the gallimimus stampede and see
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huh i guess the second quarter of the
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others are just hilarious to me because
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"and ends with the last
strip to the right."
Can you guess what this one is?
It's Jurassic Park, yeah!
More purple than I would've expected.
See this green strip here?
That's the Gallimimus stampede.
And see this light-blue?
Pretty sure that's when
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Others are just hilarious to me
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The other thing I like
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