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The Summer of Spielberg continues as Laci and Matt were able to buckle their seatbelts in time for their helicopter to land on Isla Nublar, where they meet up with AJ & Kristie from the In Love With Horror podcast to talk about Jurassic Park (1993). The four team up for a rollicking podcast so good it’ll have you shouting “Hello John!” at total strangers.
 
First of all, this famous action/horror/sci-fi/disaster epic has like 50 incredible lines of dialogue! So we just spend some time saying these lines at each other. But eventually we get into it, talking about the history of Michael Crichton’s novel and its adaptation by Steven Spielberg. Then we take a close look at the movie, wondering just how bad of a boss John Hammond must be and what exactly is the nature of his relationship with Ian Malcolm.
 
Also, apparently John Hammond was originally intended to sing a song explaining how Jurassic Park works? Instead they did the Mr. DNA thing, but we would love to hear that song. Who knows... maybe we will.
 
Please check out the great In Love With Horror podcast on Apple Podcast (https://apple.co/4b80RX2), Spotify (https://bit.ly/3KYfbXe), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/4btwtqp), and support them on Patreon (https://bit.ly/3VV0jzy). 
 
Watch this episode in full: https://youtu.be/o2RueFt2rC8
 
Next week: Minority Report (2002)!
 
Time stamps:
0:01:29 — In Love With Horror
00:07:41 — Our histories with Jurassic Park
00:28:05 — History segment: Career overview of Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton; overview of Spielberg’s career since 1982; and a brief overview of the production of the movie
00:46:16 — In-depth movie discussion
01:11:14 — John Hammond's deleted musical number
01:52:35 — Final thoughts and star ratings
 
Artwork by Laci Roth.
 
Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).
 
Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:
“Summer of Spielberg” - https://youtu.be/yglAqqLEaoI 
“Winston-Salem” - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM  
“Snake Drama” - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg
“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ
 
“Summer of Spielberg” theme song credits:
Words and music written by Matt Stokes
Performed by Wade Hymel (drums/guitar), Laci Roth (vocals), and Matt Stokes (vocals/guitar/bass)
Produced by TJ Barends, Wade Hymel, and Matt Stokes
Engineered and mixed by TJ Barends at Bare Sounds Studio in Ponchatoula, Louisiana
 
Sources:
Steven Spielberg: A Biography by Joseph McBride - https://amzn.to/3xzYOx1
“'Jurassic Park' screenwriter David Koepp reveals the origin of the film's most quoted line” - by Tom Butler | Yahoo! Entertainment (2019) - https://yhoo.it/3VySSwv

The Summer of Spielberg begins with Spielberg’s biggest hit, the classic 1982 alien/divorce family film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
 
Adjusted for inflation, this is the fourth-highest-grossing movie of all time. Beloved by generations, it is a lot of fun, yes… but it’s also some dark, dark shit. Laci explains why it’s always been so difficult for her to watch, even though she knows how good a movie it is.
 
There is much gushing about puppets. There has maybe never been a better puppet in a movie. And there may have never been three better child actor performances than the brothers and sister in this movie.
 
Next week: Jurassic Park (1993) with our special guests, Kristie & AJ of the In Love With Horror podcast!

 
Watch this episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dFtaf-8wxjA
 
Time stamps:
00:03:35 — We have a new theme song!
00:05:57 — Our histories with E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
00:15:50 — Pre-movie predictions
00:32:28 — History segment: Development and production of E.T. (the character and the movie)
00:58:15 — In-depth movie discussion
01:42:27 — Final thoughts and star ratings
 
Artwork by Laci Roth.
 
Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).
 
Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:
“Summer of Spielberg” - https://youtu.be/yglAqqLEaoI
“Winston-Salem” - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM  
“Snake Drama” - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg 
“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ
 
“Summer of Spielberg” theme song credits:
Words and music written by Matt Stokes
Performed by Wade Hymel (drums/guitar), Laci Roth (vocals), and Matt Stokes (vocals/guitar/bass)
Produced by TJ Barends, Wade Hymel, and Matt Stokes
Engineered and mixed by TJ Barends at Bare Sounds Studio in Ponchatoula, Louisiana
 
Sources:
Spielberg: The First Ten Years by Laurent Bouzereau - https://bit.ly/4bVwS5T 
“Spielberg speaks! Jaws Blu-Ray in the works with no ’digital corrections!’ by Eric Vespe | Ain’t It Cool News, 2011 - https://bit.ly/3VF4MGq 
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special, 2002  - https://imdb.to/3KH1wnv

We're taking the week off as we prepare for the Summer of Spielberg, which starts next Friday (June 14) with an episode about E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. But to hold you over, we have this episode where Matt will take you through some of our favorite moments from our back catalogue.
Thank you for your support of Load Bearing Beams! The listenership has really grown in the past few months and we want to give new listeners a tour of where the podcast has been and where it's going.
Head over to our YouTube channel for bonus stuff that hasn't been on the podcast feed: https://www.youtube.com/@loadbearingbeamspod
Or follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@load.bearing.beams 
 
Time stamps:
02:41 — Clip from episode 56 (The Mummy Returns)
08:55 — Clip from episode 41 (Dude, Where's My Car?) 
19:24 — Clip from episode 20 (The Lost Boys) 
33:54 — Clip from episode 53 (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) 
42:00 — Clip from episode 37 (Little Nicky) 
45:21 — Clip from episode 61 (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) 
51:47 — Clip from episode 52 (Richie Rich) 

Hey folks, here's an audio recording from a TikTok livestream we held to discuss Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge (2001) as a companion to our Romeo + Juliet episode.
Thanks to everyone who attended the stream! You can follow us on TikTok and catch future livestreams at https://www.tiktok.com/@load.bearing.beams 
And we have plenty of good stuff in addition to our regular episodes on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@loadbearingbeamspod 
Reminder: No new episode this week. At least not a regular episode. We might have another bonus thing for you this Friday. 
The SUMMER OF SPIELBERG begins on Friday, June 14, with our episode about E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982). 

Love me, love me, fish tank you love me. Load Bearing Beams takes you to Verona Beach, America to talk about Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. The year is 1996, and two great business families are feuding in the streets, but that won’t stop our two child protagonists from falling in big-eyed love with each other and hastily getting married to please the Lord.
 
Laci, Matt, and their pal Screen Time Kota (@screentimekota on TikTok) have a lengthy discussion about this candle-heavy movie. It’s beloved by a generation of angsty teens, but does its choice to use Shakespeare’s actual dialogue work on screen? Is young Leonardo DiCaprio’s boyish performance an asset or a fatal miscasting? And how do we feel about all of this as adults who are significantly older than the little babies at the center of the movie? Also, will Laci ever be able to stop making fun of Matt’s English major ass?
 
Next week: We’re taking a week off to prepare for the SUMMER OF SPIELBERG, which begins on June 14 with an episode about E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
 
Watch this episode in full: https://youtu.be/hiiQoRwIBr8
 
Time stamps:
00:03:35 — Our histories with this movie and Shakespeare in general
00:14:41 — Pre-movie predictions
00:23:03 — History segment: Brief history of William Shakespeare, his play Romeo & Juliet, and career overviews of director Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
00:34:45 — In-depth movie discussion
01:20:44 — Final thoughts and star ratings
 
Artwork by Laci Roth.
 
Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).
 
Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:
“Winston-Salem” - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM 
“Snake Drama” - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg
“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ 
 
Sources:
“Leonardo and Juliet” by Alex Ross | Slate (1996) — https://bit.ly/4bFMZUQ
“Baz Luhrmann Talks ‘Elvis’ with Maureen Down” by Maureen Down | The New York Times (2022) — https://bit.ly/4e2PTEY
 

Matt, Laci, and their unnamed dog are on a quest for as much guzzoline as they can carry in this episode covering one of the all-time great action movies, George Miller’s Mad Max 2 (1981).
 
In this wonderfully weird film that we yanks tend to call The Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is enlisted against his will by a ragtag band of oil refinery folks in their war against the dread Lord Humungus. It’s kind of like Casablanca, but after the world ends. And Australian.
 
Mad Max is Matt’s favorite movie franchise, so listen up and he’ll tell you how this movie is actually politically poignant and emotionally devastating. A grand adventure indeed!
 
Matt made a six-minute video about how Babe: Pig in the City is George Miller’s most Mad Max movie: https://youtu.be/ah38veX7RSc


Watch this episode in full: https://youtu.be/fEIYAIczSJo
 
Next week: William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996) with special guest Screen Time Kota!
 
Time stamps:
00:01:50 — Our history with the Mad Max franchise
00:17:33 — Pre-movie predictions
00:22:46 — History segment: Brief overview of Australian cinema in the ‘70s and ‘80s; overview of director George Miller
00:46:14 — In-depth movie discussion
01:23:23 — Final thoughts and star ratings
 
Artwork by Laci Roth.
 
Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).
 
Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode: 
“Your Ambition” - https://youtu.be/ZHudVTCkrQY  
“Winston-Salem” - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM 
“Snake Drama” - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg
“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ 
 
Sources:
Not Quite Hollywood - 2009 documentary directed by Mark Hartley
“‘Mad Max’ has lived in George Miller’s head for 45 years. He’s not done dreaming yet” by Jake Coyle | The Associated Press, 2024 - https://bit.ly/3WOVj09
“Myths Shape a Movie from Australia” by Michael Specter | The New York Times, 1982 - https://bit.ly/3yubaqT