Simon and Jim return to Isla Nublar one last time before its destruction to discuss JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM and the lofty ambitions of a film that doesn't quite work. They discuss how the film approaches ecological management issues in the Anthropocene and humans' relationship with non-humans, the characters' inconsistent approach to conservationism, the film's Gothic horror / B-movie influences in a second half which feels like a separate film grafted on to the first half, and how this film is attempting to be the THE LAST JEDI of the Jurassic Park franchise.

Apologies for the choppy audio: Simon had a problem with his recording and pieced his audio back together from backup.

Content warnings: death and mutilation, animal abuse and speciesism, climate change and ecological destruction.

Our theme song is Jurassic Park Remix by Gabriel Filósofo available on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gfilosofo/jurassic-park-remix

Full references for this episode available in Zotero at https://www.zotero.org/groups/5642177/take_one/collections/4VGAP65H