InGeneral | The Jurassic Outpost Podcast
Jul 21, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min · 17 segments
Sam Neill was an inimitable actor known for his vast range in performances across film & television. He’ll be remembered forever not only as Dr. Alan Grant, but a kind & strong human who left an…
And that's a good way to start.
You know, we're, we're recording on the 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park three, which is which is perfect.
But we're coming together.
I'm still having a hard time believing that.
I'm still wrapping my mind around it.
It's hit us all really hard to lose the dinosaur man, to lose an actor who just fantastically portrayed a character who really represents Jurassic Park, represents what Jurassic Park is.
Um, and one of my favorite parts about these last few days, as I was saying, is seeing the Jurassic community come together to celebrate him and memorialize him and, you know, recommend all of his great work.
Um, and also, you know, seeing the entirety of, you know, not just the Jurassic community, just it, it, That day and since then, tributes to Sam Neill have just been everywhere.
And so it's clear the massive impact he had on the world, on the film community, on the, I mean, the wildlife community, the, like, preserving the world community and... just everybody.
He touched so many people.
And so this last week has been difficult, but I'm glad that we can come together and do this and just remember him, remember what he means to us.
Because it's just, he's, none of us knew him personally, but it felt like we really did.
And I think someone called him our Jurassic dad, our paleontologist dad.
because there's also been commentary about him this week about how a lot of times he played these characters who didn't like kids or was annoyed with kids, and yet on screen he reflected what he was in real life, which was a great family man, a great dad to his kids.
And I think that impressed upon us watching him in Jurassic Park.
And honestly, in Jurassic Park 3 as well, he just gets on with Eric immediately and they relate about their dislike of Ian Malcolm.
So like I said, I'm really glad that we're doing this, that we can gather like this and talk about him.
So Samantha, you want to go first since you're in the red ascot?
um yeah no i mean um kind of similar feelings to everything that you were saying like it's it was definitely like unexpected um i think it was kind of a sigh of relief when we heard back in april that he was officially cancer free um obviously you know our favorite actors and stuff this will eventually happen sadly but um Yeah, it just feels like in this year, so much bad shit is happening.
And I just remember you were talking about the Jurassic community coming together.
And I feel like, I don't know, I must have felt a shift in the universe or something because I woke up shortly after that news broke and um you know and I'm on the west coast of the United States so it was the middle of the night um and I looked at my phone and it was a group chat I had with you Caleb that was like the news and I'm like oh no no no no no um Yeah, and I don't know.
It's just, it's a weird thing, because like you said, he is a celebrity.
And that's a good way to start.
You know, we're, we're recording on the 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park three, which is which is perfect.
But we're coming together.
I'm still having a hard time believing that.
I'm still wrapping my mind around it.
It's hit us all really hard to lose the dinosaur man, to lose an actor who just fantastically portrayed a character who really represents Jurassic Park, represents what Jurassic Park is.
Um, and one of my favorite parts about these last few days, as I was saying, is seeing the Jurassic community come together to celebrate him and memorialize him and, you know, recommend all of his great work.
Um, and also, you know, seeing the entirety of, you know, not just the Jurassic community, just it, it, That day and since then, tributes to Sam Neill have just been everywhere.
And so it's clear the massive impact he had on the world, on the film community, on the, I mean, the wildlife community, the, like, preserving the world community and... just everybody.
He touched so many people.
And so this last week has been difficult, but I'm glad that we can come together and do this and just remember him, remember what he means to us.
Because it's just, he's, none of us knew him personally, but it felt like we really did.
And I think someone called him our Jurassic dad, our paleontologist dad.
because there's also been commentary about him this week about how a lot of times he played these characters who didn't like kids or was annoyed with kids, and yet on screen he reflected what he was in real life, which was a great family man, a great dad to his kids.
And I think that impressed upon us watching him in Jurassic Park.
And honestly, in Jurassic Park 3 as well, he just gets on with Eric immediately and they relate about their dislike of Ian Malcolm.
So like I said, I'm really glad that we're doing this, that we can gather like this and talk about him.
So Samantha, you want to go first since you're in the red ascot?
um yeah no i mean um kind of similar feelings to everything that you were saying like it's it was definitely like unexpected um i think it was kind of a sigh of relief when we heard back in april that he was officially cancer free um obviously you know our favorite actors and stuff this will eventually happen sadly but um Yeah, it just feels like in this year, so much bad shit is happening.
And I just remember you were talking about the Jurassic community coming together.
And I feel like, I don't know, I must have felt a shift in the universe or something because I woke up shortly after that news broke and um you know and I'm on the west coast of the United States so it was the middle of the night um and I looked at my phone and it was a group chat I had with you Caleb that was like the news and I'm like oh no no no no no um Yeah, and I don't know.
It's just, it's a weird thing, because like you said, he is a celebrity.
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