I’ll level with you all – this article was originally a piece I had written some weeks ago at this point, exploring how Derrick Davis had reworked and remastered his original Jurassic Time project to release a final definitive edition. Whilst I had sunk some time into this article, it felt like a dis-service to Derrick and our communities to only highlight the rework of Hammond’s Memoirs.
In truth, Jurassic Time has become much more than just the tale of Hammond’s Memoirs – and in this article I hope we can highlight that a little, and encourage you to go and check out this fantastic fan project.
From Jurassic Time’s Facebook. Click through to view.
To first provide context – Jurassic Time is a project which Derrick has worked on for many years. The project aimed to collect some of the lost dialogue that Richard Attenborough recorded for a cancelled Jurassic Park game – enabling the community to still enjoy his performances and explore more of the early days of the Nublar and Sorna parks. Derrick set out to preserve these recordings for the community, and so he created a compelling and engaging audio production which incorporated music and sound effects into its overall composition – creating a compelling piece which helps to ground fans in an experience which is truly classic Jurassic.
You can check out the full playlist of these beautiful audio pieces by clicking here.
Derrick hasn’t stopped there, however, as he has begun to explore new projects which dive deeper into the rich production history of this franchise – providing us with some fantastic content which really helps us to go behind-the-scenes of this iconic franchise. Of particular note are his Jurassic Park: The Ride recordings, which immortalise some of the original advertisements and also some of the original queue videos recorded for the ride’s debut. This is a fun way of experiencing the immersive themeing which was put into the original ride – helping us all to relive what is undoubtedly an innovative piece of theme park history.
From Jurassic Time’s Facebook. Click through to view.
More recently, the channel has begun to explore some of the older scripts which existed for Jurassic Park – including the original script which Michael Crichton wrote for the film before David Koepp came in and produced the final script which was used on-screen. This provides a tantalising taste of what a truly Crichton-esque movie would have been, and also explores some interesting disparities from what we see on screen.
Derrick has also just hinted at a new series exploring Rick Carter’s Jurassic Park script through the use of a fantastic team of Community Members who have recreated the original script as a wonderful audio drama. Watch the trailer below.
It is clear that Derrick has a lot of passion for the history of this franchise – and we are incredibly excited to see him revisiting key parts of this franchise’s history and re-imagining them for our modern audiences. It is safe to say a lot of work goes into these projects, but it is worth it as they provide us with arguably our best taste of classic Jurassic Park.
What do you think? Are you a fan of Jurassic Time’s projects? Let us know in the comments, and make sure to follow Jurassic Time on YouTube for all of their latest content.
Written by:
Tom Fishenden