Even outside of my fandom-driven love of the Jurassic Park universe, it’s hard not to acknowledge the epic Tyrannosaurus Rex ending as one of cinema’s most iconic moments. With Roberta the T-Rex wrecking shop and becoming a hero, director Steven Spielberg stuck a pretty huge landing on one of the best sci-fi movies.
But believe it or not, that pop culture watershed almost didn’t happen. Were it not for emerging technology and some internal feedback, the push to make a good movie into something truly great may never have happened. Fellow readers, my dear Jurassic enthusiasts, welcome to the story of how Jurassic Park's landmark ending was almost never realized.
