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Patrick Murphy holds an AS in environmental science from Manchester Community College, and works as an interpretive guide at Dinosaur State Park in Connecticut. In addition he's written and illustrated two children's books about dinosaurs. His biggest passion in life is prehistoric life, and the human fascination with it.

Television

Prehistoric Planet Review

July 25, 2022 By Patrick Murphy Leave a Comment

Almost a century ago, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle showed The Lost World (1925), a film filled with prehistoric creatures, to a meeting of the Society of American Magicians, and impishly refused to disclose the origin of the film. Willis H. O’Brien’s stop-motion dinosaurs were impressive enough to convince at least some of the audience that […]

Op-Ed

The Jungle Book Succeeds Where Jurassic World Fails

April 27, 2016 By Patrick Murphy 17 Comments

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Dinosaurs are by far the largest and most spectacular creatures ever to walk this earth. Consider the magnificent Brontosaurus; up to 90 feet and 35 tons worth of saurian majesty. Elongated neck on one side, whip like tail on the other, legs like pillars of an ancient temple in between. As for the color of […]

Movie Review

Walking With Dinosaurs 3D

January 12, 2014 By Patrick Murphy Leave a Comment

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I can sum up my thoughts on Walking With Dinosaurs 3D in just two words. If you know anything about the history of this production, you probably know what they are: Shut. Up. Walking With Dinosaurs, named after the television miniseries released by the BBC in 1999, departs from the naturalistic, documentary-style presentation of its […]

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