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Hard agree - it's fun to go back as an adult! On rewatch I kind of took Hammond to be either so swept up in the romance of his dinosaur-revival that he didn't n

Hard agree - it's fun to go back as an adult! On rewatch I kind of took Hammond to be either so swept up in the romance of his dinosaur-revival that he didn't notice the glaring safety risks in the nuts and bolts of the operation, or possibly that he just lacked respect for/interest for those fields. He seemed to dote on the science and the 'fun' parts of the experience (dinosaurs, ice cream and safari aesthetics), while the logistics of it all was probably more like an annoying chore. He certainly did spare some expense on security and the IT. Everyone in the main cast probably were inclined to give Hammond a lot of benefit of the doubt on the disaster because one, he'd just wowed them with the scientific miracle of living dinosaurs, and two, he's promising loads of funding for their work in the future.

ModernMech 3y ago
> Everyone in the main cast probably were inclined to give Hammond a lot of benefit of the doubt on the disaster What do you mean? They were telling him the obvious problem with the park before the dino tour started ("the only one who agrees with me is the blood sucking lawyer!"). As soon as the TRex gets out Malcom says he hates be right all the time. Then after the raptor encounter at the visitor center, the first time they see him Grant tells Hammond he's not endorsing the park, and Hammond agrees that's the right call.
- kombookcha 3y ago
  Well, I don't mean to imply that they're ignoring problems, but I think they're being very charitable about Hammond's part in the shitshow. Even before everything goes sideways, it's clear that the animals aren't really thriving in this 'new' environment yet, as we see with the sick triceratops. Evidently they're having to artificially juice the animals up with medical cocktails to keep them spry. From the opening the audience knows there's already been maulings of workers at the park, which Hammond doesn't bring up when asking for expert assessment of the park. Even before the storm comes in, he's basically Tiger King, except he's riding in on a wave of dino-glamour and wealth. Once the T-Rex busts out and people get eaten the gloves come off sure, but they could still have gone a lot harder on Hammond's personal responsibility IMO - he's been extremely reckless about both the process of bringing back dinosaurs, and the execution of putting them on show.

ModernMech 3y ago

> Everyone in the main cast probably were inclined to give Hammond a lot of benefit of the doubt on the disaster What do you mean? They were telling him the obvious problem with the park before the dino tour started ("the only one who agrees with me is the blood sucking lawyer!"). As soon as the TRex gets out Malcom says he hates be right all the time. Then after the raptor encounter at the visitor center, the first time they see him Grant tells Hammond he's not endorsing the park, and Hammond agrees that's the right call.

kombookcha 3y ago
Well, I don't mean to imply that they're ignoring problems, but I think they're being very charitable about Hammond's part in the shitshow. Even before everything goes sideways, it's clear that the animals aren't really thriving in this 'new' environment yet, as we see with the sick triceratops. Evidently they're having to artificially juice the animals up with medical cocktails to keep them spry. From the opening the audience knows there's already been maulings of workers at the park, which Hammond doesn't bring up when asking for expert assessment of the park. Even before the storm comes in, he's basically Tiger King, except he's riding in on a wave of dino-glamour and wealth. Once the T-Rex busts out and people get eaten the gloves come off sure, but they could still have gone a lot harder on Hammond's personal responsibility IMO - he's been extremely reckless about both the process of bringing back dinosaurs, and the execution of putting them on show.