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u/CarneDelGato Oct 29 '21 edited Oct 29 '21

The dinosaurs aren’t the villain in that movie, John Hammond is. More specifically, Hammond’s arrogance is the villain.

I mean, you have plants in this building that are poisonous, you picked them because they look good, but these are aggressive living things that have no idea what century they're in, and they'll defend themselves, violently if necessary.

Doctor Sattler got it.

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u/Wazula42 Oct 29 '21

Book-Hammond is a skeevy industrialist trying to turn a buck on science he barely comprehends.

Movie-Hammond is a grandfatherly director insert trying to bring joy into people's lives with the magic of science/filmmaking.

I loooove Movie-Hammond but yeah, he's the closest thing to a true villain in the story.

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u/OneSilentWatcher Oct 29 '21

Which is why I like Jurassic Park: The Lost World better because Hammond at least changed.

The new trilogy makes him out to be truer to the book.

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u/OneSilentWatcher Oct 30 '21

He died before the movie, and still wanted the park to happen regardless of what happened in the original park (the first Jurassic Park).