In the Jurassic Park movie, John Hammond is a kindly old man with a dream, who wants to spread the joy and wonder of Dinosaurs to people all over the world. In the book he's a cynical capitalist who puts profit above all else and completely disregards the wellbeing of his workers, cutting costs by neglecting safety which leads to the deaths of several Jurassic Park employees even before the Dinosaurs escape, and arrogantly ignores Muldoon's warnings that the park needs heavy weaponry to deal with potential containment breeches. He massively overworks and underpays Dennis Nedry, despite the fact that Nedry is almost single handedly responsible for running the parks entire computer system. Nedry eventually betrays the park and sets the whole catastrophe in motion party due to how badly he's been treated. Hammond barely cares about his grandchildren, and shows very little concern for their safety when they are stranded in the park when the animals escape. Hammond meets a grizzly and well deserved demise at the jaws of the Compy's, with no one else to blame but his own greed and arrogance that has led him to his karmic fate. The changing of Hammonds character is emblematic of the wider changes to the story. Spielberg turned Jurassic Park from a cold and cruel story about hubris and greed into an inspiring family thriller.
>>223179646I like Michael Crichton books but a surprising amount of his characters are assholes or just annoying.
>>223179646the movie is also very obviously a story about greed and hubris, even if it isn't so heavy handed
>>223179646Spielberg wanted to make it more about the wonder and awe aspect of seeing dinosaurs come to life rather than a cautionary tale of man’s hubris. Studio probably wanted to market it to kids more as well to make more profit
A story about a wonderful dream coming true only to turn into tragedy is far more interesting than the 1000th retelling of "man get greedy, man die"
