i decided to reread the jurassic park novel AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A FUCKIN LITTLE RAT JOHN HAMMOND IS
spare no expense my ass mf
(reminder that we’re not talking about the film, we’re talking about where this all began. and i have different views on both versions of hammond. i don’t particularly mind hammond in the movie though he was still at fault for quite a lot that happened. although he had a difference about him compared to the darkness of john hammond in the original novel.)
1. this man does not give a shit about the animals. no. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK ONLINE SOME WEBSITE OUT THERE ALWAYS DESCRIBES HIM AS “the greedy businessman” like yeah bro knew he was bound to earn that cash after you made the first official park for fucking dinosaurs (bad idea duh) but man.. what a cheapskate.. if you had the money to make the park look “presentable” you’d think he would pay his workers their fair amount. well.
2. WAS BLACKMAILING NEDRY REALLY THAT NECESSARY?? the man had set up national telephone lines, was quick with what he did, made a name for himself with how good he was, and hammond practically took the piss out of him.
dodgson was his last option in that situation, and yes even though it wasn’t the best of schemes, nedry went ahead with it.
hammond literally sees nedry as this fat slob but in reality, nedry had extreme potential with his job. the majority of hammond’s workers were payed utter peanuts. but seeing as nedry was the one in charge of creating the park’s systems, hell.. he really should have had his fair share.
and again, he was in CONTROL of designing security systems for the first park that contained living, breathing dinosaurs..
THAT’S A BIG DEAL.
but because he knew the lack of effort that was put into giving him his reward for literally doing what he was agreed to be paid for, there was no point in giving a shit anymore. he became sloppy for a reason.
hammond threatened to take this man to court if he didn’t get what he wanted 💀
and at the end of the day, nedry got his karma. but damn even that was brutal for someone such as nedry. to say he deserved that would be incredibly cruel.
but again, michael crichton’s novel showed no mercy for certain characters, which was actually a good touch to the storyline.
i don’t even think the intention for anyone to die when nedry continued out his plan was there? then again you let the dinos run loose.. what did you expect.. and of course he ended up getting himself killed..
novel nedry wasn’t the typical, greedy fat bastard everyone made him out to be. there WAS in fact a reason behind his actions. but if he were a handsome skinny man, the audience would be rooting for him, wouldn’t they? then they’d actually feel sorry. which is a bit shitty.
those like muldoon, arnold and the rest of them probably thought the same about nedry. but that’s because perhaps they unfortunately did not know the actual behaviour that went on between john hammond, ingen, and dennis nedry.
3. hammond in the novel had no filter like this man was cocky asf in front of anyone and everyone. whereas in the movie, you only saw hammond act unfairly to some behind closed doors.
BUT, the man went weeee rolling down the hill like a fucking easter egg, so as muldoon said and although this wasn’t about hammond..
“maybe there’s justice in the world after all.”
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Here’s what gets me about Dennis Nedry. In a deleted scene from the Lost World, all the deaths from the first movie are mentioned in the form of lawsuits against InGen. All except Nedry. That says nobody even knew, nor cared, that he was killed. It was likely assumed that he used the money from Dodgson to go start a new life with a new name. Yikes.
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hi Milo, please hit me with some of your FAVE nedry headcanons!
First off, I have immediately adopted "🌹babygirl🥀" as what Ned has Henry saved under in his phone.
Henry happens to call while Ned's hanging out with Nancy, Bess, and George and that's how they all find out.
Second, I think about what music they would introduce each other to. Like, Henry tries to ease Ned into goth and goth-adjacent music with The Cure. Ned gravitates towards pop Cure like Wish/The Head on the Door and not The Trilogy Cure (Pornography/Disintegration/Bloodflowers). Except for, of course, Love Song and Pictures of You.
Ned listens to The Postal Service and he 100% sings "Such Great Heights" to Henry at least once.
Also this post from naancypants is gold and I've also adopted this.
In the spirit of that post, this exact exchange happens multiple times:
Ned:
Henry:
Their reference points for jazz is are different. Henry grew up with New Orleans jazz standards while Ned gravitates towards big band and swing jazz.
One last thing - Ned is a cable knit sweater guy. This has nothing to do with Henry the nedry ship; I just think of Ned as a cable knit sweater guy and I need more headcanons that aren't music.
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A holographic steed — can you see it? A synthetic gallop — do you feel it? He is overflowing and stubborn. Runaway, he has no tamer.
Un destriero olografico — riesci a vederlo? Un galoppo sintetico — lo senti? E' straripante e testardo. Imbizzarrito, non ha domatore.
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nedry: “anybody want a- a soda or something?”
ray: “you know what, yeah. get me a coke. i need something sweet.”
robert muldoon: “yeah why not then. i’ll take some peanuts please dennis. cheers.”
hammond: “that’s what i’m talking about, dennis!! working well with others. you know what, after our guests leave, i will promote you and renegotiate your contract. you will hire the people you need, and hell, i’ll give you a bonus! i know you’ve worked hard, so come back quickly.”
nedry: “uh, thanks?”
*credits roll*
YOU HAVE UNLOCKED: THE GOOD ENDING
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So I’m reading Jurassic Park for the first time and … the movie was perfectly casted oh my god. I can’t help but picture them all when I read because when I tell you they captured the energy so well, I mean it.
Also something about Alan and Ellie meeting Ian and “we’re a trio now. Besties forever” the second they meet is iconic. The squad ever actually.
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