Neil wrote:
I wouldn't be so sure of asserting that its irrational animosity is all that unconscious. I haven't read Crichton's original novel (Eaters of the Dead), but I gather he and director John 'Die Hard' McTiernan had a major bust-up during filming and McTiernan won. The only Crichton novel I've read was Jurassic Park, and that contained several sharp digs at the kind of attitude embodied in 13W.
Yes, I had quite a different impression while watching Jurassic Park (I haven't read the book). There is, for instance, the curious fact that practically everybody ends up with a leg injury - starting with the grandad who uses a walking stick from the start. What does it suggest, the warning that the society is moving in a wrong direction? Is it the same in the novel?
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