Natasa offered some more examples of elegant and symmetrical situations in the plot arc...
My favourite runs from Space Fall -
Jenna: He [Avon] fixes the log, the crew dump us [out of the airlock], pocket the profit, and set him free. Vila: That's immoral. The cold-hearted murdering -- let's kill him now before he can do it.
- to Orbit.
Stephen wrote:
Science is equated with the will to dominate/ destroy. There isn't an explicit statement that this is a masculine thing, but the scientists, entrepeneurs and investors in Jurassic Park are all men which may not be a coincidence.
I never saw the film, but a friend who did reported that the dinosaurs were inspiring female role models. I think she cited something about combining strength with devotion to their children.
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