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[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've just realised - Hammond was such a cheapskate that even the seatbelts in the helicopters didn't work properly.

[–] chuymatt@startrek.website 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No. It was basically the paleontologist is a Luddite to the extent he did not realize he needed to find the other end, as he had another seats female end as well. He made two females work… which could be a reference to the rest of the movie.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I love this. To quote an expert: “Life, uh, finds a way.”

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

Sam Neill, the actor who did the scene, has been asked about the scene before and confirmed it is 100% unintentionally foreshadowing.

It was just supposed to confirm that Grant is in fact a Luddite who struggles with tech of all sorts.