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[–] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You couldn’t make Jaws today because the ubiquity of cheap drones means the shark would be tracked continuously until it left Amity Island.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have to disagree. The shark spends the vast majority of its time underwater, not within viewing distance. And they didn't tag it with any tracker.

Could they tag it with a tracker these days? Absolutely. But none of the individuals on board the Orca would likely have been funded for that, even including Hooper. He was a rich boy, but how rich could he have been if he's hiring Quint instead of a proper crew on a research vessel?

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 months ago

He was a rich boy, but how rich could he have been if he's hiring Quint instead of a proper crew on a research vessel?

That feels very “those billionaires wouldn’t have realistically gone down on that titan submersible” to me

[–] ReCursing@lemmings.world 2 points 2 months ago

Half of The Meg 2 is basically Jaws, but with Jason Statham Jason Stathaming the sharks