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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years 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

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