⟳ Репост от Nic Rawlence
While my dreams of becoming a paleontologist were thwarted by divorce, grief, and economic turmoil, I don't regret having Sam Neill's Alan Grant as my first role model. Before his portrayal, Hollywood paleontologists were often comic relief or close to mad scientists. He showed the right way.
Nic RawlenceSam Neill's iconic role as Dr Alan Grant in #JurassicPark has been a huge inspiration to generations of children & palaeontologists (incl. myself), so Michael Mills (@heapsgood.bsky.social) & I decided we should write a tribute to the dinosaur man theconversation.com/how-sam-neil... 1/2 🧵