So to continue my past post arguing that Nedry is actually awesome I'd like to add that after watching the movie again I have more evidence to suggest Dr. Alan Grant is the one who fucked shit up the most. He hates kids because he is himself a child; impulsive, selfish, ignorant.
We all know that the ride vehicles continue to move as Grant and Ellie jump out of them. I'd assumed this was why they eventually got turned around, everyone jumped out and the vehicles continued on and the control room has the vehicles turn around at a nearby loop to go back and pick them up. Turning around seems to have been what cursed them to stop in the T-Rex paddock, right?
Well on closer look we eventually see that the vehicles came to a full stop.
Personally I think this was a screwup on the film crew as the vehicles would be further away from where Grant first jumped out but whatever. So the vehicles didn't journey on unattended for a few minutes requiring a turnaround. Heres my alternative theory. We see the control room is fully staffed at the time they exit the vehicles:
But we know that this was right around "quitting time" and most of the staff was about to leave. I suspect that Grant and everyone spent way more time with the Trike than most of the audience would assume, maybe close to an hour or so. This would explain why in a few scenes later the control room is empty. Most of the staff left while the group was hanging with the Trike. The vet at the Trike said he was about to leave the Island so maybe he was the straggler while the command center staff had already departed.
We know the island isn't that big. The drive to the heliport seems to be quick. The main dock is down south that way and we can assume the staff uses a shuttle bus. Nedry's guy is actually at the east dock so we can assume maybe that boat is a cargo vessel or not suppose to be there (and Nedry is concealing the live feed from everyone else.)
My guess is that the Trike paddock is right next to the TRex paddock, meaning they were about halfway through the tour loop. With the bulk of the staff leaving or gone already and a major storm approaching and the guests standing in a dino paddock with a sick Trike I suspect they decided to turn the vehicles around and come back the way they came.
(Location of vehicles when they shutdown)
Logic suggests this was the quicker option; maybe the map isn't to scale and the remainder of the loop is longer, goes uphill, goes into an area that'd be more exposed to the storm, or maybe they were concerned Grant would try and jump out again and pet another dino along the way.
Anyways, we must assume the vehicles are turned around because of Grant jumping out at the halfway point and because of the approaching storm. Grants impulsive decision caused the delay that got them all trapped in the Red paddock. Had he not jumped out they'd have continued on and likely have been in a much safer area or even back at the command center when the storm hit.
Hence, Grant is the villain of Jurassic Park and got tons of people killed.
I recently watched Rebirth and rather than comment on that pile I'd rather encourage everyone to rewatch the original again to nitpick the pointless details like I've been doing here. Its clear JP had lots of talent working behind the scenes, none of the sequels have come close and don't deserve this level of sperging.
