Peter Ludlow is the newly elected CEO of InGen, John Hammond's nephew, Tim and Lex Murphy's first cousin, and the main antagonist of the second film. He attained the position during an impromptu meeting with InGen's board of directors after an accident involving the Bowman's and a pack of compies (compsognathus) prompted them to...
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Peter Ludlow is the newly elected CEO of InGen, John Hammond's nephew, Tim and Lex Murphy's first cousin, and the main antagonist of the second film. He attained the position during an impromptu meeting with InGen's board of directors after an accident involving the Bowman's and a pack of compies (compsognathus) prompted them to unanimously oust Hammond with Ludlow as his replacement.Ludlow was responsible for assembling the InGen team to recover Isla Sorna's dinosaurs for display in San Diego. In the end, he only managed to bring back the male Tyrannosaurus Rex and its infant, with disastrous results. He met his demise when, while trying to recover the infant in the hold of an InGen cargo ship, he was confronted by its monstrous father, whom he'd thought dead after ordering it to be shot. The Rex bit onto Ludlow's leg, breaking it, but instead of eating Ludlow alive, the father T-Rex drops him alive to let the infant make its first kill of Ludlow.Ludlow's character could best be described as based upon the novel's Lewis Dodgson: ruthless, selfish, greedy, and rather condescending to those who worked for him or that he disliked. As a result he was not very well respected by the members of his team as demonstrated when they chose to follow Roland Tembo, or Nick Van Owen but essentially ignoring Ludlow. He was least respected by Roland Tembo, due mostly to Ludlow's inexperience (he suggested camping in the middle of a game trail until Roland coldly informed him that carnivores hunted on game trails). Ludlow was killed in a similar fashion to Dodgson.Ludlow aimed to surpass his uncle's legacy by attempting to revitalize Hammond's original attraction. He exploited the incident on Isla Nublar to take control of InGen, and used the abandoned amphitheater (built by Hammond before purchasing Isla Nublar) idea to bolster his reputation as an innovative entrepreneur, much like his uncle. Malcolm seemed to have an immediate dislike of Ludlow, and became irritated at his attempts to emulate Hammond. When the Tyrannosaur escaped the ship and began to wreak havoc on San Diego, Malcolm told him sarcastically, Now you're John Hammond.
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