How Stupid Julian Sand's (Dr. Atherton) character was in this movie

I have to agree with the Professors stupidity. he wasnt even in any type of defensive stance or prepared for what would come out. No weapons ready or anything. he just shook the web line and stood there, knowing how deadly it was.

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It was just unexpected.
He tingled the web hoping to draw it out.
He didn't expect it to surprise attack him. lol.

I would not have gone into that barn without a biohazard spacesuit, a flame thrower, and a belt of grenades. Just sayin'.

He had the confidence of his belief he knew everything about spiders and could handle anything that came his way. If he was hunting down spiders all the time, he was probably fairly comfortable in a dank dark place by himself,and overestimated himself and underestimated the spider. It's called a tragic flaw, the height of intelligent writing in Shakespeare but apparently stupid in a horror movie.

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The point's been made that Atherton dies because the spider doesn't come at him from where he expects it to emerge when he plucks the spider web. However, I'd still like to know what he planned to do had The General come down from that loft entrance. After all, the guy's out in the open, has no protection with not so much as a big mayonnaise jar to trap this thing with. So what was Atherton going to do when he saw it coming? Back away and just observe? He knows how this aggressive species can jump, so drawing it out seems a pretty foolhardy thing to do. Mind you, it's an effective death scene, but I still think it's also one of the most eye-roll-inducing examples of a supposedly intelligent character making a decision that practically invites their own demise.

I agree. It would have been more plausible a random somebody going into the barn and ‘jiggling’ the web, not an intelligent scientist.

Good film though.