Apparently Sharktopus was not an Idea Possible in the 70s

Apparently Sharktopus was not an Idea Possible in the 70s

So Peter Benchley
Water-based terror master
You spaced Sharktopus

Right now I am reading Jaws for funsies. It's going very fast as you might imagine, but it's not nearly as horrifying as you would think it should be. Then again it was written in the early 1970s, and I guess terror had not yet reached the zenith it has now. I was thinking Jaws would be at least 27 feet long—he's not, he's only 20 feet long. And he doesn't have any super powers, terrifying claws, tentacles or poisonous spittle. Peter Benchley, you disappoint me with your muted 70s thinking. Step outside the box man! Make Jaws be telepathic and bore the horror into someone's brain before he eats them! Give Jaws a voice to tell the victims they are doomed! Make Jaws a Luddite that will rend your loom! Or something like that.