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ZeroCool@piefed.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Sam Neill, actor known for ‘Jurassic Park,’ dies at 78

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Sam Neill, actor known for ‘Jurassic Park,’ dies at 78

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ZeroCool@piefed.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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“The loss was sudden and unexpected,” Neill’s family said in a statement Monday.
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    THIS WAS NOT THE THIRD ONE, DEATH.

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    I know it’s not a great movie, but I loved him in Event Horizon. So sad to hear he passed away.

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      You hush your mouth, Event Horizon is awesome!!

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        I stand corrected. I had no idea people loved it as much as I do.

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          It’s a pretty popular cult classic. Very few are like it and none tell as good a story. I wish the Clover Paradox had done something more similar to Event Horizon, or… I guess anything cohesive and good.

          But ya, Event Horizon rocks.

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          Fantastic movie. There’s a gent on Plex, RipLinesMan, who writes reviews comparing various movies to Event Horizon. Also highly recommended.

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      Event Horizon is a great 40k movie, shut thije mouth Heretic.

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        Event Horizon: Humanity discovers the warp. Ya know, I buy it. Fuckin love that movie so much and tying it to 40k just makes it better. Head canon achieved

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          I’ve seen folks passing around this bit of head canon for years like even before I started getting into 40k circa 2016 long. Pretty sure the first time I heard it was someone on a podcast I used to listen to joked about Event Horizon being set in the 40k universe, I want to say it was Alchestbreachs old podcast RLF but I legit can’t remember since I was one of those guys that was constantly sleep deprived up until I graduated highschool.

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      Fuck you buddy. How dare you besmirch event horizon.

      J/k

      Not really how dare you!

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      Who told you that, it’s a classic

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      My favourite part of EH is Sam having to suck his belly in to fit in with all the big gruff marines. He looks like he’s about to poo himself.

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    Man I feel this, someone hold me

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      🤗

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        Thankyou 🥹

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    Can we talk about how amazing the 2-part miniseries Merlin was? Sam Neil, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Short? It’s fantastic

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      It’s incredible

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    Sad dinosaur noises

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    He’s not dead, he’s simply returned to chaos and ascended to Daemon Lord. I wish him the best.

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      Alternatively he’s a vampire and we haven’t seen the last of him.

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    Fun fact. Sam Neil was 46 in Jurassic Park and Laura Dern was only 26.

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      In the book there is no romantic entanglement, Ellie is Alan’s grad student

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      Poor Laura has always looked a lot older than she is. Not unattractive, but even in things where she’s like 18, she looks like a much older actress they’ve just slapped pigtails on.

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    Fuuuuuuuuuck man, I hate this timeline so fucking much.

    Me and this fat kid

    We ran, we ate and read books

    And it was the best.

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      This, compared to which timeline where everyone lives forever?

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        Nah, compared to the timeline where we get Event Horizon 2: In the Mouth of Moar Madness and it’s 36 hour extended cut made specifically for watching during drug binges.

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          Idk about the Event Horizon but can I just have the drug binges?

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            Nah, it all works together so you think you’re stuck in space or hell or a story someone is writing and everything is insane and maybe you have no eyes and sometimes you’re an alligator.

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              Eh fuck it, I’ll take it.

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        Compared to the timeline where Nazi pedophiles are the ones that die in their 70s.

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          The main one is in his 80s now

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            I’m aware. Kinda the point. We wish we were in a universe where scum like that dies earlier than non-scum.

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            Do we even know who the main ones are

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        I think you know what I meant, but just couldn’t help yourself from being a cunt. I hope you find your peace, friend.

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    Damn I hate getting old.

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    I’m particularly fond of Hunt for the Wilderpeople. His chemistry with Julian is off the charts.

    But it’s honestly hard to think of something he wasn’t good in. Everyone’s in a stinker from time to time, but he was never the worst thing about any of them.

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    I was 11 years old when Jurassic Park hit theaters and my brother and I had our little minds blown, we were obsessed. I like a lot of Sam Neill’s films, especially the wild Lovecraft ones he did hahaha but he’ll always kind of be Dr. Grant for me, hit me in the feels a bit this one.

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      I was 13 and liked his character in Hunt For Red October. He also played Merlin in a tv mini series that was pretty good. Damn this sucks.

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    RIP. I liked his movies.

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    damn damn. into the mouth of madness.

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      Yeah… And Event Horizon … Sam was a HELL of a terror actor. I hope this one goes to HEAVEN

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      Oh, right, that one, too! For whatever reason, I always remember his adult Damien and Event Horizon and Possession, but he was in so many movies…

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    So sad. Loved him in The Hunt for Red October. Going to watch Possession now as I’ve never seen it, but it sounds good.

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      Okay, that was intense.

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