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Event horizon.
I’ve watched “In The Mouth of Madness” so many times. It is in my top 3 most re-watched horror movies list. Perfect Lovecraftian horror, and Sam Neill was perfect in it. Do you read Sutter Cane?
It's a great movie! One of the best attempts at capturing a Lovecraftian vibe, maybe only bested by The Thing or his excellent Event Horizon.
Besides his role in Jurassic Park, I will always appreciate Sam Neill’s understated but important role as Borodin, the reliable and loyal First Officer in The Hunt for Red October. His character’s death (a change from the book) added emotional weight to the story.
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Not my favourite movie though. The horror in space trope is a very tired one. Alongside the poorly lit spaceship. Spaceships are workplaces and workplaces should provide adequate illumination so you can see what you are doing. But I LOVE what he did for the New Zealand flag.
> Alongside the poorly lit spaceship. Spaceships are workplaces and workplaces should provide adequate illumination so you can see what you are doing. I always thought the same about CSI. Have the set designers ever been to a lab?
You have a humanoid rich enough to own a couple robots, but their house is apparently entirely lit by about one candlelight.
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Not my favourite movie though. The horror in space trope is a very tired one. Alongside the poorly lit spaceship. Spaceships are workplaces and workplaces should provide adequate illumination so you can see what you are doing. But I LOVE what he did for the New Zealand flag.
> Spaceships are workplaces and workplaces ...with very constrained sources of power. Lighting places where humans are not is wasting that power.
If you have not seen Hunt for the Wilderpeople (staring Sam Neil) find it and watch it today!
Sam Neill did a super podcast with Marc Maron a few years ago. He came across as a really stand-up bloke - genuine, funny, smart and kind; and every obit I've seen today seems to echo all that. It's well worth a listen. https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1202-sam-neill
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Can you elaborate for those of us who don't know Warhammer?
In W40k the primary form of FTL travel is the Immaterium or Warp, a realm of pure psychic energy inhabited by the Chaos gods and countless demons. Spaceships traveling through the Warp need powerful protective shields lest they be possessed and consumed by said demons... which is exactly what happens in the movie. https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Immaterium