I'm getting old, all my childhood heroes die.
You’ll fit right in on this site then. It’s mostly elderly Americans sundowning and posting about their youth.
I'm not american, but ok, why not :)
Sam Neill has died
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#73Rest in peace. Like many here, his performances were hugely influential on my childhood (and adulthood). One I haven’t seen mentioned here yet is Merlin.
His Merlin was always my favorite, though I've never heard anyone else mention it out in the wild.
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#76Sam Neill had a great & prolific career; particularly appreciated his role as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on The Tudors
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Even Horizon is a Warhammer 40k film that has nothing to do with Warhammer 40k.
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.
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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.
Australian flag. The black, red and yellow flag he replaced the Union Jack with is the Australian first nations flag
My bad. I need to retake my geography classes from high school
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also the Event Horizon, his change of character is something you don't forget..
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.
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#80Rest in peace. Like many here, his performances were hugely influential on my childhood (and adulthood). One I haven’t seen mentioned here yet is Merlin.
His Merlin was always my favorite, though I've never heard anyone else mention it out in the wild.
Same here. The miniseries itself has its quirks and oddities, but I find it charming. Particularly his role as Merlin.