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Sam Neill has died
- ChrisMarshallNY 3mo agoAh, that sucks. I’ve always enjoyed him. One of the inevitable features of getting older. All my cultural icons keep checking out.
- Xenoamorphous 3mo agoSo sad. Jurassic Park had a tremendous impact on me as a dino obsessed teenager ( was 13 when it came out). RIP.
- hdgvhicv 3mo agoIt’s a unix system, I know this! The file navigator she used was running on a silicon graphics machine, called fsn https://preterhuman.net/software/file-system-navigator-fsn-silicon-graphics/ https://preterhuman.net/software/file-system-navigator-fsn-s...
- abhiyerra 3mo agoThat I have a DevOps company working entirely on Linux can be directly attributed to realizing as a kid that Unix was a real thing and I needed to install it on my own computer. Interesting it was soon after this movie came out that FreeBSD and Linux were becoming popular.
- JodieBenitez 3mo agoI'm getting old, all my childhood heroes die.
- phtrivier 3mo agoHere's to "trying to be someone's childhood heroes"
- OJFord 3mo agoWithout dancing on TikTok or pulling stupid faces for YouTube thumbnails
- phtrivier 3mo agoYup, we can dream bigger and give bigger dreams :) A silver lining in the tech progress is this : I remember watching movies from the 60s or the 70s, in the 90s, and feeling "damn, that looks old". I could only care about movies made after 1984, or something (and, men, did amblin and the "produced by Steven Spielberg-verse" give us good things to watch.) I suspect that, now that movies are kinda "converging" in terms of visual, it will be easier to share the movies of our childhoods with the next generation. Besides, they don't care that much about looks : I litteraly witnessed 10 year old kids getting hooked on my 1991 game boy !!!!
- IAmBroom 3mo agoI love you, wholeheartedly.
- simondotau 3mo agoIt gets worse. You start realising that the new heroes you're discovering are all younger than you.
- kakacik 3mo ago... and they are not that interesting / relatable
- awnird 3mo agoYou’ll fit right in on this site then. It’s mostly elderly Americans sundowning and posting about their youth.
- JodieBenitez 3mo agoI'm not american, but ok, why not :)
- IAmBroom 3mo ago"Mostly"? Nah. A HUGE number of contributors are from a myriad of countries. Using "myriad" loosely. Don't be that "Well acshually" guy.
- benburton 3mo agoToday New Zealand has lost a national treasure. Haere atu rā ki te okiokinga.
- nephihaha 3mo agoAnd Northern Ireland.
- decimalenough 3mo agoAnd Australia. He lived in Sydney and the Aussie PM just posted a tribute.
- josephcooney 3mo agoHe's as Australian as Russell Crowe and Lamingtons!
- simonh 3mo agoOr Ryan Gosling. https://youtu.be/TeONP37qsSo?si=cPLF_UpcuW7dfruT https://youtu.be/TeONP37qsSo?si=cPLF_UpcuW7dfruT
- peterashford 3mo agoThey can have Russell Crowe. But you'll take Lamingtons from my cold dead hands!
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- vinkelhake 3mo agoGive me a ping Vasily. One ping only please. Sad.
- rbanffy 3mo agoA minute of silence for him. No echoes.
- nephihaha 3mo agoHunt for the Wilder People was fun, as was Reilly, Ace of Spies.
- bushwart 3mo agoLoved Hunt for the Wilder People.
- donatj 3mo agoI honestly didn't know he was a Kiwi until I saw Hunt for the Wilder People. Absolutely fantastic movie.
- nephihaha 3mo agoHe's originally from Northern Ireland and spent much of his life in NZ (although he has spent time in the USA, Australia and other parts of the UK.)
- pico303 3mo agoOne of my favorite actors of all time. If you haven’t seen it, watch The Dish.
- the-mitr 3mo agoalso the Event Horizon, his change of character is something you don't forget..
- rbanffy 3mo agoNot 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.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3mo agoPandorum was pretty crazy (he wasn’t in it, but it was an odd space horror movie, and I feel that Event Horizon kind of paved the way).
- aarond0623 3mo agoThe part I liked in Event Horizon was Laurence Fishburn's character seeing the logs of the crew going crazy and immediately turning it off and saying, "We're leaving." Probably the smartest decision made in a horror film. Time to get out of Dodge.
- RALaBarge 3mo agoYeah! Its a great movie if you dont try to nitpick stuff, which is hard for me to do on a lot of things too. Neill: We can't just abandon this ship, we just found her Fishburn: I have no intentions of abandoning her. We will get far enough away from it and blow it up. Fuck this ship.
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- Neil44 3mo agoHe had a lovely gentle demeanor about him. He was good recently in the Untamed series.
- GenericDev 3mo agoTo this day, Event Horizon is one of the scariest premises to a horror movie I have ever watched. And it's thanks to Sam Neill's performance that it lives rent free in my head. Love this guy. Gonna miss him :(
- ares623 3mo agoRIP. Where he's going, he won't need eyes. Wait, perhaps that was an inappropriate quote to use.
- chvid 3mo agoEvent horizon.
- pantulis 3mo ago"Where we're going, we don't need eyes to see".
- Vaslo 3mo agoHe was great in it - horribly underrated movie though I concede the gore at a 8 or 9 out of 10 is not for everyone. The deaths were supposed to be far gorier and the film of the prior crew was to be longer and harder to watch until the studio stepped in.
- TrackerFF 3mo agoI’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?
- jhickok 3mo agoIt'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.
- Vaslo 3mo agoYou made me think about the possibility of him being in The Thing - if he was chosen for that film, I wonder who he would have played.
- mulhoon 3mo agoI watched Possession (1981) a few weeks back. One of the weirdest films I’ve ever seen. His acting was so different from his later stuff.
- fetus8 3mo agoPossession is such a fantastically special movie, heavily due to Neill and Adjani’s performances. RIP to a real one.
- lopsotronic 3mo agoOne of my favorite horror films of the 1980s, Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 Possession. One quote I heard about it, is that some movies are about madness, and other movies seem to be themselves mad, and Possession is one of those movies. It has this immediacy to it, and an unease that only grows in quantity and tenor. And you genuinely do not know where it is going. Believe me when I say this. It might be Sam's most memorable performance, for me. The movie seemed to drive its entire cast and crew to exhaustion or worse. Do not under any circumstances watch the old American cut, the initial release. It was re-edited with scenes out of order and has this bizarro solarization effect at random intervals. It's really really bad. The modern blu-ray and others have the actual movie.
- te_chris 3mo agoAs a kiwi he was the best of us. Creative, talented, willing to roll up his sleeves, maker of exceptional wine. Haere ra
- bluerooibos 3mo agoAn absolute legend. I thought he'd be around for longer. Thanks for making Jurassic Park what it is, Sam.
- geocrasher 3mo ago"I would have liked to have seen Montana..." You are forever in our hearts, Vasili.
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- testing22321 3mo agoI’m in Montana now, and I spent the weekend with a very energetic palaeontologist who has unearthed many dinosaurs.
- esseph 3mo agoMy son isn't college age yet but is interested in this route. Any tips for potential future paleontologists?
- testing22321 3mo agoSorry, I’m not one myself, and the one I met this weekend I only just met
- wewewedxfgdf 3mo agoI saw him interviewed once and they asked about his cancer and he said that he did not find it very interesting. He said something to the effect of he finds living interesting and there's far more interesting things to talk about than his cancer. Paraphrased I don't recall exactly.
- Findecanor 3mo agoIt is a touchy subject. When you have it, you don't want to think about it all the time.
- wewewedxfgdf 3mo agoYou misunderstand - the message is he was far more interested in living and what he could do with his life and genuinely found the cancer not interesting compared to other things. He wasn't just being touchy and trying to change the subject.
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- IAmBroom 3mo agoYou misunderstand. When someone is confronted with something as powerful as imminent mortality, it pervades all your decisions. Both explanations can be true.
- 1313ed01 3mo agoRIP. Here in Sweden the headlines mention primarily his role in Ivanhoe, a movie that has aired on Swedish TV almost every New Years for over 40 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe_(1982_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe_(1982_film) He posted this video message to the Swedish people for New Years 2023: https://www.svt.se/kultur/ivanhoe-skadespelarens-nyarshalsning-till-svenskarna-stolt-over-er https://www.svt.se/kultur/ivanhoe-skadespelarens-nyarshalsni... Great movie.
- firmretention 3mo agoIvanhoe is a story about a Russian farmer and his tool.
- bovermyer 3mo agoI have only ever seen the 1950s Ivanhoe film and part of a... I think it was a 1990s TV miniseries. I'll have to watch this.
- az226 3mo agoI watched it every Jan 1 with some pizza
- lysace 3mo agoIt was great fun to see him interact with viewers regarding this every/many Jan 1. He kind of embodied that global village spirit. E.g. https://x.com/TwoPaddocks/status/1212188526348890112 https://x.com/TwoPaddocks/status/1212188526348890112 (2020) I am relaxed, fit , and ready to fight the dreary Ivanhoe once more. https://x.com/TwoPaddocks/status/1080048522492145664 https://x.com/TwoPaddocks/status/1080048522492145664 (2019) SWEDEN ! I have strapped on my body armor, renewed my courage, got my evils back, and am braced once again to Sweden's MOST HATED. And this year I WILL WIN . #HappyNewYear2019 #Ivanhoe https://x.com/TwoPaddocks/status/947971082018889728 https://x.com/TwoPaddocks/status/947971082018889728 (2018) Yes, my annual disemboweling seems to please Swedes every year. #Ivanhoe Etc, going back to 2015.
- rconti 3mo agoThat was mentioned in the Guardian piece as well-- can you help explain the particular appeal of this film in Sweden?
- mindcrash 3mo agoJurassic Park was the first movie I saw as a twelve year old boy at the cinema, and it not only made me a huge fan of the series but as a boy I was really into dinosaurs and it was really something to see them being "real" on a big screen for the first time. "I have a theory that there are two kinds of boys. There are those that want to be astronomers, and those that want to be astronauts[...]That's the difference between imagining and seeing" Thank you for everything, doctor Grant.
- saalweachter 3mo agoI really appreciate the attempt by Chris & Jack to make Julysixth Park a thing. I enjoyed Star Wars, but I kind of feel like a lot of my feelings towards it are just reflected nostalgia from the writers and comedians who grew up a generation before me. Jurassic Park may not have been the first movie I saw in theaters, but it was still one of the movies of my childhood. The magic of it, and the experience of where we saw it -- the Mesker Park amphitheatre, in an outdoor showing, and then walking back to the car in the dark, past the Mesker Park Zoo, looking into the dark foliage and imagining dinosaurs.
- jawilson2 3mo agoSame, I was born in '81, and JP is a cornerstone of my childhood, more-so than any other movie I can think of. I saw that movie at the theatre more than any other, at least 6 times that summer. My favorite was at a drive-in in Kentucky. We used to rent boats at Lake Cumberland over the summer, and one night we watched JP at a drive-in. I remember the drive back to the dock late at night, driving through the woods, and imagining it was a Jurassic jungle. Then, back on the houseboat, going reading through my "Making of Jurassic Park" book with a battery operated book light.
- lapcat 3mo agoI'll never forget Neill as Damien in Omen III. I'd very much like to forget Neill as Damien in Omen III. Chilling.
- jzb 3mo agoGood performance, not really a good movie. It was a bit of a letdown after parts I and II, but he was well cast. The writing wasn’t there: didn’t quite stick the landing.
- gautamcgoel 3mo agoSo sad to hear this. Hard to imagine anyone else playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park.
- major505 3mo agoIf someone here likes horror movies I highly recommend watching his work in Possession (1981) and Mouth of Madness (1995). If you prefer a more family focused comedy, go with Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), from the same director of the excelent What we Do in the Shadows.
- tjpnz 3mo agoBicentennial Man is one of my favourite films of his (also Robin Williams). There's an interesting subplot in there on right to repair which is very much relevant today. It also depicts a future 30 years away which might've seemed bleak when it was first conceived, but is in many ways more hopeful than what we actually got.
- samsudden 3mo agoRIP. Recently watched Series 3 of The Twelve, and thought "No way is he in his 70s", and had just finished reading his autobiography "Did I Ever Tell You This?" - delightful read.
- weikju 3mo agoAside from Jurassic Park and the other roles mentioned, I also liked his role in the Merlin TV two part movies. Now I need to rewatch both…
- twelvedogs 3mo agoi saw him around a lot on tv and so on as an australian, just genuinely a pretty good bloke. like i dunno what to say i don't know if i've ever cried about an actor dying before i'd love to say he was awesome in every role but he always seemed super honest in his performance and i think that hurt him a lot when he had to play bullshit characters lol. i dunno i'm just some guy
- olivierestsage 3mo agoRest 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.
- nilamo 3mo agoHis Merlin was always my favorite, though I've never heard anyone else mention it out in the wild.
- fnordsensei 3mo agoSame here. The miniseries itself has its quirks and oddities, but I find it charming. Particularly his role as Merlin.
- Lord-Jobo 3mo agoThe whole miniseries is (or was very recently) free on YouTube. I recommend it, it’s very unique and interesting
- pseudohadamard 3mo agoOr Smith in Sleeping Dogs: "I got my eye on you boy!".
- throwaway29303 3mo agoGodspeed. ;~;7
- JKCalhoun 3mo agoHis debut in the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die is in the 1979 film, My Brilliant Career [1]. ("Hey, that's a young Sam Neill!") [1] https://youtu.be/aU3kXBb6Yc4 https://youtu.be/aU3kXBb6Yc4
- krupan 3mo agoIf you have not seen Hunt for the Wilderpeople (staring Sam Neil) find it and watch it today!
- tanseydavid 3mo agoEmphatic "SECOND" to this recommendation. This is a very enjoyable and touching film.
- noefingway 3mo agoFirst time I saw him was in Riley Ace of Spies. A great series that was on PBS. Last series I watched was Untamed. He was one of my favorite actors and a credit to his profession. Sad to learn of his passing.
- toomuchtodo 3mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill
- OrvalWintermute 3mo agoSam Neill had a great & prolific career; particularly appreciated his role as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on The Tudors https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000554/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000554/
- kayo_20211030 3mo agoSam 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 https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1202-sam-neill
- asimpletune 3mo agoHe was an amazing actor. One of his best roles was “Reilly: Ace of Spies”.
- symfoniq 3mo agoBesides 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.
- conartist6 3mo agoI've seen both films many times and I honestly never realized these two characters are played by the same person.
- Danox 3mo agoRiley Ace of Spies: RIP Sam