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  • RIP Sam Neill

    From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Monday, July 13, 2026 06:09:34
    Just months after seemingly successfully having fought off lymphoma,
    Sir Sam Neill has died suddenly.

    Among his SF-related appearances, that I can think of: the ?Jurassic
    Park? franchise, ?Event Horizon?, and a little-known early NZ effort,
    ?Sleeping Dogs?.

    (Feel free to mention others I have missed.)

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From marika@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, July 25, 2026 21:16:40
    Lawrence D?Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Just months after seemingly successfully having fought off lymphoma,
    Sir Sam Neill has died suddenly.

    Among his SF-related appearances, that I can think of: the ?Jurassic
    Park? franchise, ?Event Horizon?, and a little-known early NZ effort, ?Sleeping Dogs?.

    (Feel free to mention others I have missed.)


    ? Amerika?
    A mini series not a movie. Where I first saw him. At the time, absolutely within the SF genre. Today, with hacking, power grids failing, oceanic
    cables being cut and satellites having problems, not so SF anymore

    Mk5000

    Buddy Holly
    O Boy

    https://youtu.be/YwHrx0r0t2s

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, July 26, 2026 11:22:05
    On 2026-07-25 21:16:40 +0000, marika said:

    Lawrence D?Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Just months after seemingly successfully having fought off lymphoma,
    Sir Sam Neill has died suddenly.

    Among his SF-related appearances, that I can think of: the ?Jurassic
    Park? franchise, ?Event Horizon?, and a little-known early NZ effort,
    ?Sleeping Dogs?.

    (Feel free to mention others I have missed.)


    ? Amerika?
    A mini series not a movie. Where I first saw him. At the time, absolutely within the SF genre. Today, with hacking, power grids failing, oceanic cables being cut and satellites having problems, not so SF anymore

    Mk5000

    Buddy Holly
    O Boy

    https://youtu.be/YwHrx0r0t2s

    Depends on how you define "appearances" and "sci-fi", but the awful
    "actor" also ruined the movies and TV shows:
    - Bicentennial Man
    - The Dish
    - Invasion
    - The Portable Door (more 'fantasy' than 'sci-fi')
    - The Triangle
    - Until the End of the World
    - Memoirs of an Invisible Man
    among others.

    He is claimed to be a New Zealand "actor", but was actually born in
    Ireland and spent a lot of tiem in Australia.



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  • From Tony@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, July 26, 2026 07:09:01
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2026-07-25 21:16:40 +0000, marika said:

    Lawrence D?Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Just months after seemingly successfully having fought off lymphoma,
    Sir Sam Neill has died suddenly.

    Among his SF-related appearances, that I can think of: the ?Jurassic
    Park? franchise, ?Event Horizon?, and a little-known early NZ effort,
    ?Sleeping Dogs?.

    (Feel free to mention others I have missed.)


    ? Amerika?
    A mini series not a movie. Where I first saw him. At the time, absolutely >> within the SF genre. Today, with hacking, power grids failing, oceanic
    cables being cut and satellites having problems, not so SF anymore

    Mk5000

    Buddy Holly
    O Boy

    https://youtu.be/YwHrx0r0t2s

    Depends on how you define "appearances" and "sci-fi", but the awful
    "actor" also ruined the movies and TV shows:
    - Bicentennial Man
    - The Dish
    - Invasion
    - The Portable Door (more 'fantasy' than 'sci-fi')
    - The Triangle
    - Until the End of the World
    - Memoirs of an Invisible Man
    among others.

    He is claimed to be a New Zealand "actor", but was actually born in
    Ireland and spent a lot of tiem in Australia.
    Clearly you are no judge of acting, good or bad. You should stick to what you actually know, negativity.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)