Space Opera Enthusiast

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞." In memory of New Zealand screen star Sam Neill who passed away on July 13th, 2026 surrounded by family at St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Sydney, Australia at the age of 78. Born Nigel John Dermot Neill on a kitchen table in Omagh, Northern Ireland on September 14th, 1947, moving to Christchurch, New Zealand with his family in 1954 where he changed his name to "Sam" due to his love of western movies, later saying "there were also already too many Nigels on the playground". An acclaimed and respected actor, Sam starred in almost one hundred films including My Brilliant Career (1979), Dead Calm (1989), Jurassic Park (1993), The Piano (1993), The Horse Whisperer (1998), Bicentennial Man (1999), Jurassic World III (2001), Thor Ragnarok (2017), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). His television credits were also extensive and included The Tudors (2007), Peaky Binders (2013-2014), and voice acting roles in The Simpsons (1994) and Rick and Morty (2019). "I'm not in any way frightened of dying," he stated during an interview with the TV news show Australian Story in October 2023. "That doesn't worry me. It’s never worried me from the beginning. But I would be annoyed, because there are things I still want to do." May he rest in peace.🕊️

I just like imagining stuff, dude. Good luck with all the weird assumptions you make about total strangers though.

and don't forget to stay silly

Even well after Friend Grace is gone, his legacy remains. A hundred years into the future, when humankind finally launches a new ship with the express purpose of properly meeting their Eridian neighbors, one of the first messages exchanged is “Hello! My name Robin.”

favorite series of tweets

As long as you're breathing, you've got time.