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So, uh

Sam Neill passed away.

A lot of people know him as Dr. Grant from Jurassic Park, but Sam Neill has an incredible catalogue of film and television, stretching back to 1975 on the big screen, but he cut his teeth in university productions of Shakespearean dramas.

All this to say, Sam Neill never let himself get pigeonholed as an actor. He was an incredibly versatile actor with a plethora of roles and genres to his name.

And that's not even touching upon his interests outside of acting. He was a passionate vintner (of the Two Paddocks winery) and an outspoken environmentalist who frequently spoke out against political policy that negatively affected indigenous peoples in Australia and New Zealand.

Jurassic Park is an incredible film, and I know many people have fond memories of the original trilogy.

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NOT THE CRABS WE EXPECTED BUT STILL SOME CRABS WE DESERVE!!!

But that tagline, Being agreeable never did a woman any good and the director's near disdain for history and the original text outlined in this article:

“I’m a little bit sick of the sort of fetishization of that time period, and this idea that everybody spent, like, seven hours doing their hair and makeup, and everything was always pristine, and somebody was always waiting to help you out of your dress or whatever. I’m not a historian, but I don’t buy all of it.”

"I know I'll be criticized for lack of historical accuracy, so why don't I call you all creepers for liking up-dos before you can protest. Also, I'm proud to be ignorant."

“One of our actors hadn’t seen the previous film, and he hadn’t read the book, and he asked me whether he should,” Oakley recalls. “I was like, ‘Well, maybe don’t.’ It’s kind of important for some people to come at this without any of those preconceptions. Something I would love is for people who know nothing of the book and who haven’t seen previous versions of it to see this and to connect with it.”

Remember when we were all so excited that Ian McKellen was a huge fan of the books of Lord of the Rings and kept them on set? Where did that energy go? Though honestly, I'd be happy to see a new Sense & Sensibility adaptation that leaves 1995 alone. If Margaret is a pirate again, I'm out.

During World War II, Elinor Powell, an African American nurse, joined the racially segregated army in Jim Crow-era Arizona. The discrimination she faced compounded after she fell in love with Frederick Albert, a German prisoner of war to whom she was assigned.