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In reply to the discussion: RIP Sam Neill [View all]

Sympthsical

(11,382 posts)
9. Oh, this is sad
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 06:30 AM
22 hrs ago

When I was a kid, we had a second run theater in walking distance of our neighborhood. One of those $1.50 affairs. My best friend loved Jurassic Park. During late summer, the heat and humidity kind of sucked. So what we'd do is get up early, walk to the comic book shop, grab a few things, then go to the second run theater and get a ticket to Jurassic Park. If you sat at the end of the row, the light along the walls was enough to read by. We'd just sit in the theater all day with our graphic novels and Dungeons and Dragons stuff and sit through Jurassic Park three or four times. Theater employees never cared.

I swear, I think I ended up seeing that movie in the theater like 20 times that summer.

Fond memories.

Also, he was best Merlin.

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RIP Sam Neill [View all] blogslug Yesterday OP
Thanks for the post canetoad Yesterday #1
I really liked him in The Hunt for Red October. irisblue Yesterday #2
RIP. BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #3
He was also BlueMTexpat Yesterday #4
Rest in Peace...... Tom_Foolery 23 hrs ago #5
Oh, my! He was a real favorite of mine... hlthe2b 23 hrs ago #6
Incredibly Charismatic Actor DarthDem 23 hrs ago #7
Rip 🙏Sam was so great in everything he did. He will be missed. 💙 TommieMommy 23 hrs ago #8
Oh, this is sad Sympthsical 22 hrs ago #9
I always enjoyed seeing him in whatever show he was in. Liberal In Texas 22 hrs ago #10
Whānau for the maori challenged rampartd 21 hrs ago #11
Wow. RIP "Alan Grant" biocube 21 hrs ago #12
I hate that. I enjoyed his acting. Solly Mack 21 hrs ago #13
I liked him in Reilly, Ace of Spies kentuck 19 hrs ago #14
Yes! Really enjoyed him and that series,... Wuddles440 19 hrs ago #15
Yep -- was a PBS series -- and sort've introduced him to U.S. audiences. He was allegorical oracle 18 hrs ago #17
RIP MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #16
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