So I was watching Event Horizon last night. That 90's box office bomb really hasn't aged well, but hey, it's Sunday, it's late, there's nothing else worth watching on the box... hmmm, lots of familiar faces... Lawrence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Sean Pertwee... wait, who's that one? Couldn't quite work it out, and I certainly couldn't be bothered waiting for the credits, so I checked Wikipedia. And found this little gem:

"After a successful initial DVD release, the studio and Anderson became interested in assembling a director's cut but they quickly found out that the excised footage had not been carefully stored and that much of it had gone missing. Some of the footage was located in a salt mine in Transylvania in bad condition. "

Wait, what?

How?

How is that even possible?

This is why you should never trust a wiki completely. My favorite moment was when I was looking up something about ice hockey several years ago, and the first paragraph said something along the lines of, "Ice hockey is a silly sport which has no purpose."

Looking further into it, apparently that was a quote from the deleted scenes section on the DVD (no idea if it was a tongue-in-cheek "Salt Mine in Transylvania (or somewhere)"

I confess I once made a modification to Ufton, my home village regarding a ninja clan... Made sense at the time.

It's not too far fetched; a lot of films are currently shot in Eastern Europe because of the tax breaks, maybe he situation was similar in the 90s.

It also makes sense to store film in a (former) salt mine because the conditions would likely keep the film relatively dry as salt absorbs moisture, plus a general lack of sunlight. It's certainly as viable as many other places.

Also, Event Horizon is cheesy but fun; its basically Doom. Also, if you've even played Dead Space, cross reference Isaac's helmet with the front of the ship!

Event Horizon is always jokingly referred to as the prequel to Doom / 40K. Particularly on several 40K fanpages.

In college I once had to do a report on Julius Caesar. I knew even then that Wikipedia was a poor source to use, but went to the appropriate page in hopes of finding inspiration. Instead I found a single, two-word sentence: Caesar was.

Cited that sh* like a boss.

Studies have actually been done which demonstrate Wikipedia on the whole is a more reliable source than published encyclopaedias. They'll never let it into academia though, as its open source nature is contrary to the academic self-perpetuating philosophy of 'in order to have this opinion, you must cite my book which costs £35 and is available from the university book shop'.

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*drops mic*?

Event Horizon is always jokingly referred to as the prequel to Doom / 40K. Particularly on several 40K fanpages.

The thought did cross my mind with regards to 40k.

"A realm of pure chaos... pure evil.". Yeah, pretty sure I've heard that one before.

So I was watching Event Horizon last night. That 90's box office bomb really hasn't aged well,

Wow, that's pretty bad considering how unwatchably bad the film was when it was released.

Studies have actually been done which demonstrate Wikipedia on the whole is a more reliable source than published encyclopaedias. They'll never let it into academia though, as its open source nature is contrary to the academic self-perpetuating philosophy of 'in order to have this opinion, you must cite my book which costs £35 and is available from the university book shop'.

Yes, Wikipedia is more reliable than print encyclopedias, but no encyclopedias have ever been acceptable sources for academic work. Beyond 5th grade, at least.

Event Horizon is always jokingly referred to as the prequel to Doom / 40K. Particularly on several 40K fanpages.

The thought did cross my mind with regards to 40k.

"A realm of pure chaos... pure evil.". Yeah, pretty sure I've heard that one before.

It does pretty much describe the Warp and Warp travel for 40k though. A hole is torn in space, allowing the ship to travel through a nightmarish realm more rapidly than they could travel through real space.

It's not too far fetched; a lot of films are currently shot in Eastern Europe because of the tax breaks, maybe he situation was similar in the 90s.

Most people wouldn't refer to it as Transylvania though. They'd just call it Romania.

Unless they are Hungarian...

(I was going to make a reference to Rocky Horror, but... yeah i'll be good).

. Some of the footage was located in a salt mine in Transylvania in bad condition. "

Wait, what?

How?

How is that even possible?

And this is why you never build your soundstage in a Transilvanian salt mine.

So I was watching Event Horizon last night. That 90's box office bomb really hasn't aged well,

Wow, that's pretty bad considering how unwatchably bad the film was when it was released.

Hey what's wrong with that movie? I like hellraiser-in-space meets 2001: a space oddyssey.