10 Greatest Unspoken Sci-Fi Movie Plot Points
3. Australia Has Renounced Its Colonial History - Event Horizon
Event Horizon may ultimately be a film best remembered for its atmosphere and periodically insane gore, but it's also a smartly written movie with some fantastically detailed production design.
For instance, keep your eyes peeled on Dr. William Weir's (Sam Neill) uniform and you might notice the Australian flag looking a little different than expected.
The real-life flag is currently a blue field with six stars and the British Union Jack in the top-left corner, but the flag on Weir's jacket is something else.
It's actually the Australian Aboriginal flag, implying that in the film's setting of 2047, Australia ended up rescinding its colonial ties and status as a British constitutional monarchy.
It's an attentive and unexpected detail, and one which Sam Neill himself apparently insisted upon, in an attempt to pay tribute to Australia's Aboriginal population.
When this was recently brought to the Internet's attention, Neill tweeted that he "wouldn't do it any differently today," an especially interesting remark given that there have been recent calls for Australia to indeed change their flag and ditch the Union Jack.
If it happens within the next 25 years, then Event Horizon wasn't just clever - it was damn prophetic.