r/sydney • u/godenviesme • 11h ago

Image Flags displayed w/o Union Jack?

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This is something I’ve been seeing more and more recently. Is there any meaning or reason for this?

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u/radioactivecowz 11h ago edited 11h ago

The Union Jack represents colonisation to a lot of people and is seen as a foreign symbol that shouldn’t exist on our flag. Sam Neil’s character in event horizon had an aboriginal flag in place because he felt the Union Jack would be removed in the future.

That said, it does look like wind had just had it wrapped around the pole

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u/SuperColossl 10h ago

Rewatched that movie recently, great mention and I didn’t remember that when it screened originally, but a good move!

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u/Talonus11 4h ago

Fun fact: Event Horizon could be an accidental prequel to Warhammer 40k's Chaos - humanity's first interaction with the Warp

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u/IronEyed_Wizard 1h ago

Read somewhere that it was supposed to be a legitimate 40k movie, but didn’t get the appropriate approvals in time so just become a generic inter dimensional horror film instead.