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* [[Sinister Geometry]]: The Sphere is a great example. It is enigmatic and scary by virtue of being so simple and featureless. It's nature is what you project on to it, which is perfect for the theme of the film. One character is very unnerved as he observes that, aside from the random pattern of grooves that criss-cross it, the rest of the surface seems to be ''perfectly'' spherical.
** Worse:
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* {{spoiler|[[Spheroid Dropship]]: The mysterious sphere is revealed to be able of autonomous flight at the finale.}}
* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The sphere itself, if it is indeed a living creature.
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* [[The Worm Guy]]: Norman, a psychologist carried off by the military to study aliens. To a lesser extent the other scientists. Crichton loved this trope and it features in several of his novels.
* [[You Are Not Ready]]: A depressing thought to Norman.
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'''Norman:''' It's a little hard to let go of. Something that could've been... this gift? The power to make your dreams come true. We're given the greatest gift in the history of mankind. We're given this magic ball. And it says "Imagine what you will and you can have it." That's an extraordinary gift, but we're so primitive we... we manifested the worst in us, because what we have inside us... is what we have inside of us, instead of the best of us. What does that say?
'''Harry:''' We weren't ready, Norman.
'''Norman:''' [[Explain, Explain, Oh Crap|We have what's called an imagination. I mean, look what we're capable of. We can...]] ''[[Explain, Explain, Oh Crap|(sighs)]]'' [[Explain, Explain, Oh Crap|We're not ready.]] }}
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Harry invokes this. Because the ship encounters an "unknown event", it means no one on the ship of the future knew what was going to happen. Therefore, he reasons, they all die because that's the only way it could ''be'' an "unknown event". This leads to a haunting question delivered perfectly by Jackson with no irony whatsoever.
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* {{spoiler|[[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: Both the novel and the film, a device bestows this power on unwitting researchers sent to inspect a seemingly alien ship find on the ocean floor. Half are killed by nightmares emanating from themselves or someone else.}}
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