@weldonwin

"Doctor Weir? WHY is the entire room covered in spikes?"

"Well, I thought people looked a little too comfortable around the reality rending artificial black hole, so I redesigned the chamber to make it more terrifying"

@4Mr.Crowley2

1997 — same year as Contact — it features a similar device that uses the moving circles and stable core (in which Jodie Foster is situated) to create a sort of wormhole to the Vega aliens. Of course it looks smooth and futuristic rather than a medieval torture device

@Slays_Media

Interestingly enough, the drive resembles certain biblical descriptions of angels.

@h.plovecraftn-4307

Also warhammer 40k warp hell drive

@lanceelijahjarina5412

i like how the core moves