As an autistic kid growing up, the only actor I ever cared about was Brent Spiner (Data, from Star Trek). I never watched the original series as a kid, but after watching it as an adult, Data was obviously carrying on a role started by Spock, another all-time great. Maybe they both count as rare role models for ASD folks?

My favorite movie is this non-movie called Gizmo! (1977). (It's free on youtube among other places.) It's mostly a collection of old black and white footage of weird inventions. It definitely has neurotypical folks in mind as part of the audience, giving them lots of weird things to laugh at, but I could watch or scroll through info about random unique contraptions for days.

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[–] i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If you can find "Mr Nobody" director's cut, it's awesome. The cinematic cut ends with the boring "it was all in his mind!", but the director's cut is about a man who actually lives all his alternative lives and remember them all, because of the reversal of entropy at the end of the universe.