Nanette

Real-world Nanette Cole, still an undervalued 9-to-5-er, is impressed by the version of herself that runs a ship, but it’s not mutual for Capt. Cole.

The cues of classic sci-fi were still there — including Nanette’s garb deliberately evoking Ripley in “Aliens,” and space combat evoking “Star Wars” — but Haynes also wanted to lean into what makes these stories original.

Cue Haynes, who knew how to introduce the door-opening moment with otherworldly suspense: light, mist, a silhouetted Nanette.

“I wanted this to be my Spielberg moment, building up to this godlike creep, and Nanette facing her abuser.”

In case you missed it, Gadsby’s 2018 special “Nanette” launched the comedian into the American consciousness and inspired plenty of academic papers for its hour-long emotional roller coaster of a special, filmed in front of a packed Sydney Opera House.