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Bill Steele wrote:
> 
> On 11/10/16 3:56 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> >>> > > "Based on speculative-fiction writer Ted Chiang‘s short story “Story of Your
> >>> > > Life,” “Arrival” tells the story
> >>> > >  of a top-tier linguist named Louise Banks (Adams) who is brought in to help
> >>> > > avert a global crisis by establishing
> >>> > > communication with mysterious aliens in ships hovering just above the Earth’s
> >>> > > surface."
> >> >
> >> > "Arrival" is really just a knock-off / reboot / remake of Jodie
> >> > Foster's 1997 movie "Contact", which was "based on" the Carl Sagan
> >> > novel.
> 
> "Contact" had nothing to do with aliens visiting Earth; it was Jodie's
> character visiting the aliens. Mostly as a setting for a dig at religion.



But they both have to do with...codes from aliens.