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Re: speculative origon of Arrival

Message-ID <582619A2.1092@ix.netcom.com> (permalink)
Date 2016-11-11 11:18 -0800
From The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups rec.arts.movies.current-films, rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics.relativity, alt.astronomy
Subject Re: speculative origon of Arrival
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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.

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speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-10 11:02 -0800
  Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-11 08:54 +1300
    Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-10 12:56 -0800
      Re: speculative origon of Arrival Bill Steele <ws21@cornel.edu> - 2016-11-11 13:39 -0500
        Re: speculative origon of Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-11 11:18 -0800
  Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival Bill Steele <ws21@cornel.edu> - 2016-11-10 15:10 -0500
    Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-11-10 21:21 +0100
      Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-10 13:01 -0800
        Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-11-10 22:04 +0100
          Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-10 13:31 -0800
            Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 13:49 -0700
  Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-10 16:12 -0800
  Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-11 12:25 -0800
    Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-12 12:26 -0800
      Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-12 12:41 -0800
        Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-12 14:58 -0800
          Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-13 12:23 -0800
            Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-13 14:38 -0800
            Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-14 10:27 -0800
      Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-13 12:35 -0800
        Re: speculative-fiction...Arrival The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-13 12:52 -0800

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