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Man, Contact is excellent. It gives me a bit of a "Seinfeld" effect where in the modern day it feels like it leans heavily on tropes but the movie itself is lik
by elijaht 5y ago
Man, Contact is excellent. It gives me a bit of a "Seinfeld" effect where in the modern day it feels like it leans heavily on tropes but the movie itself is likely one of the founders of those tropes, if that makes sense
- iainmerrick 5y agoFor the ultimate example of that effect, watch Casablanca if you haven’t already. The entire script feels like it’s made of movie quotes.
- eplanit 5y agoIt's one of the most quoted movies in history.
- EForEndeavour 5y agoYeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.
- parenthesis 5y agoOr read Shakespeare.
- wainstead 5y agoWizard of Oz as well, like every other line is a memorable quote.
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- rxm 5y agoI also like Contact, which I think of as Sagan’s struggle with reconciling religion and science for himself. Also, I nlike what the article mentions, I recall the book being based on the script.
- treis 5y agoIMHO that was a fatal weakness to both the book and movie Spoiler Alert The book went further by accusing Arroway of engineering a fraud instead of the "you want us to have faith" bit from the movie. But that made no sense in the context of the story. The radio signal unequivocally came from Vega and the message contained instructions for technology completely unknown on Earth. It made no sense to dispute that contact was made and something happened.
- ISL 5y agoIt makes very little sense to argue whether respiratory infections might be limited by wearing face-masks, and yet... here we are.
- ConceptJunkie 5y agoThe book came out about 11 years before the movie. Are you sure that's correct?