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Arrival

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 3:58 am
by Grandpa's Spells
Extremely good. Based on a sci fi short story you should not read first.

Re: Arrival

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:21 pm
by tough old man
I went to it last night. Really liked it. It was a good alien movie for a date night.

Re: Arrival

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 4:53 pm
by Pinky
I agree. It's an excellent movie. My wife, who typically hates science fiction, also really liked it.

Re: Arrival

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:26 pm
by nafod
I loved the way the alien would splatter his spooge on the glass wall and then was like, "Hey Louise...I just sent you a message"

Re: Arrival

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 2:02 am
by Boris
So, no one thought this was just another Hollywood call to end xenophobia and welcome aliens to our midst?

Saw it today. Thumbs up.

Re: Arrival

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:28 pm
by syaigh
Would an intelligent 11 year old find this engaging or will he just sit and complain that he ran out of candy?

Re: Arrival

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:54 pm
by Boris
Probably depends on the 11 year old, but Star Wars it ain't.

Re: Arrival

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:11 pm
by Pinky
syaigh wrote:Would an intelligent 11 year old find this engaging or will he just sit and complain that he ran out of candy?
No. He would find it to be too slow.

Re: Arrival

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:41 am
by Shafpocalypse Now
He would find the gaping plot holes and be pissed

Re: Arrival

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:56 am
by buckethead
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:He would find the gaping plot holes and be pissed
Which ones? I didn't notice

Re: Arrival

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:49 pm
by Shafpocalypse Now
The whole question of causuality

Re: Arrival

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:46 pm
by syaigh
All right. We will go see Sing instead. hearing mixed reviews on that as well, but if its not as bad as "into the woods", we'll survive. (We go to the movies on New Year's Eve.)

Re: Arrival

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 4:09 pm
by Shafpocalypse Now
The unmooring of an individual in time eliminates the concept of free will. There is no freedom, the path is set in stone

Re: Arrival

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 4:33 pm
by nafod
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:The unmooring of an individual in time eliminates the concept of free will. There is no freedom, the path is set in stone
Shit, Niggah. That assumes a single timeline for the universe. It may be branching continuously, and in another parallel universe she does not do exactly the same.

Or the glimpses into the future may just be constraints, like tying down two ends of a rope. Infinite possibilities for how the rope lies between those points.

Here, I'll spooge a more complete answer.

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