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Started by Goaty, 09 August, 2016, 08:37:39 PM

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Goaty

A new teaser from director Denis Villeneuve, I loved his Sicario and Prisoners films. So this could be interesting. This what teaser should be.

https://youtu.be/gwqSi_ToNPs

dweezil2

Quote from: Goaty on 09 August, 2016, 08:37:39 PM
A new teaser from director Denis Villeneuve, I loved his Sicario and Prisoners films. So this could be interesting. This what teaser should be.

https://youtu.be/gwqSi_ToNPs

A dry run for his Blade Runner sequel?
I shall watch with interest!
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Quote from: Goaty on 09 August, 2016, 08:37:39 PM
A new teaser from director Denis Villeneuve, I loved his Sicario and Prisoners films. So this could be interesting. This what teaser should be.

https://youtu.be/gwqSi_ToNPs
Looks interesting. Would probably have seen it on the strength of Sicario anyway but I'm intrigued.
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IAMTHESYSTEM

According to one blurb it's based on a short story by Ted Chiang and the main character experiences flashbacks that unlock why the mysterious aliens have come to visit. Certainly different but that's what they said about 'Sphere'. Remember that late nineties turkey?
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Theblazeuk

It's a great story. Ted Chiang is a brilliant writer - be interesting to see if they can make that work as a movie as most of his stuff is very conceptual.

A lot of his work is available online, including this particular story: https://mathisgasser.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/ted-chiang_story-of-your-life_2000.pdf

The 'flashbacks' are more along the lines of the Tralfamadorian philosophy, for those of you who know your Vonnegut. Though the mathematician who is the main character finds this expressed in a more complex, alien fashion than Billy Pilgrim experienced.

The BBC did a great adaptation of his story 'Understand', which is like the Bradley Cooper vehicle Limitless but far better. Obviously the internal space of narrative is better at conveying a change in perception & intellect than the external narrative of cinema (and particularly popcorn flick cinema at that).

And various SF pods have done versions of his short stories too - all worth checking out I think. http://www.sffaudio.com/features/author-pages/ted-chiang/

TordelBack

I like first contact stories (my third fave SF trope after 1. space anthropology/archaeology and 2. generation ships), I like Ted Chiang and I like Amy Adams, so this should work for me.  And yet this trailer does little to inspire me.

That said, is it just me or is Adams morphing into a young Kidman?

JamesC

Quote from: Tordelback on 10 August, 2016, 12:00:33 PM
I like first contact stories (my third fave SF trope after 1. space anthropology/archaeology and 2. generation ships), I like Ted Chiang and I like Amy Adams, so this should work for me.  And yet this trailer does little to inspire me.

That said, is it just me or is Adams morphing into a young Kidman?

As Sci Fi tropes go I think it's hard to beat an alien zoo.

TordelBack

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Quote from: JamesC on 10 August, 2016, 12:51:25 PM,
As Sci Fi tropes go I think it's hard to beat an alien zoo.

I think the later Rama novels burned me out as far as alien zoos are concerned. Although there was a spooky one in a Jack McDevitt Academy novel that combined space archaeology, so that was good! And there's that great Alastair Reynolds short about the rival collectors of aliens and weird genetic hybrids, liked that too.

I, Cosh

Quote from: Tordelback on 10 August, 2016, 12:00:33 PM
I like first contact stories (my third fave SF trope after 1. space anthropology/archaeology and 2. generation ships)
Big fan of communication/linguistic stuff in my sci-fi. The Embedding, Up the Walls of the World, Atavar, that sort of thing.
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TordelBack

Quote from: The Cosh on 10 August, 2016, 01:31:52 PM
Quote from: Tordelback on 10 August, 2016, 12:00:33 PM
I like first contact stories (my third fave SF trope after 1. space anthropology/archaeology and 2. generation ships)
Big fan of communication/linguistic stuff in my sci-fi. The Embedding, Up the Walls of the World, Atavar, that sort of thing.

Yeah baby, that's the good stuff.  Mieville's Embassytown is on those lines, and I've a soft spot for McDevitt's The Hercules Text too. Aldrin and Barnes Encounter with Tiber is surprisingly good as well.

von Boom

At first I thought this thread was dedicated to Charlie Sheen's film The Arrival (not a bad film really), but I do love a first contact story. I'm looking forward to this.

Goaty

Early reviews of the film at Venice Film Festival is strong and good.

By-Jove

Quote from: von Boom on 10 August, 2016, 03:55:07 PM
At first I thought this thread was dedicated to Charlie Sheen's film The Arrival (not a bad film really), but I do love a first contact story. I'm looking forward to this.

Same ere!

Goaty

Well it got great reviews. So better see subtitled version soon!

dweezil2

Quote from: Goaty on 10 November, 2016, 10:15:39 PM
Well it got great reviews. So better see subtitled version soon!

Saw it today.

Amy Adams gave an amazing performance and the film asked some thought provoking existential questions, but I found it slighty underwhelming dramatically, with a rather muddled climax.
Tonally and aesthetically it struck me as Independence Day.as directed by Terrence Malick.

As a rare slice of intelligent science fiction though, it is required viewing.
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