i was a little disapointed the whole film i was looking forward to seeing the aliens, and in the end its just a projection of her old man. but I can understand how that ties into the emotional side of the story and jodie foster's character.
This is the movie for eternity. One day in the distant future we will reach the stars, and Carl Sagan's dream will then be fulfilled. Among the best scientific/fictional movies ever!
@crumpetbutterdrips I have tried to think about life on earth in the distant future, talking about AD 10,000 and beyond all the way to AD 1,000,000. Imagine the earth one million years from now. The thoughts send chills down my spine and make me feel sad for my own short life. Yet, at some stage, we must leave earth to take on journeys to other stars to perpetuate our species.
something like this, would never happen in todays world, information like this would be silenced people would be bought out, and only a hand full of extremely wealthy people would use it to there benefit, That is a grim reality of the world we live in today
in buddhism i have seen it says the time travel is possible and have literature on that. first of all you got to develop you mind by deep meditation. e time travel happens when u r in deep state of meditation by using a thing called jhana.
@fuckerrights I know that your comment is just a couple of months old but I just wanted to agree with you. I once read a book titled "Third Eye" written by a Buddhist monk named Dr. Lobsang Rampa. It opened my eyes, and changed my very own way of thinking. There's evena part in the book where you mentioned time travel, that he himself experienced.
Does anyone know for sure what exactly happened in this movie? There was no explanation at all. Did she visit Heaven....or what? What or Who was it appearing to be her father? What does the book say?
You can hear lines below on this video (6:04 - 6:23);
"The fact that it recorded static isn't what interests me."
"What interests me is that recorded approximately 18 hours."
This line implies that Ellie's experience wasn't a hallucination or something, it's supposed to be real, because she had no chance to alter the record.
So I suppose she must have visited outer space far from the Earth.
Two things- run the machine again- second, who broke the seat off the roof? Ellie sure as hell didn't do it in the time it took the IPV to fall into the net.
Many scientific methods have REFLECTED as such- Unexplianed forms-scientific, and beyond..There SHOULD be no case for DEBATE.....Humans are ONLY just BEGINING....Arrogance seems to a driving force---Until Humility takes a swift turn.
the one remaining and nagging question of this whole film that needs to be asked is why wasn't another person chosen to experience the device? it appears that the second device was NOT damaged during ellie's "trip"? the book also has some unanswered questions.
@npaujbais yes, i remember that part vaguely which means i will have to watch the movie and read the book once more. it has been several years since i read the book and i always admired Carl Sagan and strongly feel that God took him away from this world well BEFORE his time but such is the nature of life and death. if there is an afterlife i would like to discuss Carl Sagan's professional work some day. CHEERS! ~S
@SocratesTheGadfly I asked this question... I was told the machine had to be operated at *both sides*...both the sending and receiving side. Since the Vegans say Earth getting ready they were operating their side ...too...but once finished it would be like attempting to get on an airplane, but none was at the gate. The machine would attain max speed---but the device would fall through to the water---not having been transported.
@Tigerman1138 interesting in that line of thinking and it really is a unique plot saving device that makes the movie open ended as well as leaving nagging questions. did ellie really take the trip or was it all within her mind. the one saving plot line is the camcorder recording 18 hours of static when the pod dropped straight through the rotating rings of the device. as speculative science fiction it still is very well made. still would like to hear cal sagan's thoughts on alien life.
@SocratesTheGadfly what second device ? ive only recently read the book only to be disappointed by the movie, but i didn't feel that the book has unanswered questions, what device are you talking about ?
@lolroflmaoization from an earlier conversation someone states that for the device to work there had to be 2 with one working at each end and i think that is from the movie I think. it has been several years since I read the book. the device in question is the circular device with rings that spun around and created a "vortex" in the center something like a mini wormhole that "transported" ellie to a tropical planet. the ambiguity I speak of is the endlessness of space
@SocratesTheGadfly ive finished the book only yesterday and i still got no idea what you are talking about, the whole traveling part of the story is explained in full detail in the book i suggest you give that part another read
@SocratesTheGadfly I don't think those loose ends necessarily need tying up though... I think Carl got the message across, the story is meant to bring home the reality of our situation. In that respect it delivers, this was another way for Mr. Sagan to try and convey his message of the preciousness of humanity and planet Earth.
@solomonkain yes, i fully agree with your assessment in that the ending is still open ended just as much as the fate of humanity and life on this good planet earth is also open ended. what science and philosophy have tried to give us is understanding and ultimately acceptance of our own fate. our lives are what we make of it in this vast universe. however, most people are spoiled and want nice tidy endings rather than the doubt of uncertainty and the unknown.
@SocratesTheGadfly They ,e.g.,Government Officials know the answer: What they pursue is not to confirm the Truth but to deny it because it exposes their fallacious existence that is predicated on conflict which perpetuates their hold on power for the benefit of a select group- themselves- and not humanity as a whole.
@TheBela62 sounds conveniently like the generic conspiratorial theory of everything. just remember to think about this, "the government is NOT lying to you"
@SocratesTheGadfly The nagging question to me is the recurring statement that if there isn't life on other planets, it seems like an awful waste of space. The statement itself implies Intelligent Design.
Was that line in the book? Because I can say that as a Christian, I have no problem with that statement, but an Atheist might, and Sagan was, after all, an atheist.
I think its arrogant to believe we are the only ones that God created, the only planet he made habitable.
@bantyhenrants yes, I thoroughly agree with you on many of those exact same points. however, I am not so convinced of carl sagan's philosophy as being atheistic. I have no problem with that statement either but the movie does portray religion in something of a negative way with the fanatic who blows himself up to destroy the first device and with matthew mcconaughey's character. further, it would be beyond arrogance and pure hubris to assert that there is only ONE planet for life
@SocratesTheGadfly Its nice to know you agree on most points, but I'm pretty sure Sagan was an Atheist. If you have evidence otherwise please let me know.
@bantyhenrants I will concede on Carl Sagan but to be honest, I really do not know. I may be biased based upon my background, education and training as an engineer and having broad studies in physics, chemistry and astronomy. Furthermore, I may have to read the book again because if memory serves me well the movie did not quite parallel the book exactly. At this point I will have to say I just do not know.
@SocratesTheGadfly I never read the book because I was never a fan of Sagan. I was a Psych major, so I never spent a lot of time thinking about life on other planets. I was too busy thinking about life on this one. Earthlings are so screwed up that I think, if there is life on other planets, I hope they are doing better than we are.
@bantyhenrants I will concede that there is a dual dichotomy regarding mankind in which we have the beautiful works of mozart, bernocilli, da vinci, shania twain and chaplin. but within the same breath there is the evil of stalin, jack the ripper, caligula, attila and hitler. my instinct as a scientist though tells me that life on other planets is just as much as struggle for survival just as much it has been for the human race. peace.
@bantyhenrants You kind of wonder: Repeating primes is a definite sign of intelligence. But DNA happened simply as a result of causality? The skeptic may believe that, their prerogative. I don't.
@brew667 One of the greatest astronomer ever lived. He brought complicated science to common people and make it understandable. He had a show called Cosmos back in the day where he talks about the human history and the universe and discuss many different issues from biology to chemistry, astronomy, physic etc. He is also the author of the book Contact which this movie based on. He also often talk about how much of a threat that human is to Humanity. You should look him up!
@PeaceOfTruth Thanks very much. I will look him up, just looked him up on this and there's some really interesting stuff that i'll enjoy. Thanks again for getting back to me.
she and james woods really overacted in this... PS, they know for a fact that this came from outer space from alien lifeforms, so why is it so difficult for them to believe she visited there. Seems stupid.
@qwertyduel - I agree with this statement, why wouldn't they believe her journey took place after being given plans to make a device that's never been heard of on Earth.
I believe it's a comment on the sexism in society. If the guy originally scheduled to go on the trip had made it he probably would've been believed, or given more the benefit of the doubt.
Here's the truly goofy part of this film: I can't even put together a tricycle if the instructions are in Spanish. Here we have instructions for the most complex device ever designed, in a language no one on Earth knows. And they get it right??? And it actually works??? Does anyone else see how absurd this is???
@boriato Actually the information was transmitted in mathematical equations, i.e. the universal language. Hell even crop circles can be deciphered because they are simply algorithms, mathmatical sequences.
@XxBeJeweledDancerxX Good thought. But this is way more complex than a crop circle ...and I'm at a loss how to decipher those. It's instruction to build something no one has ever conceived of before, and no one even knows what it's supposed to do. The idea that anyone could decipher and follow the instructions and get it right (with local materials the space aliens aren't familiar with) still seems pretty comical, don't you think? I did manage to install a thermostat once, but this? Wow!
For Scientific funding, half a trillion is a lot of money. Scientists and Engineers are very financially efficient, their knowledge of optimization and mathematical finance(which for them borrows on remedial calculus) coupled with their lack of greed and ability to survive merely on small stipends throughout college and grad school allows them to design projects which are essentially funded on peanuts. The LHC cost 10 billion, the VLA cost 3 billion, the entire space race itself was 136 billion.
Man feels small,so he is,in the universe.But man,looking inside, at the hundreds of billions of cells in his body,he now is a GIANT...........BUT,if man sees that ALL of the atoms that make him up,are little parts of the universe,then he can see that HE is the universe,in part of it,.......he is it. Just as the Sun,Mars or Vega,are part of it.They are it. We,Humans,ARE the universe,more powerful then Stars,because we can think,and have minds.Our mind,spirit,energy,with it is god to some.
@donniedarko131 While certain natural drugs help deepen your thoughts, how ever shallow and unevolved they begin, i don't think it takes drugs for an intelligent and imaginative person to realize that his conciousness is conected to everything large & small inthe universe. Our cells are living functioning purposeful beings in the universe that is us. We are specs of purposeful beings in the vastness of space and multiple dimensions. If you cannot contemplate that then you need a fat ass joint.
@XxBeJeweledDancerxX You are nuts, all you are spitting is aristocratic non sense, I've read your wall of text in your channel, Imo you have some burned up fuses, you sound like an extremist idiot... My conciousness is connected to nothing, we are just advanced machines. Don't watch too much Sci-fi... And definitively drop what you are smoking. And btw you can stick the "natural" word to drugs to make it sounds cool, but you know some natural chemicals actually kills...
@donniedarko131 I think it's cute someone as disconnected and bitter as you are would even attempt to tell someone what to do over the computer. But nonetheless an acurate expression of your stunted psycological evolution. BTW there's no mention of aristocracy in my comment and I know of no aristocrat with the mind much less the soul to explore the concept of infinite conciousness. Finally for someone watching a science fiction film telling others not to you are also a retarded hypocrite.
@XxBeJeweledDancerxX Can you ever fucking stop talking like you are writing a fucking thesis ? If that's what turns you on, then don't talk with some random people on the internet. And go connect yourself with whoever in the other side of the universe since you are connected...
@donniedarko131 Furthermore I don't meet many people as insanely introverted as you these days. You're like a relic from the dark ages where free thought is considered heresy. Don't for a second think your drooling ramblings have helped anyone understand this film, science, fiction, or my online persona any better. Just eat your MSG drink your fluoride & be a good little machine. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. I bet that's how you greet people everyday if u even leave the house.
@XxBeJeweledDancerxX And btw don't try to make it sounds like you are the good guy, you are not, you are the hater here, you picked me randomly and started saying shit to me, don't expect me not to come back at you then. You are the hater get over it, if you were not you wouldn't have started shit with me... I have not asked you anything. Go back writing your fucking thesis imo...
@donniedarko131 Just as you randomly picked someone to criticize. And I wasn't "hating". Merely pointing out that your programming is outdated and faulty IMO. I'll leave you alone now if you stay gone.
Mr.Kitz,wanna punch him out?YUP,thats really good acting.James Woods,as seen in person,is a shy very humble gentle man.He can play a good,... RAT.I'm sure that Dr.Carl Sagan,when he wrote this book,did the proper research,on worm hole,VEGA,light speed,and the time a body would fall that distance.Humans making all of these comments,most of whom are unaware of their,ID and EGO,and how they work,The Mind, not the Brain.With a "Star Trek",education of space,yet they seen so 'right'.or so they think
@wellgeewhizz Oh I see. What a wasteful civilisation! You would expect a few goes for your money! So now mankind has to fork out even more money to build another one. I'd send a message back saying "Stuff your machine pal, it's crap! Even the space shuttle that looks like a school bus with wings is reuseable"
Just great: here is a female scientist who needs to be saved by a "religious" witch doctor from the clutches of devious politicians! so who wins? the witch doctor of course. religion: the greatest calamity that befell mankind
i think it was this movie that inspired some guys to start making south park. 1997 both of them and first episode was about exactly this stuff o,O maybe you've all seen that already...
I don't know-- but the Occam's Razor argument in this segment seems faulty to me. It seems MORE likely/simple that a FAR more intelligent species was able to contact us than some lowly human could have conned everyone so well. The argument seems extremely flawed and ridiculous.
If this were real life why do I get the feeling that the nutty protesters in this movie in hysteria and mob mentality, would probably be holding FOX NEWS signs.
So powerful!!! I just saw this for the first time at my church today...I was crying my eyes out. I know exactly how she feels. Just because you don't have imperical evidence about something doesn't mean it isn't real.
Two wars in the Middle East, giant additions to bureaucracy (FEMA/Homeland security), and bailout of major failing corporations...we could've built a hundred of these things...
In the screenplay, Ellie is vindicated to the entire world when the 'transport system' reveals itself in the night sky. It'd be nice to see a filmed version of that, even if it wound up as a deleted scene in the dvd extras.
@MATUSOWNED No different.Humans use one-tenth of their brains.So think of OUR lucid dreaming,as Grade one.Imagine when a human can use ten-tenths of the brain.The 'dreaming' or mind travel,will be what we can not even imagine now.Energy,Mental Energy,wanna take a ride???????
so where r the audio recordings? she spoke into a microphone the whole time where is the audio? they never mentioned it. don't sspose it's all static too.
@SolidGold1980 The theory of going at the speed of light... actually makes things real weird. Possibly even going back in time... or taking longer than it used to be calculated..
@SolidGold1980 No no my friend, obviously she traveled much farther than she could have done with the speed of light in 18 hours. She saw a galaxy from the outside! Even if it was our Milky Way we saw there: Even light would have traveled 10s of 1000s of years to reach that point in space! So obviously, she traveled much faster than light. But that's the whole idea behind wormholes, isn't it?
I think, special relativity brings you no step further here. It's science fiction! :-)
@djungbremen Dang, you're right - even getting to Vega would take years traveling at light speed. So I guess we can assume the wormholes let her take shortcuts thru the universe and allowed her to come back at almost the same instant she left regardless of what speed she traveled.
@SolidGold1980 Your observation is correct. One of the best sci-fi movies for 60 minutes and then one of the worst disappointments 60 minutes onward...arg! This is the SETI Directors favourite sci-fi movie up to the point where Jodi is bouncing around the beach with her father because some rich guy was able to hide a major complex from the 1,000s of military and domestic satellites.... why, why why
@julien1976julien i nearly cried when it said "for carl" its almost like Jody Foster actually played carl for filling his dream of travelling to the stars before he died, sham he never did make it. We love respect and inspire from you Carl Sagan see you in Vaga someday
'I'll tell you one thing about the universe, though. The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space. Right?' - BEST QUOTE!
Probably the two smartest actors in Hollywood in one scene. Jodie graduated magna cum laude with a degree in literature from Yale and is fluent in french. while James has an IQ of 180 and 1580 sat score.
If I knew for certain that one of my kids was to someday be a congress person, I would grab him or her by the feet and smack their brains out against the cement.
what about the bit at the end where the woman say that the doctors head cam recorded 18hrs of static which means it did happen? or is that just a special scene for the special edition?
@gearsofwarowner99 in all I knew, that ever-important scene was not exclusive to a special edition. It was part of the original Contact movie with Jodie foster.
@sixra90 Gosh dangit GOD DOES EXIST!!! You want proof of god!!! Look at Nascar! WOuld as beautiful a thing as Nascar or Cousin on Cousin marriage exist without THE LORD!!!! I don't think so! I'm from Alabama!!! If there is no God then I must be some sort of monkey! And I ain't no MONKEY!!!! gOSH DANGAAAAAT
@NikiBoy27 Yeah I used to be an Atheist and used to think rationally and only believe things with evidence backing them up.....but then I found Nascar and Incest and missing teeth, and I just came to the conclusion that God has to exist. Who needs evidence to believe in things? I believe I can have sex with my sister!!! And there's no evidence for that!!! Duhhhhh
That was one of the movies that stayed with me for so long. Gave me a lot to think about and a new perspective. I loved watching it. Just a great movie.
I once had a conversation with a man who asked me if I believed that there was life in outer space. I said no I don't believe it I know it to be a fact. How do you know he asked. I said simply this. Where do you suppose we are ?
This movie is great because it treats faith and science eloquently... I love the 18+ hours of static: it could only mean that she actually went somewhere very quickly: it's called Time Dilation and it's very real. But forcing an atheist to demand others having faith in her testimony was a great evolution of her character... I'll probably buy this movie for that reason alone.
James Woods is always the go-to guy when you need a massive dick in your movie.
BatmanOneOhOne 2 days ago
Our brother and stars sisters are real and they will reveled to humanity in the next monts!!!
Anexpectedlover 2 days ago
But she didn't go in the American spaceship, she went
the other guys spaceship.
wibble321 1 week ago
...the logistics and technical diagnostics concerning another trip would be astronomical. Next question?
999gtube 1 week ago
i was a little disapointed the whole film i was looking forward to seeing the aliens, and in the end its just a projection of her old man. but I can understand how that ties into the emotional side of the story and jodie foster's character.
rhettpeter83 2 weeks ago
Too freaky next friday...
TheTeamLiam 2 weeks ago
rip sagan.
sniperquasi 3 weeks ago
In the book she DOES bring something back.
catchersmitt0 4 weeks ago
@catchersmitt0 What? Please tell.
pololopo23 2 weeks ago
This is the movie for eternity. One day in the distant future we will reach the stars, and Carl Sagan's dream will then be fulfilled. Among the best scientific/fictional movies ever!
Movies like this make life worthwhile!
MrVuHNguyen 1 month ago
@MrVuHNguyen In the distant future if we don't journey amongst the stars then the human race and all life on Earth will die.
crumpetbutterdrips 3 weeks ago
@crumpetbutterdrips I have tried to think about life on earth in the distant future, talking about AD 10,000 and beyond all the way to AD 1,000,000. Imagine the earth one million years from now. The thoughts send chills down my spine and make me feel sad for my own short life. Yet, at some stage, we must leave earth to take on journeys to other stars to perpetuate our species.
MrVuHNguyen 3 weeks ago
2:21 : she's clearly talking about DMT!
Biopyro 1 month ago 4
@Biopyro clearly!
Samuelthemule 2 weeks ago
In the courtroom, Matthew reminded me of a young Marlon Brando :)
tamonettX500 1 month ago
something like this, would never happen in todays world, information like this would be silenced people would be bought out, and only a hand full of extremely wealthy people would use it to there benefit, That is a grim reality of the world we live in today
AlbertInSanAntonio 2 months ago
"so if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space"
.logic.
UnframedAnimation 2 months ago
in buddhism i have seen it says the time travel is possible and have literature on that. first of all you got to develop you mind by deep meditation. e time travel happens when u r in deep state of meditation by using a thing called jhana.
fuckerrights 2 months ago
@fuckerrights I know that your comment is just a couple of months old but I just wanted to agree with you. I once read a book titled "Third Eye" written by a Buddhist monk named Dr. Lobsang Rampa. It opened my eyes, and changed my very own way of thinking. There's evena part in the book where you mentioned time travel, that he himself experienced.
sheekm227 4 days ago
18 hours. that was so long
fgj4001 2 months ago
Does anyone know for sure what exactly happened in this movie? There was no explanation at all. Did she visit Heaven....or what? What or Who was it appearing to be her father? What does the book say?
Quick2000 2 months ago
@Quick2000
> Did she visit Heaven....or what?
You can hear lines below on this video (6:04 - 6:23);
"The fact that it recorded static isn't what interests me."
"What interests me is that recorded approximately 18 hours."
This line implies that Ellie's experience wasn't a hallucination or something, it's supposed to be real, because she had no chance to alter the record.
So I suppose she must have visited outer space far from the Earth.
runnowhere 2 months ago
@runnowhere Thank You for your thoughts on this! I appreciate it big time!
Quick2000 2 months ago
@Quick2000
> What or Who was it appearing to be her father?
Well, I have no idea. Maybe it was Extra-Terrestrial.
I'm afraid that my English is not so accurate, so I wonder if you could tell me any mistakes or grammatical errors on my writings.
runnowhere 2 months ago
@runnowhere your writing is perfect and there are no errors here. Thanks for the conversations!
Quick2000 2 months ago
Controversial in what way? And should there not be controversy? That's how you get people to think.
darrenholcomb42 2 months ago
What do you think? Is she gone to Wega?
DerAhlke9877 3 months ago
most of the comments bellow are by
religious nuts
conspirisy nuts
alien believing nuts
Glaswegianmark 3 months ago
Hopefully somebody can explain this to me..umm..how can the guy acknowledge the 18 hours of static but knowingly keep that hidden during the trial?
Raktoner 3 months ago
@Raktoner because govt wanted to cover up any contact with aliens,just like the x files,they wanted to make her look like a crazy woman
folladordeprostis 3 months ago
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I'm really sorry that I can't understand the story well without subtitles because of my poooooooor English listening skills......
runnowhere 3 months ago
@runnowhere
I've just watched the video with Japanese and English SUBTITLES.
Well, I think the story is exciting, but don't you think this ending is a little bit controversial?
I have to improve my English listening skill anyway......
runnowhere 2 months ago
pls tell me about this soundtrack at 8:16 please...?
ilifeform 3 months ago
God bless Carl Sagan.
...Wait.
chenalos 3 months ago
I hate Jodie fucker as an actor. Such an annoying winey bitch
ProConstitutioner 4 months ago
@ProConstitutioner
You've proven to be quite a likable and friendly horses ass yourself ;)
SpreadingtheMuse 3 months ago
18 hours of static....
KronnangDunn 4 months ago
Two things- run the machine again- second, who broke the seat off the roof? Ellie sure as hell didn't do it in the time it took the IPV to fall into the net.
TwoHandsNY 4 months ago
Bless Carl!
MrSunlander 4 months ago
Many scientific methods have REFLECTED as such- Unexplianed forms-scientific, and beyond..There SHOULD be no case for DEBATE.....Humans are ONLY just BEGINING....Arrogance seems to a driving force---Until Humility takes a swift turn.
MATUSOWNED 5 months ago in playlist GHA
the one remaining and nagging question of this whole film that needs to be asked is why wasn't another person chosen to experience the device? it appears that the second device was NOT damaged during ellie's "trip"? the book also has some unanswered questions.
SocratesTheGadfly 5 months ago 11
@SocratesTheGadfly the alien said they only take one at a time in a long time. that's how it's always been done.
npaujbais 2 months ago
@npaujbais yes, i remember that part vaguely which means i will have to watch the movie and read the book once more. it has been several years since i read the book and i always admired Carl Sagan and strongly feel that God took him away from this world well BEFORE his time but such is the nature of life and death. if there is an afterlife i would like to discuss Carl Sagan's professional work some day. CHEERS! ~S
SocratesTheGadfly 2 months ago
@SocratesTheGadfly I asked this question... I was told the machine had to be operated at *both sides*...both the sending and receiving side. Since the Vegans say Earth getting ready they were operating their side ...too...but once finished it would be like attempting to get on an airplane, but none was at the gate. The machine would attain max speed---but the device would fall through to the water---not having been transported.
Tigerman1138 2 months ago
@Tigerman1138 interesting in that line of thinking and it really is a unique plot saving device that makes the movie open ended as well as leaving nagging questions. did ellie really take the trip or was it all within her mind. the one saving plot line is the camcorder recording 18 hours of static when the pod dropped straight through the rotating rings of the device. as speculative science fiction it still is very well made. still would like to hear cal sagan's thoughts on alien life.
SocratesTheGadfly 2 months ago
@SocratesTheGadfly what second device ? ive only recently read the book only to be disappointed by the movie, but i didn't feel that the book has unanswered questions, what device are you talking about ?
lolroflmaoization 1 month ago
@lolroflmaoization from an earlier conversation someone states that for the device to work there had to be 2 with one working at each end and i think that is from the movie I think. it has been several years since I read the book. the device in question is the circular device with rings that spun around and created a "vortex" in the center something like a mini wormhole that "transported" ellie to a tropical planet. the ambiguity I speak of is the endlessness of space
SocratesTheGadfly 1 month ago
@SocratesTheGadfly ive finished the book only yesterday and i still got no idea what you are talking about, the whole traveling part of the story is explained in full detail in the book i suggest you give that part another read
lolroflmaoization 1 month ago
@SocratesTheGadfly I don't think those loose ends necessarily need tying up though... I think Carl got the message across, the story is meant to bring home the reality of our situation. In that respect it delivers, this was another way for Mr. Sagan to try and convey his message of the preciousness of humanity and planet Earth.
solomonkain 2 weeks ago
@solomonkain yes, i fully agree with your assessment in that the ending is still open ended just as much as the fate of humanity and life on this good planet earth is also open ended. what science and philosophy have tried to give us is understanding and ultimately acceptance of our own fate. our lives are what we make of it in this vast universe. however, most people are spoiled and want nice tidy endings rather than the doubt of uncertainty and the unknown.
SocratesTheGadfly 2 weeks ago
@SocratesTheGadfly They ,e.g.,Government Officials know the answer: What they pursue is not to confirm the Truth but to deny it because it exposes their fallacious existence that is predicated on conflict which perpetuates their hold on power for the benefit of a select group- themselves- and not humanity as a whole.
TheBela62 1 week ago in playlist MEN- Lady Palestine
@TheBela62 sounds conveniently like the generic conspiratorial theory of everything. just remember to think about this, "the government is NOT lying to you"
SocratesTheGadfly 1 week ago
@SocratesTheGadfly The nagging question to me is the recurring statement that if there isn't life on other planets, it seems like an awful waste of space. The statement itself implies Intelligent Design.
Was that line in the book? Because I can say that as a Christian, I have no problem with that statement, but an Atheist might, and Sagan was, after all, an atheist.
I think its arrogant to believe we are the only ones that God created, the only planet he made habitable.
bantyhenrants 4 days ago
@bantyhenrants yes, I thoroughly agree with you on many of those exact same points. however, I am not so convinced of carl sagan's philosophy as being atheistic. I have no problem with that statement either but the movie does portray religion in something of a negative way with the fanatic who blows himself up to destroy the first device and with matthew mcconaughey's character. further, it would be beyond arrogance and pure hubris to assert that there is only ONE planet for life
SocratesTheGadfly 4 days ago
@SocratesTheGadfly Its nice to know you agree on most points, but I'm pretty sure Sagan was an Atheist. If you have evidence otherwise please let me know.
bantyhenrants 3 days ago
@bantyhenrants I will concede on Carl Sagan but to be honest, I really do not know. I may be biased based upon my background, education and training as an engineer and having broad studies in physics, chemistry and astronomy. Furthermore, I may have to read the book again because if memory serves me well the movie did not quite parallel the book exactly. At this point I will have to say I just do not know.
SocratesTheGadfly 2 days ago
@SocratesTheGadfly I never read the book because I was never a fan of Sagan. I was a Psych major, so I never spent a lot of time thinking about life on other planets. I was too busy thinking about life on this one. Earthlings are so screwed up that I think, if there is life on other planets, I hope they are doing better than we are.
bantyhenrants 12 hours ago
@bantyhenrants I will concede that there is a dual dichotomy regarding mankind in which we have the beautiful works of mozart, bernocilli, da vinci, shania twain and chaplin. but within the same breath there is the evil of stalin, jack the ripper, caligula, attila and hitler. my instinct as a scientist though tells me that life on other planets is just as much as struggle for survival just as much it has been for the human race. peace.
SocratesTheGadfly 9 hours ago
@bantyhenrants You kind of wonder: Repeating primes is a definite sign of intelligence. But DNA happened simply as a result of causality? The skeptic may believe that, their prerogative. I don't.
SCE2AUX 4 days ago
Does anybody know what chord beeing played from 8:36 to 8:45
tupacshakur99 5 months ago
This is a beautiful movie and one of my favorites, Thank you for uploading.....
MzShaybutta 6 months ago
Carl Sagan was contacted ...
PeaceOfTruth 6 months ago
@PeaceOfTruth Who was Carl Sagan?
brew667 6 months ago
@brew667 One of the greatest astronomer ever lived. He brought complicated science to common people and make it understandable. He had a show called Cosmos back in the day where he talks about the human history and the universe and discuss many different issues from biology to chemistry, astronomy, physic etc. He is also the author of the book Contact which this movie based on. He also often talk about how much of a threat that human is to Humanity. You should look him up!
PeaceOfTruth 6 months ago
@PeaceOfTruth Thanks very much. I will look him up, just looked him up on this and there's some really interesting stuff that i'll enjoy. Thanks again for getting back to me.
brew667 6 months ago
It's sad SETI has been put under hibernation due to fund shortage, what part should we take?
flatwind 6 months ago
she and james woods really overacted in this... PS, they know for a fact that this came from outer space from alien lifeforms, so why is it so difficult for them to believe she visited there. Seems stupid.
qwertyduel 7 months ago
@qwertyduel - I agree with this statement, why wouldn't they believe her journey took place after being given plans to make a device that's never been heard of on Earth.
MzShaybutta 6 months ago
@MzShaybutta
I believe it's a comment on the sexism in society. If the guy originally scheduled to go on the trip had made it he probably would've been believed, or given more the benefit of the doubt.
codyswanson 5 months ago
Here's the truly goofy part of this film: I can't even put together a tricycle if the instructions are in Spanish. Here we have instructions for the most complex device ever designed, in a language no one on Earth knows. And they get it right??? And it actually works??? Does anyone else see how absurd this is???
boriato 7 months ago
@boriato Actually the information was transmitted in mathematical equations, i.e. the universal language. Hell even crop circles can be deciphered because they are simply algorithms, mathmatical sequences.
XxBeJeweledDancerxX 7 months ago
@XxBeJeweledDancerxX Good thought. But this is way more complex than a crop circle ...and I'm at a loss how to decipher those. It's instruction to build something no one has ever conceived of before, and no one even knows what it's supposed to do. The idea that anyone could decipher and follow the instructions and get it right (with local materials the space aliens aren't familiar with) still seems pretty comical, don't you think? I did manage to install a thermostat once, but this? Wow!
boriato 7 months ago
@boriato Then you might want to check out the video called Crop Circles Decoded? by EnigmaUniverse. Enjoy!
XxBeJeweledDancerxX 7 months ago
@boriato That's what cryptotechs and linguists are for.
SCE2AUX 1 week ago
For Scientific funding, half a trillion is a lot of money. Scientists and Engineers are very financially efficient, their knowledge of optimization and mathematical finance(which for them borrows on remedial calculus) coupled with their lack of greed and ability to survive merely on small stipends throughout college and grad school allows them to design projects which are essentially funded on peanuts. The LHC cost 10 billion, the VLA cost 3 billion, the entire space race itself was 136 billion.
MuonRay 7 months ago
Man feels small,so he is,in the universe.But man,looking inside, at the hundreds of billions of cells in his body,he now is a GIANT...........BUT,if man sees that ALL of the atoms that make him up,are little parts of the universe,then he can see that HE is the universe,in part of it,.......he is it. Just as the Sun,Mars or Vega,are part of it.They are it. We,Humans,ARE the universe,more powerful then Stars,because we can think,and have minds.Our mind,spirit,energy,with it is god to some.
billy1212ist 7 months ago
@billy1212ist can you please share what you were smoking ?
donniedarko131 7 months ago
@donniedarko131 While certain natural drugs help deepen your thoughts, how ever shallow and unevolved they begin, i don't think it takes drugs for an intelligent and imaginative person to realize that his conciousness is conected to everything large & small inthe universe. Our cells are living functioning purposeful beings in the universe that is us. We are specs of purposeful beings in the vastness of space and multiple dimensions. If you cannot contemplate that then you need a fat ass joint.
XxBeJeweledDancerxX 7 months ago
@XxBeJeweledDancerxX You are nuts, all you are spitting is aristocratic non sense, I've read your wall of text in your channel, Imo you have some burned up fuses, you sound like an extremist idiot... My conciousness is connected to nothing, we are just advanced machines. Don't watch too much Sci-fi... And definitively drop what you are smoking. And btw you can stick the "natural" word to drugs to make it sounds cool, but you know some natural chemicals actually kills...
donniedarko131 7 months ago
@donniedarko131 I think it's cute someone as disconnected and bitter as you are would even attempt to tell someone what to do over the computer. But nonetheless an acurate expression of your stunted psycological evolution. BTW there's no mention of aristocracy in my comment and I know of no aristocrat with the mind much less the soul to explore the concept of infinite conciousness. Finally for someone watching a science fiction film telling others not to you are also a retarded hypocrite.
XxBeJeweledDancerxX 7 months ago
@XxBeJeweledDancerxX Can you ever fucking stop talking like you are writing a fucking thesis ? If that's what turns you on, then don't talk with some random people on the internet. And go connect yourself with whoever in the other side of the universe since you are connected...
donniedarko131 7 months ago
@donniedarko131 Furthermore I don't meet many people as insanely introverted as you these days. You're like a relic from the dark ages where free thought is considered heresy. Don't for a second think your drooling ramblings have helped anyone understand this film, science, fiction, or my online persona any better. Just eat your MSG drink your fluoride & be a good little machine. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. I bet that's how you greet people everyday if u even leave the house.
XxBeJeweledDancerxX 7 months ago
@XxBeJeweledDancerxX And btw don't try to make it sounds like you are the good guy, you are not, you are the hater here, you picked me randomly and started saying shit to me, don't expect me not to come back at you then. You are the hater get over it, if you were not you wouldn't have started shit with me... I have not asked you anything. Go back writing your fucking thesis imo...
donniedarko131 7 months ago
@donniedarko131 Just as you randomly picked someone to criticize. And I wasn't "hating". Merely pointing out that your programming is outdated and faulty IMO. I'll leave you alone now if you stay gone.
XxBeJeweledDancerxX 7 months ago
Mr.Kitz,wanna punch him out?YUP,thats really good acting.James Woods,as seen in person,is a shy very humble gentle man.He can play a good,... RAT.I'm sure that Dr.Carl Sagan,when he wrote this book,did the proper research,on worm hole,VEGA,light speed,and the time a body would fall that distance.Humans making all of these comments,most of whom are unaware of their,ID and EGO,and how they work,The Mind, not the Brain.With a "Star Trek",education of space,yet they seen so 'right'.or so they think
billy1212ist 7 months ago
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FUCK YOU JAMES WOODS
shotgunsam666 8 months ago
I like the part where they get Occam's Razor wrong.
Bamont 8 months ago
jodie foster, shit actor!
Jootlash14 8 months ago
The guy on the far left at 4:50 kinda looks like Carl Sagan.
VirusToxin 9 months ago
I always forget how awesome this movie is
Triad0626 9 months ago
sad that the top comments are smart-ass remarks rather than an intelligent analysis of how beautiful the theme of this movie is.
cheerwine01 9 months ago
I hated Matthew McConaughey in this movie. I don't know why.. He totally irritated me..
SGH28N 9 months ago
Why did she not just say "well if you do not believe me send someone else to confirm what I say."
MrFrontallobotomy 9 months ago
@MrFrontallobotomy the Machine stops working after she takes her trip.
wellgeewhizz 9 months ago
@wellgeewhizz Oh I see. What a wasteful civilisation! You would expect a few goes for your money! So now mankind has to fork out even more money to build another one. I'd send a message back saying "Stuff your machine pal, it's crap! Even the space shuttle that looks like a school bus with wings is reuseable"
MrFrontallobotomy 9 months ago
"18 hours of static! interesting isnt it?" love it...!
userac78 9 months ago
@userac78
Chilled my blood when I saw this the first time. One of the best movie WHOA moments I can remember!
slayerd81 9 months ago
I'm a scientist and all the time i watch this movie, it makes me cry like a baby, call me nerd.
85aesculapius 9 months ago 4
Just great: here is a female scientist who needs to be saved by a "religious" witch doctor from the clutches of devious politicians! so who wins? the witch doctor of course. religion: the greatest calamity that befell mankind
hotboyclarence 9 months ago
like always the goverment covers everything
Cottbus2 10 months ago
@Cottbus2 That's because we all have small minds loaded with hysteria!
Catalyst2 8 months ago
There is no other girl in Hollywood who would have done a better job as Ellie as Jodie did. Noone.
thelupoistheman1 10 months ago
I'd like to say this is a good movie but goddammit isn't that Matthew McConaughey in it!
quogequox 10 months ago
EVERYTHING'S COVERED-UP!
MrPiff17 10 months ago
i think it was this movie that inspired some guys to start making south park. 1997 both of them and first episode was about exactly this stuff o,O maybe you've all seen that already...
95whiteFang95 10 months ago
For Carl
LBTennis 10 months ago 24
@LBTennis What a wonderfull gift to Carl from Ann Druyan.
rodzimanos 3 months ago
This film is amazing and Inspiring in a way. Just shows us that life is more than we know or handle and gives us many more views on our faith.
peterww777 11 months ago
The best sci-fi movie so far...
ludlow07 11 months ago
my dad was an extra in the first scene
smo555 11 months ago
I don't know-- but the Occam's Razor argument in this segment seems faulty to me. It seems MORE likely/simple that a FAR more intelligent species was able to contact us than some lowly human could have conned everyone so well. The argument seems extremely flawed and ridiculous.
ivyem23 11 months ago
If this were real life why do I get the feeling that the nutty protesters in this movie in hysteria and mob mentality, would probably be holding FOX NEWS signs.
hickorydickoryduck 11 months ago 11
Love the acting. Very well done.
CrazyIemon 11 months ago
So powerful!!! I just saw this for the first time at my church today...I was crying my eyes out. I know exactly how she feels. Just because you don't have imperical evidence about something doesn't mean it isn't real.
xoxolova02 11 months ago
This film changed my life
matteuklol 11 months ago
@matteuklol,
Me too. This is one of my favorite movies.
thelupoistheman1 10 months ago
This is one of my Favorites as well, and best last scenes ever. For me, that is. I know, "Cheesy"!
lauragayledonnelly 11 months ago
6:15 love that part!
Rorzyn 1 year ago
I think it's great that the alien turns out to be Hack, the cab driver!!
rds13601 1 year ago
She is so overdramatic.
Inganotodden 1 year ago
Two wars in the Middle East, giant additions to bureaucracy (FEMA/Homeland security), and bailout of major failing corporations...we could've built a hundred of these things...
Intranetusa 1 year ago
In the screenplay, Ellie is vindicated to the entire world when the 'transport system' reveals itself in the night sky. It'd be nice to see a filmed version of that, even if it wound up as a deleted scene in the dvd extras.
RLviddy 1 year ago 2
Jodie Foster is like Jesus in that courtroom.
Morelloo1 1 year ago
@Morelloo1 yeah, everyone against her
porkbellyroast 1 year ago
@Morelloo1
It would be freking awesome if extra terrestrial aliens were responsible for Jesus and actually gave him powers/teachings/etc
Intranetusa 1 year ago
Isn't James Woods annoying? And a semi-shitty actor to boot
UberKrispy 1 year ago
@UberKrispy woods is one of the best actors in hollywood.
porkbellyroast 1 year ago
@porkbellyroast How so? he always plays the same smart-ass, arrogant annoying asshole. In essense, he plays himself.
UberKrispy 1 year ago
@UberKrispy yeah well he is good at that.
porkbellyroast 1 year ago
@UberKrispy
fuck you brian. just because he ruined your screenplay and TV show doesnt mean you need to hate him forever
Glaswegianmark 3 months ago
One GRAIN of the SAND--I'll accept it.. W ith a taerdrop....
MATUSOWNED 1 year ago
James Woods
travz21 1 year ago
We can " travel " to the "Moon " and call it a HOAX..OCKAM'S RAZOR
MATUSOWNED 1 year ago
FUN FACT: my cousin is the girl jodie foster puts that hat on at 7:26
IndeExo 1 year ago
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IndeExo 1 year ago
WE ALL CAN TRAVEL IN LUCID DREAMING--So how is this EXPERIENCE any different than HUMAN ABILITY ??????
MATUSOWNED 1 year ago
@MATUSOWNED No different.Humans use one-tenth of their brains.So think of OUR lucid dreaming,as Grade one.Imagine when a human can use ten-tenths of the brain.The 'dreaming' or mind travel,will be what we can not even imagine now.Energy,Mental Energy,wanna take a ride???????
billy1212ist 7 months ago
so where r the audio recordings? she spoke into a microphone the whole time where is the audio? they never mentioned it. don't sspose it's all static too.
tommyhf9999 1 year ago
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SolidGold1980 1 year ago 2
@SolidGold1980 - Good point. My knowledge of Special Relativity is limited, but I think you are right.
arencraig 1 year ago
@SolidGold1980 The theory of going at the speed of light... actually makes things real weird. Possibly even going back in time... or taking longer than it used to be calculated..
im not sure though, i really forgot.
subslament 1 year ago
@SolidGold1980 No no my friend, obviously she traveled much farther than she could have done with the speed of light in 18 hours. She saw a galaxy from the outside! Even if it was our Milky Way we saw there: Even light would have traveled 10s of 1000s of years to reach that point in space! So obviously, she traveled much faster than light. But that's the whole idea behind wormholes, isn't it?
I think, special relativity brings you no step further here. It's science fiction! :-)
djungbremen 1 year ago
@djungbremen Dang, you're right - even getting to Vega would take years traveling at light speed. So I guess we can assume the wormholes let her take shortcuts thru the universe and allowed her to come back at almost the same instant she left regardless of what speed she traveled.
SolidGold1980 1 year ago
@djungbremen maybe it was another dimension
UberKrispy 1 year ago
@SolidGold1980 Your observation is correct. One of the best sci-fi movies for 60 minutes and then one of the worst disappointments 60 minutes onward...arg! This is the SETI Directors favourite sci-fi movie up to the point where Jodi is bouncing around the beach with her father because some rich guy was able to hide a major complex from the 1,000s of military and domestic satellites.... why, why why
garygnu01 1 year ago
carl is my dad
julioclau 1 year ago
Another great movie from the 90s era. And the piano playing really makes me want to watch Forrest Gump now
belisaj 1 year ago
FOR CARL *WTF*
venomxus 1 year ago
@venomxus Carl Sagan wrote the novel.
julien1976julien 1 year ago
@julien1976julien i nearly cried when it said "for carl" its almost like Jody Foster actually played carl for filling his dream of travelling to the stars before he died, sham he never did make it. We love respect and inspire from you Carl Sagan see you in Vaga someday
matteuklol 11 months ago
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Its funny that you get the smartest comments on such an unknown vid. ;-)
midarkmind 1 year ago
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midarkmind 1 year ago
'I'll tell you one thing about the universe, though. The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space. Right?' - BEST QUOTE!
CRAZYforLUFF 1 year ago 22
the fact that it recorded static isn't what interests me, what interests me is that it recorded 18 hours of it
EaglesNation24 1 year ago
what is it with 18?? 18 hours, 18 months later!
missystar013 1 year ago
damn recorded 18 hour means she DO traveled 18 hours on space and that so fast that she came back at same time into the gyroscope :)
TigerMeet2142 1 year ago
Probably the two smartest actors in Hollywood in one scene. Jodie graduated magna cum laude with a degree in literature from Yale and is fluent in french. while James has an IQ of 180 and 1580 sat score.
saucy05 1 year ago 4
this makes me cry every time. i know if this was to happen in real life, i would believe her.
thatsodiesel 1 year ago
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If I knew for certain that one of my kids was to someday be a congress person, I would grab him or her by the feet and smack their brains out against the cement.
bootsdog3 1 year ago
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bootsdog3 1 year ago
congress is so much more reasonable in the movies
Bigmanmotorbus 1 year ago 16
Congress is so much more reasonable in the movies
Bigmanmotorbus 1 year ago
what about the bit at the end where the woman say that the doctors head cam recorded 18hrs of static which means it did happen? or is that just a special scene for the special edition?
gearsofwarowner99 1 year ago
@gearsofwarowner99 that was in the movie. I remember that vividly when i watched in the theatre. One of my favourite movies!
kuryamtl 1 year ago
@gearsofwarowner99 in all I knew, that ever-important scene was not exclusive to a special edition. It was part of the original Contact movie with Jodie foster.
TFWC88 1 year ago
Hypocrites! All of them believe in God and they can't prove it. xD
sixra90 1 year ago 3
@sixra90 Gosh dangit GOD DOES EXIST!!! You want proof of god!!! Look at Nascar! WOuld as beautiful a thing as Nascar or Cousin on Cousin marriage exist without THE LORD!!!! I don't think so! I'm from Alabama!!! If there is no God then I must be some sort of monkey! And I ain't no MONKEY!!!! gOSH DANGAAAAAT
365to173repubsPWNED 1 year ago
@365to173repubsPWNED So true
NikiBoy27 1 year ago
@365to173repubsPWNED So true I should subscribe to you but I'm to lazy to.
NikiBoy27 1 year ago
@NikiBoy27 Yeah I used to be an Atheist and used to think rationally and only believe things with evidence backing them up.....but then I found Nascar and Incest and missing teeth, and I just came to the conclusion that God has to exist. Who needs evidence to believe in things? I believe I can have sex with my sister!!! And there's no evidence for that!!! Duhhhhh
365to173repubsPWNED 1 year ago
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@sixra90 God does not exist. Period.
NikiBoy27 1 year ago 103
That was one of the movies that stayed with me for so long. Gave me a lot to think about and a new perspective. I loved watching it. Just a great movie.
wownouser 1 year ago
I once had a conversation with a man who asked me if I believed that there was life in outer space. I said no I don't believe it I know it to be a fact. How do you know he asked. I said simply this. Where do you suppose we are ?
josephonwhidbey 1 year ago 3
@josephonwhidbey There it is, good comment.
HYPNOTICVIDEO 1 year ago
This movie is great because it treats faith and science eloquently... I love the 18+ hours of static: it could only mean that she actually went somewhere very quickly: it's called Time Dilation and it's very real. But forcing an atheist to demand others having faith in her testimony was a great evolution of her character... I'll probably buy this movie for that reason alone.
RayTech70 1 year ago 7
for carl, rip
flatwind 1 year ago