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[Narrew]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
All that religious mumbo jumbo was certainly detracting...

I would normally agree with you, but in this case, Jodi's character didn't believe in God and questioned what's his names proof that his God was real, he said Faith and yet at the end, it was Faith that she had to use to convince everyone what she experienced was real. Anyway, I thought it was a clever thread inside the movie.

I also agree, reluctantly, that we are alone, unless there is a civilization that uses tight beam communications.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

1: The universe is infinite.
2: Therefore, no matter the ratio of races/stars, as long as the second is not infinite, their are an infinite number of races.

[henk brouwer]

Originally posted by Renegade 13:
Its a very well done movie. I felt that they left themselves a lot of room for a sequel, but never got around to it. Maybe it wasn't a huge success, so a sequel never got made. Too bad.

They could easily have made a sequel since the movie seems to end somewhere halfway the story.

The Book by Carl Sagan went on for quite a while (read it ages ago, hope I remember this correctly) *spoilers ahead*. Later in the story a huge discovery was made regarding the number pi (3,14~) which was always believed to be build up of random numbers when you precicely calculate it.
They discovered that after calculating to like the 10E-10000th digit, binary code started showing up wich formed, when written out, a circle. The only explanation was that god apparently put his autograph somewhere in the number pi, a natural constant, proving his existence.

Indeed lots of religious mumbo-jumbo in this movie, usually not really my thing, but I thought it was a good movie (but the book was better)

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
1: The universe is infinite.
2: Therefore, no matter the ratio of races/stars, as long as the second is not infinite, their are an infinite number of races.

Speculation, no proof.

[Stone Mill]

I enjoyed this movie. I liked the irony weaved into it.

As for Foster fans... I think she's cute too... but fellas, you are out of luck... you don't have the right equipment for her...

[dogscoff]

1: The universe is infinite.
2: Therefore, no matter the ratio of races/stars, as long as the second is not infinite, their are an infinite number of races.

And don't forget what the hitchhiker's guide has to say on the subject:
"THE UNIVERSE: Some Information to help you live in it.

POPULATION: NONE

It is known that there is an infinite number of worlds, but not every one is inhabited. Therefore there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so if every planet in the Universe has a population of zero then the entire population of the Universe must be zero, and any people you may actually meet from time to time are merely products of a deranged imagination."

Douglas Adams rocks, and the HHG will live forever.

[Atrocities]

Like I said, until one of those aliens lands on the white house lawn and says "I come in peace, take me to your leader" I will Subscribe to the fact that life does not exsist elsewhere in the universe.

Planet life and single celled organizms excluded.