First Movie

Varthikes · Post by **Varthikes** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:58 am

I tend to ask the question on every forum.

What would be the first movie you would show to someone from another world?

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:12 am

Baraka

If you don't understand why, you should go and watch it.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:36 am

Schindilers List. (Yes, yes, I butchered the spelling.)
Its a film I think everyone should watch once in their lives.

DBS · Post by **DBS** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:21 pm

October Sky.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:23 pm

i've heard of that somewhere before. What's it about again?

DBS · Post by **DBS** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:31 pm

It is set in 1957 and details a secondary school kid from a mining town become fascinated with rockets after Sputnik is launced. He and some friends start to make some, and it becomes a way for him to think about escaping his situation. I really like the movie.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:48 pm

I'd be tempted to say Contact.

"This is what finding you meant to us..."

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:49 pm

@DBS
Thanks, must look out for that one.

Foxbat · Post by **Foxbat** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:59 am

In no particular order...

Big Trouble in Little China / Galaxy Quest / Caddy Shack / Major League / Office Space

and so on... I'm a firm believer that we need to have a sense of Humor. That's what I'd want to show another alien race...

Q · Post by Q » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:40 am

Independence Day....and hope they don't get any ideas......

Ona more serious note, I'd sit down and talk to them , no point in feeding them garbage as well.

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:18 am

Just don't show them Soylent green!

Space Ghost · Post by **Space Ghost** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:47 am

Unfortunately, any movie you showed them would be so out of context. But I guess I would show him/her/it Ben Hur as it is fairly timeless. Of course, my favorite movie is still The Shawshank Redemption.

DBS · Post by **DBS** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:04 am

Space Ghost wrote:Unfortunately, any movie you showed them would be so out of context.

Yeah, most "good" movies cause us to think deeply about what it means to be human, and unless a visitor already knew us that well, the meaning would probably be lost on them.

I would think, though, that a good sampling of dramas would at least provide examples of our dramatic arts. I would be really interested to know what (if any) analogue they would have

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:56 am

Thats a good point, how would an alien connect with what the films are trying to show? If some alien sat you down in front of a film, I don't think any of us would understand whats going on.
I think I'd prefer just to wander round with him/her/it and let it see our culture for himself.

Space Ghost · Post by **Space Ghost** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:37 pm

During the filming of the movie Zulu, none of the Zulu extras had ever seen a movie before. The director arranged an outdoor screening of a western, much to the amusement of the Zulus.

If you think about it, a movie is something of an oddity. Grown people dressing up in costumes, pretending to be someone they are not and recorded for an audience to view.