If they had turned Contact into a miniseries, then it could have truly
captured all the major elements of the novel, which cannot be done
in a 2.5 hour film.
As a result, they pretty much ditched the whole thing about a "message" in pi by the ones who created the Universe and the
detailed arguments for and against religion in the novel was cut down
to a religious fanatic and turning one of the best characters in the
written work, Palmer Joss, into a shallow pretty boy. Either that or I
just don't care for the actor who played him.
On the plus side, it did present a lot of science accurately, and for the
most part showed how SETI is really done. Thankfully the situation for
SETI has improved quite a bit since the film came out in 1997, and we
are finally starting to look at other regions of the spectrum besides
radio, which only makes sense when one is dealing with unknown alien
minds.
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Good film, but the novel was better
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- Best SF movies ever?
- Oh. And finally, Contact! (n/t)
- That list is about ten years due for an update.
- The Last Starfighter should be on the list.
- LATHE of HEAVEN
- Did anyone mention Stepford Wives?
- missed a few
- My Additions:-
- Violence better than awe ?
- I've seen all of them
- I can't go along with any list that doesn't have 2001 in the top 5 at least.
- Agree with #1.