First contact is the bread & butter of literary scifi. Yet I don't believe I'd seen a decent film on the topic in ages, before #Arrival.
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I'm aware of the nitpicking, criticism & linguistic controversies of Arrival http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/does-century-old-linguistic-hypothesis-center-film-arrival-have-any-merit-180961284/ … but it made filmgoers think linguistics
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I was younger than 20 when I read Samuel Delany's Babel 17, an eloquent novel featuring the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Literary blew my mind.
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Whether the theories they encompass are right or wrong, literary creations like Arrival (Ted Chiang's story) & Babel 17 expand understanding
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One thing Arrival got dead right is the ancient human urge to go to war with what they don't understand. The old demons are us.
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I totally understand the "reptilian" MO too, in case things get hairy, but it's usually our warlike civilization that makes them so.
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I loved it! Picked it on an airplane without any expectations. Inspiring in many levels. I am so watching it again!
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@monaeltahawy also watched it in transit, it's worthy of the big screen (my TV is fine, but still, I regret not seeing it in a theater.)
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I didn't even think of watching until on a plane earlier this month and loved it.So moving! I'm not a scifi expert/fan but loved it
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