ITT: overrated garbage

Bell-curve - The movie

Only really low IQ and really high IQ people hate it

>>211585696 (OP)
any marvel slop

Started out good but fell apart. I kinda feel like the aliens ships and design ripped of the Scrin from Command and Conquer Tiberium Wars

>>211585696 (OP)
yeah this movie sucked

>>211585696 (OP)
Is that the return of Jeremy Renner's benis?

>>211585696 (OP)
Its a brilliant movie and the only movie I know of that shows how first contact with AYYYS would actually work, but then it is completely bogged down by the dead daughter flashback shit that lets it down.
The time being linear gift was cool but was not given a decent effect in the grand of things.
I would unironically like to see a sequel where in 1000s of years the AYYs come back for the help they need and all of humanity can see time in a non linear way, but the short story didn't really plan for that anyway so some actual talented person would have to make it, and lets face it, talented creators like that dont work in movies any more.

Any suggestions for other good 1st contact with AYYYs movies?

>>211585696 (OP)
The one with Charlie Sheen is better.

>>211585696 (OP)
>here's aliens but also motherhood and fminazi and bosswomen and women emotion and women crying
trash

>>211586930
Not a movie but I'd recommend the novel Blindsight.

>>211585696 (OP)
who rates this retarded trash good?

>>211587117
I dont read fiction but thanks anon.
I am sure there are countless first contact AYYY novels.

>>211585696 (OP)
Nobody rates it highly it's just a decent movie they saw one time, it's not even rated. I don't know what you are talking about.

>>211587160
This one is legitimately good and has a unique take on the matter. It's also partially a horror novel and reminded me of Event Horizon.

Why did Abbott let himself get blown?

>>211585696 (OP)
This movie is based on a short story, and the short story is a lot more interesting and coherent. I think they butchered what the story was going for.

>>211585696 (OP)
any good spooky scifi?

>>211587160
Its decent for genre fiction. But as with all genre shit, take the hype with a grain of salt. Even Blindsight is a rehash of another novel from the 70s. Also, does anyone know if there is a movie in the works or some meme from Blindsight? There has been a huge uptick in people talking about it recently.

>>211586930
>only movie I know of that shows how first contact with AYYYS would actually work
actual ayys would be coming down already speaking english, or any other language for that matter, because they can pick when and where to make contact, so they might as well take some extra time to learn our language to make it easier. they won't just stumble upon earth and visit the same day, they will observe and document for decades, maybe centuries beforehand.

>>211587635
>Even Blindsight is a rehash of another novel from the 70s
Do you happen to remember which one? I liked Blindsight overall but thought it got a bit too grimdark.

>>211587753
They'll be speaking Hindi, not English but besides that yes your proof is good.

>>211585696 (OP)
Compared to most capeshit, it's gold. People are too harsh on sci-fi these days. They literally want a fucking movie to reconcile general relativity and quantum mechanics.

>>211585696 (OP)
This was the movie that made me stop listening to RLM. They said it was great but it was boring and insipid and I hate Amy Adams.

>>211585696 (OP)
>>211585718
It came out 3 days after Trump was elected and a certain kind of podcaster really latched onto it with breathless tears

>>211585718
So 4chan should absolutely love it. This is the home of the seething midwit

>>211585696 (OP)
It's just sci fi for peopel who don't like sci fi.
Sappy melodrama with a shallow sci fi makeup

>>211586930
This moveis don't make sense at all and it's written liek shit.
>brilliant
lmao

>>211586998
>The one with Charlie Sheen is better.

>>211588205
>just turn your brain off, bro. Stop having standards

>>211586930

i don't care what anyone else says, I always liked Contact

>>211585696 (OP)
I enjoy movies where the Chinese and the west become friends to fight a common enemy. Got any more movies with this feel?

The Princess Bride.
Fucking mediocre. Was it because it was directed and written by da juden?

>>211588770
>don't make sense at all and it's written liek shit.
It makes perfect sense. you only dont understand it because you are extremely low intelligent so even simple stories elude you.

>>211588979
I love contact and I suppose you could call it a first contact movie but its not really what I meant as in first contact.

>>211587753
>actual ayys would be coming down already speaking english, or any other language for that matter, because they can pick when and where to make contact, so they might as well take some extra time to learn our language to make it easier. they won't just stumble upon earth and visit the same day, they will observe and document for decades, maybe centuries beforehand.
Wow, good thing you know for a fact that alien life completely understands the inner workings of our brains, already knows all languages, natural and artificial, would 100% contact us in a human-like way and would make such contact easy for humans. It's amazing that you already know exactly how they operate to the point where you can even predict their military movements.
Or you're a complete fucking retard and the other anon is 100% right. Aliens will be ALIENS to us. Not Hollywood puppets.

>>211588684
gtfo, then, pensive retard.

>>211587117
This sounds like the most reddit book of all time

>>211587417
pandorum
high life
blood red sky

>>211585696 (OP)
Annihilation
The Lighthouse

Those are my picks

>>211587848
Nta, but he probably is talking about Rendevous with Rama.

>>211587753
>already speaking english, or any other language for that matter,
Did you miss the whole part about how them learning to communicate is what lets the plot device happen?

>>211589815
Its awful. I never understood the hype. Its a bunch of cyberpunk type humans and literal vampires, who are reintroduced from genes discovered in autists and psychopaths. It had a good thing going with the 9 legged aliens and their brains, but the book is dragged down by so much bullshit and the prose is terrible.

>>211590243
Ah, that would fit. Although I wouldn't call it a contact story, it's more like an overly lively archeological dig.

>>211589280
>Wow, good thing you know for a fact that alien life completely understands the inner workings of our brains, already knows all languages, natural and artificial, would 100% contact us in a human-like way and would make such contact easy for humans. It's amazing
yes it's called having high iq. Which me and aliens share unlike you. I can ask them to larp as burning bush for you though.

>>211590333
Any first encounter/alien books you like? I'm most interested in stuff that has a lot of interesting stuff about the aliens themselves especially for aliens that aren't just generic bipedals or whatever

>>211589130
>It makes perfect sense. you only dont understand it because you are extremely low intelligent so even simple stories elude you.
>WAAAA WAAAAA
no it doesn't make sense, emotional faggot.
It's written like shitand doesn't care about anything besides shallow melodrama

>>211589095
>Was it because it was directed and written by da juden?
No it's because it's really good

>>211590399
>that aren't just generic bipedals or whatever
humanoid shap will never not be common. An intelligend species would never look liek a T-Rex or a mantis

>learning a new language let's you experience time non-linearly
Stupidest idea of the century, so far.

>>211591505
Why not? And it's fine if it's common but surely there is also a place for aliens in fiction that look truly aliens, no?

>>211589280
>already knows all languages
they dont have to, but they will have complete control over when, where and how to make contact with us. after all, its them showing up at our doorstep. it only makes sense from a logical perspective to prepare for it, which means learning our language beforehand. they can literally spend a decade doing it if they want to, it doesnt matter because they will be in complete control of the situation. you will see language tools translating hundreds of languages in real time within your lifetime, this would be childsplay for aliens than can travel between stars.

>contact us in a human-like way and would make such contact easy for humans.
why the fuck wouldnt they? if contact is the purpose, then they would have to do it in a way that it somehow understandable to humans, even if they are for some reason millions of years advanced, you wouldnt throw a book at a dog's feet in order to "communicate" with them either, you do it in a way so they can understand what you want.

>It's amazing that you already know exactly how they operate
I assume nothing except intent, logical reasoning, and general intelligence. which are literally the basics for an alien civilization making contact with us.

>>211585696 (OP)
I liked it.

>>211585696 (OP)
Women ammirite?

>>211591449
>no it doesn't make sense
>proceeds to explain how he is a retard who cannot even understand a basic plot

>>211585696 (OP)
I was blown away in theaters… but in all the years since I’ve never once felt the urge to rewatch nor has anyone I watch movies with ever suggested a rewatch.

Many such cases. Can anons explain this?

>>211585696 (OP)
Is that the Quake logo?

>>211587160
>I’ve never read any classic works of fiction

Funny how some people on this board still think that’s something to brag about. Do you only watch tv/film nonfiction too retard

>>211585696 (OP)
It's not even the best ambiguous alien nothign happens only wimmyn understand them movie

>>211593547
>retard doesnt know the difference between fiction and non fiction
No I dont read shit books for entertainment, I read to gather information and knowledge.
Hence why you are a retard, because you read novels like a child.
I bet you think movies are high art too you fucking pleb

>>211586930
>Any suggestions for other good 1st contact with AYYYs movies?
Does "Virus" count? The 1999 one?
And if tv series count: Threshold. Which was the closest to "how a government would respond, especially in the post 9/11 climate, to ayys showing up and clearly NOT having good intentions, but not performing an outright invasion"

>>211587753
Read some Lem, mate. Solaris is all about failure to communicate, and it has not one, but TWO adaptations, one of which is considered eternal kino.

>>211593872
I'd highly suggest reading the book. The movie did its best to condense things but all my favorite stuff from the book

>>211594164
They also released a new far better translation of solaris a few years ago (translated from the french edition i think).
Worth checking out again if you had only ever read the old translation.

>>211594164
those stories are works of literature, the theme of failure to communicate exists for narrative and story purposes. its not how it would unfold in reality.

aliens landing on earth one day practically guarantees than they will have observed us for plenty of time beforehand and will speak our language(s). they will choose a specific time and place to make contact and will be well prepared for it. there is zero reason to do contact any other way. them just landing in times square and hoping we will work things out is completely ridiculous, and again, only works as a storytelling tool.

>>211592244
Some movies benefit from rewatching, some don't.
Its also a bit of a downer with the dead cancer kid.

>>211594129
>Threshold
Never heard of this but virus is more like an action jorror flick.
I was thinking more about AYYYs coming to earth for first contact to let their presence be known. like arival, and then it is dealt with in a more logical way, where the first person communicating with them would be a world class linguist, not world leaders or some military group or some shit like that.
Of course there are lots of horror or action first contact shit flicks and TV shows though.

>>211587890
chinese* as they are going to take over the world in approx. 5-10 years now that the US is shitting itself

>>211594855
Trump knows how to deal with China, they will collapse before his term is over.

>>211585696 (OP)
every movie this french faggot makes is midtwit trash

>211594905
lol

>>211594469
>They also released a new far better translation
I keep forgetting people need translations for that. But yeah, the English versions are pretty crap.

>>211594500
>Retard goes full retard
I mean should be given after the initial claim, but still surprising how dense you are

>>211594737
>virus is more like an action jorror flick.
Virus is unironically a perfect case of miscommunication that leads to serious problems, on both sides.

>>211594737
And as for Threshold: it's right next to Arrival where it comes to "we react in organised an logical way to the problem at hand".
The problem at hand is that:
1) Aaays came
2) They aren't nice and don't mean well
3) They have to be stopped
The rest is bunch of planners, logisticians and similar kind of people facing the issues that keep popping up,
Really good shit, unfortunately got cancelled after first season, like pretty much every series from its era that wasn't LOST or bringing LOST-tier numbers

>>211587753
>>211594500
>This is your brain on being American, aka retarded

>>211595425
>ayys would land on earth with their dicks in their hands and expect humanity to do all the heavy lifting of first contact for no reason.
you can sperg all you want, but aliens will be speaking english if there will ever be a deliberate first contact on earth.
accidental encounters or us running into them are obviously a different matter

>>211595226
LOST fucked TV forever.
Even now 95% of the TV shit that is made is some long drawn out 2deep4u BS that ends on cliffhangers that they have no actual ending for and long it out for as long as they can or cancel it with no actual conclusion.
Why I basically only ever watch mini series.

>>211589815
yep, Blindshight had even an biblography for all author's retarded ideas to scientifically prove they could work irl

>>211595087
>people need translations for that.
Motherfucker no one is learning polish so they can read lem in the original language.
Though futurological congress and cyberiad has so much wordplay I've always been curious how faithfully the translations are.

>>211590008
>high life
Just saw this. Kind of mediocre desu.