I read the short story that the movie "Arrival" was based on (it was REALLY REALLY GOOD and I still need to get that book back to the Station, arrgh), but I never saw the movie, and this youtube.com/watch?v=z18LY6NME1 is making me want to see it VERY VERY MUCH.

@green This is a damned good analysis, and Arrival is one of the most finely crafted films I have ever seen. Go get on that :)

@starkatt for my first trick... figuring which if any of our Movie Delivery Systems actually *have* it. >_____< yaaaaay copyright wrangling blargh growl

@green @starkatt I had read the story before, and only just saw the movie recently. It is /very/ faithful to the story, in unexpected ways. :-)

@emanate @green I think it's a really cool adaptation because it succeeds in large part as a result of emphasizing a very different set of beats than the short story, while still being true to a lot of what made the story great in the first place.

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