Pac-Man Hat. How cool is this? Imagine if they had another version as a motorcycle helmet. I’d be drivin’ all over the divider lines gobbling them up.
Movie Gadget Friday: The Machine from Contact. Contact has to to be one of my favorite movies. Not exactly ground-breaking or innovative in any particular sense, but all around it’s a very solid film. I’m linking to this entry to point out comment #5, which brings up some interesting points in comparing the book (which I haven’t read) to the movie. Reading what the commenter says has me wanting to read the book.
The motivation wasn’t just “hi, how’s you doin’ time to go back now” - they want to know “God” and they thought our race has some special connection so they want to examine us to find out. They �have faith� in a greater being, and after the trip, so does Ellie (her major character arch in the book � from not believing in God because He took her Dad away from her when she was young to �if these super advanced aliens believe in something greater than themselves, what am I doing not believing�)
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