The tagline for the 1997 film CONTACT refers to, "A message from deep space." ...
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The tagline for the 1997 film CONTACT
refers to, "A message from deep space." ...
The tagline for the 1997 film CONTACT refers to, "A message from deep space."
...
The message comes from the
"Vega" star-system. ...
The senders are referred to as "Vegans" therefore
it is a "Vegan" message. ...
The hero is told that the puzzling format of the "Vegan" message can only be
understood, "if you think like a Vegan." ...
In Earthly terms, "Vegans" are
pure vegetarians who think animals are entitled to the same basic respect as
people. ...
That's due to the fundamental fact that animals and people have the same basic capacity to
feel pleasure and pain. ...
Morrissey - a vegetarian since age 11 and an outspoken animal-rights advocate -
certainly does "think like a Vegan." ...
In CONTACT, the ET message is sent from the Vega star-system. The
hero is instructed that the ET message can only be interpreted, "if you think like a Vegan."
On Earth, "Vegans" are vegetarians who are typically supportive of
animal-rights. Morrissey is a vegetarian animal-rights advocate who
does "think like a Vegan." ...
The film CONTACT begins by showing the hero's childhood and
her drawing of faraway Pensacola, Florida. ...
Her memory of that drawing ends up being the basis for a simulation of Pensacola where
she meets the ET. ...
The film doesn't say the date, but the novel CONTACT says the hero met with the
ET on Friday, December 31. ...
Ellie wondered how
much time had passed. She glanced at her watch.
It had been a day at least, which would bring them well into the year 2000. ...
"What day is it?" she asked. They looked at her
uncomprehendingly. Something was wrong.
"Peter, for heaven's sake, what day is it?"
"How do you mean?" Valerian answered. "It's today, Friday,
December 31,
1999..."
- CONTACT. Carl Sagan. Published 1985.
The hero's memory of her childhood drawing of Pensacola
is the basis for the simulation of Pensacola where
the hero meets the
ET on Friday, December 31. ...
The Smiths first album (self-titled THE SMITHS) was released
in 1984, one year before the novel CONTACT was
published. ...
The cover of The Smiths first album is a photo of actor Joe Dallesandro, born in Pensacola, Florida on Friday, December
31. ...
In the novel, CONTACT, the hero's only meeting with the ET is at a simulation of
Pensacola, Florida on Friday, December 31. ...
Joe Dallesandro, the actor on The
Smiths first album cover, was born in 1948 in Pensacola, Florida, on Friday, December 31.
In Carl Sagan's CONTACT the hero and the ET meet in 1999 in a simulation of Pensacola,
Florida, on Friday, December
31. ...
The image of Joe Dallesandro on The Smiths first album cover is from a film
titled, FLESH. ...
In CONTACT, the ET's are referred to as "Vegans." On Earth, "Vegan"
means vegetarian. ...
The Smiths
second album cover is a "Vegan" message about "flesh": MEAT IS MURDER.
...
The cover of The Smiths' first album - self-titled THE
SMITHS - is an image of actor Joe Dallesandro
from a film titled FLESH.
In CONTACT, the ET's are from
the star-system "Vega" and are identified as being "Vegan" which on Earth means
vegetarian.
The title on the cover of The Smiths second album sends a
"Vegan" (vegetarian) message
regarding flesh: MEAT IS MURDER. ...
When making the 1997 film CONTACT, based on Carl Sagan's
1985 novel, the "Vegan" message was inserted in a pre-existing film of Adolf
Hitler. ...
(In CONTACT, the "Vegan" message is inserted into film of
Hitler's opening address to the Berlin Olympics). ...
When making the
cover for The Smiths 1985 album MEAT IS MURDER, the "Vegan" message was inserted
into an image from a pre-existing film. ...
(The "Vegan" message "MEAT
IS MURDER" is inserted into an image from the film IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG). ...
The Smiths album MEAT IS MURDER (February 1985) was
released before Carl
Sagan's novel CONTACT (September 1985) was published. ...
The film CONTACT has a "Vegan" message
(from the star-system "Vega") inserted into a pre-existing film. The
Smiths's second album-cover has a "Vegan" (Vegetarian) message inserted into a
pre-existing film.
In the documentary, IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG, the message
on the helmet is, MAKE WAR NOT LOVE. On The Smiths album, Morrissey
alters the image to send a "Vegan" message, MEAT IS MURDER. ...
In Carl Sagan's novel, CONTACT, the hero departs for
another world on New Year's Eve. ...
Ellie wondered how much time had passed. She glanced at her
watch.
It had been a day at least, which would bring them well into the year
2000. ...
"What day is it?" she asked. They looked at her
uncomprehendingly. Something was wrong.
"Peter, for heaven's sake, what day is it?"
"How do you mean?" Valerian answered. "It's today, Friday, December 31,
1999. It's New Year's Eve."
- CONTACT. Carl Sagan. Published
September 1985.
In his lyrics to The
Smiths' song ASLEEP,
Morrissey concludes by departing for another world. ...
ASLEEP ends with a music box playing
AULD LANG SYNE, the traditional New Year's Eve anthem. ...
I really want to go
There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Bye bye ... a music box plays AULD LANG SINE (the traditional New
Year's Eve anthem)
- ASLEEP. The Smiths. Released
September 1985
The novel CONTACT which has the hero departing for another world on
New Year's Eve was released in September 1985. ...
The song ASLEEP which has Morrissey departing for another world on
New Year's Eve was released in September 1985.
September 1985: Carl Sagan's
novel CONTACT is published. September 1985: The
Smiths' song ASLEEP is released. Both have someone departing for another world on New Year's Eve.
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