ShopTalk, I never understood why they just couldn't fire the machine up again, and send another person through? wasn't really explained in the movie, why it was only a one-time use.

it was built by Tony Stark

Nate D. I think it got critically damaged during the trip, making it too dangerous to send someone else through.

Thought the same fucking thing, just send more people through!

Not to mention the one thing that WAS mentioned in the film but was conveniantly left out of the court case as Cinema Sins mentioned... the 18hrs of video static when in reality that static should only be 1 seconds worth, how would it be 18hrs long if it "fell straight through"

@Cheetah Panther I used to feel that way. Hope you can get past it. But if not that’s still your choice. Free will.

@@user-tr9nj6ki8u Does "get past it" mean shrug your shoulders at facts and evidence (or lack thereof) and just choose to believe something merely because you want it to be true?

In the film, at the destination, "Ellie's dad" pretty much says hers is a one time trip. In the novel, the machine never works again, presumably because the aliens have shut down the branch line to Earth.

@Cheetah Panther We get it, you're a teenager who just discovered religion bad. If you ever actually went on a rant like that in Congress in front of millions possibly billions of people no one would ever take you seriously again. At least the main character knows what restraint is.

@@chrischampagne9469 yes, that’s exactly what they mean. Get past facts and just believe, because .... reasons.

Exactly. The ending is the only part of the film that kinda falls flat, partially because it was not in line with what the author had intended (probably, because of his unfortunate passing before the film's completion).

20 sins

I think the sudden influx of new payment implies to the world that she was proven valid

Honestly, that wouldn't help. That's also utter nonsense.... A dumb person's idea of a smart film.

@@genestarwind928 Well, if you want to call Carl Sagan a dumb person, that's on you, darling. I'm just saying the ending is different and it bothers me just a little.

@@eslachance 4 years later your responding to a post that only had 3 replies. Jeremy? Oh Jeremy you need to...oh screw it. Jeremy even won't ever come back to this!

thats why i clicked it so fast!

With how often she use this movie as a reference, it's inevitable lol

PyromaniaFreebird I will not Jodie Foster this kind of behavior

PyromaniaFreebird I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THEY NEED TO GET A BODYGUARD CUZ KATYA IS COMING TO MURDER THEM.

I tweeted this to her

Late reply bcs i just finished the movie, thw first one is a flaw IF she actually travel with the speed of light,which she didn't, she teleported through a wormhole

Yeah but McConaughey is "so cute". He is the biggest sin in the film.

That's the kind of delightful nitpick we wind up attributing to the filmakers. And it's really nice that the problems with this movie really are nitpicks in the end.

Yes, when I watched Roxanne in the theatres I almost laughed out loud when Darryl Hanna set her telescope up in the back porch and showed Steve Martin the colour view of the Orion nebula.

... *Ding!*

American high school. CORIOLLIS EFFECT MORON

@@dracoford755 the issue isn't that they are/aren't going straight, Its the fact that you are using a magnification device to see something that is meant to be seen from a wide angle.

Lmao I was literally just looking through the comments to find a Katya reference

demonte sockwell Katya?

Katya is a drag queen who hosts a show on KZfaq called UNHhhh with Trixie Mattel, another drag queen. A running gag on the show is how Katya loves the film Contact.

who is katya?

A complex biological woman.

They didn't have Hercule Poirot to notice all the details with his little grey cells.

In the end they mentioned the static recorded was 18 hours for that 7 second fall

They of course would think it broke from the fall, won't they? And she could have put the gloves in her pocket, the whole time in the pod, there was no video inside

Actually, that may have been on purpose to show you that academics and scientists don't really dress well and may not have a good sense of fashion. Don't forget, she's paid by taxpayer and corporate funding for which she and her team has to beg every year.

@@georgeemil3618 hmmm, I'm thinking it's more just a terrible fashion choice by the costume design team that hasn't aged very well since 1997...

I actually kind of liked it...so meaaah

But stil so god damned true.

Just like deep space!

This guy has proven he's a moron.

@@scottslotterbeck3796 Oh Scott, you always add such postive touches to old conversations.

@@PajamusPrime thank you.

Crystel Castillo YASSSS.

Crystel Castillo HEEEYYYYY

Crystel Castillo Hiiiiiiii! Instantly thought of Katya when I saw this.

I'm pretty sure she's why this got made.

Crystel Castillo right here! I'm just here for Katya

dmoose95you you take evolution on faith. no experiment has ever shown that life can come from non life, let alone the chances of them getting together. the earth is a huge place, and organic molecules are very tiny. the chance that they would be even near each other to form anything useful is absolutely minuscule, supposed billions of years won’t be enough. the calculated chance of a single enzyme forming is absolutely mind boggling at 1 in 10^40000

Yeah why didn’t they just run the test again. They ever explain that.

@Hobu123 We do not see evolution directly happening, and it's impossible to see it happening. Evolution takes millions if not billions of years to happen. No research team would last that long to consistently monitor species to see if there were changes. And there is many huge problems that remained unsolved and what makes evolution really an unstable theory. For example, the chance of a single protein (not even a single-cell living entity, just a protein) is 10^40000. This is absolutely ridiculous. Another problem is how single celled life forms started the transition into multicellular life. We have no evidence for that happening, we just assumed it did because we are here now. A population of mostly white mouse "changing" black after their environment changes is not evolution. No change has occurred, no new genes were added, no chromosomes gained, nothing.

@Hobu123 Can you name an experiment or study that shows single celled life becoming multicellular? Because from what I've heard (I haven't read many scientific journals on it, but I've watched videos from information KZfaqrs such as Kurtzgesagt) this is almost impossible. I've also not heard of an experiment that can show that it's even feasible to cross the gap. How does a single celled organism suddenly become able to not only manage itself but also connections with other cells? Simple self replicators are not just a few molecules put together. If they're anywhere near as complex as proteins, that's still in the range of 10^50 to 10^100, which is still an insane number. How is evolution studied in living populations? If it happened that quickly, why don't we see new, never before seen species popping up left and right? "how about getting at least minimal education in subject you are trying to discuss?" seriously, is there not a single evolutionist who is capable of having a civil discussion. Just because someone has a different idea that seems "wrong" and "uneducated" to you, doesn't mean that you can dismiss them as idiots.

@Hobu123 Relax man. Think what would Jesus do

They tried to explain it in the DVD commentary but I still don't get it. Pretty amazing

@@guitarbo1 witchcraft. That's what it is

Its a slide lens i am 99% sure

mpstudies because baby boy, ive got all the cinemasins that you do

mpstudies I literally died reading your comment.

mpstudies what is this from ?

no comma needed

suzycreamcheesez No, comma, needed,

OMFG THIS

LMAO YES

Derrick Berry See me with them hands

Zaria Winter cause baby boy, I've got all the same parts that you do.

My makeup is terrible but i love me anyway. Had to switch it up a lil. Lol.... Alaska Thunderfucc 4 life!!!!!!!!!

And after that she went to live with Julia Roberts

It’s the lambs that keeps her up at night

they were slaughtering the spring lambs?

His hair was very "pretty" in this movie lmao

She's not. But she was stellar in this film. Sorry

L, m, f, a, o

UNHhhh

Orlando Gondar c, r, i, n, g,

Viktor Nikiforov i have 100% time for that joke

Viktor Nikiforov I'm here for it too

André Luiz Agra Wverything wrong with Pulp Fiction

I'd like that. 'Cause then I would finally get to see the end - I never made it through the movie.

SKy_the_Thunder Pulp Fiction? Damn the ending is the best part...

Ooh, a series of sins involving American classics - I love it.

benito franco Nope, The Godfather.

who tf is katya ?

Jake Harris she always keeps them coming back for more

MrDanaris so basically it’s a drag queen and she was in a show called UHNhhh which is like basicly a talk show with an other drag queen called trixie Mattel. Katyas favorite movie is contact and trixie hates it when katya talks about it. The second reference is from an other drag queen called Tatiana and she says the famous lyrics “cause what you see it’s always the truth” in a spoken word/song she wrote. Also i highly recommend watching UHNhhhh because it’s one of the most funny shows there is on KZfaq

Livi OMG ME TOO

Who is Katya?

Who the hell is Katya?

Yang Tommy LOOK HER UP IMMEDIATELY! You're welcome.

Richard Jones that's what I'm saying...answer the question ppl :)???

Except Haddon baby! The fucking man

SAME.

who ??

Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova (Екатерина Петро́вна Замоло́дчикова) but your dad probably just calls her Katya.

This comment needs to be rated higher. I mean the machine is already built and all. So why not send anyone else through? The money is already spent.

Shame on the rest of us for not pointing this out. Of course a separate trial would follow.

I was thinking that before the movie was even over. If the writers didn't want anyone else to go through the machine, why didn't they have Jodie Foster go through the original one, then have the terrorist blow it up?

All of you get a like! I never understood why they thought china (or any country) would spend trillions to make a machine and then let someone not chinese go anywhere near it!

You don't get it. The government knew it worked and that she went somewhere. They wanted to discredit her and have the public lose interest, so that they would be free to study it privately.

Jinigosoti Game-Clips *Ding*

I was going to post that, but was sure someone did already :) Also, it does look too close to the Earth, so ding to Contact too.

You can squeeze in 29 more Earths in between the distance from Earth to the moon. The movie obviously failed to represent that, but it would have made it more confusing for the average person if they went true-to-scale.

@@xybeptek3648 Indeed, I was just talking about moon size, but the distance looks stupidely close ^_^

@xybetpek is correct. The moon is roughly 300,00 miles away and would be much farther than what the movie showed. In fact, if the moon were really as close as the movie indicates, there would probably be massive tidal forces/earthquakes/tsunamis. But movie directors don't worry about that...

NEVER

+Dave Fish when will the government stop your sinful hand

Literally the only reason I even looked this up

it's such a great movie honestly

Tis good. And decent. wholesome. Qwasi thinker. From a stupider age. Enjoy!

stupider age?

Gudwell "stupider age?" Correct, it is a reasonable adjective according to many if not most dictionaries even if it sounded wrong to your ears. For example you think im stupider than you for using this adjective but you are wrong. See how it works? And here are more examples of smart publications using the word www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=colHC&query=stupider&x=0&y=0 . That was easy all i did was a quick search, Perhaps in the future you should try googling something that confuses you? "Googling" as well was not an actual word but today is used and accepted widely as a verb even, for using GOOGLE, to google something, try googling it, google is a website. Use it to research things, Educate yourself.. don't wait for me comment next time.

Im sorry? I wasnt really stating that I dislike the word "stupider". I was asking what you meant by "stupider age"! If I wanted to know if the use of "stupider" is wrong or right, I wouldve searched for it myself. (It does sound pretty dumb, though). But you had to come from out of nowhere and get all hostile on my ass. No need for that shit man... Now explain to me: What do you mean by "stupider age"?

I agree. This is one of the funniest lines I've ever heard!😂

I thought it was The Stanley Parable. Sounded similar, anyways.

The Stanley Parable video game sounds similar to a late 70s BBC Radio series? I wonder which one ripped the other.

it was a book two and im pretty sure that came first.

12 Radio episodes - 2 Albums - 2 Books (at least) -Six episode TV Series- Very Disappointing Movie.

artfrankmiami The movie was absolutely terrible. I enjoyed the TV series, though.

Excellent.

Your grammar proves it. (had to take advantage of that man, sorry)

Uggghh edgey cringe bro lol

madasnx who is that

madasnx okay

madasnx we must keep it a secret

Apparently EVERYONE told her

Jaylynn Kellar this is assuming you live on bleach

Please. There is so much wrong with that movie.

And here, I had not an inkling that actually existed! (Looks at ratings) And I can see why.

Oh Jesus, I saw that movie last week. So bad...

Jaylynn Kellar YEEEEES! I was younger around the time it came out. But when I heard about it I was just so hype because I am a gamer myself. Even back then I knew that movie was complete and utter garbage. T_T

I thought it was peaceful but poorly written... Shes a scientist... They shouldve wrote something similar to neo meeting the architect.

It was absolutely brilliant, using her dead father to talk to her. Brilliant. One of the top 3 SF movies of all time.

That's so fucking stupid

AviatorAvis half life 3 confirmed

shit boys i've been spotted

Lol half of the cinema sins comment section "how dare you do anything but praise this movie I love !" The shriek one is very bad 🤣🤣 act like it was crapped out by the film gods.

must be a Power Ranger then...I'm guessing Pink.

Never! It's amazing

JcMuscle 1 black don't crack.....

I know right it's amazing; however, but if she keeps this up I'm going to have to consider the existence of vampires lol

yeah she was good in Suicide Squad

dravreh same

na, could have been great but they ruined it with all the religious crap, same they did with Gravity. Maybe it's an American thing.

I know it is cliche but READ THE BOOK. The ending is radically different.

IT'S BASED ON A BOOK???? This is one of my Fav movies and I NEVER knew this! *Runs To The Library* .. thank you! :)

Not just that, it's written by Carl Motherfucking Sagan himself.

So some F level celebrity I don't need to bother remembering, got it.

wow no need to be rude

Why are you calling a man "her"?

Because the character "Katya" is a woman played by a man.

Find it funny how you asked who she was. then proceeded to be rude and obnoxious when someone told you. Girl, bye.

@RuleofVicus Sounds weird worshipping a Japanese dick but ok.

Think for yourself and believe what you will, for at the end of time existence is meaningless. Still it is the journey from here to there that is meaningful and what you do and how you treat others that is important.

bewmdogg…. *God

@@Shaden0040 Existence makes me not want to exist

Absolutely true, I'll use this next time when we have an argument

It is a great film. CS guy can't write a Scooby-Doo film.

Who the hell is Katya?

Who?

I watched this only because of her lol

FLdancer00 drag queen

The alien implied they wouldn't accept anyone else for now. She says other people need to do this and he doesn't seem receptive. watch?v=HzTHC6JSUvM

Criminally "under-liked" comment!!!!!

tigerlep hunter its a kids movie and it didnt even get that popular. Nor was it really acclaimed

PapaKay yet still it would be an awesome addition to the playlist..especially because it "CinemaSins" ..role credit s lol

+PapaKay So is Pete's Dragon, but that got an EWW and is somehow getting a remake. How does that work? Oh, yeah. DreamWorks isn't creatively bankrupt.

Kimi FW youre right. i miss the days where he would review good movies, popular movies, and criticially acclaimed movies. now he seems to do a lot of shitty movies. there is no humor in finding flaws in those kind of films.

YEH!!!

I get older, they stay the same age

Nick hughy Yep. And Screen Junkies (Honest Trailers).

Is that so special? I'm sure anyone can make anyone laugh by "saying something funny"

FYI CinemaSins is a two man team.

MP197742 yup, they screwed up their second sin, in less than 20 seconds...

I guess you guys know nothing about perspective then.

Very "long" telephoto lenses can compress visual space an amazing amount. = Minus one sin.

LegenDarius you make no sense because cinemasins is wrong either way

@Hobu123 What douchebag aliens. How does giving one person an amazing eye opening ethereal experience count as the "first step". It literally accomplishes nothing.

@Hobu123 But that's stupid, because humanity doesn't know, just one person who will die and go down in history as a crazy person knows.

@Hobu123 So why even have the static then? Why not just let the camera work?

@Hobu123 I don't know man, I feel like you're making a bunch of assumptions. Not very scientific of you! Do you believe in god? Haha, jk. But yeah, you're assuming "The machine could be used only once, as it required aliens to open the wormhole from their side too", but it doesn't say that anywhere in the movie. If it says that in the book that's great, but the movie doesn't. You're also assuming the camera didn't work as intended because of the wormhole, but in the scene where Ellie is talking to the alien, she says "But other people need to see what I've seen, they need to see-" but the alien is shaking its head and cuts her off by saying "This is the way it's been done for billions of years." The head shaking implies that its not going to let her bring any proof back. And another thing, why would Ellie say "other people need to see what I've seen"? Why would she think that her camera isn't working at that point? Why wouldn't it still be working according to her? THen she gets back and is like "Whaaa? It's just static?" So which one is it? Did she think it was working or not? It also feels like nothing was actually accomplished by having Ellie go through the portal aside from her own personal growth, which I get, it's a movie, but I wish the alien's motives made sense. The alien intentionally didn't let her bring any proof back. If she wasn't wearing a camera then the government wouldn't have even the static (which by the way doesn't even prove that Ellie went anywhere or saw aliens anyways, all it actually proves is time dilation, Ellie still could have been hallucinating). So if the plan was to have her bring back proof and it was the wormhole's fault that she couldn't, what was the alien's plan if she wasn't wearing a camera? How would she return to earth with literally no proof (government knowing or otherwise) and have that be the "first step for humanity in learning that they are not alone"? She actually would be considered a crazy person by even the government, so it wouldn't lead to mankind learning to live with not being alone in the universe. Which means we wouldn't be re-evaluating many aspects of our worldview. Therefore no "first step". It really doesn't make sense to me, it literally accomplishes nothing. Maybe the aliens are like "it's not our fault if the rest of your species doesn't believe you" but again, that makes them douchebag aliens. I like the movie a lot but I just think there are a lot of things that don't make sense. I'd love to be proved wrong though. I thought all this before this CinemaSins video btw.

@Hobu123 I wish we could talk in person about this, it's so hard to have a conversation about this via written word like we're doing. I agree that it's likely she meant other people have to come through the wormhole too, and that's what she meant by that. That makes more sense. In the end I guess they are just being douchebag gatekeeping aliens who don't care at all about ensuring humanity takes the first step towards learning as a species that we are not alone in the universe. If they did care, then they wouldn't have the "Not my problem your species doesn't believe you! No proof for you!" attitude. Their motives make no sense to me. I guess humanity in the Contact universe is super lucky that they sent Ellie with a camera. If it wasn't for the camera (that the aliens didn't tell her to bring btw), it wouldn't have been humanities first step at all, because there wouldn't have been any proof at all, for the public or the government. And again, the static doesn't prove travel, it just proves time dilation.