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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115571/

A S.E.T.I. operator discovers a signal and uncovers a plot to stop his investigation.

An absolutely fantastic movie.

• Apparently viewable at https://youtu.be/V2NVH0iSTuk

2017-06-30 ∞

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• 1:00 — I love those sunglasses.
• 2:45 — Oh god, already this is amazing.
• 4:00 — SETI = Search for extraterrestrial intelligence

• 5:00 —

A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or else what’s Heaven for?”
— Robert Browning

• 6:00 — Wolf-336 might be fictional.

  • See also Wolf–Rayet star
• 7:30 — 42 seconds.
• 7:30 — 107 MHz
• 7:45 — 14.6 light years away
• 12:30 — Algorithm, Boolean algebra
• 13:45 — Greenhouse gas
• 14:00 — Arctic poppy = Papaver laestadianum, an extremely rare subspecies of Papaver radicatum.

• 15:30 — Those glasses are awesome. So awesome that I want some. I did research on them for some time now, and came up dry.

  • Note to self – If I ever want to do this properly, get a hold of the person who did wardrobe.
• 17:30 — Polar ice cap
• 18:00 — Oh my god, an old computer with a turbo button. It’s currently set to 33 MHz.
• 21:00 — Tales from the Darkside – (1983 TV show)

• 23:00 — Phased array

  • Also, 80s music.
• 24:45 — He really should be worried about spooks.
• 26:00 — Low noise amp
• 27:30 — Voyager 2
• 28:00 — LA – United States
• 28:15 — Class F
• 32:30 — Inversion (meteorology)
• 34:00 — National Center for Atmospheric Research
• 38:45 — That was a Walkman.
• 42:45 — Day of the Dead
• 47:30 — Radio Sondfur(?)
• 54:15 — Terraforming
• 57:45 — What the fu.. hahhaaha that’s like the worst scorpion delivery system ever.
• 59:45 — Mutual fund
• 1:01:00 — Electric fence; roll credits.
• 1:04:00 — Yeah, that’s not likely.
• 1:13:30 — They should have just used another actor.
• 1:16:00 — Why wouldn’t they simultaneously search the grounds?
• 1:17:15 — Is he really dumb enough to be talking about anything?
• 1:19:30 — How would he expect to leave the country? On foot?
• 1:25:30 — “Flashlight fingers” is a reference to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – (1982 movie).
• 1:25:45 — “Big metal teeth” is a reference to Alien – (1979 movie)
• 1:42:30 — I’d start hacking.
• 1:42:45 — Yes, out that way. Just start it up and drive out.
• 1:45:00 — This is awesome.
• 1:47:00 — Now it can pull apart a building? I guess it has another setting.

• 1:49:15 — He could drive away. I guess he doesn’t have nice license.