"They are made out of MEAT, and they want to talk to us."

by Nathan Natas 7 Replies latest social entertainment

  • Nathan Natas
    Nathan Natas
  • Robdar
    Robdar

    I liked it.

    Thanks for sharing it.

  • Merry Magdalene
    Merry Magdalene

    I enjoyed it

    ~Merry

  • VM44
    VM44

    The film is great, and the tribute to the original Twilight Zone series by making the setting a diner is not unnoticed. The makers of the film also found a clever and VERY inexpensive way of doing the credits! I am impressed. --VM44

  • cyd0099
    cyd0099

    Well done.
    I've had the short story bookmarked for months because i can't find it in the real world.

  • GentlyFeral
    GentlyFeral

    A brilliant visualization of one of my favorite short stories. However, they chickened out at the last moment; Bisson's ending actually has a barb in it.

    cyd0099,

    I've had the short story bookmarked for months because i can't find it in the real world.

    worldcatlibraries.org (through which you can find any book available in any North American public library) says this story has been collected in:

    • Virtually Now : Stories Of Science, Technology, And The Future edited by Jeanne Schinto
    • Nebula Awards 27 : SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year, edited by James Morrow
    • New Skies : An Anthology Of Today's Science Fiction, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
      • And, of course – the first place I should have looked –
    • Terry Bisson's own Bears Discover Fire And Other Stories

    gently feral

  • Leolaia
    Leolaia

    Well, the visualization of the setting of the story in the film irks me unfortunately. Of course, no setting was given in the story itself, but it easily lent itself to interpretation as a progress report somewhere in deep space between entities we can only imagine about events in a certain sector of the galaxy. So it was quite distracting to see in the film the conversation take place between two entities that look a lot like they're made of meat on earth itself. It's hard to say because of the way the story was written that this visualization is not true to the original story, but it seems that way to me....

  • Nathan Natas
    Nathan Natas

    The original short story can be read here:

    http://www.terrybisson.com/meat.html

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