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ooli  ·  1875 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What If We Really Are Alone in the Universe?

Arrival grossed less than half of the other in the list. So the argument still hold: Sci fi now, mostly are without aliens

  Since I'm on Arrival, it's bit for bit taken from a short story from F.Herbert (beside the twist end). Remember the worst part of the movie?  The army guy trying to blow the alien.... Yeah me neither. It's a weak plot. It's also weak in F.Herbert story. But it's proof, they ripped the original material without elevating it much

Since I'm on F. Herbert. The "Whipping star" book is about weird alien : stars (sound like Solaris, but it's not). You might also enjoy reading his short stories with aliens