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Description Returning guest Rachel Armstron joins Joe to discuss the film Arrival. Starring Amy Adams as Louise Banks, Arrival is an adaption of Ted Chiang’s short story “Story of Your Life.” The contemplative film explores issues of language, aliens, and … Continue reading →

A SCI-FI MASTERPIECE?! Arrival Full Movie Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thereelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/thereelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ From The Director Of Dune Part 2!! Arrival Reaction, Recap, Commentary, & Spoiler Review w/ Aaron Alexander & Andrew Gordon from Cinepals! Aaron Alexander & Andrew Gordon dive into Denis Villeneuve's critically acclaimed sci-fi masterpiece, Arrival! This 2016 film, based on Ted Chiang's short story Story of Your Life, stars Amy Adams (Man of Steel, Enchanted) as linguist Dr. Louise Banks, Jeremy Renner (Avengers Hawkeye, The Hurt Locker) as physicist Ian Donnelly, and Forest Whitaker (Rogue One, The Last King of Scotland) as Colonel Weber. In Arrival, twelve mysterious alien ships land around the globe, and Louise must race against time to decode their language, uncover their intentions, and discover the truth about humanity's place in the universe. Known for its emotional depth, stunning visuals, and thought-provoking story, Arrival is a sci-fi film that challenges the mind and touches the heart. Aaron & Andrew react to Arrival's most powerful moments and iconic quotes, including: First Contact with the Heptapods (Louise and Ian enter the alien ship for the first time) Decoding the Alien Language (The circular logograms and the revelation about time) Louise's Visions of the Future (The emotional connection to her daughter) The Global Crisis and Understanding the Heptapods' Message (Louise unites humanity to prevent catastrophe) The Final Revelation (Louise's choice to embrace her future despite its pain) Arrival is more than a sci-fi movie—it's a deeply emotional exploration of love, loss, and communication. Join Aaron & Andrew as they unpack the profound themes, stunning direction, and Oscar-nominated performance by Amy Adams. Whether you're discovering this modern classic for the first time or revisiting it, this reaction will bring new perspectives and insights! Follow Aaron On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealaaronalexander/?hl=en Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Music Used In Manscaped Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello and welcome to the 123rd episode of Film Freakz, the podcast about movies! In this episode we talk about the movie Arrival from 2016 . This podcast features YemmytheFerret (Yemmy), RaeofPositivity (Rae), Taymation Studios (Tay), and GreedyWaffle (Nick). This movie was recommended by Tay who would communicate through smells. Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Thanks for listening on all platforms! We want YOUR recommendations for the FAN VOTE! Send them in by commenting on the YouTube version, messaging us on our social medias, or sending us an email! Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/yemmytheferret Twitter: https://twitter.com/YemmyTheFerret Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/b9NaNgp

Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, who conceived the project as a spec script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war. Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma appear in supporting roles.

Grab your blankets and snacks as your host Lindsay is joined by author Katherine Silva to discuss Arrival (2016). Join us as we talk about how this feels a bit too real after living through the pandemic, the absolutely fascinating world of language and communication and why Dr Louise Banks is just the best. Email - ghoulfriendspodcastt@gmail.com Twitter - @GhoulfriendPod

Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, who conceived the project as a spec script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war. Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma appear in supporting roles.

Tijdens de zomer bespreken we om de week een film die gaat over één van de thema's die we in onze podcast behandelen. Vandaag bespreken we de film Arrival (2016) waarin de hoofdfiguur, linguïst Louise Banks, van het Amerikaanse leger de opdracht krijgt om uit te vinden met welk doel een groep aliens naar de aarde is gekomen. Om dit te doen moet zij een manier vinden om met deze aliens, de zogenaamde heptapods, te communiceren en hun taal te ontcijferen. Heb je de film (nog) niet gezien, dan kun je deze huren of kopen via Pathe Thuis: https://www.pathe-thuis.nl/film/4451/arrival. Een samenvatting van de film vindt je hier: https://rolfzwaan.blogspot.com/2023/07/zomerfilms-2-arrival.htmlOnderzoek: Dr. Anita Eerland, prof.dr. Rolf ZwaanPresentatie: Rolf Zwaan & Anita EerlandMuziek: Rolf ZwaanTwitterHoe kun je praten met aliens die communiceren in een taal die je niet kent? Daarover gaat de film Arrival. In aflevering 79 van #DrangNaarSamenhang bespreken we deze interessante film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

La historia está narrada por la Dra. Louise Banks, quien se dedica a la lingüística. Después de que una raza de extraterrestres, conocidos como heptápodos (debido a su apariencia simétrica con siete extremidades), inician un primer contacto con la humanidad, las fuerzas militares contratan a Banks para descubrir su idioma y poder comunicarse con ellos. La historia se centra en Banks y su relación con Gary Donnelly, otro académico que trabaja para los militares e intenta obtener conocimientos de física de los alienígenas.

“The film stars Amy Adams as Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived on Earth before tensions lead to war. Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma appear in supporting roles. Learning the language alters humans' linear perception of time, allowing them to experience "memories" of future events.” - Factually Exclaims wikipedia.org “Arrival was stupid. Pretentious film that spends all its time analyzing coffee cup stains.”   - Types Paul B - rottentomatoes.com "The strong caution is not for ARRIVAL's linguistic or semantic elements, but for an eclectic worldview that, despite some positive moral elements, seems to foreclose the hope of eternal life in the Kingdom of God with Jesus Christ."  - Proselytizes movieguide.org “Or leukemia, I guess.”   - Warns DaryaBlyednova - doesthedogdie.com Get inspired by our  Top Ten time travel movie lists Check out @time_pop_pod on Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok Please Like, Subscribe, and tell a friend about Time Pop. Send questions and comments and movie recommendations to timepoppod@gmail.com Find more great podcasts at What Sounds Awesome from We Mixed It  Comedy Spirituality - All the Answers Fitness Nutrition    -   Truth Not Trends The Wheel of Time  - Thank the Light Awesome Women  -   Be Brave Fitness Nutrition    -    That Fitness Couple

Clip discussed in this episode https://youtu.be/KaknXLvgJI4   Heads up: Grab your link for the 5 Minute Appetite Suppressant Session here: https://www.theshiftinside.com/sessions/ One of my favourite films is Arrival, starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. But it's not just a great movie - it is a brilliant metaphor for ending binge eating. Adams plays Louise Banks, a linguist who the army have asked to help do a bit of translation. Alien translation. Yup, there's a egg-shaped UFO floating in the air, and it's all down to her to find out why. In this clip, we see Louise take off her protective suit in order to really communicate properly with the aliens. Everyone is freaked out, but no harm comes to her. In this clip, the protective suit is emotional eating, and the aliens are life. The beautiful, messy, uncertain life you miss out on when you keep yourself finished via binges and junk food. Louise takes a risk and realises she CAN get to know the aliens better.  Are you willing to take the risk of managing your life without food? What might your life look like without food compulsion?   RESOURCES Eating Coach Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/eatingcoachgroup   5 Minute Appetite Suppressant Session This Thursday 28th July  Get access here:  https://www.theshiftinside.com/sessions/   Imagine if there were an appetite suppressant that was 100% natural, with zero side effects.  One that is also a digestive aid and can help reduce stress. The only drawback is that you need to sit and do nothing for 5 minutes while the pill takes effect. Oh yes, and it's free too. Q: Would you take it? A: Why the heck wouldn't you? Something 100% natural that makes you eat less, with a price tag of £0. At this point you may be thinking: What's the catch, Harriet?  And there is one - but it's a catch in the same way that you need to learn to read in order to enjoy The Harry Potter series. A 'catch' that you'll be glad exists. Ok,  so the catch, the big reveal - is that this appetite suppressant is…. Slow eating. Ta-dah!  Confused? Disappointed?   Yes Harriet, I'm Totally Confused What if I told you that eating fast blocks satiety (fullness) signals to your brain. Your stomach can't really know it has had food if it's coming in too fast - and your body cannot properly digest and use the nutrients in the food if you have not chewed it properly. This is a bit like a quiet drink in a cosy pub that suddenly gets overwhelmed by 20 party goers. How well would you be able to get to know each of the new arrivals?   Yes Harriet, I'm Pretty Disappointed What if I told you that eating fast puts your body into a state of stress, which triggers the release of cortisol - the fat storage hormone which is responsible for millions of people's central obesity AKA belly fat.    Central obesity is one indicator that you could be starting down the path to type II diabetes.   So maybe the point of slow eating is to avoid eating your way to a big tummy and a big health problem down the line.   Now, what if I told you that there was a easier-than-you-think way to get started with this thing that you assume is too hard and undervalue in order to justify your perception of its difficulty?    The answer is to get started in five minute increments.   The answer is to turn slow eating into a game, thereby removing all the pressure.   The answer is to leverage the power of a tribe to motivate you.   The answer is to attend The Eating Coach Zoom session on Thursday 28th July at 8pm UK time. It is free, but there will be no recording. This is only for people who take the trouble to attend. It is a highly experiential session. (Can't make it? Email me info (at) theshiftinside dot com - as I can re run this session if there is enough interest). In it you will…. * Understand the science behind why slow eating is such a powerful appetite suppressant and digestive aid, not to mention anti-stress technique * Discover two simple and fun slow eating games that work with zero effort on your part   What you will NOT have to do: No need to eat slowly for more than five minutes  No need to eat on camera (you can turn it off if you like - your choice)   Bring a piece of fruit or salad veg (eg apple, banana, cucumber, celery etc), a plate and a knife  This session is free. If you already get my Note From emails, there is no action to take - I will remind you and send you the Zoom link in good time. Otherwise, fill in the form to ensure you get the Zoom link. This will not be posted in the Facebook group.

This week we're learning a new language and chatting with aliens, all while discussing the 2016 sci-fi drama ‘Arrival' at the request of a patron! Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, who conceived the project as a spec script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrial aliens who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war. Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma appear in supporting roles. We Watched A Thing is supported by Dendy Cinemas Canberra. The best Australian cinema chain showing everything from blockbusters to arthouse and indie films. Find them at https://www.dendy.com.au/ If you like this podcast, or hate it and us and want to tell us so - You can reach us at wewatchedathing@gmail.com Or, Twitter - @WeWatchedAThing Facebook - @WeWatchedAThing Instagram - @WeWatchedAThing and on iTunes and Youtube If you really like us and think we're worth at least a dollar, why not check out our patreon at http://patreon.com/wewatchedathing. Every little bit helps, and you can get access to bonus episodes, early releases, and even tell us what movies to watch.

Le langage est le reflet d'une perception du monde. Dans « Premier Contact », de mystérieux vaisseaux venus de l'espace surgissent un peu partout sur Terre, et une équipe d'expert.es est rassemblée sous la direction de la linguiste Louise Banks afin de tenter de comprendre leurs intentions. Face à l'énigme que constitue leur présence et leur message mystérieux, comment vont-iels trouver des réponses et potentiellement sauver l'humanité ?Qu'est-ce que la linguistique ? Comment apprendre une nouvelle langue ? Pourquoi et comment le langage influence notre vision du monde ? Invitée : Julie Neveux, normalienne agrégée d'anglais et maîtresse de conférences en linguistique à Sorbonne Université. Référence : « Premier Contact » (Denis Villeneuve, 2016)CRÉDITS7e Science est un podcast de Sorbonne Université et Binge Audio animé par Perrine Quennesson. Cet épisode a été enregistré en décembre 2021. Réalisation : Thomas Plé. Musique : Alexandre Delmaere. Identité graphique : Upian. ÉQUIPE BINGE : Direction de projet : Soraya Kerchaoui-Matignon. Production et édition : Dimitri Mayeur. Direction des programmes : Joël Ronez. Direction de la rédaction : David Carzon. Direction générale : Gabrielle Boeri-Charles. ÉQUIPE SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ : Véronique Atger, Virginie Thibaud et Yann Jacopin. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

ARRIVAL Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind. Craig and guest co-host Brendan Agnew (@BLCAgnew on Twitter) discuss timey-wimey timelines, competence porn, making sentence structure exciting and the movie “Arrival” on this week's Matinee Heroes. Show Notes 1:06 Craig and Brendan catch up and discuss being a parent of a young child when watching "Arrival" 7:32 Craig and Brendan discuss "Arrival" 36:17 Recasting 45:50 Double Feature 48:48 Final Thoughts 50:52 A preview of next week's episode "Independence Day" Next week we prove that we can't read a calendar or plan when we cover "Independence Day" on July 24th.

ARRIVAL Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind. Craig and guest co-host Brendan Agnew (@BLCAgnew on Twitter) discuss timey-wimey timelines, competence porn, making sentence structure exciting and the movie “Arrival” on this week's Matinee Heroes. Show Notes 1:06 Craig and Brendan catch up and discuss being a parent of a young child when watching "Arrival" 7:32 Craig and Brendan discuss "Arrival" 36:17 Recasting 45:50 Double Feature 48:48 Final Thoughts 50:52 A preview of next week's episode "Independence Day" Next week we prove that we can't read a calendar or plan when we cover "Independence Day" on July 24th.

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 2016 American science fiction drama film "Arrival" directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heiserrer, based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as linguist Louise Banks, who is enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrial aliens who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war. The film also stars Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/markthepoet/message

A Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 seemingly random locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Book Vs Movie: “Arrival” The Ted Chiang Novella Vs the Amy Adams Film The Margos are looking into the world of language and SciFi with the Ted Chiang novella Story of Your Life published in 1998 and the 2016 movie directed by Denis Villeneuve Arrival.   (Warning! Spoilers coming right your way!) In the story, Dr. Louise Banks is a linguist and narrator tasked to help the U.S. Government with a group of alien shapeships who suddenly arrive. The aliens are “heptapods” and it is Banks's job to try and create a common language with them. She is helped by Dr. Gary Donnelly and the two make contact with two heptapods named Flapper and Raspberry.  During this assignment, she learns that she will one day become a mother to a daughter who will die young. She can see in the future all of these interactions with her. She can also see that she marries Dr. Donnelly and he leaves her in the future.  If you have knowledge of the future, do you have an obligation to let others know? What if you have a child with someone and know when they will die? What is your obligation with this knowledge? The movie Arrival stars Amy Adams as Dr. Banks and Jeremy Renner (known as Ian Donnelly in the film) It would go on to receive eight Academy Awards nominations including for Best  Best Picture and Best Director. But NOT for Best Actress for Adams. BOO! So between the book and the film--which did we prefer? Have a listen and find out!  In this ep the Margos discuss: Bio of author Ted Chiang The differences between book and film Would you want to know  The cast: Amy Adams (Dr. Louise Banks,) Jeremy Renner (Ian Donelly,) Forest Whitaker (Colonel Weber,) Michael Stuhlbarg (Agent Halpern,) Mark O'Brien (Captain Marks,) and Tzi Ma (General Shang.)  Clips used: Arrival trailer “A proper introduction…” “The nature of questions”   Film music by Johann Johannsson   Book Vs Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts .  Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R   Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/    Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

Book Vs Movie: “Arrival” The Ted Chiang Novella Vs the Amy Adams Film The Margos are looking into the world of language and SciFi with the Ted Chiang novella Story of Your Life published in 1998 and the 2016 movie directed by Denis Villeneuve Arrival.   (Warning! Spoilers coming right your way!) In the story, Dr. Louise Banks is a linguist and narrator tasked to help the U.S. Government with a group of alien shapeships who suddenly arrive. The aliens are “heptapods” and it is Banks’s job to try and create a common language with them. She is helped by Dr. Gary Donnelly and the two make contact with two heptapods named Flapper and Raspberry.  During this assignment, she learns that she will one day become a mother to a daughter who will die young. She can see in the future all of these interactions with her. She can also see that she marries Dr. Donnelly and he leaves her in the future.  If you have knowledge of the future, do you have an obligation to let others know? What if you have a child with someone and know when they will die? What is your obligation with this knowledge? The movie Arrival stars Amy Adams as Dr. Banks and Jeremy Renner (known as Ian Donnelly in the film) It would go on to receive eight Academy Awards nominations including for Best  Best Picture and Best Director. But NOT for Best Actress for Adams. BOO! So between the book and the film--which did we prefer? Have a listen and find out!  In this ep the Margos discuss: Bio of author Ted Chiang The differences between book and film Would you want to know  The cast: Amy Adams (Dr. Louise Banks,) Jeremy Renner (Ian Donelly,) Forest Whitaker (Colonel Weber,) Michael Stuhlbarg (Agent Halpern,) Mark O’Brien (Captain Marks,) and Tzi Ma (General Shang.)  Clips used: Arrival trailer “A proper introduction…” “The nature of questions”   Film music by Johann Johannsson   Book Vs Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts .  Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R   Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/    Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

SPOILER ALERTIn this week's episode, Megan and George are joined by special guest Dylan Armstrong for a discussion of the 2016 Denis Villeneuve sci fi drama, Arrival.Arrival follows Louise Banks (played by Amy Adams), a linguistics expert who joins the military in an effort to interpret the language of a strange alien species. Megan, George and Dylan discuss twist endings, short story to screenplay adaptation, spiritual and sentimental sci-fi and the amazing emotional capacity of Amy Adams.Story Of Your Life, the short story written by Ted Chiang is referenced.Thank you for listening and enjoy the episode!..Opening music: Heptapod B - Jóhann Jóhannsson (Arrival Soundtrack)Closing music: Kangaru - Jóhann Jóhannsson (Arrival Soundtrack)..Arrival (2016) can be viewed on Stan...In two weeks, you will hear Megan and Isabelle in conversation on their collaboration on Megan's short film The Supreme Soul. The Supreme Soul is a short film written, directed and produced by Megan, starring Isabelle Gander...FILM CLUB:instagram.com/filmclubpodcastArrival on Stan:https://play.stan.com.au/programs/1387698Connect with us on Letterboxd:letterboxd.com/meganandersonletterboxd.com/isabelle_ganderletterboxd.com/gabben

A linguistic professor, Louise Banks, is hired to lead an investigating team when a spaceship lands in 12 locations worldwide. Banks and her team race against time, to find a way of communicating with the aliens, before war breaks-out worldwide. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scifiremnant/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scifiremnant/support

Louise Banks, a linguistics expert, along with her team, must interpret the language of aliens who've come to earth in a mysterious spaceship. Sash and Ryan go into the details of this unique movie and look into the life of the director.

If aliens ever visited planet earth, wouldn't the most complicated thing be how to communicate with them exactly? Language, as we know it today, is fundamental related to the way we think, based on our experience as human beings. How would it then be to communicate with an alien? Who would save the day? In today's podcast, I discussed with Rania Bencroft one of my all-time favorite movies; Arrival. It is a story of Louise Banks, a linguistics expert, along with her team, must interpret the language of aliens who've come to earth in a mysterious spaceship. It is recommended to watch the movie before listening to the podcast. Share with us what you thought of the movie and the podcast on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sidcasticdz/ Facebook community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/193757474848275

Det vi kan beskrive kan vi forstå og noen ganger forklare. Det som mangler ord blir ofte usynlig for oss. Språket er hjørnesteinene i vårt mentale liv, og det er det vi bruker for å tenke, men hva om alt vi tenker er feil?Bli medlem av SinnSyns Mentale HelsestudioDitt bidrag kan øke kvaliteten på WebPsykologen og SinnSyn.Ved å støtte prosjektet, får du mange fordeler! Som Patreon supporter blir du medlem av SinnSyns Mentale Helsestudio. Det vil si flere episoder hver måned, tips og øvelser for trening av "mentale muskler", eksklusive videopptak og andre overraskelser. Les mer og bli medlem i på denne linken. Her kan du kjøpe bøkene fra Psykolog Sondre Liverød (WebPsykologen) til best pris og gratis frakt.Denne gangen er jeg i Mandal. Vi er i biblioteket på kulturhuset og arrangementet er godt besøkt. Nærmere hundre mennesker kom for å høre fylkesleder i Humanetisk forbund Elisabeth Smith og meg selv snakke om at «alt du tenker er feil». Nok en gang et arrangement i regi av humanetisk forbund, og selvfølgelig var alle velkomne uavhengig av livssyn. Jeg var også ute med en ny bok på denne tiden, og turneen rundt i seks byer fra Aust til Vest Agder var også ment som en promotering av «Psykologens journal». Journalen er min personlige og intellektuelle reise i livets store spørsmål, og boken ble en måte for meg å utvide min horisont, noe jeg tror er en viktig mental øvelse for mange av oss. Er du interessert i denne boken, eller noe av de andre bøkene jeg har skrevet, så finnes de som alltid til best pris på min egen bokhandel her på webpsykologen. Bøkene reflekterer mye av tematikken her på SinnSyn, og dermed er det en sjanse for at du vil like bøkene dersom du liker denne SinnSyn.I dagens samtale var tema: «Alt du tenker er feil», noe som kan være en litt provoserende overskrift, men den kan få oss til å tenke litt annerledes på hvordan vi tenker om det å tenke på å tenke. Det ble ikke en veldig vanlig setning, og den inneholder sannsynligvis en del feil, men nå står den her. Tematikken er kjent fra SinnSyn i flere tidligere episoder, og det dreier seg om hvordan vårt psykiske maskinere fabrikkerer alle våre opplevelser av verden. Kanskje er det også slik at vi koder alt vi opplever via språket, og da er det avgjørende hvordan vi velger å formulere oss. En optimistisk formulering kan føre til en lettere sinnsstemning og kanskje et bedre utfall, mens en pessimistisk formulering kan skape mismot og maktesløshet som fører til apati og mangel på innsatsvilje i forhold til en forestående utfordring. Det er altså snakk om innsikten som ligger ved kjernen i kognitiv terapi: Det er måten vi tenker på og holdningene våre som i høy grad former livet vårt. Jeg så akkurat filmen som heter Arrival fra 2016. Den handler om lingvisten Louise Banks som leder et elite-team av etterforskere når gigantiske romfartøyer lander på 12 steder rundt om i verden. Det er uklart hva de utenomjordiske vesnene ønsker eller hvorfor de har kommet, og usikkerheten skaper splid mellom ulike nasjoner og jorden befinner seg etterhvert på randen av en global krig. Tiden er knapp når Louise må finne ut hvordan man kan kommunisere med gjestene fra verdensrommet. Her har vi en film hvor helten er en lingvist, altså en ekspert på språk, symbolikk og koder. Når man tenker seg om, er det nettopp evnen til å kommunisere som blir det avgjørende i møte med det ukjente. Kan vi forstå hverandre, kle verden i et sett av symboler som skaper en relasjon? Det er tematikken i Arrival, og i denne sammenheng nevnes en interessant, men også omdiskutert, hypotese som kalles den "Lingvistiske Relativitetshypotesen", også kjent som Sapir-Whorf-hypotesen. Den ble fremsatt av den amerikanske antologen og språkforskeren Sapir i artikkelen: "Lingvistikkens status som vitenskap", og videreutviklet av Whorf i artikkelen "Vitenskap og språkvitenskap". Denne hypotesen hevder at språket spiller en svært viktig rolle i folks liv, ikke bare fordi det er en måte å kommunisere på, men det har innflytelse på folks adferd og deres tenkemåte. Med andre ord, folk som snakker forskjellige språk og dialekter har en tendens til å se verden på forskjellige måter. Teorien går ut på at språket ikke bare påvirker hvordan folk kommuniserer med hverandre, men også hvordan personen med et bestemt språk visualiserer og samhandler med verden på et helt grunnleggende nivå. Dette uløselige forholdet mellom språk og verdenssyn er den underliggende bekymringen, ikke bare for språkbrukere, men også historikere, noe som kommer tydelig frem i filmen «Arrival». Sapirs syn på forholdet mellom språk og kultur er tydelig uttrykt i boken hans som heter «Kultur, språk og personlighet» fra 1958.Sapir hevder at mennesker ikke bare lever i en objektiv verden, og heller ikke bare lever i en bestemt kultur, men lever i en flik av verden farget av språket og uttrykksevnen til de man omgir seg med. Han foreslår at den virkelige verden i stor grad er ubevisst bygget opp på gruppens språkvaner. Med andre ord hører og opplever vi i stor grad det vi gjør fordi språkvanene i vårt samfunn predisponerer visse fortolkninger. I andre kulturer kan de ha et språk som vinkler verden på en helt anen måte, og i så fall lever de også i en helt annen virkelighet. I Arrival er spørsmålet om det er mulig å finne en felles plattform med vesner som har en helt anen uttrykksform, kommer fra en helt annen verden og bebor kropper som er helt annerledes enn våre. Jeg likte filmen godt, og synes språk-hypotesen er interessant. Man kan lure på om vi hadde utvidet vår egen horisont ganske mye ved å lære oss et helt nytt språk. I psykologien handler det mye om å få mer språk på vårt indre liv, nettopp fordi vi kan håndtere våre utfordringer på en helt annen måte når våre mentale utfordringer tematiseres i språket. Før vi klarer å sette ord på vanskelige følelser og ubevisste mønstrer, styrer det livet vårt uten at vi vet det. Når vi kler vårt indre liv i en rikere språkdrakt, har vi muligheten til å få helt nye forståelser og innsikter som i neste omgang kan endre livet dramatisk. Vi kan oppnå et bedre syn på vårt eget sinn, og det er jo derfor denne podcasten heter SinnSyn.Et annet spørsmål er om vi med dagens kommunikasjonsteknologi på 160 tegn på twitter og meldinger fulle av smilefjes og få ord, risikerer å gjøre språket fattigere, og sånn sett trekke ned noen rullegardiner i vår egen hjerne. Vi har mye informasjon, men når det sprer seg via snever koding ender vi kanskje opp som dummere på sikt. Det er jeg ikke sikker på, men det er uansett noe å tenke over når man følger tanken om at språket definerer vårt blikk mot verden på en mer gjennomgripende måte enn man kanskje er klar over.I dagens episode skal vi snakke mer om en variant av språklige dilemmaer. Vi skal altså til Mandal for å snakke om at det du tenker er feil. Altså måten du ser deg selv og verden på er kodet på en måte som ikke nødvendigvis reflekterer en objektiv sannhet, selv om vi ofte forholder oss til egne følelser, tanke og meninger som om de er sanne. Jeg mener at det ikke er så lurt, og nå skal du snart få høre hvorfor. Kognitiv psykologi og positiv psykologi gjør denne innsikten om til et viktig omdreiningspunkt i terapeutisk praksis. Dersom det er måten vi tenker på og holdningene våre som former tilværelsen, kan vi tilstrebe å tenke mer positivt for å få en litt mer lystbetont hverdag. Det er en simpel forklaring på positiv psykologi, men her kommer norske grønnsaker som forklarer det litt bedre.KildeSapir, Edward. Culture, Language and Personality. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1958. PrintTAKK FOR AT DU HØRER PÅ OG TAKK FOR DIN STØTTESondre Risholm Liverød har skrevet tre bøker om psykologi og selvutvikling for fagfolk og folk flest, og de kan anskaffes fra WebPsykologens bokhandel. Her får man bøkene til best pris med gratis frakt og rask levering. WebPsykologen ønsker å spre kunnskap om psykisk helse til så mange som mulig, og det skal være gratis og lett tilgjengelig. Det er imidlertid mye jobb å holde liv i nettsiden og podcasten, og dersom du setter pris på dette arbeidet, kan du først og fremst støtte prosjektet ved å kjøpe bøkene mine fra WebPsykologen.no. Du kan også støtte prosjektet ved å dele det i sosiale medier, anbefale SinnSyn til venner og bekjente, skrive om tematikk fra SinnSyn i din egen blogg eller nevne webpsykologen på din egen podcast. Det er også veldig verdifullt med tilbakemeldinger i iTunes. Stjerner i iTunes forteller at podcasten faller i smak, og da vil iTunes holde den synlig på sine topplister og anbefalinger. Jeg er veldig takknemlig for all den støtte vi allerede har fått, og vil takke på forhånd til dere som har til hensikt å anbefale oss til flere. TAKK! Bilder fra arrangementet i Mandal kulturhus See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Det vi kan beskrive kan vi forstå og noen ganger forklare. Det som mangler ord blir ofte usynlig for oss. Språket er hjørnesteinene i vårt mentale liv, og det er det vi bruker for å tenke, men hva om alt vi tenker er feil?Bli medlem av SinnSyns Mentale HelsestudioDitt bidrag kan øke kvaliteten på WebPsykologen og SinnSyn.Ved å støtte prosjektet, får du mange fordeler! Som Patreon supporter blir du medlem av SinnSyns Mentale Helsestudio. Det vil si flere episoder hver måned, tips og øvelser for trening av "mentale muskler", eksklusive videopptak og andre overraskelser. Les mer og bli medlem i på denne linken. Her kan du kjøpe bøkene fra Psykolog Sondre Liverød (WebPsykologen) til best pris og gratis frakt.Denne gangen er jeg i Mandal. Vi er i biblioteket på kulturhuset og arrangementet er godt besøkt. Nærmere hundre mennesker kom for å høre fylkesleder i Humanetisk forbund Elisabeth Smith og meg selv snakke om at «alt du tenker er feil». Nok en gang et arrangement i regi av humanetisk forbund, og selvfølgelig var alle velkomne uavhengig av livssyn. Jeg var også ute med en ny bok på denne tiden, og turneen rundt i seks byer fra Aust til Vest Agder var også ment som en promotering av «Psykologens journal». Journalen er min personlige og intellektuelle reise i livets store spørsmål, og boken ble en måte for meg å utvide min horisont, noe jeg tror er en viktig mental øvelse for mange av oss. Er du interessert i denne boken, eller noe av de andre bøkene jeg har skrevet, så finnes de som alltid til best pris på min egen bokhandel her på webpsykologen. Bøkene reflekterer mye av tematikken her på SinnSyn, og dermed er det en sjanse for at du vil like bøkene dersom du liker denne SinnSyn.I dagens samtale var tema: «Alt du tenker er feil», noe som kan være en litt provoserende overskrift, men den kan få oss til å tenke litt annerledes på hvordan vi tenker om det å tenke på å tenke. Det ble ikke en veldig vanlig setning, og den inneholder sannsynligvis en del feil, men nå står den her. Tematikken er kjent fra SinnSyn i flere tidligere episoder, og det dreier seg om hvordan vårt psykiske maskinere fabrikkerer alle våre opplevelser av verden. Kanskje er det også slik at vi koder alt vi opplever via språket, og da er det avgjørende hvordan vi velger å formulere oss. En optimistisk formulering kan føre til en lettere sinnsstemning og kanskje et bedre utfall, mens en pessimistisk formulering kan skape mismot og maktesløshet som fører til apati og mangel på innsatsvilje i forhold til en forestående utfordring. Det er altså snakk om innsikten som ligger ved kjernen i kognitiv terapi: Det er måten vi tenker på og holdningene våre som i høy grad former livet vårt. Jeg så akkurat filmen som heter Arrival fra 2016. Den handler om lingvisten Louise Banks som leder et elite-team av etterforskere når gigantiske romfartøyer lander på 12 steder rundt om i verden. Det er uklart hva de utenomjordiske vesnene ønsker eller hvorfor de har kommet, og usikkerheten skaper splid mellom ulike nasjoner og jorden befinner seg etterhvert på randen av en global krig. Tiden er knapp når Louise må finne ut hvordan man kan kommunisere med gjestene fra verdensrommet. Her har vi en film hvor helten er en lingvist, altså en ekspert på språk, symbolikk og koder. Når man tenker seg om, er det nettopp evnen til å kommunisere som blir det avgjørende i møte med det ukjente. Kan vi forstå hverandre, kle verden i et sett av symboler som skaper en relasjon? Det er tematikken i Arrival, og i denne sammenheng nevnes en interessant, men også omdiskutert, hypotese som kalles den "Lingvistiske Relativitetshypotesen", også kjent som Sapir-Whorf-hypotesen. Den ble fremsatt av den amerikanske antologen og språkforskeren Sapir i artikkelen: "Lingvistikkens status som vitenskap", og videreutviklet av Whorf i artikkelen "Vitenskap og språkvitenskap". Denne hypotesen hevder at språket spiller en svært viktig rolle i folks liv, ikke bare fordi det er en måte å kommunisere på, men det har innflytelse på folks adferd og deres tenkemåte. Med andre ord, folk som snakker forskjellige språk og dialekter har en tendens til å se verden på forskjellige måter. Teorien går ut på at språket ikke bare påvirker hvordan folk kommuniserer med hverandre, men også hvordan personen med et bestemt språk visualiserer og samhandler med verden på et helt grunnleggende nivå. Dette uløselige forholdet mellom språk og verdenssyn er den underliggende bekymringen, ikke bare for språkbrukere, men også historikere, noe som kommer tydelig frem i filmen «Arrival». Sapirs syn på forholdet mellom språk og kultur er tydelig uttrykt i boken hans som heter «Kultur, språk og personlighet» fra 1958.Sapir hevder at mennesker ikke bare lever i en objektiv verden, og heller ikke bare lever i en bestemt kultur, men lever i en flik av verden farget av språket og uttrykksevnen til de man omgir seg med. Han foreslår at den virkelige verden i stor grad er ubevisst bygget opp på gruppens språkvaner. Med andre ord hører og opplever vi i stor grad det vi gjør fordi språkvanene i vårt samfunn predisponerer visse fortolkninger. I andre kulturer kan de ha et språk som vinkler verden på en helt anen måte, og i så fall lever de også i en helt annen virkelighet. I Arrival er spørsmålet om det er mulig å finne en felles plattform med vesner som har en helt anen uttrykksform, kommer fra en helt annen verden og bebor kropper som er helt annerledes enn våre. Jeg likte filmen godt, og synes språk-hypotesen er interessant. Man kan lure på om vi hadde utvidet vår egen horisont ganske mye ved å lære oss et helt nytt språk. I psykologien handler det mye om å få mer språk på vårt indre liv, nettopp fordi vi kan håndtere våre utfordringer på en helt annen måte når våre mentale utfordringer tematiseres i språket. Før vi klarer å sette ord på vanskelige følelser og ubevisste mønstrer, styrer det livet vårt uten at vi vet det. Når vi kler vårt indre liv i en rikere språkdrakt, har vi muligheten til å få helt nye forståelser og innsikter som i neste omgang kan endre livet dramatisk. Vi kan oppnå et bedre syn på vårt eget sinn, og det er jo derfor denne podcasten heter SinnSyn.Et annet spørsmål er om vi med dagens kommunikasjonsteknologi på 160 tegn på twitter og meldinger fulle av smilefjes og få ord, risikerer å gjøre språket fattigere, og sånn sett trekke ned noen rullegardiner i vår egen hjerne. Vi har mye informasjon, men når det sprer seg via snever koding ender vi kanskje opp som dummere på sikt. Det er jeg ikke sikker på, men det er uansett noe å tenke over når man følger tanken om at språket definerer vårt blikk mot verden på en mer gjennomgripende måte enn man kanskje er klar over.I dagens episode skal vi snakke mer om en variant av språklige dilemmaer. Vi skal altså til Mandal for å snakke om at det du tenker er feil. Altså måten du ser deg selv og verden på er kodet på en måte som ikke nødvendigvis reflekterer en objektiv sannhet, selv om vi ofte forholder oss til egne følelser, tanke og meninger som om de er sanne. Jeg mener at det ikke er så lurt, og nå skal du snart få høre hvorfor. Kognitiv psykologi og positiv psykologi gjør denne innsikten om til et viktig omdreiningspunkt i terapeutisk praksis. Dersom det er måten vi tenker på og holdningene våre som former tilværelsen, kan vi tilstrebe å tenke mer positivt for å få en litt mer lystbetont hverdag. Det er en simpel forklaring på positiv psykologi, men her kommer norske grønnsaker som forklarer det litt bedre.KildeSapir, Edward. Culture, Language and Personality. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1958. PrintTAKK FOR AT DU HØRER PÅ OG TAKK FOR DIN STØTTESondre Risholm Liverød har skrevet tre bøker om psykologi og selvutvikling for fagfolk og folk flest, og de kan anskaffes fra WebPsykologens bokhandel. Her får man bøkene til best pris med gratis frakt og rask levering. WebPsykologen ønsker å spre kunnskap om psykisk helse til så mange som mulig, og det skal være gratis og lett tilgjengelig. Det er imidlertid mye jobb å holde liv i nettsiden og podcasten, og dersom du setter pris på dette arbeidet, kan du først og fremst støtte prosjektet ved å kjøpe bøkene mine fra WebPsykologen.no. Du kan også støtte prosjektet ved å dele det i sosiale medier, anbefale SinnSyn til venner og bekjente, skrive om tematikk fra SinnSyn i din egen blogg eller nevne webpsykologen på din egen podcast. Det er også veldig verdifullt med tilbakemeldinger i iTunes. Stjerner i iTunes forteller at podcasten faller i smak, og da vil iTunes holde den synlig på sine topplister og anbefalinger. Jeg er veldig takknemlig for all den støtte vi allerede har fått, og vil takke på forhånd til dere som har til hensikt å anbefale oss til flere. TAKK! Bilder fra arrangementet i Mandal kulturhus See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Min gæst er denne gang radiovært og serieekspert Frederik Dirks Gottlieb - og vi taler om Denis Villeneuve's vidunderlige film Arrival (2016) med Amy Adams i hovedrollen som Dr. Louise Banks. Frederik har let til tårer - noget han ikke altid har haft - og vi taler om, hvorfor han er bedre til at mærke efter nu end tidligere i sit liv, hvorfor Arrival har gjort så stort et indtryk på ham og så kan vi ikke undgå at vende de helt store spørgsmål i livet om død, skæbne, aliens, (mis)kommunikation og alle de andre emner, filmen når forbi. Rigtig god fornøjelse! Musik: Anders Colstrup Hvass & Jonas Wetterslev. Støt Tårekanalen: 10er: https://taarekanalen.10er.dk Paypal: https://paypal.me/rikkecollin    Følg Frederik: Instagram: www.instagram.com/frederikdirks Twitter: www.twitter.com/frederikdirks    Følg Tårekanalen: Instagram: www.instagram.com/taarekanalen Twitter: www.twitter.com/taarekanalen Facebook: www.facebook.com/taarekanalen 

Welcome back super film fans to another episode of your favorite weekly movie podcast where anything goes! This week we've got our main man Frank The Tank sitting in with us adding to the ensuing hilarity, while Jose lays all of his adventures and cosplay stories on us from his A-Kon 29 trip this past weekend (all the while shamelessly plugging some random podcast about movies) after that nonsense we get to our round up of mostly Marvel MCU centric news. And finally keeping with our cerebral Sci-Fi theme this month we get into our review of 2016's Arrival starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Arrival is a 2016 science fiction opus brought to us via director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Blade Runner 2049) in which Amy Adams portrays linguistics professor Louise Banks who is brought in by the government to communicate with the aliens of one of the twelve vessels that have recently arrived around the earth. Jeremy Renner plays her counterpart in this endeavor as astrophysicist Ian Donnely while Forest Whitaker rounds out the main cast as Colonel G.T. Weber. This is another example of a slow burn thinking man's Sci-Fi so if that's not your cup of tea and you're looking for a fast paced film about an alien invasion with massive amounts of destruction and chaos go watch the original Independence Day (which we so happen to have an episode on!) or it's sub par sequel. This is not a film of super flashy special effects but rather one that keeps you pondering the subject matter long after you've viewed it especially in the instance of this crew. Multiple viewings reveal more and more about the message of the film and its intricacies therein. A great story is present here, one packed with emotional depth and consequence and we think it's definitely worth your time. And with all of this go on ahead and check out our in depth discussion and review on this flick and please remember it's "ARRIVAL" not "THE ARRIVAL" but maybe go and watch that one too if you're feeling silly and want pre-psychotic break Charlie Sheen goodness.

In this episode, we are once again doing things a bit differently! While the normal crew takes a bit of a break after covering season one of Star Trek: Discovery, we go to the Discussing Who archives for a review of the 2016 movie Arrival! Join in as Kyle Jones, Lee Shackleford, and Clarence Brown give their thoughts on one of the biggest science-fiction movies of 2016.

Julie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2016 movie Arrival: "When twelve mysterious spacecrafts appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors." - imdb.com

"La historia de tu vida" ("Story of Your Life"), publicada en 1998, narra cómo los heptápodos, una raza alienígena, aterriza en diversos lugares de la Tierra. El ejército contrata a científicos y lingüistas para intentar establecer contacto con los extraterrestres. Entre ellos se encuentra la lingüista Louise Banks, narradora de la historia, quien junto al físico Gary Donelly intentará descifrar el lenguaje de los heptápodos con la intención de averiguar el motivo de su visita. En la historia se entrelazan fragmentos de la vida de la hija de Louise, aparentemente sin relación con el hilo principal. (NOTA: a dichos fragmentos se les ha añadido un ligero efecto de eco para diferenciarlos del resto -no se debe a un error en la grabación). Relato de Ted Chiang narrado por voz humana. El guión de la película "Arrival" ("La llegada"), de 2016, partió de esta obra. Web oficial: radioalbemuth.com También disponible en iTunes y YouTube. ¿Quieres ayudarnos a seguir adelante? Puedes hacer tu donación desde el perfil de Radio Albemuth en la web de ivoox (botón "donar") o desde http://radioalbemuth.com/donar/ ¡Gracias! Música inicio: "Book of Mirrors" de Sergey Cheremisinov. Música final: "Sirius" de Sergey Cheremisinov. Intro Radio Albemuth: "Information Shutdown" de Eric Matyas.

Adapted from a short story by Ted Chiang, critically acclaimed sci-fi film Arrival expands on the themes of communication, language and interpretation, and the notion of time. We discuss how these issues impact the lead character Dr Louise Banks, a linguistics professor, played by Amy Adams, explore the sound and visual design of the film, and recommend other futuristic films that also use non-linear storytelling. Arrival: Feature article https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/arrival-feature The second part of the podcast examines the mysterious film The Fits, a coming-of-age drama which explores themes such as self-awareness and gender identity. We discuss how the director uses sound design and dance to tell this eerie story, and why we think it sits alongside films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Falling. The Fits: Feature article https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/the-fits-feature Interview with Director Anna Rose Holmer https://soundcloud.com/into-film-archive/the-fits-interview-with-director-anna-rose-holmer

Arrival - When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team - led by expert linguist Louise Banks - is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time

Arrival - When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team - led by expert linguist Louise Banks - is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time

Arrival is the latest film by Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, written by Eric Heisserer and adapted from a short story by Ted Chiang. It’s a science-fiction film in which aliens arrive on Earth and Dr Louise Banks, a linguist, played by Amy Adams, is asked to help decipher their language in order to find out their purpose on Earth. Over the course of the film we join Dr Banks in solving this curious puzzle, as she races against the worldwide chaos caused by the presence of these creatures. Interspersed with the plot of Dr Banks and the aliens is another storyline involving her daughter, which not only adds emotional weight but also ends up being quite a central element in understanding the film itself. There’s an absolutely brilliant confluence of visual, emotional and intellectual elements that keep you engrossed and awed throughout the film’s duration. Everything just comes together so well. First, let’s talk about the visuals. In particular, all the things to do with the aliens are immaculately designed. The aliens are these kinds of seven-limbed knuckle squids which in the film they call “heptapods”, and they land in twelve identical ships which seem like particularly aerodynamic skimming pebbles. You might have seen them on the poster. Inside the pods is a long rectangular room with a groovy gravitational shift, and the first time we experience this gravitational shift is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a film this year. In the room there’s a glass screen behind which the heptapods themselves appear enshrouded in a white mist. Finally, there’s the language that the heptapods use to communicate, the language that our protagonist, the linguist Dr Banks, has been hired to decode. Emanating from a tentacular orifice of one of the limbs of the heptapods, the language is basically a black smoky ink which forms circular symbols or logograms that on first glance look like Rorschach tests made from coffee mug stains but really is a set of unique elements that in each circle create an entire phrase or sentence. Now, I might be biased in my enjoyment of the film due to being a linguist myself, but if anything I feel like a film that involves one’s specialist subject gets put under even closer scrutiny, and the fact that there’s so much actual linguistic basis for what goes on, which I won’t go into, definitely increased how much I got into the film. This is not even touching the intriguing way the film deals with the passage of time. Towards the middle of the film, we find out a certain piece of information that changes the way conceptualise everything we’ve seen so far and everything we see thenceforth. I’m hesitant in labelling it a twist, because it feels less like a twist per se and more like another piece of the puzzle that the film represents. Though it’s still totally a spoiler, so I’m not going to say what it is. But it comes at the point where Dr Banks unlocks the secret to the heptapods’ language and in doing so is able to look at time in a completely different way. So essentially, by solving the problem of their language and learning this new way of experiencing time, Dr Banks passes on to us, the audience, the ability to see the film differently. It’s really quite a clever narrative technique. And what the revelation has to do with involves Dr Banks’ daughter, Hannah, who we see in the first few minutes of the film being born, growing up and then dying. Scenes from Hannah’s life are constantly being intercut with the plot of the heptapods, and this really adds a delicate and grounded aspect to the film. There are definitely moments when the film threatens to move into rather oversentimental territory, but its sentimentality always feels earned, or else it pulls back just before getting too sappy. And regardless, the story of Hannah, without giving anything away, is absolutely essential to our grasp of the story of the entire film. Overall what impressed me was the scale of this film, the way it tied together a worldwide phenomenon to a personal tale, the attention to detail with giant alien ships and tiny wisps of smoke alike, and above all the flagrant optimism for humanity amidst all the flurry of panic and division going on across the world. Arrival has captivated my imagination the way very few recent films have, and it relays a message of communication and unity that is always relevant, especially today. Arrival is out in cinemas now. Written by Ben VolchokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arrival is the latest film by Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, written by Eric Heisserer and adapted from a short story by Ted Chiang. It’s a science-fiction film in which aliens arrive on Earth and Dr Louise Banks, a linguist, played by Amy Adams, is asked to help decipher their language in order to find out their purpose on Earth. Over the course of the film we join Dr Banks in solving this curious puzzle, as she races against the worldwide chaos caused by the presence of these creatures. Interspersed with the plot of Dr Banks and the aliens is another storyline involving her daughter, which not only adds emotional weight but also ends up being quite a central element in understanding the film itself. There’s an absolutely brilliant confluence of visual, emotional and intellectual elements that keep you engrossed and awed throughout the film’s duration. Everything just comes together so well. First, let’s talk about the visuals. In particular, all the things to do with the aliens are immaculately designed. The aliens are these kinds of seven-limbed knuckle squids which in the film they call “heptapods”, and they land in twelve identical ships which seem like particularly aerodynamic skimming pebbles. You might have seen them on the poster. Inside the pods is a long rectangular room with a groovy gravitational shift, and the first time we experience this gravitational shift is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a film this year. In the room there’s a glass screen behind which the heptapods themselves appear enshrouded in a white mist. Finally, there’s the language that the heptapods use to communicate, the language that our protagonist, the linguist Dr Banks, has been hired to decode. Emanating from a tentacular orifice of one of the limbs of the heptapods, the language is basically a black smoky ink which forms circular symbols or logograms that on first glance look like Rorschach tests made from coffee mug stains but really is a set of unique elements that in each circle create an entire phrase or sentence. Now, I might be biased in my enjoyment of the film due to being a linguist myself, but if anything I feel like a film that involves one’s specialist subject gets put under even closer scrutiny, and the fact that there’s so much actual linguistic basis for what goes on, which I won’t go into, definitely increased how much I got into the film. This is not even touching the intriguing way the film deals with the passage of time. Towards the middle of the film, we find out a certain piece of information that changes the way conceptualise everything we’ve seen so far and everything we see thenceforth. I’m hesitant in labelling it a twist, because it feels less like a twist per se and more like another piece of the puzzle that the film represents. Though it’s still totally a spoiler, so I’m not going to say what it is. But it comes at the point where Dr Banks unlocks the secret to the heptapods’ language and in doing so is able to look at time in a completely different way. So essentially, by solving the problem of their language and learning this new way of experiencing time, Dr Banks passes on to us, the audience, the ability to see the film differently. It’s really quite a clever narrative technique. And what the revelation has to do with involves Dr Banks’ daughter, Hannah, who we see in the first few minutes of the film being born, growing up and then dying. Scenes from Hannah’s life are constantly being intercut with the plot of the heptapods, and this really adds a delicate and grounded aspect to the film. There are definitely moments when the film threatens to move into rather oversentimental territory, but its sentimentality always feels earned, or else it pulls back just before getting too sappy. And regardless, the story of Hannah, without giving anything away, is absolutely essential to our grasp of the story of the entire film. Overall what impressed me was the scale of this film, the way it tied together a worldwide phenomenon to a personal tale, the attention to detail with giant alien ships and tiny wisps of smoke alike, and above all the flagrant optimism for humanity amidst all the flurry of panic and division going on across the world. Arrival has captivated my imagination the way very few recent films have, and it relays a message of communication and unity that is always relevant, especially today. Arrival is out in cinemas now.   Written by Ben Volchok

Premier Contact est un film réalisé par Denis Villeneuve avec Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg. Sorti au cinéma en décembre 2016. Synopsis : lorsque de mystérieux vaisseaux venus du fond de l'espace surgissent un peu partout sur Terre, une équipe d'experts est rassemblée sous la direction de la linguiste Louise Banks afin de tenter de comprendre leurs intentions. Face à l'énigme que constituent leur présence et leurs messages mystérieux, les réactions dans le monde sont extrêmes et l'humanité se retrouve bientôt au bord d'une guerre absolue. Louise Banks et son équipe n'ont que très peu de temps pour trouver des réponses. Pour les obtenir, la jeune femme va prendre un risque qui pourrait non seulement lui coûter la vie, mais détruire le genre humain… Une archive proposée par Les Aventuriers des Salles Obscures. Un podcast produit par Le Quotidien du Cinéma. Les  Aventuriers des Salles Obscures est un magazine consacré au cinéma qui  est diffusé chaque samedi de 14h à 15h sur Radio Campus Lille (106.6 FM -  sur le net : https://www.campuslille.com).     

Linguistics professor Louise Banks, as portrayed by Amy Adams, serves as the focus of our review of the 2016 movie, Arrival. What does it mean to communicate? Find out our thoughts and share your own by sending us your feedback. We want to hear from you! Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, and Lee Shackleford.

Linguistics professor Louise Banks, as portrayed by Amy Adams, serves as the focus of our review of the 2016 movie, Arrival. What does it mean to communicate? Find out our thoughts and share your own by sending us your feedback. We want to hear from you! Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, and Lee Shackleford.

Linguistics professor Louise Banks, as portrayed by Amy Adams, serves as the focus of our review of the 2016 movie, Arrival. What does it mean to communicate? Find out our thoughts and share your own by sending us your feedback. We want to hear from you! Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, and Lee Shackleford.

Tras la espectacularidad del blockbuster veraniego y antes de la llegada de la batalla campal por las nominaciones oscareras queda un hueco cinematográfico que usualmente cuenta con cintas poco memorables. Afortunadamente en esta temporada de vacas flacas es que se estrena la más reciente cinta de Denis Villeneuve en donde nos recuerda que el cine de ciencia ficción existe por una buena razón. Ya se saben la fórmula, pueden escuchar el podcast en el reproductor o dar click derecho y seleccionar la opción "guardar como" aquí. Además de esto, pueden suscribirse y escucharnos en iTunes, Player.fm, Spreaker, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Tune In, Acast, Poddirectory, iVoox, Hearthis.at y recuerden que si son banda, pueden darnos like en Facebook. La primicia es sencilla: la Dr. Louise Banks (interpretada por Amy Adams) es contactada por el gobierno de Estados Unidos para que los apoye con un proyecto. ¿De qué se trata? Extraños Objetos Flotadores No Identificados han aparecido alrededor de todo el mundo y se ha establecido comunicación con una raza extraterrestre. El problema es que nadie entiende su idioma por lo que es necesario el apoyo de la lingüista, quien en conjunto con Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) y bajo las órdenes del Coronel Weber (Forest Whitaker) deben descifrar las intenciones de los extraños visitantes de otro mundo. En tiempos recientes hemos tenido una revalorización de profesiones que no encajan con el típico héroe de acción. Fuera del detective, el soldado o el doctor, en The Martian vimos como un botánico puede ser la única persona calificada para sobrevivir en entornos hostiles y ahora toca el turno para el el lingüista, que se vuelve el personaje central de quien depende el futuro de nuestra raza. La cinta es una adaptación del cuento Story of your life de Ted Chiang, el cual ha ganado premios como el Nébula a la mejor Novela corta en el 2000.  Su principal atributo es el manejo tan novedoso de la complejidad del lenguaje. Mientras autores como Alan Moore hablan sobre la importancia de la palabra o el mismo Evangelio de San Juan dice que “En el principio era el Verbo…”, el manejo que puede tener el lenguaje es algo que rara vez se explota en medios audiovisuales. El lenguaje es una herramienta que usamos para comprender nuestra realidad. En la narrativa de Story of your life se usa el planteamiento de la Teoría de Relatividad Lingüística (también conocida como la hipótesis de Sapir-Whorfen, creada por Edward Sapir y Benjamin Lee Whorf) el cual toma la base de que la lengua determina la manera de comprender la realidad por parte de la persona. En español cristiano podemos referenciar la pregunta de “si un árbol se cae en medio de la nada y nadie lo escucha, ¿hace ruido?” pero en lugar de enfocarnos en si el árbol cae o no, el tipo de ruido que produce sería distinto a si lo escucha un japonés, un irlandés o un mexicano. Si bien esta teoría ha sido desacreditada en su variante más fuerte, plantea las diferencias culturales que tenemos en nuestra misma civilización y como priorizamos elementos según nuestro entorno. Mientras que nosotros podemos entender “blanco” o “verde” como colores simples con distintos tonos, un Inuit tiene decenas de palabras para indicar las variantes del color blanco y las comunidades indígenas del Amazonas tienen variedad similar para el verde, esto debido a que en sus contextos la distinción de sus variedades tiene una mayor relevancia que para el resto de la población mundial. Otro de los elementos a los que hace referencia la historia original es el principio de Fermant, en el que se plantea que la trayectoria real que sigue un rayo de luz entre dos puntos es aquella en la que se emplea un tiempo mínimo en recorrerla. Mientras que el conocimiento popular indica que la distancia mas corta entre dos puntos es la línea recta ¿qué ocurre si esta línea está llena de subidas y bajadas y nosotros tratamos de recorrerla en una bicicleta? El camino más directo no necesariamente es el más rápido

After twelve alien spacecraft have descended to various spots across Earth, American Amy Adams stars as Dr. Louise Banks, a linguistics professor who is visited by representatives from the U.S. Army to try to decipher the alien language heard on a recording of their "voices". Unable to process the language without being there in person, she is soon part of a team of scientists who enter one of the spacecraft above Montana in order to speak to the Heptapods (as the squid-like aliens come to be known due to their seven perceptible limbs) directly, on the hope that she can glean enough from their conversation of ink-symbols to figure out just why they've come to our planet before the military in other countries the aliens have descended upon get jittery and determine the best course of action is to obliterate them before they do it to us.

Linguistics professor Louise Banks, as portrayed by Amy Adams, serves as the focus of our review of the 2016 movie, Arrival. What does it mean to communicate? Find out our thoughts and share your own by sending us your feedback. We want to hear from you! Hosted by Kyle Jones, Clarence Brown, and Lee Shackleford. Subscribe to our podcast on Apple iTunes or via RSS. We are also available via Google Play Music, PlayerFM, and the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance. Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via PlayerFM Subscribe via Google Play Music Subscribe via Doctor Who Podcast Alliance  Join the Discussion @DiscussingWho on Twitter DiscussingWho on Facebook (Page) Send your Feedback Send your feedback via email to discussingwho@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail message at (805)850-DWHO (3946) Like the show? Want to contribute?  Send us your feedback!  We want to hear from you!