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@jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

If an alien civilization were to visit Earth, what movie would you pick to show them in order to give them a summary of what mankind is all about?

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If an alien civilization were to visit Earth, what movie would you pick to show them in order to give them a summary of what mankind is all about?

@jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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  • @fckreddit@lemmy.ml
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    10•2 years ago

    Idiocracy.

  • @Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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    19•2 years ago

    Life of Brian, no doubt

  • @Especially_the_lies@startrek.website
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    25•2 years ago

    Independence Day. Just run away, alien dudes! The xenophobia isn’t worth it!

    • @foggy@lemmy.world
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      5•2 years ago

      Office space.

  • @itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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    98•2 years ago

    Idiocracy

    • Piecemakers
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      11•2 years ago

      Clicked through to say this.

    • @Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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      7•2 years ago

      It’s got what alien civilizations crave

    • Random_Character_A
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      2•2 years ago

      …but after that aliens gonna want to see the “Ass”.

  • Derrick
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    13•2 years ago

    Don’t Look Up - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021

    Sort of summarizes the total shit-show that current politicians and billionaires are responsible for.

  • @jbrains@sh.itjust.works
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    Koyaanisqatsi or Baraka, since I’m guessing they won’t understand English nor indeed any human language.

    • @miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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      I was hoping to find Koyaanisqatsi here

      They’ll nuke us out of orbit after watching that, but hey

      • @jbrains@sh.itjust.works
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        2•2 years ago

        Problem solved!

    • @PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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      5•2 years ago

      I made the mistake of watching Baraka on 3gs of mushrooms.

      I am a changed man.

      • @jbrains@sh.itjust.works
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        Doesn’t sound like a mistake.

  • @echoplex21@lemmy.world
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    8•2 years ago

    Arrival I think would be a great choice.

  • @beteljuice@lemmy.ml
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    15•2 years ago

    Idiocracy.

    Real answer though, 2001 a space odyssey.

    • @boatswain@infosec.pub
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      Haha 2001 was my first thought, and Idiocracy was my second.

  • @DLSantini@lemmy.ml
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    10•2 years ago

    Orgasmo. The '97 one, not the '69 one. … fuck it, also the '69 one. Make it a double-feature.

  • @JungleJim@sh.itjust.works
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    19•2 years ago

    The Big Lebowski

    • @averagedrunk@lemmy.ml
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      4•2 years ago

      That’s, just like, uh, your opinion, man.

  • @chardiemacdennis@lemmy.world
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    11•2 years ago

    5th Element is the only correct answer.

    • @Tolstoshev@lemmy.world
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      2•2 years ago

      Although it would probably lead to a big badda boom :)

  • Margot Robbie
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    8•2 years ago

    You should show them my latest movie that I can’t promote right now.

    They would be so confused, it would be hilarious.

  • @TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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    7•2 years ago

    Doctor Zhivago. And when they inevitably fall asleep. I’m jacking that Ufo.

  • @TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca
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    Schindler’s List. Humans can be nasty, horrible, utterly evil. It’s all too common. But some of us will work to do good. Some of us will push back and do what’s right. There is evil in this world, but there is also goodness.

    • fakeaustinfloyd
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      6•2 years ago

      “Contact” for a similar reason. It’s a mix of all motivations, along with people’s general mistrust of each other.

    • @dotslashme@infosec.pub
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      1•2 years ago

      Samsara for the same reason. It shows beauty mixed with terrifying images of human impact.

  • Qwerty-Space
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    16•2 years ago

    Avatar. We will destroy habitats to get what we want.

    • @KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee
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      The lorax is in that same vein lol

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