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They're Made Out Of Meat
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A 2004 short film adaptation of Terry Bisson's story "They're Made Out of Meat", in which aliens discuss the astonishing discovery of meat-based intelligent life. It stars Tom Noonan and Ben Bailey.
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HN points to it as the best filmed version of the story whenever aliens or the nature of intelligence come up.
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From the Hacker News discussion
I always liked the idea and think O'Reagan's short is the best take on it. A black and white version set in Les Deux Magots, Sartre and Beauvoir at a table in the background, would be nice. [LINK] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Great short film version: [VIDEO] I do wonder sometimes if someone out there is waiting for something actually intelligent to emerge down here.
Read original comment ↗> and many of them have no particular reason to be visible at astronomical distances. Or to want to talk to meat. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I like that the bearded one can't help cracking up when he says "the ones you probed": [VIDEO]
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