Pick three movies for SETI to broadcast into space

[pate]

Three movies that you would pick for the space aliens to watch to tell them about humanity.

I will go first, my idea is "past, present and future" of humanity.

Blazing Saddles
Idiocracy
Dune (director's cut)

[albrecht]

Birth of a Nation
Gone With the Wind
any Burt Reynolds movie involving car chases, loose women, and bootlegging- broadcaster's pick.

[Walks_At_Night]

Baffle 'em with bullshit:

1. Dark Star
2. The Three Stooges in Orbit
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Honorable Mention:  Skullduggery with Burt Reynolds.  Just for Albrecht.   

[chefist]

1. Blue Velvet
2. Heavy Metal
3. Animal House

[chefist]

Baffle 'em with bullshit:

1. Dark Star
2. The Three Stooges in Orbit
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Honorable Mention:  Skullduggery with Burt Reynolds.  Just for Albrecht.   

#2 might save our planet.

[albrecht]

Baffle 'em with bullshit:

1. Dark Star
2. The Three Stooges in Orbit
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Honorable Mention:  Skullduggery with Burt Reynolds.  Just for Albrecht.   

I need to find that gem. I never seen. Even Pirate Sites don't have. And I always thought "WW and the Dixie Dance Queens" was the lost film. 

I would though agree with your sendings. Replace #3 with "Where The Buffalo Roam" I actually think a better depiction.compilation. I know I'm against most opinion on this. But I think he was a better Hunter and Peter Boyle always nails it. I admit, it took a while, but I think much better.

[Walks_At_Night]

I need to find that gem. I never seen. Even Pirate Sites don't have. And I always thought "WW and the Dixie Dance Queens" was the lost film. 

I would though agree with your sendings. Replace #3 with "Where The Buffalo Roam" I actually think a better depiction.compilation. I know I'm against most opinion on this. But I think he was a better Hunter and Peter Boyle always nails it. I admit, it took a while, but I think much better.

You absolutely need to see Skullduggery - Saw it ages ago on Movies until Dawn on TV62 in Detroit once.  I've never seen it again - it was pretty weird and disturbing.

Have not seen "Where the Buffalo Roam" - guess I need to do that........

[paladin1991]

I will go with (in no particular order)

The Rocky Horror Picture show
Full Metal Jacket
The Room

And as a boner of a bonus Flesh Gordon and Bless the Beasts and the Children.


And, if we can beam jackstar along with the movies, The Culpepper Cattle Company.

Holy shit, I'm being pretty fucking generous to the cosmos.  I'll bet somewhere that fucker Sagan is smiling at the thought of, finally, something to watch on TV.  And jackboi eternally making popcorn for them.

[Juan]

The original Blues Brothers movie.
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
Anything starring Ron Jeremy

[Jackstar]

Three movies that you would pick for the space aliens to watch to tell them about humanity.

I've been thinking about this topic a lot--you can tell by the way it's extremely interesting, and I haven't posted anything yet. I know that this is a difficult barometer to fathom for several of you: Deal with it.


That said--it's been difficult for me to answer this question. For one thing: "space aliens"? You mean, like, octopi? Or floating spores? How about tardigrades? Is popcorn consumption going to play any role? So right out of the chute, pate, you've done gone and fucked it all up. Thanks.

Now, asssuming we're talking about "extraterrestrials"--no, not "space" ETs, because a terrestrial that lived in space would be... I don't know, but two arms, two legs, and a head is probably not how Life is gonna present in space--I think a strong candidate for conclusion into The Triad (of films) would be... The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.

A case can be made that Adventures In Babysitting presents a strict upgrade to the former by every conceivable metric. Change my mind. We'll be resolving this issue before I come up with any two more picks.

END OF LINE.

[Uncle Duke]

Being There
Love and Death
Snatch

[Dr. MD MD]

Being There
Love and Death
Snatch

I get Being There. It’s such a great iconic movie. Network might be another from the same era. And Love and Death is classic Woody just before he became super huge with lots of Django but Snatch?!

[Dr. MD MD]

It may be cliche but I think I’d have to include 2001. I would include Soylent Green but I don’t wanna give ‘em any ideas. Also Heavy Metal is such a wicked, bad-ass movie with such a bitchin soundtrack. Why not blow their hair back a bit? If they have hair, that is.

[Jackstar]

It may be cliche but I think I’d have to include 2001.

As long as this is an intentional backdoor method to bring Eyes Wide Shut, Room 237, & FalafelStile into the mix, I will allow this.

Why not blow their hair back a bit?

http://frazzled.rip/

[Dr. MD MD]

As long as this is an intentional backdoor method to bring Eyes Wide Shut, Room 237, & FalafelStile into the mix, I will allow this.


http://frazzled.rip/

Of course!

[Jackstar]

Of course!

What, no video?
What, no emoticons?

M
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[Dr. MD MD]

What, no video?
What, no emoticons?

M
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N W O L B
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Sigh...alright...here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ6IPQ2lTeQ

I know how much you hate emoticons and I’m really trying to try.

[Jackstar]

I know how much you hate emoticons

Do please allow--nay, I encyst--me to be crystal clear here: I do not hate emoticons.

It Is the beings that use them.

[Dr. MD MD]

Do please allow--nay, I encyst--me to be crystal clear here: I do not hate emoticons.

It Is the beings that use them.

Fair enough. 

[Jackstar]

What, there's three of you now? How many have sisters? How many are sisters? The mind reels.

[Dr. MD MD]

What, there's three of you now? How many are sisters?

None.

[Jackstar]

Sigh...alright...here:

See, there's the triad again. Surely at least one of them must be DTF.

Anyway, if these are movies intended to be watched by beings that already know that contemporary humans already landed on Luna in 1951 after the antigrav was developed shortly before that, and your intention is to make humanity appear to be still completely bamboozled, that'd be a great flick to punt to after ignoring Room 237.

[Juan]

Sisters starring Margo Kidder.  By Brian DePalma.  Score by Bernard Herrmann. Another good choice.  As would be Taxi Driver.

[Jackstar]

As would be Taxi Driver.

Never seen it. I could watch you give a blowjob to Doctor Strange IRL and then throw several dozen copies of that flick through a portal to Alpha Centauri that y'all opened with your own semen, and I still wouldn't watch Taxi Driver. Boring.

[Dr. MD MD]

Never seen it. I could watch you give a blowjob to Doctor Strange IRL and then throw several dozen copies of that flick through a portal to Alpha Centauri that y'all opened with your own semen, and I still wouldn't watch Taxi Driver. Boring.

After Hours then?

[Jackstar]

After Hours then?

How many portals would you like me to make?

[Dr. MD MD]

How many portals would you like me to make?

19.5

[Jackstar]

19.5

I am operating under a very strict NCA.


Also, you haven't discussed a single thing about either Adventures. You are the scum of the Earth. I hope you get ass cancer in what passes for your brainstem.

[Dr. MD MD]

I am operating under a very strict NCA.


Also, you haven't discussed a single thing about either Adventures. You are the scum of the Earth. I hope you get ass cancer in what passes for your brainstem.

OK, yes! The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a personal favorite.

[paladin1991]

Being There
Love and Death
Snatch

Great picks.