Eleanor Arroway and Palmer Joss have had a daughter. She is a post graduate at age 16, and is now at 18 trying to convince the powers that be, that it as time to use the "Machine" again. With this premise the original stars are not needed. So its do-able.
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Albert Schweitzer
There has to be more to the sequel than that. There's not much reason for a sequel if it's just gonna be the same plot over again.
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Just because it's "do-able" doesn't mean it can (or should) be done - and without the driving genius of Carl Sagan behind it - I'd hate to see a rehash of this film. Sequels are seldom the equals, much less often better.
Vademecum...
Or some times better. Just two that came off the top of my head. T2 Judgement day & The Godfather Part 2. And the novel is only Sagans. Not the screenplay.
The list:
Directed by
Robert Zemeckis
Writing Credits (WGA)
Carl Sagan ... (novel)
Carl Sagan ... (story) and
Ann Druyan ... (story)
James V. Hart ... (screenplay) and
Michael Goldenberg ... (screenplay)
So your saying Zemeckis would screw up a well written screenplay?
Yes there are bad sequels, no argument from me there.
I wont go into details but I've storyboarded it in my head already.
With the right writer to do it this would be an excellent sequel.
You are essentially saying that no one can do equal or better work than Sagan, that's absurd. Harlan Ellison obviously inferior to Sagan according to your "Theory" of a sequel. He was a consultant on Babylon 5. And I would not hate to see a well crafted sequel.
Or some times better. Just two that came off the top of my head. T2 Judgement day & The Godfather Part 2.And in both cases, their creator was integral to sequel.
And the novel is only Sagans.Not entirely true. His wife helped him to write the original screenplay from which the novel was based (hence why Druyan has a Story Credit).
I can see the how the opening of the screenplay would go. We are in session in Congress, after ten years of listening to the frequency that transmitted the first contact, budgeting is being voted on. The nays have it. Resolution is passed and the program is shut down. Another ten years later a we are in an outer space position pointed in the direction of Earth. The shot travels and reverses the opening sequence of the the original. The transmissions that we here are 20 years after that 1939 Opening ceremony at The Berlin Olympics, so the fist thing we here is Sputnik's transponder beep. The camera progresses as we travel through the galaxy while the transmissions get newer, and finally into our system to earth, and to a suburban back yard. In the yard is an old large satellite dish for the old satcom network. We now show an electronic energy surge transmitting through a coaxial cable to an inside shot of the main board of the receiver. Cut to a shot of the out side of the receiver and its location. Its in the closet on a shelf. next to it is an auto dialer. All of a sudden the auto dialer activates. It sends a text to a phone to a young girl driving Ellie's Dad's 68 Impala convertible somewhere in the USA (there are lots of interesting places that we could put Ellie Arroways daughter). She says not another one. We cut to several shots of that same text being received, and all are false alarms after she calls the auto dialer back for access to the sound pattern received. But this time it's different. The prime number sequence is being sent again. And the story begins......
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Neil Gaiman
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I'd prefer if the next message or series of messages transmit that lead to the public debate to follow through. The possibilities are endless for what the next step the aliens speak about could be.
shareExactly! You hit it right on the nail-head. As the image of Ellie's Dad said, "This is the way it's been done for millions of years. Small steps". The sequel does not need Foster's high salary that would be required. The screenplay could be set in the year 2019 to keep production costs down and the main character would be Palmer and Ellie's offspring. The $171,120,329 Worldwide gross as of 1998 surely justifies a green light from anyone needing backing money. It cost $90 mil to make.
1It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.share
Isaac Asimov
No need for a sequel. The next step almost surely would happen in a remote future. The Aliens only accept members who find out for their own the tunnels and the method for traveling. So this step implies humankind be able to find them during a natural technological development.
shareGood idea for a,.... let me think.... gee, I got it! A Sequel!!! Your next step in a remote future, that describes a sequel. As a matter of fact everything you describe is sequel material. I' baffled by your no need because you ARE describing a sequel right after your "No Need for" one. As Nomad would would say "Non Sequitur"
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
A person who can't lead and won't follow makes a dandy roadblock.
A seminar on Time Travel will be held two weeks ago.
As far as I know, my computer has never had an undetected error.
What if there were no hypothetical situations?share
I think it's more likely the film will be remade at some point.
sharewhich in itself is pointless as the movie holds up exceptionally well. And I fear, by remaking it, instead of using real scientific equipment (and let's face it, this movie uses real scientific equipment) they will use these flashy CSI magic machines with holograms and whatnot.
shareNo.
shareKNOW! I'm surprised by your response. Or should I say, "Lack of". Message boards are for messages. While no qualifies as a message, it certainly is not in the spirit of this forum. With that said. Why No? Question, does the quote below describe you?
Atlas newspaper from 1839, "He was a man of action, not of words; and was much more at his ease in the smoke and tire of a battle than the meshes of a debate."share
Seriously, no.
shareSeriously, Why? My Mom Would say "do this". I would ask, "why". The response, "because I said so". Get in the spirit and post a thought! A good valid reason.
What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A Thesaurus. Just for you! Man of few words....
No.
shareMorning sweetheart what would you like for breakfast? Your response, "No"
Mom/Dad can I use the car Friday "No"
Your late for work, your boss says for you to be on time! You...."No"
You're fired you go home, after all you can only say no when posed with a question.
Your wife/husband has had it. She/he leaves. Takes your kids too.
He/she calls a lawyer to file for a divorce. When ask about custody of your kids your response is....(DUH) "No" Is this too much money for the settlement dear? "No"
No gets you nowhere Man. The Beatles said it so well don't you think,"Nowhere Man"
I will not reply further unless you really have something to say.
"Nowhere Man"share
He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command
He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?
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They could follow in Star Trek's footsteps. The first Star Trek movie was very cerebral but the second one was Wrath of Khan, which rocked! So here's the plot:
Elmer, Eleanor and Palmer's child, now a famous astrophycist/preacher, finds out the military has been working to go back through the wormhole and invade the other side to create a super army of galactic slaves. The only thing standing in their way is Elmer -- a super scientist/preacher who just happens to drive a Lincoln equipped with SETI technology and carries a laser guided bible to fight intergalactic injustice! The title could be Contact 2: Tear a New Hole
You left out the part where the Lincoln was Optimus Prime!
To go where no Lincoln has gone before. Up the torn hole!share
you have it....Palmer after talking to ellie about her experience, drops out of church, becomes a pilot, and later a military test pilot. Of course, he changes his name to Cooper. Ellie dies, leaving him with 2 kids and Ellie's adoptive father. Blight hits earth, and food becomes scarce. Suddenly Palmer, now Cooper gets his life long dream to venture into space. Interstellar.
BOOM
My first name is Ed. Is your last name Wood by chance??
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: [after Thor Johnson bumps into a scenery wall while walking through a door making the wall shudder] OK, and CUT! PERFECT! PRINT IT!share