Stephen O'Regan
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7:25 · 251K views · Sep 6, 2019
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.
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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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] this video
Great short film version: this video I do wonder sometimes if someone out there is waiting for something actually intelligent to emerge down here.
> and many of them have no particular reason to be visible at astronomical distances. Or to want to talk to meat. this video
I like that the bearded one can't help cracking up when he says "the ones you probed": this video