2 HN users recommended this video2 months2023–2026score 2.5
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN points to it as the best filmed version of the story whenever aliens or the nature of intelligence come up.
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.
“O'Reagan's short is the best take on it.” (HN, 2023)
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]
Short film adaptation of the aliens-meet-meat story.
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