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Couldn't get past the name 'Zane Zaminsky'


Really? Zane Zaminsky is the name you're choosing for the protagonist in this film? What was the thought process for coming up with that awful, totally FAKE sounding name?

Writer: ok, got this cool idea for an alien film and our hero needs to be a scientist, but not some nerdy, Stephen Hawking type, no, this dude has to be cool, hip, and have a name that's razor sharp, you know, like it could cut glass. And I'm seeing this name and it's in bright purple neon lights with blue outlines and it's so bright and powerful the light blows up because of it and it says Dirk... err, ZANE ZAMINSKY.

LOL

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Really? SunCanyonRoad.

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You both have a point. A sharp point.

Zane is a ridiculous name by itself, but 'Zaminsky' sounds both russian and fictional, especially combined with 'Zane'.

I guess they wanted something that sounded 'zany' and 'insane' at the same time.

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You have a very very low can't-get-past-it threshold.

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LOL, the name was clearly inspired by "Wayne Szalinsky" from "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" which follows since both characters are the stereotypical eccentric-genius types.

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Agreed. Some ppl, especially here at IMDb let the littlest things bother them. Get over it ppl, it's just a movie. And a damn good one at that.

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Who gives a crap? Talk about trying to make a mountain out a mole hill.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and / or doesn't.

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Zane is a cool fucking name. The problem with this movie is how often people say it, especially Teri Polo's character. "Zane, Zane, Zane." It just gets repeated endlessly.

Zaminsky is just silly. The alliteration is a super-hero thing. Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Clark Kent.

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