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There would likely be two of the same sphere in space

posted 9 years ago by monkeyalien
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Something like that is probably so old that it existed somewhere at the time the movie took place. It was somehow captured, possibly allowed itself to be captured, and sat idle in the ship at the bottom of the ocean for at least 300 years. If it can propel itself out of the ocean and into space it could probably have gotten out of the ship at any time if it wanted to. Questions include: How fast it travels through space? If it's not moving anywhere close to the speed of light it would take a long time to travel between stars. Did it know that it traveled into the past with the ship? Does it have a concept of time? Did it maybe cause the wormhole? What are the chances than a human spaceship far out in space goes through a wormhole and they end up on earth? The ship had no log of traveling out of the wormhole or back to earth. It was determined that the ship wouldn't have survived the impact intact so it arrived on earth instead of crashing into the ocean. Could it be that he crew intentionally put the ship in the ocean & destroyed some log entries, possibly under the influence of the sphere?

Also, why wasn't there more exploration of the ship? It was said to be half a mile long. Was the sphere the only interested thing onboard? Surely it has a lot of advanced technology like artificial gravity, some sort of magnetic field to fend off space debris, a propulsion system that allows it to cross space in a reasonable amount of time, energy-based weapons, and something to prevent the crew from turning to a pile of bones & flesh when the ship came quickly decelerated.

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[–] dethmaul-1 8 years ago

lol at your sig.

And I hhadn't thought about that. I'd have been exploring the *beep* out of the rest of thhe ship! As for your first paragraphh, that *beep* too confusing for me lol.

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[–] ringbearer 8 years ago

Personally, I don't think you are asking the right questions. When looking at this movie, on the surface, all the questions from your first paragraph are perfectly reasonable. Hell, I could talk space, time travel, black holes, worm holes, etc, until I'm blue in the face. (I drive one of my roommates completely mad because I'm always talking "science")

But, in my opinion, as far as the movie and it's writers are concerned, I don't think those questions matter. I think this is a philosophical movie, disguised as a science fiction movie. It brings up interesting topics such as time travel, but in the end, what the movie is really trying to get across, is questioning whether or not human beings are capable of handling such things.

If given the power to understand everything that they were investigating, have complete knowledge and ultimately complete CONTROL of everything they've encountered, the real question is, would humans have the intellect, wisdom, maturity, and morality to handle such immense power?

Personally, I think the movie is riddled with flaws. I enjoy it none the less. This is all, of course, just my opinion.

[–] AliMovie2007 8 years ago

Since the movie's got elements of sci-fi, mystery, and psychology together, I don't mind discussing the sci-fi part.

If it can propel itself out of the ocean and into space it could probably have gotten out of the ship at any time if it wanted to.

That's a very good point, actually what I thought, that 1) the Sphere didn't need to be picked up nor carried, so either it was picked up by the astronauts without the owners knowing (as in stealing!) or the opposite: it was sent out and/or left somewhere on purpose to be picked up, like a trap or a Trojan horse. And 2) not just two, but many more spheres could be scattered throughout space, possibly to discover different worlds and intelligent life forms. Or maybe to destroy them by giving them such abilities?

why wasn't there more exploration of the ship?

As they mention it in the movie, this team was specifically sent to encounter extra-terrestrial life. They even decided to leave once they learned it was all human tech. The only alien-looking thing there was the Sphere. So even without the Sphere, they probably would've left and another specialized team would be sent to investigate the advanced human tech (they probably wouldn't need a psychologist nor a biochemist on site).

There are already lots of discussion on other threads regarding the rest of the questions (such as time travel or wormholes). One explanation could be that the wormhole or the time travel itself were manifested by the astronauts' imaginations. Which is scary: how big or far can the imaginations be?

[–] jbuckets 7 years ago

To: AliMovie2007

How would they know that the only alien life-form on-board the spaceship is the sphere without exploring every other part of the earth-made ship?

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