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"The Day the Earth Stood Still" Beamed Into Space

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-that-aliens dept.

circletimessquare writes "Deep Space Communications Network has been hired by 20th Century Fox to beam the Keanu Reeves remake of 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' into outer space on its opening day. Whatever you think of the gimmick and its philosophical contradictions, rest assured that only the most important and highest minded of concerns went into the broadcast: 'Jim Lewis, Deep Space's director, said the company had to satisfy 20th Century Fox, the film's producers, that the transmission could not be intercepted and pirated on Earth or in the air.'" If only they had the technology to beam Keanu as well.

10 comments

  1. Death of Humanity by Dripdry · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone else get a sinking feeling that Keanu Reeves really could spell the death of the human race?

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    1. Re:Death of Humanity by h4rm0ny · · Score: 4, Funny

      A review that I read and a comment from a colleague, both stated that the one good thing in the film actually was Keanu Reeves. Apparently he's really good at playing an alien uncomfortable in a human body.

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    2. Re:Death of Humanity by volcanopele · · Score: 1

      I know. Of all the great movies humanity has produced in the last 100 years -- The Godfather, The Wizard of Oz, The Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca, for example -- we beam this piece of drivel into space?!? I can't think of a more sure fire way for humanity to commit planetary suicide than exposing other civilizations to Keanu Reeves. They will make a special trip out here just to prevent us from making more Keanu Reeves movies.

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  2. Watch out, ET by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The MPAA dragnet just got wider. Is it entrapment if its not a law enforcement agency?

    1. Re:Watch out, ET by unlametheweak · · Score: 1

      As long as aliens don't try to record the movie and beam it back to us then the MPAA should leave them alone.

  3. Alien Troll by unlametheweak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think we want to be Trolling with aliens we never even met before. This seems seems potentially dangerous. Earth is going to lose Karma.

  4. And then we sue for copyright violation! by Steve1952 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is really a brilliant plan on the part of the MPAA. The aliens copy the movie, distribute this among themselves, and then we sue them $150,000 for each unauthorized copy under the DMCA! The entire universe is now liable! Of course, they will still have to work out the exchange rates, but this is a minor detail.

  5. Will they find it funny? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yes, let's just see how pissed we can make the aliens at us. Then we'll have proof that they exist.

  6. Alien Repellent by actionbastard · · Score: 3, Funny

    A sure fire way to keep the 'friendly' aliens away.

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    1. Re:Alien Repellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If we can convince them to broadcast below about 14MHz, then again do we want it bouncing back so we can copy it? Maybe if they broadcast below say 5MHz depending on time of year it will all get absorbed by the D layer then noone has to worry about it.

      Then again, if they're worried about copying they may have encrypted it - though some alien race may have fun decoding at the other end.

      It strikes as either over-self-important, or a daft bit of fun?