We get like 30 comments a day sometimes. Yes I agree pastor also but my wish was people to be the latter of these yet there is the devil who constantly masquerades as an angel of light. I mean, TAPE CASSETTES? Oh also sorry about wall of text. 2: REAL humans shows up at the bait/signal !!! there is no time, quickly create some kind of “laboratory” inside the super lab city. The movie could be real yet in fact the truth is it is justttttt a movie. So yeah, its disapproved. Like if it was dark stuff they would have to kill Nic or something. “Install” alien tech into their bodies. Life changing tough.) I do scour for fun movies to discuss. A one-stop shop for all things video games. It is then that we see land line telephones, cassette recorders, and old architectural sensibilities straight out of the 50’s. Thus the gun battles and craziness that brings the movie to some meaning for him and his psychological struggle. I think the film pays homage to Phillip K Dick, And ties in with ideas from Platos “allegory of the cave” and maybe even Orson Scott Card “Enders Game”. What kind of idiot goes on to write I personally think the signal meant this and later on verifies the statement with the writer did indeed confirm the signal was what they are searching for. That said – here’s my 0.2 cents and sorry if I am redundant with other posts. The Shrine I’ve really enjoyed seeing the comments pour through each week. The grey Aliens have this “AREA 51” in space, and they have all this cyborgs or robots??? What made Haley scream and what tossed her violently up in the air, at the point of abduction? Highly doubtful. Scout maybe? Some other question I had… Why did they tell Nic he was never really talking to Jonah through the vent? in another words the writer didnt really write the end?! To understand this signal, you must understand that Nick memorized a poem called IF by rudyard Kipling for his earthly father. A couple of things about this movie just don’t make sense in my mind and I just can’t explain them. Wow. See trough the aliens. But I personally had a feeling it was too much like Dark City for it to not be coincidental. OK Author…It’s all an illusion woooo. http://imgur.com/Xw0VU28. And where I’m smoking crack, again. Why though? As onlookers, they are analyzing them to see why humans are so interested in beef. Where’s the mistery? NOMAD…that is the big question right? Taylor, Well Taylor, I do apologize that I offended your sensibilities… That certainly wasn’t my intention. No narrator saying that some hear The Signal and some don’t. (i know it’s desert but i thought it was fanny) I ran a Half marathon yesterday. , to go back to his human condition and life instead of falling in the void, of becoming something else, an entity with pure android traits, or technologies that seems to make sense or is comprehensible at a basic level for a human mind. -There is a signal or sound in the movie that only Hayley can hear, when they are in the house where the showdown happens. Prometheus is the kind of movie you can start to like better the more you think and talk about it, and we've had a blast debating the many mysteries of the film… Bottom? Except Haley.. Did the aliens see he loved running and made him the fastest thing going but missed the part about his love and his friend and just eliminated them? Nic & Jonah are driving Haley out to her school. Teens track a signal to the end of the world. Here is when we realize that the SLCity was inside a spaceship. They represent people who do not question their lifes, that there may be another way for humans to live. They were performing medical and psychological experiments on abductees in their quest for knowledge. Look for it. 6. you just have to get your ass to it, your will I mean. I think this is at least partially right, and I hope everyone will build on it. Why not to use some laser shooting spheres (like in Star Wars) that track you down and kill your ass in a minute or something like that? The true Earth is literally what we see in the final shot, and as hokey as it sounds, a nod to the flat earth society. The answer could be as simple as Nomad. Clearly, Nomad is deeply developed human, one of the androids. Are just rogues that need it termination and tryied to perform as a human very poorly. Those who they believe show “potential”…are given physical modifications. Planets are not exist. It seems the characters were always meant to get away. As the protagonist, Nic, becomes increasingly anxious, we might wonder if everyone else is insane, or if he is. Required fields are marked *. He tells Nomad that he lives in a house and has a family who lives there with him. That’s exactly what I thought as soon as i sow it…moreover: why soldiers speak in English while fighting with phrases like:”they are escaping”…or the use of a human weapon for terminating subjects…i hope these are details that want to tell us that they are not aliens…otherwise they are all mistakes…. This is called enlightment. Again, thank you so-very much everybody, it’s been much appreciated!! At some point Nic was a runner, a cross country runner, and possibly very good at that. I totally agree! (Wardriving is a method of driving around neighborhoods and finding wi-fi networks to hack.) Things can be stupendous quite easily without them. Released January 20th, 2014, 'The Signal' stars Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp, Laurence Fishburne The PG-13 movie has a runtime of … And Nic obviously thinks so too seeing as though he found the whole situation pretty laughable. I love sci-fi, and “The Signal”, is right up there with “Blade Runner”, “Gattaca” and “Ex-Machina”. Also lost about one more thing lol, if Nic was given legs because he was disabled, why was Jonas given robotic hands and why was the girl never given anything? Vallée feels the entire subject of UFOs is mystified by charlatans and science fiction. The movie was pretty clear to be about aliens once they got to the shack.. hope u like it, Clues ! Soo because he knew that they both will look for him in future. And then they are studied to see how strong willed and strong minded they are. test, comment fields for name and email i guess are unmarked on firefox. The phenomenon has been active throughout human history, and seems to masquerade in various forms to different cultures. The cyber angle played well considering modern day concerns over cybercrimes government intrusion into our lives and the underlying question… who’s listening to us and what do they want? Seems “2.3.5.41” is the IP-address of that aquarium. In the arc of his story, he overcomes all and breaks the literal barrier of false reality- yet I do not think aliens/ robots/ evil humans care at all about this journey of his, it is incidental. Did they go crazy? As some very serious coincidence for me personally, I have recently been diagnosed with MS, which has been mentally devastating for me, as well as physically tough adjusting as the symptoms grow worse (it can degenerate fast or slow – I probably had it for years but now I have symptoms that do not go away and are not-gradually-enough getting worse). I don’t know exactly what they did to her.. jonas and nic were smart and thats why they were given gifts. The trailer looked epic. Do you want the truth the red pill or the dream the blue pill? I think NOMAD and the planet he hails from is actually an advanced generation of the human race. 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I have intentionally named this view after a fairly popular religious novel “The Shack”… heh. TO GET RID FROM THIS CHAINS, FROM THIS FORM OF MENTAL CONTROL. Also loved the references to ET and 12 Monkeys. For the main character nick it seems the aliens have sought a smart test subject aware that he is debilitated to groom into what will somehow improve both human and alien. Like i wrote i believe in the literal, they were abducted but this is more towards, who are the aliens. The human trait of anger and intelligence is what the Robots are looking into. What i like is that nick got what he dreamed about and more but at what cost. Haley feels Nic is distancing himself from her and Nic explains he doesn't want his muscular dystrophy to hold her back. The weirdness going on everywhere couldn’t be explained simply enough (drugs, normal lab, psychosis, etc). Therefore, I say that NOMAD is human, but like Nick has been modified…and when you ponder this, you realize that Nick is not in danger…Nick is actually likely to begin working with NOMAD! What does it mean? Since the ‘bad guys’ know there is no escape anyway, what’s the point? Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. 2. By space or context we have 3 kind of places: Jonah at the bathroom say that she must drive the next day and on the first scene Jonah is driving instead drinking coffe but in the second scene after 7 seconds she was driving! Either way it’s very fun to speculate on the many possibilities. She is the real brains (and her intelligence is downplayed which is misdirection). Lately my favs have been the Revenant, uncanny, and synchronicity. There never were Aliens except Damon / Nomad. 1: The crazy people are not people at all. This is why the trucker can’t remember family names, Haley is acting strange, Jonah feels like a part of himself is missing, and nomad is so interested in running a series of mental tests on Nick. Sorry if I offended you somehow, but I like your takes on the movie. The cars starts rummmmmmm radio On. The final shot reveals he's inside an alien test city, built to look like Earth, which is part of a larger spaceship. Just noticed your comment. Nick is the only example of a completely successful outcome of this alien preject we see in the movie, he has completely retained his memories, mental faculties, and has complete control over the alien technology in his legs. Occasionally you guys throw something out there that makes me reopen the movie and my eyes are opened. If the truck driver robot/alien guy, was programmed to behave rationally, then his strange behaviour must symptomatic for the infection. And I used to stay engaged with everyone directly. But I still believe nomad was once a test subject himself. It’s hard to think the ship is run by aliens and not humans. He tries to take his feelings out of the prision that they are being kept, kidnapped, SEDATED. So he wonders, WHAT IS LIFE? Sally-4’s signal is now being received by Greg-5, off-screen, who’s not yet hit the storm. And even if you know a good plot twist, and can see an ending coming, doesn’t mean it bad, right? hahah. Also, there is no one else around so Damon doesn’t need to act human. (The only time he shows any emotions, I believe?) Another great movie worth digging into. Nada. As for the movie, I think the literal theory would be the one that I would go with ;). That’s it. He asked if Nick is Agitated in his emails. Nevertheless, Nomad is in charge of the entire area. Thr is not a word and you never use a without a “n” before following up with a vowel. I’m not as big of a SciFi fan as my husband, so this movie catching his interest is a big compliment! L.F. role as a scientist/dr/? I really–really hope a sequel comes out before too long. who was wearing a mask to appear like a man, although everything would have actually been a simulation (virtual reality). Damon seem to get happy when he realises that it was ‘just blood’ that came out from Nic’s nose. It just tells you, the game is rigged. The danger is real, and it’s big. As much humilliation as this word has suffered, it still has its use. I miss him already. It is more like trying to break free INTO a system of truth and love. Your actions will take you there. I think that the Abducting aliens (main aliens) are something like a science vessel or a civilization ark, exploring space and all within. things we can understand like Area 51 and super awesome alien bionic legs). That is the point of the movie from this perspective. I’m not ok with trolling, and hating. I didn’t notice the necklace. I’m pretty sure this movie “The Signal” is hinting, that we are all literally living on a flat earth with a dome overhead, just like in the movie called, “The Truman Show”. I dont want to talk alot but i believe it had something to do also with the believe of some that the earth is actually flate covered by this force that keeps us inside. Replies to my comments Of course the little grey man behind or in the tree just shows the view of aliens the US government…Area 51…gave to humanity back in the late 40s and forward. Just keep in mind that no single detail or piece of dialoge is by chance or to fill time. BIG etc. Forget the movie’s images. But he doesn’t know anything about Hannah and doesn’t know that she’all die early. Its a good mind stimulating flick no matter how you look at things and it was much enjoyed. Is it some kind of a long term experiment? Perhaps Area 51 was taken over by alien/robots back in the 1950’s, and has been used to create this off World space station, and they just use the English alphabet because it’s convenient….They do, after all, speak English. However, beware the temptation to conclude a Deus Ex Machina. The white suit, not only for the scientist, also for subjects, are something to cover. There is one time in the film. Jonah had his hands and lower arms swapped – they were his most important tools (to be able to hack). In one scene we can see this little note: The Signal is a 2014 American science-fiction thriller film starring Brenton Thwaites and Laurence Fishburne.Jonah, Nic, and Haley are on a cross-country road trip that Jonah and Nic are using as an excuse to track NOMAD - a hacker whose recent intrusion at MIT was blamed on Jonah and Nic, almost resulting in their expulsion. Fine. Whatever. – Earth, real as usual. Ofc this is represented by his uber legs xd. Well, they had been bonkers for a long time it seems, why did they leave them alone before? The ratio seems to me to be about 95% have NO CLUE, 5% have this knowledge. Just want to add that the reviewer was wrong about there being no “signal” that only certain people could hear. Damon repeatedly uses the same group of test subjects with substantial memory erasing and implants. what it do? Call me old school, but I love the interpretive element of the story that forces you to personalize it. I think nomad or damon is not an alien but an actual hacker that became a test subject and had his brain replaced. A few comments about what the rooms with blood/feces suggest/represent. It is during the beginning of their trip to drop off Hailey that they begin to get annoying messages from a hacker named Nomad. Watch trailers & learn more. The usual suspects is on tv so I’m going to watch that now..again. IT Follows. I think that the signal is a lure leading to a trap and the signal may be different for each person. It just isn’t ok. Just because we won’t meet doesn’t mean I can completely trash you with impunity. Aquarium is the key metaphor of the film! Dialogued. Maybe late 50s? – And that is important (the truck kidnaping) as it simbolizes that he goes back to normal life, everyday life, working or school or whatever people do. They are just the WAY of the director to tell you a story that has nothing to do with Nick or aliens or anything. The Signal, by contrast, wants to do nothing more than drop a few jaws. I can’t even recall the specific moment in the movie anymore! I mean the guy posted his name as “Yourstupid” and right off the bat it angered me. Turn around. – Nick (again, it represents A human being) has a problem: He’s a runner with a dissease that will unable him to continue his life (again, represents SOMEONE, ANYONE, going trough tough times. And sometimes like the clock not working at all. They carry “old” humans (very remote ancestors) in the spaceship – as nomads Jonah, Nic, and Haley carry fish with fishtank in their travel car (for nostalgic reason, symbol of home, and so on). My theory is this, if you spent months talking about this movie then you are an idiot. I enjoyed it. Damon finally gets it right, inducing Nic to accept his legs and use them, to run.. faster than a bullet fired from an M16… faster than the speed of sound – running to simply be with the girl he cares for – not to save her – she was just in a horrible truck accident and a medical helicopter going to a hospital is the best thing for her- he is running after her as he can’t bare the though of her feeling abandoned by him had he not tried – elements induced in him from her reaction to him breaking up with her to so she would be free of his handicap. Damon carrying the read case meant the end for Nic, right? would not go and deal with the ‘people’ these kids came in contact with if they were all on an alien ship, it’d just happen without our knowledge..same goes for IF it was in their heads..why then would he have these moments when the 3 aren’t around or involved in any way? I didn’t hear any signal in the movie?! What if they really were in an Area 51 facility? The older woman was probably abducted along with that car of hers, when the car was new or a few years old, maybe. An alien craft wouldn’t have numbers that we could read on the back. So happy you do your blog. In the future we become more robotic than human. (Sarcasm) Can’t stand narcissistic people like you. 4: Nomad becomes a hunter, and in the mean time starts to put some order with his beautiful red briefcase. Jonah represented the too human and incredulous aspect of humanity , doubt and disbelief, and therefore used his gift as a weapon to destroy and eventually paid the price with his own death. human integration with technology, old, pre-internet world clashing with new post-internet world, are we the aliens or are they us? He is POWERLESS. If they are human, they can’t see it. And doesn’t know he will leave Louise because he will get angry about Louise knowing and still bringing her into the world. As advanced as they are, there’s still a place for pens – simple mechanical tools – which is a microcosm for human emotion. Can someone please explain to me what was going on with the cow experiment? Because aliens with ships like that could do whatever they want, so whether or not we knew they existed wouldn’t much matter — we couldn’t do anything about it…ala they wouldn’t need to hide from us. She is the one they really desire, she is perhaps a “queen”. Why not offer a cow? http://imgur.com/H93qJhi I cannot see an alien face behind the tree in the video. I really enjoyed the movie and still have questions, but that’s why it’s a good movie. Even though he takes his heart with him, his heart is too sedated for too long, confused, takes time for her to answer, doesn’t really seem to be aware of what’s happening, a random guy ALMOST KINDNAPs her back just IN ONE SECOND when he’s not looking to her. last updated 1947-03-22 The only problem now for nick is what will he do now and where will he go to race and with whom? Question #2 – Wait, we see Nic running… and then on crutches, and then robotic legs? He sees people unaware of their reality. In the trailer, which you can see here if you are interested, there was a definite mention of a signal – a sound – that could be heard by a few select individuals. The Signal's ending was literally out of this world - here's the alien test city explained. Agree. BUT WHAT HAPPENS? Interesting film! Find intelligent subjects. While others, watch it again and again, discuss it, theorize about it and are fascinated by it. But, at the completion, things make more sense. What do aliens always do when the come to earth, abduct cows. hehe. Like your specific question (which I hope has already answered?!?) In this theory, what we see and experience is exactly as it happens. … Maybe assume black holes are giant hologram generators, or simulations inside, or something… It’s like the allegory of the cave in my view. To me, it’s kind of like The Hunger Games or Cube or even Saw. It’s a much more creative area 51 story than really any I have seen before. The people in the area are all aliens or robots, built to be actors, playing guards, not to be actual guards. Which then he throws his chair at the window and presumably breaks through a wall and eventual escapes causing damage and chaos throughout the building. 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