"Who's Out There?"
March 13, 2016 5:15 PM Subscribe
Orson Welles, sitting in a dark library and smoking a cigar, narrates the 1975 28-minute long NASA documentary "Who's Out There" on the subjects of Mars, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life and civilizations. Also featuring Carl Sagan.
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If there's intelligent life out there, I look forward to finding out how they play Go.
posted by sfenders at 6:53 PM on March 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
If there's intelligent life out there, I look forward to finding out how they play Go.
posted by sfenders at 6:53 PM on March 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Fantastic!
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 8:13 PM on March 13, 2016
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 8:13 PM on March 13, 2016
Who's out there?
We know a remote farm in Lincolnshire, where Mrs. Buckley lives. Every July, peas grow there...
posted by wabbittwax at 8:34 PM on March 13, 2016 [9 favorites]
We know a remote farm in Lincolnshire, where Mrs. Buckley lives. Every July, peas grow there...
posted by wabbittwax at 8:34 PM on March 13, 2016 [9 favorites]
You had me at "dark library."
For those of you who, like me, didn't get wabbittwax' reference to growing peas ^, Wikipedia's got you covered, and it's great.
posted by bryon at 10:18 PM on March 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
For those of you who, like me, didn't get wabbittwax' reference to growing peas ^, Wikipedia's got you covered, and it's great.
posted by bryon at 10:18 PM on March 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one!" he said.
posted by mubba at 10:53 PM on March 13, 2016
posted by mubba at 10:53 PM on March 13, 2016
Twenty years from now, Jonathan Frakes wins an Oscar as Welles in a dramedy about the making of this film.
posted by mwhybark at 11:25 PM on March 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by mwhybark at 11:25 PM on March 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also, OMG, it's so awesome, such auditory pleasure, to just listen to the old humbug blab about stuff.
posted by mwhybark at 11:36 PM on March 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by mwhybark at 11:36 PM on March 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Two years from now, Maurice LaMarche wins an Emmy imitating Welles' voice in a sketch based on this film.
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:41 AM on March 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:41 AM on March 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
For those of you who, like me, didn't get wabbittwax' reference to growing peas ^, Wikipedia's got you covered, and it's great.
You might want some wine to go with the peas:
The Sad Case of Orson Welles & Paul Masson
If there's intelligent life out there, I look forward to finding out how they play Go.
Maybe The Dark Tower?
See also: The 5 Most Humiliating Orson Welles Adverts
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:23 AM on March 14, 2016
You might want some wine to go with the peas:
The Sad Case of Orson Welles & Paul Masson
If there's intelligent life out there, I look forward to finding out how they play Go.
Maybe The Dark Tower?
See also: The 5 Most Humiliating Orson Welles Adverts
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:23 AM on March 14, 2016
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