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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. Which is poignant since she and her father were supposed to watch one together until his sudden death.

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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. Which is poignant since she and her father were supposed to watch one together until the night of his sudden death.

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-->'''Arroway:''' When I was about 8 years old, I was watching the sunset and I asked my dad, "What's that bright star over there?
Dad, what's that star there? And he said that it wasn't really a star at all. It was actually a whole planet called Venus. He said, "You know why they called it Venus? Because they thought it was so beautiful and glowing. But what they didn't know is that it's filled with deadly gases and sulfuric acid rain." "Wow," I thought, "This is it! I'm hooked."

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-->'''Arroway:''' When I was about 8 years old, I was watching the sunset and I asked my dad, "What's that bright star over there?
Dad, what's that star
there? And he said that it wasn't really a star at all. It was actually a whole planet called Venus. He said, "You know why they called it Venus? Because they thought it was so beautiful and glowing. But what they didn't know is that it's filled with deadly gases and sulfuric acid rain." "Wow," I thought, "This is it! I'm hooked."
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* Why did Arroway get into science?
-->'''Arroway:''' When I was about 8 years old, I was watching the sunset and I asked my dad, "What's that bright star over there?
Dad, what's that star there? And he said that it wasn't really a star at all. It was actually a whole planet called Venus. He said, "You know why they called it Venus? Because they thought it was so beautiful and glowing. But what they didn't know is that it's filled with deadly gases and sulfuric acid rain." "Wow," I thought, "This is it! I'm hooked."
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-->''If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space."

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-->''If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space.""[[note]]This was a direct quote from Carl Sagan.[[/note]]

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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were supposed to see together when she was a kid until his sudden death.

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** It helps that the Vegan takes the form of her father, knowing how much she missed him. They may have read her mind about her desperate attempt to contact him.
** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that Which is poignant since she and her father were supposed to see watch one together when she was a kid until his sudden death.
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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were supposed to see together when she was a kid, until his sudden death.

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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were supposed to see together when she was a kid, kid until his sudden death.
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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that Ellie and her father were supposed to see together when she was a kid, until his sudden death.

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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that Ellie she and her father were supposed to see together when she was a kid, until his sudden death.
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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were supposed to see together when she was a kid, until his sudden death.

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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she Ellie and her father were supposed to see together when she was a kid, until his sudden death.
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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were gonna see together as a kid, until his sudden death.

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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were gonna supposed to see together as when she was a kid, until his sudden death.
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* Palmer stating to the media circus at the end that he believes Ellie.

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* Palmer stating to the media circus at the end that he believes Ellie.Ellie.
* [[InMemoriam For Carl]]
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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were gonna see together as a kid, until his sudden death.

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** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were gonna see together as a kid, until his sudden death.death.
* Palmer stating to the media circus at the end that he believes Ellie.
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-->''If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space."

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-->''If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space.""
** Her meeting ends with a meteor shower. The same one that she and her father were gonna see together as a kid, until his sudden death.
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-->'''Vegan''': You are an interesting species, an interesting mix. You are capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

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-->'''Vegan''': You are an interesting species, an interesting mix. You are capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.other.
** As well as being a film filled with hope and optimism for what else lies out in the universe:
-->''If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space."
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* Arroway's meeting with the Vegan. In an age where so many films depict aliens as beings who want to destroy/enslave us, or take all our resources, it's heartwarming to find a movie where the aliens are benevolent, and offer a message of hope to humanity.
-->'''Vegan''': You are an interesting species, an interesting mix. You are capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

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