Contact 2: The Sequel

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2007)

After the main character meets the alien represented by her father, at some point, the alien says that her trip was only the first step - the equivalent of "We'll be in touch." The movie ends with the main character continuing her research and the government covering up the truth. When will Contact 2 come out? Given the state of affairs in the world right now, it would really be nice to see some meaningful science fiction with a touch of hope in it. There is an unfinished story here. The sequel go in so many directions (e.g. an investigative journalist finds out that the government is keeping a secret; the aliens contact our main character again; our main character is actually a clone, and the real one is still living among the aliens; the aliens visit us; or something simple and profound like the first movie, but that moves beyond the message we are not alone and we are all struggling to answer the big questions). The movie is similar to Mission to Mars for me, since both have humans reaching out to their place in the universe. With Star Gate, Star Trek, etc. no more except in re-runs, and the news in the world right now (terrorism, global warming, etc.), it would be nice to see a sequel to Contact so that we can imagine the world as a better place - it sure would be nice to see a film where humanity takes a step off the earth, stops looking down at the ground, and looks up.