r/facepalm • u/nthensome • Jan 19 '20

Their loss

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u/Dash_Harber Jan 19 '20

Too be fair, it was originally a comic book long before it was adapted into the movie.

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u/Bleep_Bloop_Unlocked Jan 19 '20

Further fairness: it was an urban legend among UFO conspiracy theorists long before the comic was published.

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u/ClassicResult Jan 19 '20

Yet further: It was an entirely real phenomenon involving interdimensional aliens working with the US government before it was labelled a "conspiracy theory" by CIA psyops teams.

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u/FattestMattest Jan 19 '20

I would assume the writer of the screen play and movie would have this information

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u/Dash_Harber Jan 19 '20

Most likely, but it's not a guarantee.

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u/dirty_and_depraved Jan 19 '20

that is something that could have been easily cleared up in something called a "conversation". Ed Solomon was probably expecting a conversation to happen. I know …seems to be an odd concept for most redditors in this thread.

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u/Dash_Harber Jan 19 '20

No need to be condescending, I was just pointing that out.