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The Day the Earth Stood Still

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:31 pm
by Bradxd
I noticed that Jonas Volman said "The Places the Earth Stood Still".

Last night I was at Hollywood Video, and my sister said "Hey, check out this old flick."

It's name was "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
Sounds corny in a way, but check out its wiki page, and it's description.

Feel free to elaborate.



shamanistcrage wrote:finally got something new out of it.

Ben says:
What is your new book about?
Jonas Volman says:
<b>The Places the Earth Stands Still.</b>
Ben says:
What is your old book about?
Jonas Volman says:
The new book expands on the castaway theory.
Aliens? :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_th ... tood_Still

Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:37 pm
by Frogwart
What do you see as the correlation between the movie and the reply from Volman, other than the words? Do you have an idea or a theory about it?

Elaborate, please.

Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:45 pm
by Bradxd
I'm just basing this observation on what Jonas Volman said in the dialogue, not based upon his book. It could just be another wierd relation to something that no one would really think much about. It's not really an inference yet either, just speculation. :]

Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:52 pm
by Maimbot 9000
I brought this possible connection up here:

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1042&p=15159&hilit=#p15159

And you'll see that shamanistcrage, right below me, brings up the idea that perhaps the title refers instead to solstices, lunar calendars, etc. This may be true, but I like my idea better. :)

The connection is that Volman's books seem to be getting at the truth about Forerunner involvement in human development, or at least human history. So the "places the Earth stand still" would be places (like Africa) where aliens (Forerunner) and humans (people!) interacted, like in the movie.

Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:19 pm
by Onyx Flame
I have this theory that the places the earth stands still is the Great Rift Valley. A lot of important things concerning human evolution have been discovered there and it is along the road that goes from Eldoret to Voi to Mombassa.

Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:53 pm
by supremely
Onyx Flame wrote:I have this theory that the places the earth stands still is the Great Rift Valley. A lot of important things concerning human evolution have been discovered there and it is along the road that goes from Eldoret to Voi to Mombassa.
yeah but why call it "stood still"? i mean if that was the case he could have called it many different titles with 'beginning' 'evolved' etc etc. maybe the 'stood still' is just one of those right-out-there clues heh.