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They're Made Out Of Meat

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What it is

A 2004 short film adaptation of Terry Bisson's story "They're Made Out of Meat", in which aliens discuss the astonishing discovery of meat-based intelligent life. It stars Tom Noonan and Ben Bailey.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as the best filmed version of the story whenever aliens or the nature of intelligence come up.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “O'Reagan's short is the best take on it.”

    Short film adaptation of the aliens-meet-meat story.

    Borrible, 2023-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Alien Supercivilizations Absent from 100k Nearby Galaxies (2015)”

  2. “Great short film version”

    Short film version of the story.

    api, 2026-04 · Recommendation · in “They're Made Out of Meat (1991)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: terry bisson, aliens, short film, sci-fi, comedy

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