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So, has anybody checked to see if the chair, in fact, disappeared? -Hector ------------------

So, anybody care to venture a hypothesis on what happened to the chair upon Ellie's "return" to Earth? I'd have to go back and check, but I don't remember seeing the chair in the transport as she hit the ground. -Hector ------------------

Wow. Never did I think that my question about the chair would lead to this level of discussion. I don't think that it warrants some of the arguments going on, though. Ellie Arroway it is. Sorry about the mistake. -Hector ------------------

PhilpW, that's a very, very good point. The chair should not have dematerialized, should it? Argued from both points: if she imagined the entire "journey", then the chair should have still been in the center of the transport and Ellie should have still been strapped in. Since that clearly...

This is an interesting discussion. I didn't read the book, unfortunately, so I am not in a position to comment on some of these points. Based solely on the information presented in the film, however, there is absolutely no mention of God as it pertains to the creation of the "subway system."...

The entire sequence on the beach is debatable. The key to whether or not it actually took place is in the fact that her recording mechanism captured 18 hours of static, as stated by Angela Basset's character. Given that it did take place, and that the scenario was constructed for her by the...

That's an interesting speculation, Colin. I hadn't considered that the violence in the transporter was DUE to the inclusion of the chair. But it is true that she was floating gingerly in the center of the pod, even with the chair vibrating. Any other thoughts? -Hector ------------------

This thread concerns the film, 'Contact' and the scene where the Jodie Foster character, Ellie Hathaway, argues vociferously for the removal of the chair that the engineers who have constructed the Machine have included, violating the original design schematics. She argues that they should...