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Professor Barnhardt:
There must be alternatives. You must have some technology that could solve our problem.Klaatu:Your problem is not technology. The problem is you. You lack the will to change.Professor Barnhardt:Then help us change.Klaatu:I cannot change your nature. You treat the world as you treat each other.Professor Barnhardt:But every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually.Klaatu:Most of them don't make it.Professor Barnhardt:Yours did. How?Klaatu:Our sun was dying. We had to evolve in order to survive.Professor Barnhardt:So it was only when your world was threated with destruction that you became what you are now.Klaatu:Yes.Professor Barnhardt:Well that's where we are. You say we're on the brink of destruction and you're right. But it's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment. Don't take it from us, we are close to an answer
There must be alternatives. You must have some technology that could solve our problem.Klaatu:Your problem is not technology. The problem is you. You lack the will to change.Professor Barnhardt:Then help us change.Klaatu:I cannot change your nature. You treat the world as you treat each other.Professor Barnhardt:But every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually.Klaatu:Most of them don't make it.Professor Barnhardt:Yours did. How?Klaatu:Our sun was dying. We had to evolve in order to survive.Professor Barnhardt:So it was only when your world was threated with destruction that you became what you are now.Klaatu:Yes.Professor Barnhardt:Well that's where we are. You say we're on the brink of destruction and you're right. But it's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment. Don't take it from us, we are close to an answer
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There must be alternatives
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You must have some technology that could solve our problem
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Your problem is not technology
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The problem is you You lack the will to change
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Then help us change
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I cannot change your nature
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You treat the world as you treat each other
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But every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually
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Most of them don't make it Yours did How
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Our sun was dying We had to evolve in order to survive
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So it was only when your world was threatened with destruction
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that you became what you are now Yes
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Well that's where we are
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You say we're on the brink of destruction and you're right
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But it's only on the brink that people find the will to change
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Only at the precipice do we evolve
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This is our moment
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Don't take it from us We're close to an answer
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Movie Summary
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

