What could be the undetermined issue that aliens would be facing 3000 years in the future in the Arrival movie? [duplicate]

It's my understanding that the aliens came to our planet to teach us how to understand heptapod, their circular language and method of communicating. And they had an important reason. Being able to read or speak in heptapod means that you are able to see a person's entire timeline from start to finish.

The aliens, through the use of this foreign language, are able to change our perception of time (because the past and future essentially can be seen at the same time). Plus, in the future (like, 3,000 years in the future), the aliens are going to need mankind's help for an undetermined issue. Understanding heptapod is the tool, or "weapon," the aliens are trying to share with humanity, because they know they are going to need us later.

But what I don't understand is what kind of threat is it they can't face without our help? What could be that undetermined issue?

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Best Answer

It is never explained.

The issue they have is essentially a McGuffin. It is a plot device that we, the audience, aren't really meant to completely understand, but that moves the plot forward and gives the characters the motivation to do what they have to do.

It is never explained, neither in the movie or in the novel, what the problem actually is. But just by knowing it exists, the events of the movie have a causal relationship, and we can relate to their actions and reasoning.

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What did the aliens want in the movie Arrival?

Donnelly discovers that the symbol for time is present throughout the message, and that the writing occupies exactly one twelfth of the 3D space into which it is projected. Banks suggests that the full message is split among the twelve craft, and that the aliens want all the nations to share what they learn.

What happened to the aliens in Arrival?

In the ending of Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) stand in awe as they watch the alien creatures vanish into space, leaving behind their \u201cweapon\u201d for Earth to use to save the aliens when they need help in 3,000 years.

What was the meaning behind the movie Arrival?

It is finally revealed to the audience that the scenes with Hannah and Louise is a moment from the future and not the past. Through the Arrival ending monologue, they also disclose that Ian is Hannah's father in the future. This simply means that Louise has seen a future where Ian and her fall in love and have a baby.

Will there be a Arrival 2 movie?

The film is a sequel to the 1996 film The Arrival. It was written by Mark David Perry and based on characters created by David Twohy. Arrival II stars Patrick Muldoon, Michael Sarrazin, Jane Sibbett, Catherine Blythe, Michael Scherer, and Larry Day.

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