Men in Black

Men in Black

Men in Black is a 1997 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, based on a script by Ed Solomon, that adapts the Marvel Comics series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith respectively star as Agent K and Agent J, who investigate a series of seemingly unrelated criminal incidents related to the extraterrestrials who live in secret on Earth. Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Rip Torn also appear in supporting roles.

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Humans for the Most Part Don’t Have a Clue

Humans for the most part don’t have a clue.
They don’t want one or need one either.
They’re happy.
They think they have a good bead on things.

Why the big secret?
People are smart, they can handle it.

A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it.
Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe.
Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat.

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