so aliens show up….
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dpcole7 — 14 years ago(July 10, 2011 12:36 PM)
If you think about it, why are teachers being hated today? Or unions? Or _____ (name it)?
I'm not suggesting anything, but there is a line between reasonable criticisms and scapegoating, and those with motives and ulterior motives will be more inclined to inject criticisms as means to distract.
Sadly, the 2009 pilot alone has so many gaffes - but only one really need to be said: the new bunch have already been on earth for decades - which was why they didn't bother shutting off their transmissions when their "surprise visit" had managed to creep out every other iota of communication the FBI was tracking. I mean, who ion the FBI would be bothered to keep track of transmissions at that point, apart from - you know, logging devices to record the anomaly?!!!!! Tthe original V aliens spent time figuring out humanity for a while and then showed up, but the new ones have been around on earth and still couldn't figure out something so obvious?)
The original mini, and far more so for the 1984 and 1985 spinoffs, had a few issues, but they are rock-solid compared to the drivel that ABC gave the green light to. -
MuggySphere — 13 years ago(June 08, 2012 08:44 PM)
Well for one thing the aliens gave earth the cure for cancer.
How that works is a gaff because aliens would have different DNA to humans so how could they cure human cancer.. But asume they can.
They then say all the scientists were holding this research back from the public. -
dpcole7 — 12 years ago(June 12, 2013 02:47 PM)
Try to find a parallel to groups of people being derided today.
Think about it for a while; you might find some parallels. Throw in a bit of psychology, notice why the Visitors had scientist-types ostracized, and then apply to the groups of people you've found being derided today. -
antony-1 — 10 years ago(March 18, 2016 08:32 AM)
I know I'm replying to a seven year old topic, but I find it fascinating. I've often said that people are forgetting what Nazism was like, the death it caused. If you're a Nazi now, you are just slightly bossy. The end of the world is your iPhone battery dying.
They say those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, as you have shown. You don't look to history and see this has already happened, you just don't believe it's possible.
And now as America is in the grip of facism in the form of Trump where hatred of an entire group has been whipped up ask yourself if this is so surprising now. -
dpcole7 — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 01:25 PM)
Despite easily being summed up as:
"At first they went after scientists, but I didn't care because I was one"
Going after scientists is exactly what intelligent aliens WOULD do in order to subdue a populace that it wants to conquer because, sorry, your local disc jockey is less likely going to be able to find a means to use biological defensive warfare against the invaders compared to a chemist or biologist.
Having seen the pilot from 2009, it introduced far more logistics problems than anything the original screwed up on