Why are aliens always more advanced than us??
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king_of_bob — 14 years ago(August 28, 2011 07:42 PM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_probe#Von_Neumann_probes
Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa! -
darkside2501 — 15 years ago(November 21, 2010 08:02 PM)
Because they made it here to begin with.
Also, there are plenty of movies/series where aliens are not more advanced technologically than humans:
-Star Trek
-Invasion of the Body Snatchers
-Avatar
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spam-1164 — 15 years ago(December 05, 2010 01:55 AM)
As evidenced by your list, technological advancement is not the only kind. In Star Trek we humans were actually far far behind the other races in terms of technology when first contact occurred with the Vulcans. In Invasion Of The Body Snatchers the aliens possessed superior methods of control due to their very nature. In Avatar the natural fauna (and, to some extent, the flora) of the planet gave the aliens an edge in the war. In Starship Troopers the aliens had evolved to develop a range of biological advancements over us from telepathy to colonisation and even ground-orbit artillery.
It really is difficult to come up with any film where aliens are less advanced than us if you don't only count the level of technology, but you're right, that is due to the fact that they managed to get here in the first place. -
roblov1 — 15 years ago(November 25, 2010 04:10 PM)
Try to come up with a coherent statement next time. This wasn't remotely funny or intelligent. Whatever you were attempting to do, you failed miserably.
I find it truly pathetic that the author of the original comment is whining about typical movies where the aliens have superior technology and others are talking about man's evil nature. Everyone pining for the 'noble savage' alien is pathetic. It is likely that any alien we do encounter that aggressively enters our solar system would be intent on wiping us out as quickly as possible. If they're carbon based, they would probably try to use our planetary resources. Our only chance would be much like The War of the Worlds and the Europeans first entries into the Americas having microbes kill off the aliens because they don't have any resistances to our diseases. Anything else would just be wishful thinking.
Aliens won't use a Windows OS or Apple for the fanboys out there so no Independence Day scenarios. Sorry. -
UberNoodle — 15 years ago(December 03, 2010 07:57 PM)
Um, OP, that is the most shortsighted question I've read in a while. The fact that these aliens were able to traverse space from beyond our solar system, shows that they MUST be more advanced that us. We haven't even sent humans beyond the moon yet.
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pimpdaddymax — 15 years ago(December 14, 2010 01:21 AM)
If they're aliens and we know nothing about them how can anybody explain where they come from? In movie terms, it would have virtually no impact on the story and 99% of the time is actually doesn't. So what do we do, invite the aliens onto Good Morning America, David Letterman or Conan for a sit down before they annihilate use for the sake of knowing where they came from first?
On a side note, nobody's mentioned Battlefield Earth yet. -
sdtony42 — 15 years ago(December 14, 2010 09:55 AM)
On a side note, nobody's mentioned Battlefield Earth yet.
Ah yes the psychlo's. Also known as the stupidest godamn aliens that have ever hit the big screen.
Their slightly more advanced technology was dwarfed by how monumentally stupid their species was.