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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5020953" data-attributes="member: 8835">this is a good question.One part is that we get what our special effects guys come up with.&nbsp; Hence mostly bipedal life forms.&nbsp; Because we could hire actors to wear a suit.&nbsp; Digital SFX has gotten better now, so expect wierd alients...Another part is extropolation based on evolution theory.If we evolved from apes, and we exhibit ape-like traits (arms, legs, bipedal), then other sentiant races may have evolved from other creatures.&nbsp; From there extropolate an alien race from each &quot;critter&quot;.&nbsp; This covers your animal people, giant micro-organizims, and insect people quite handily.&nbsp; A prime requirement is that the initial animal isn't suited for building space ships and shooting rayguns.&nbsp; So they would inherently evolve to be able to do so.&nbsp; This tends to mean walking upright and having arms/hands to manipulate things.&nbsp; Which tends to make them look like humanoid animals (which also fits in with what hollywood can make).Anyway, that's my basic theory...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5020953, member: 8835"] this is a good question. One part is that we get what our special effects guys come up with. Hence mostly bipedal life forms. Because we could hire actors to wear a suit. Digital SFX has gotten better now, so expect wierd alients... Another part is extropolation based on evolution theory. If we evolved from apes, and we exhibit ape-like traits (arms, legs, bipedal), then other sentiant races may have evolved from other creatures. From there extropolate an alien race from each "critter". This covers your animal people, giant micro-organizims, and insect people quite handily. A prime requirement is that the initial animal isn't suited for building space ships and shooting rayguns. So they would inherently evolve to be able to do so. This tends to mean walking upright and having arms/hands to manipulate things. Which tends to make them look like humanoid animals (which also fits in with what hollywood can make). Anyway, that's my basic theory... [/QUOTE]

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