Mel Gibson and the Crop Circles, what a crap!

[Mistwell]

Because it's terrible sci-fi? Killed by water? Honestly. Heck, the water vapor in the atmosphere should have killed them the second they stepped foot on earth.

Talk about junk science! A large concentrated quantity of something is generally a lot more deadly than an extremely diluted something. If something were allergic to water, simple small quantities of water vapor probably wouldn't do anything like that level of damage.

Heck, humans cannot really survive on pure oxygen, but there is plenty of it in the atmosphere and we seem to do just fine.

Besides, who CARES if it's not your personal kind of sci-fi? I'm sure plenty of people thought a magical force guiding a pilot to hit a golf-ball size hole in a planet-sized machine of destruction (star wars) was terrible sci-fi if that is the thing they focused on.

This wasn't a movie about water killing aliens. It's a relatively minor point in the grand scheme of what the movie was about.

 

[Falkus]

Talk about junk science! A large concentrated quantity of something is generally a lot more deadly than an extremely diluted something. If something were allergic to water, simple small quantities of water vapor probably wouldn't do anything like that level of damage.

Would you want to breath acidic gas?

This wasn't a movie about water killing aliens. It's a relatively minor point in the grand scheme of what the movie was about.

Would it have been that difficult for the producers of the movie to have made a weakness that didn't make the aliens seem mind numbingly stupid?

 

[Klaus]

I liked Signs, and was genuinely spooked by every single alien appearance (specially the one in Brazil, which Joaquim Phoenix watches from the closet). I got enterntained, so I'm content.

Same goes for Independence Day. It enterntained me in the theater, and if there's nothing else on, I'll watch it for the big destructions.

Guess this does mean my brain has an on/off switch readily available... Too bad I couldn't find it for Van Helsing...

 

[Blue Sky]

So, how does anyone know the aliens understood about the water?

Isn't it just as possible the aliens didn't forsee the effect water would have on them?

It's not like brutal theives and murderers are going to stop to check every element against their skin.

 

[Mistwell]

Would you want to breath acidic gas?

I live in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, the pH of fog has been measured at 2.0 - about the acidity of lemon juice.

 

[Krieg]

With all respect, Umbran, that's only an interpretation.

With all respect, Morrus, that's the rub.

What truly seperates modern UFO stories from older stories of faerie or demons?

It's all about interpretation.

We see things through our specific filters, folks 1,000 years ago would use different filters and ones 10,000 years ago would use different ones still.

Interpretation of images is the whole point.

 

[Morrus]

With all respect, Morrus, that's the rub.

What truly seperates modern UFO stories from older stories of faerie or demons?

It's all about interpretation.

We see things through our specific filters, folks 1,000 years ago would use different filters and ones 10,000 years ago would use different ones still.

Interpretation of images is the whole point.

Sure, I agree. You can interpret anything the way you want. You can explain anything away with the magic words "that's my interpretation".

I believe that The Sorpanos is actually about a family of hedgehogs struggling with their sexuality.

The West Wing is clearly not about US politics, but a documentary about the water cycle.

I was watching The Simpsons the other day, and it was clear to me that Marge is actually an analogy for Julius Ceasar, and the entire series depicts the history of ancient Rome.

You see what I mean? What you have is what's on the screen. Sure, you can invent explanations for stuff, you can interpret stuff how you like, but that's all it is - your personal slant on it.

I think the problem here is that some people are presenting their interpretations as fact. Their interpretations are certainly valid, as is any opinion, but other than what's actually on the screen is no more than that. And in this case, on the screen were some aliens with a silly plot hole. I could come up with a dozen different explanations for the plot hole by making stuff up to fill in the gaps (the demon allegory being one), but that's all it is - my imagination explaining away holes in a dodgy plot.

 

[RangerWickett]

Sure, I agree. You can interpret anything the way you want. You can explain anything away with the magic words "that's my interpretation".

I believe that The Sorpanos is actually about a family of hedgehogs struggling with their sexuality.

The West Wing is clearly not about US politics, but a documentary about the water cycle.

I was watching The Simpsons the other day, and it was clear to me that Marge is actually an analogy for Julius Ceasar, and the entire series depicts the history of ancient Rome.

You see what I mean? What you have is what's on the screen. Sure, you can invent explanations for stuff, you can interpret stuff how you like, but that's all it is - your personal slant on it.

I think the problem here is that some people are presenting their interpretations as fact. Their interpretations are certainly valid, as is any opinion, but other than what's actually on the screen is no more than that. And in this case, on the screen were some aliens with a silly plot hole. I could come up with a dozen different explanations for the plot hole by making stuff up to fill in the gaps (the demon allegory being one), but that's all it is - my imagination explaining away holes in a dodgy plot.

This post is why you deserve to be in charge of this website.

 

[ssampier]

Meh. I did not care for it. To me the movie is just boring.

If the aliens really wanted to take over, all they had to do is send some spaceships down.

 

[danzig138]

It is a movie about the emotional and spiritual journey of one man and his family. And from that standpoint, it is a reasonably decent work.

Word.

And Unbreakable is fantastic.

Damn skippy.