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Funnily enough I watched a drama-doc the other day which was about potential alien invasion..and featured scientists discussing ways in which we'd fight back and the potential threats we'd face.
It was quite interesting.
Some interesting points were raised:
The fact that we'd have to arm EVERYONE. Literally turn the entire occupants of the world into an army to combat their superiority.
Chances are that interstellar travel relies on either enormous energy or a huge amount of time which makes it problematic for biological life-forms, so any invasion would more than likley be automated...you'd be fighting drones and machinery rather than actual aliens. The plan of defense would essentially be to get hold of the machinery and hack it, or learn to use it against itself.
If it was biological then germ warfare might be useful...they tried making people seriously ill and using them as suicide "bombers"...having them captured by the aliens to spread disease.
I saw that one. It was pretty interesting. Could be the basis of a movie, as long as they built a more dynamic drama situation on the ground.
The thing about alien invasion is we probably would have no chance, at least if the invasion purpose was extermination of humans. There's no way we could resist a technology even a couple of hundred years ahead of ours. But it is cool to think about, and I'll always like movies and docu-dramas like these.
I believe I saw that same documentary on National Geographic. I actually found that a lot more interesting than Battle LA. I guess the point the documentary was making was that if humans made it too difficult and drawn out for the aliens to complete their goal(which if I recall in the documentary was sucking up every natural resource), then they would simply move on.
I don't know if you've seen the TV show Falling Skies, but it's obvious the producers of that show are familiar with the source material of the documentary. Not that I'm a big fan of that show.
One other thing that bothered me about Battle LA is how the experts on TV merely speculated that the aliens were here for the water. The film never actually showed the aliens going for the water or why they needed it so desperately. And speaking of plot holes, the marines mention early on that the aliens' strategy is to cut us off from each other and isolate us. Uh, then wouldn't satellites be their first target? I mean, you have massive ships invading every major city on earth, but you still allow CNN to broadcast? Meh.
Okay, then I missed that. I was getting might bored at that point waiting for something new to happen. The old version of the TV show V used the exact same plot device with the water.
If I had to sum this one up in a few words for a pitch it would be...
Independence Day meets Saving Private Ryan. The idea of an epic film from the infantryman's point of view is intriguing. However, this movie has no human mission driving the narrative.
Stunningly okay actioner with threadbare characterization and decent effects. I felt a lot of the sets were very rinky dink, too much Culver City. For a $70 million budget, the film felt very "contained" at times.
Aaron Eckhart tries, but doesn't have much to work with.
E.D.
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