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#3508802 - 02/01/12 09:27 AM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]
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Katy Perry's a cylon.


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#3508806 - 02/01/12 09:32 AM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: SkateZilla]
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Katy Perry's a cylon.
She definitely has the prerequisite good looks to be one because as we all know, there is no such thing as an unattractive female cylon.
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#3508941 - 02/01/12 12:26 PM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]
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Except having watched them all in things, Katy, Mia, and Zooey look nothing alike EXCEPT for in that picture.



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#3509509 - 02/02/12 09:04 AM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: Jedi Master]
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Excellent article here with some valid observations IMHO,

http://airlockalpha.com/node/8909/astrojive-stupid-aliens.html


haha funny article....I guess if they aliens were prepared it would simply be a pogrom of the humans and rather boring to watch!
yep

yeah, War of the Worlds oversight is huge (in modern terms). When was the story written? My history of science knowledge is bad, but iirc, the germ theory of disease was not accepted until the late 19th/early 20th century.


1898. It was a story on the cutting edge of science at the time. Granted in retrospect you wouldn't believe a more advanced group would overlook something like that, but a story needs a logical resolution and what but disease could defeat an alien invasion at the end of the 19th century?



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1898? cool! Of course when Verne wrote that they did not have many (if any at all) correct info on how germs would spread! for instance I recall "malaria" (mal aria) simply meant "bad air". They had not yet discovered the plasmodium lifecycle but people knew enough to stay away from warmer, moist areas (if possible) to avoid the disease.
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#3509511 - 02/02/12 09:06 AM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: purolator]
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I guess if they aliens were prepared it would simply be a pogrom of the humans and rather boring to watch!
yep
Exactly. There wouldn't be much drama or tension if the aliens are uber-powerful and simply come in and wipe out all of humanity in short order!


You mean just like the Vogons did it, when they built that interstellar highway?

good point!
haha...but but but the plans were on file at Alpha Centauri for the past 50 years!
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#3509526 - 02/02/12 09:23 AM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]
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only cause the president was an idiot....

oh wait.... .


shiz....t...

we're doomed....
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#3513856 - 02/07/12 03:50 PM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: SkateZilla]
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only cause the president was an idiot....

oh wait.... .


shiz....t...

we're doomed....


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#3515818 - 02/10/12 10:14 AM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: SkateZilla]
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in one movie they came for our Women.


More than one movie, bro. In fact, Earth appears to have acquired a reputation as being the truck stop of the galaxy. Aliens are constantly trying to diddle earth people, genetic incompatibilities notwithstanding. Even the Cylons couldn't seem to decide if they wanted to wipe us out or use us as sex slaves (Sort of ironic really...computers using people for sex. I guess it's their revenge for all the internet porn.)

I hate dumb aliens, too. It staggers the imagination that advanced alien beings would master the formidable technological problem of interstellar space travel and still be unable to land with any degree of proficiency. But they crash their saucers more often than a beta copy of Windows.

They also seem to be oblivious to the fact that you can put some pretty big dents in a planet just by flinging rocks at it from orbit. Only the stupid bugs on Klendathu seemed to figure that one out. Better yet, they appear to have worked out how to fling the rocks all the way across the galaxy with astonishing accuracy while lacking any method of space travel. Wrap your head around that.

But most aliens can't seem to hit people reliably with lasers. LASERS, the greatest aid to weapon accuracy prior to GPS. Maybe it's the helmets.

I suppose the main reason aliens in movies are stupid is because otherwise Earth people would fare just about as well against them as Montezuema did against the Spanish. It'd be exciting, but have kind've a downbeat ending.
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#3517658 - 02/13/12 07:11 AM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]
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Because we are the coolest and most intelligent creatures in the universe. crew

If Aliens were more intelligent than us then that'd scare people and see them like a threat.
So, show them like they were dumb and problem solved.


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#3517937 - 02/13/12 01:15 PM Re: Why aliens are so dumb in shows and movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]
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They have to be if humans want to win at the end... LOL... but very unrealistic, when you read the story of human history: if aliens decided to invade us with their highly superior technology, it would be fast and efficient... maybe with some resistance pockets quickly reduced to oblivion in a matter of months.
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