Guess the Sky DUZ Have Limits!

This is really kind of disappointing because I was actually kind of pulling for this movie. It would have been fun to see a movie made on a shoestring budget that blew away the big budget extravaganzas that end up being  disappointments. I planned on seeing it, but when the early reviews started beating it up, I didn't want to throw my money away. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that I am going to have to end up watching it either on PPV or one of the second run theaters. This one just might end up pulling some nominations.

In science fiction, nothing is ever final. I don't know how the movie ended, but in an invasion scenario, another wave of invaders can always arrive. But the reality in ANY alien invasion, should such a thing be possible and actually occur, is that we would be toast in about 10 minutes. Any survivors would find themselves living on reservations and working in casinos inside of a week.

Well, just a  reference to the last time white skinned Europeans "discovered" and ultimately invaded a place where there were already about 10 million people leading happy, productive lives. Ultimately it became our solution, and now we are whining about "illegal" aliens, rather ignoring the fact that there has never been a wave of immigration in our nation's history that has done anything but make us stronger.

This is probably going to lead to a way off topic discussion, but there are a few worthy points of consideration: 1. They might and probably would recognize us as an intelligence but..2. It might not make all that much difference. Obviously there would be an enormous difference is technological capabilities and we can't necessarily assume that they would be guided by "moral" principles that would be of any use or benefit to us. I also suspect that they would be hip to the concept of encryption, so attempting to introduce a virus into their computer system, ala Independence Day would likely be pretty unsuccessful. Yes, if invasion was their intent, we'd be S.O.L. There was a really good Calvin and Hobbes cartoon about that one Sunday back in the early 90's

I have to second Saturn, i also was really hoping that this movie would at least be decent. It had all the makings of a great underdog effort. You had two directors that had a bad experience working inside the Hollywood system (Fox) and wanted to make their own movie by their rules and on their terms. They then put up their money and give the middle finger to Hollywood, that's a story i think we can all respect here.

However then they had to screw it up and make the movie so i wouldn't like it, oh well i can respect their intentions, but its a shame to see that their efforts will likely give them a razzie nod, and rightly so. Looks like I'll have to wait for Battle: LA 

I have to confess a great deal of ignorance with regard to the overall plot, but "planetary genocide" is essentially a form of invasion. There are two possibilities: 1. The aliens come, land, pop the hatch and say, "Take me to your leader, we want to be friends." or 2. They come and attempt to wipe us out (or manipulate our existance) to their benefit -- both of which amount to invasion, more or less.