• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    67
    ·
    2 days ago

    The aliens in Signs are idiots for invading a planet that’s 70% water. And if they landed in a cornfield in rural PA in the middle of summer the humidity would have killed them instantly.

    And what’s worse is Shyamalan lives in PA and should know this.

    • lonefighter@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 day ago

      Lol I actually grew up near where the movie took place and now I feel stupid for never thinking about the humidity factor. Summer in PA is underestimated by those who think “it’s the northeastern US, how bad can it get?”. For those of you who don’t know, most summer days you can see the humidity and you’re drenched in sweat about 2 minutes after you exit a cool shower.

    • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      38
      ·
      2 days ago

      It wouldn’t be so bad if they weren’t also naked.

      Also, they have interstellar travel but need to use crop circles to communicate. I know that’s just part of the premise but it’s still stupid.

      But not nearly as stupid as flying all the way here and trying win a land war completely unarmed. If your battle plan can be beaten by a baseball bat and asthma, you should maybe rethink your invasion.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        17
        ·
        edit-2
        2 days ago

        I think the movie would work better if the aliens were just messing with this one family on a farm, like they’re a scout force.

        But it’s like humans trying to invade Mars in their birthday suits, just assuming the planet isn’t toxic and uninhabitable.

        Like, what did the invasion look like in the tropics, where it rains just about every day? Did they get out of their ships and just start sizzling?

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      1 day ago

      I disagree. If water is essential for their spaceflight, IE fuel, reaction mass, ect then it’s fine that they would invade.

      Humans have invaded the Sahara desert, which is hot enough to kill, the arctic and Antarctic which is cold enough to kill, the submarine realm which can crush, freeze and drown us, and even the moon, which is hollow and full of dangerous reptillians.

      We go to extremely dangerous places to fulfill our need for resources and territorial ambition

        • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 day ago

          I almost wonder if it’s like Mt Everest climbers who climb without oxygen tanks, they do it more to prove that they can than for any rational reason

    • shittydwarf@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      19
      ·
      2 days ago

      I like the holy water fan theory. They were not aliens but demons and all of the glasses of water were blessed when Mel Gibson regained his faith

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          1 day ago

          If it had been talking about demons at all during the movie this would eliminate my major problem with the movie.

          There just weren’t enough rules about the universe demonstrated to the viewer to know what’s going on.

          And I know Shyamalan is capable of this because he did such a good job with this in The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable.

          I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.

        • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          18 hours ago

          You never see spaceships and you only see how a single creature is defeated. The radio says the war turned around in the holy lands, which aren’t overflowing with water everywhere.

          It’s faith that defeats them, not water.

        • shittydwarf@piefed.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          edit-2
          2 days ago

          On the radio it mentioned that people had discovered an old technique to fight them, there are other priests on earth