There's one thing that unites us Americans: Our shared fear of an alien attack

Onkel Neal · 06-05-12, 10:56 AM

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...ttleship_earth

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As summer blockbuster season kicks into high gear, big-budget action movies like The Avengers, Battleship, and Prometheus remind us that there's one thing that unites Americans: Our shared fear of an alien attack. They also remind us that when the invading space fleet arrives, humanity is not going to surrender without a fight to our intergalactic invaders. Instead, we will band together to fight off their incredibly advanced weaponry with our ... well, with what, exactly? Are we really ready to battle our would-be alien overlords?

Gargamel · 06-05-12, 11:16 AM

Well according to our own movies, either squirt guns, a virus from a MacBook (wait, what?), or a weapon system even we consider obsolete.

Ducimus · 06-05-12, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Well according to our own movies, either squirt guns, a virus from a MacBook (wait, what?), or a weapon system even we consider obsolete.

Signs, Independence day, and Battleship.

Haven't seen battleship yet. Not sure I want to.

GoldenRivet · 06-05-12, 11:29 AM

skip battleship

it is an absolute tragedy of film making

Penguin · 06-05-12, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Well according to our own movies, either squirt guns, a virus from a MacBook (wait, what?), or a weapon system even we consider obsolete.

Not to forget gruesome and hideous weapons like (warning: click on your own risk - especially if you're a Martian)

TLAM Strike · 06-05-12, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...ttleship_earth

Nice try but those would be completely useless against an alien attack. Any force attacking from space could simply pound us in to submission by redirecting asteroids at us.

To fight aliens we need to meet them on equal terms; that is in space.

AVGWarhawk · 06-05-12, 12:54 PM

There does seem to be a fixation on alien attack. We are our own worst enemy. I did like the Avengers. Sadly, I watched the 4 previous movies leading up to Avengers after I watched Avengers. It all made sense then.

Sailor Steve · 06-05-12, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

There does seem to be a fixation on alien attack. We are our own worst enemy. I did like the Avengers. Sadly, I watched the 4 previous movies leading up to Avengers after I watched Avengers. It all made sense then.

I constantly warn people not to do that. Sometimes they even listen.

But did you sit through the entire credits of each movie to catch the cool teaser scenes at the end? Did you sit through the entire credits for the cool scene at the end of Avengers? If not you lose!

AVGWarhawk · 06-05-12, 03:48 PM

Yes I did stay for the closing credits and teaser.

All of the movies were very entertaining. Iron Man 2 was my least favorite. However, the Iron Man character played by Downy Jr is my favorite.

Jimbuna · 06-05-12, 03:56 PM

All will be lost in an alien attack...unless you have the correct leader.

Betonov · 06-05-12, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Any force attacking from space could simply pound us in to submission by redirecting asteroids at us.

The moon nazis used that to quite an effect

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,271 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	There does seem to be a fixation on alien attack. We are our own worst enemy. I did like the Avengers. Sadly, I watched the 4 previous movies leading up to Avengers after I watched Avengers. It all made sense then. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,271 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yes I did stay for the closing credits and teaser. All of the movies were very entertaining. Iron Man 2 was my least favorite. However, the Iron Man character played by Downy Jr is my favorite. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,591 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	All will be lost in an alien attack...unless you have the correct leader. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!