Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on July 09, 2005 at 09:34:22

In Reply to: Re: A fair assessment, but I differ with your conclusions. posted by RGA on July 9, 2005 at 01:27:28:

You apparently missed the visual cues about why the aliens were here and what we were to them; we're no more significant to them as a potential threat than ants. Why would the aliens have more than a cursory sense of wonder about such inferior beings?

The Tim Robbin's (Harlan Ogilvy) character was much more than a cameo and works quite well as a creepy kind of deranged fellow who seems to be helping but can't be trusted.

>>> "This movie serves one purpose only -- to see aliens blow up some cities and towns and that is the ONLY purpose it serves." <<<

You're completely off the mark here, blowing up cities and towns wasn't what the alien invasion was about, it was about terra-farming a planet, which you've apparently missed even though it was laid out quite graphically for you.

While I grant you the fact that the germs-killing-off-the-aliens irony seems to be a weak premise by today's standards, much more so than when the novel was first published late in the 19th century (environmental "hot" suits didn't exist back then), it's still serviceable.

This is all my opinion; no offense is intended & YMMV, of course.

Cheers,
AuPh