Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Analog Scott (A) on July 02, 2005 at 11:45:32

In Reply to: Martians invade because their planet is all dried up. posted by Lord Dot on July 1, 2005 at 11:21:42:

'Someone else mentioned that they didn't like the power going out in the city and not in the country. That presumes the viewer knows the pattern of landings and the accompanying EMP ... which they don't."

no, it assumes that power grids fail on a larger scale when mass interuptions hit all the major cities. Amazing that the aliens let our military facilities go. Maybe they thought people in SUVs with ipods were a greater threat? If you want to rationalize things you could say that it was an unintentional byproduct of their landing. But I cannot think of any scientifically legitimate explination that would suggest burrowing into the ground in small vessels riding on lighting would be the best means of transportation. Again, I think it was a case of story being convoluted to suit cool effects. Dog wags tail.

"No glaring scientific flaws that you could not work around."

I quite disagree. How smart are the aliens that they walk around naked in wreckage drinking gutter water? was I the only one who that that was a painfully heavy handed setup? Sorry but even dumb ole us would wear space suits in an alien envirement. you'd think they would have known about the problem back when they were planting the tripods all those eons ago. but at least they didn't catch a computer virus.