History Fridge / BattleLosAngeles

* After this troper heard complains about a certain marine not jumping from the destroyed building (or doing something else to get out) where he radioed in the strike coordinates this troper remembered that this marine was in the psychiatrist office in the beginning of the movie. He was actually not cleared for combat because of what sound like the lingering effects of PTSD. When you remember that it makes sense that the marine froze up when he did. YMMV on whether it should be considered FridgeBrilliance or just plain old FridgeLogic.
** He doesn't jump off the building because that's pretty much suicide; he's about five stories up. The only other option is running down the stairs, which wouldn't save him in time. He turns around, sees the drone staring right down at him, and has maybe a second to respond before it fires.
** [[JustEatGilligan Why didn't he just]] '''[[JustEatGilligan turn off the radio]]''' [[JustEatGilligan as soon as he called in the strike package]] - especially after what happened on the bus, when they did just that after realizing that the aliens could (and WOULD) home in on ANY human transmission? Sounds like a case of TooDumbToLive... [[InvokedTrope literally]].
** His intention may have originally been to leg it out of there, which is why he just dumped the radio where he did, in order to lure more BLAA to that location where they could easily be attacked. However, before he could start moving, he spotted a BLAA attempting to sneak up on Nantz, so he lined up a shot and took him out. In that time, a wedge drone arrived, and there was nowhere to run or hide.

* The civilian who assists in the vivisection is a veterinarian. Usually when vets are drafted to perform operations in movies in a pinch it's a case of OpenHeartDentistry, but when dealing with an utterly inhuman organism, she'd have a broader anatomical knowledge-base to draw upon than a human physician. Better yet, if she's an exotics or zoo vet.

[[WMG:Fridge Logic]]
* At the end of the movie only a few helicopters are seen heading back into the city to take it back. How are only a few squads of Marines going to turn the battle around? Even with tons of air support there are still most likely thousands of aliens inside LA. Are more coming with them via the ground, or what?
** We can assume that other reinforcements are simply off-screen yet still underway. We were perhaps only seeing a handful of helicopters out of full reinforcement wave.

* At the end of the movie only a few helicopters are seen heading back into the city to take it back. How are only a few squads of Marines going to turn the battle around? Even with tons of air support there are still most likely thousands of aliens inside LA. Are more coming with them via the ground, or what?

* The civilian who assists in the vivisection is a veterinarian. Usually when vets are drafted to perform operations in movies in a pinch it's a case of OpenHeartDentistry, but when dealing with an utterly inhuman organism, she'd have a broader anatomical knowledge-base to draw upon than a human physician. Better yet, if she's an exotics or zoo vet.

** We could probably benefit from at least a couple of feet of reduced sea level, too bad we couldn't work it out peacefully. . .
*** No, we couldn't. Losing that much water would decimate the global ecosystem.

** Could be the result of fusion technology only slightly more advanced than ours. Loads of fuel for a little energy, the only benefit is lowered pollution, assuming it's hydrogen-boron aneutronic fusion, which might fit with the useage of seawater - there's boron in seawater, but not much. They'd electrolyse the water into hydrogen, strain what boron they could out of the leftovers and use that while stockpiling the rest of the hydrogen and establishing protected mining zones where they could dig up more boron. Fits even better with the "voracious rate" thing if you take into account the possible crap quality of their rushed-looking machinery and the fact that half the things they operate seem to run red hot and/or have rockets (fusion torches?) in constant operation.
* The aliens' need for water actually makes their "landing" on Earth incredibly efficient. To try to touch down safely on solid land, you either need a lot of force to slow down if coming vertically or an incredibly long landing area if touching down like a plane/shuttle. Crashing into the ocean at an angle needs far less effort to keep from crushing yourself into putty.
** That's a common misconception. Until you are at '''very''' low velocities (e.g. a few m/s velocity), there's virtually no difference between hitting solid earth/rock and water.

* After this troper heard complains about a certain marine not jumping from the destroyed building (or doing something else to get out) where he radioed in the strike coordinates this troper remembered that this marine was in the psychitrist office in the beginning of the movie. He was actually not cleared for combat because of what sound like the lingering effects of PTSD. When you remember that it makes sense that the marine froze up when he did. YMMV on whether it should be considered FridgeBrilliance or just plain old FridgeLogic.

** Also, while there may be lot of water in space, Earth is probably greatest concentration of water available.

* It is not the most common thing in the universe but their is more liquid water in space than their is in the entire planet Earth, why would a space fairing civilization start a war over something they could get in much larger quantities peacefully? In a universe where this space fairing civilization exists it is possible all that other water has been used already!
** Also, while there may be lot of water in space, Earth is probably greatest concentration of water avaliable.

* It is not the most common thing in the universe but their is more liquid water in space than their is in the entire planet Earth, why would a space fairing civilization start a war over something they could get in much larger quantities peacefully? In a universe where this space fairing civilization exists it is possible all that other water has been used already!

** Also, most Marines are young adults in their late teens and twenties. They're the generation that grew up on video games and sci-fi/horror movies involving humans fighting aliens. They've probably imagined this exact scenario, though they never expected it to actually happen.

* The Marines generally take the news that they're under attack by aliens with a lower level of denial, especially compared to other portrayals of troops in other media... and then one recalls that StarshipTroopers is on the required reading list for all Marines, meaning that every Marine has received exposure to the idea of fighting aliens.

** Also, most Marines are young adults in their late teens and twenties. They're the generation that grew up on video games and sci-fi/horror movies involving humans fighting aliens. They've probably imagined this exact scenario, though they never expected it to actually happen.
[[WMG:FridgeLogic]]
* Realizing that the tide of the battle is turned after disabling the alien drones by destroying their control center... with a ''human'' "drone" that does not need a control center.

** Also, most Marines are young adults in their late teens and twenties. They're the generation that grew up on video games and sci-fi/horror movies involving humans fighting aliens. They've probably imagined this exact scenario, though they never expected it to actually happen.

** Also, most Marines are young adults in their late teens and twenties. They're the generation that grew up on video games and sci-fi/horror movies involving humans fighting aliens. They've probably imagined this exact scenario, though they never expected it to actually happen.
[[WMG:FridgeLogic]]
* Realizing that the tide of the battle is turned after disabling the alien drones by destroying their control center... with a ''human'' drone that does not need a control center.

** Also, most Marines are young adults in their late teens and twenties. They're the generation that grew up on video games and sci-fi/horror movies involving humans fighting aliens. They've probably imagined this exact scenario, though they never expected it to actually happen.

* The Marines generally take the news that they're under attack by aliens with a lower level of denial, especially compared to other portrayals of troops in other media... and then one recalls that StarshipTroopers is on the required reading list for all Marines, meaning that every Marine has received exposure to the idea of fighting aliens.