History Fridge / BattleLosAngeles

* The alien rising out of the pool knew to ambush Lenihan because he was talking with Nantz on his radio, and thus knew where he was by tracking his radio transmissions.

* When Nantz is reciting the names of the dead Marines, pay attention to his movements. He moves his head from side-to-side, which is an odd gesture, until one remembers Nantz's statement that those names are "seared into my brain." He's moving his head like he is ''reading the names on a list'', like the very printed names are right there in front of him - something he can see as a clear mental image. Its a surprisingly subtle bit of acting on Eckart's part that cements the scene.

* The Marine flipping out at the window is Simmons, the same Marine who was grabbed and nearly dragged into the bushes by one of the aliens. No wonder he's screaming - he's in the throes of the aftermath of a massive horror-panic attack from nearly being dragged off by an alien horror from another world.

* 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.

** 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.

* What that [[YourMilageMayVary poor]] alien grunt was going through as the "aliens" of this planet ripped him open and tried to find the best way to kill him - '''and''' the human Marines pulled away by the aliens for probably that same purpose.

** Unfortunately, the alien's weapon was damaged when Lenihan shot it the first time; otherwise Nantz would have been drilled immediately.

* What that [[YourMilageMayVary poor]] alien grunt was going through as the "aliens" of this planet ripped him open and tried to find the best way to kill him - '''and''' the human soldiers pulled away by the aliens for probably that same purpose.

** Could be the reult 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.

** Could be the reult 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.

** Could be the reult 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).

* The walking alien mini-tank in one scene is surrounded by rippling air and sports several points on its frame that are glowing orange, implying it's very hot. Something that generates this much waste heat couldn't be very efficient, right? ''Exactly!'' That's why the aliens had to use Earth's seawater-as-fuel at such a voracious rate -- their technology was ''that'' wasteful.

** Also, the aliens could hardly expect to succeed at sucking up the water surreptitiously forever without being noticed (going on the assumption that they want it all - if they only needed some they could have sent diplomats and asked to buy/trade for it). Hell, according to a line in the movie, the ocean levels have visibly dropped in just the few hours since the aliens arrived.

* Many people have grumbled over the "aliens need water" aspect of this film, but if the aliens just needed the water they could have just sucked it up at a remote point on the ocean and left! Obviously the aliens thought Earth was a handy spot to hang around or they would have just left us be.

** The alien that leaps back up out of the pool - being in the water have it a chance to calm down, take stock, ''maybe'' heal itself and attack again.

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* During the beginning, one of the soldiers drops in on doc's webcam chat. He see's the lady he's talking to and says "Man, is that your girlfriend?" and remarks that she is hot. Doc explains it is his sister. The soldier becomes apologetic. I know this is for the RuleOfFunny, but [[FridgeLogic why is thinking a guy's sister is hot worse than thinking his girlfriend is hot?]]

** The alien that leaps back up out of the pool - being in the water have it a chance to calm down, take stock and attack again.

* 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.

** The alien that leaps back up out of the pool - being in the water have it a chance to calm down, take stock and attack again.

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* What that [[YourMilageMayVary poor]] alien grunt was going through as the "aliens" of this planet ripped him open and tried to find the best way to kill him - '''and''' the human soldiers pulled away by the aliens for probably that same purpose.

* 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.