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[[WMG: The invasion force was never meant to succeed.]]
The aliens sent to invade were the backwards hillbilly species of the universe, stupid, fragile, and relatively useless. The real point was to test humanity, to ensure that our apparent technological level was the limit of our technology by seeing how they responded to a potential invasion. After all you don't want to go into what you think is a primitive society with chemical propelent weapons and find out they have laser and plasma based weapons that are only available to the military.
So they dump the galaxies idiots on our doorstep with a mandate to raise hell and they will be richly rewarded, on the off chance they succeed, and then sit back to see what happens. Then if the earth proves capable of fending off the idiots they start figuring the level of risk based on the results they observed to mounting a real full scale invasion.
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* Flouride seems like the biggest possible culprit, the aliens do have skin with a coloration similar to solidified chlorine. If there skin is chlorine based rather then what humans have it would react violently with liquid containing Flouride. Since Flouride isn't naturally found in such high levels in fluids, after all it's natural state is usually as solid crystals and mineral deposits.
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** Sounds like the same kind of guys that [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Ford Prefect hitched a ride with when coming to research Earth for the Guide.]]
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* It's ''BeavisAndButthead: The Alien Version''. "Uhh huh huh... Let's take dad's spaceship for a joyride to the place they told us never to go!"
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* It's ''BeavisAndButthead: ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead: The Alien Version''. "Uhh huh huh... Let's take dad's spaceship for a joyride to the place they told us never to go!"
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[[WMG: The film is actually a commentary on religion.]]
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[[WMG:The aliens we see are the remnants of the splicers from [[Franchise/BioShock Rapture]].]]
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[[WMG:The aliens we see are the remnants of the splicers from [[Franchise/BioShock [[VideoGame/BioShock Rapture]].]]
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[[WMG: Signs and {{Unbreakable}} take place in the same universe.]]
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[[WMG: Signs and {{Unbreakable}} Film/{{Unbreakable}} take place in the same universe.]]
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** You don't even need sapient AI. By the point you have starships that can go to another star system any smartphone would be able to tell this invasion plan is full of holes.
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**It did take place in rural Pennsylvania. Hydrofracking chemicals aren't completely identified.
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[[WMG: The aliens were in a similar position to [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the Golgafrinchim B ship.]] ]]
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[[WMG: The aliens were in a similar position to [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the Golgafrinchim B ship.]] ]]
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[[WMG: The entire movie was a more realistic take on the same concept as InvaderZim]]
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[[WMG: The entire movie was a more realistic take on the same concept as InvaderZim]]''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.]]
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* Does that mean the Alines' leaders essentially did to them what the Irkins did to ZIM?
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* Does that mean the Alines' Aliens' leaders essentially did to them what the Irkins did to ZIM?
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* Or, alternately, there is no minimal dilution of holy water, and enough of it has gone down the drain into rivers and oceans that every drop of water contains some of it. Which can also explain the resistance to water vapor...it only counts if it's holy ''water''. Holy water vapor and holy ice don't count, it's a supernatural rule, it doesn't have to make sense.
* And it's possible they didn't quite understand this problem until they got here, which would explain why they came, but then a few of them touched water and realized what was going on.
* And it's possible they didn't quite understand this problem until they got here, which would explain why they came, but then a few of them touched water and realized what was going on.
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** What if they had ethical concerns about that huh? Like, say, our own society would have?
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*Does that mean the Alines' leaders essentially did to them what the Irkins did to ZIM?
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[[WMG:The aliens we see are the remnants of the splicers from [[Franchise/{{Bioshock}} Rapture]].]]
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* Problems with this: Rapture itself is a leaky under''water'' facility, which would've been likely to kill anyone unfortunate enough to have an allergy to water - though admittedly, that would make a strong incentive to leave. And ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' was released well after the film, which means M. Night Shyamalan must be the precog he tried to tell us he was in ''Film/LadyInTheWater''.
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* Problems with this: Rapture itself is a leaky under''water'' facility, which would've been likely to kill anyone unfortunate enough to have an allergy to water - though admittedly, that would make a strong incentive to leave. And ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' was released well after the film, which means M. Night Shyamalan must be the precog he tried to tell us he was in ''Film/LadyInTheWater''.
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[[WMG: The film was a commentary on prejudice, racism, and cultural invasion]]
This is my true interpretation of the film, and I have never seen this echoed on any website or with anyone I have discussed this with so I'm sharing it here. ''Signs'' was about ignorant prejudice that devolves into mass panic. We see the aliens messing with the farmhouse, but nothing they do is truly malevolent. Keep in mind that they are from another planet far away, and this might be their first contact with an intelligent species. They might not even perceive humans as having intelligence comparable to their own. Even though we build cities and farm houses they might think of it as an ant makes an anthill.
Next we see the invasion. The news program shows an alien peeking into the window of a children's birthday party. The alien is causing no harm here, it is only curious. Sure, the news stations claim there have been reports of abductions, but we do not actually see them occurring. This is just wild rumor and mass panic by the general public in the face of a cultural invasion. We see the kids at the farm house hiding in the closet, wearing tinfoil hats, and obsessively watching the news because they are driven by ignorance to panic and take irrational actions.
At Shyamalan's house, an alien enters his home and he locks it in the pantry. Again, from the alien's perspective, this is probably not a malevolent act. The aliens have interplanetary travel, they could do better than send one unarmed alien into his house if they wanted to cause him harm. In return for trying to make contact, the poor guy gets locked in the pantry. Then Mel Gibson goes in there, and the terrified alien reaches under the door to reach for help. In a panic, Gibson slices off one of its fingers.
At the end of the film, the young boy has an asthma attack and loses consciousness. The family then sees on the news that the aliens are leaving Earth ''en masse'' because water is poisonous to them. Next, a lone alien breaks into the house and the family sees it has the unconscious boy cradled in its arms. A closer look reveals that the alien is missing a finger. It is the one from the pantry, left behind by its own people on a strange world. And yet, when faced with the one who cut of its finger, it still has the kindness of heart to heal the boy by spraying a mist in his face. Gibson then tells his older son to brutally beat the alien with a baseball bat, which he gladly does. The unarmed alien offers no resistance. Shortly after, the young boy awakes, thanks to the alien's antidote. Gibson and the family show absolutely no remorse for the brutal murder of the one who saved the boy. In their ignorance, they interpreted the alien's act of kindness and forgiveness as an act of aggression, and they killed him simply because he wasn't human.
This is my true interpretation of the film, and I have never seen this echoed on any website or with anyone I have discussed this with so I'm sharing it here. ''Signs'' was about ignorant prejudice that devolves into mass panic. We see the aliens messing with the farmhouse, but nothing they do is truly malevolent. Keep in mind that they are from another planet far away, and this might be their first contact with an intelligent species. They might not even perceive humans as having intelligence comparable to their own. Even though we build cities and farm houses they might think of it as an ant makes an anthill.
Next we see the invasion. The news program shows an alien peeking into the window of a children's birthday party. The alien is causing no harm here, it is only curious. Sure, the news stations claim there have been reports of abductions, but we do not actually see them occurring. This is just wild rumor and mass panic by the general public in the face of a cultural invasion. We see the kids at the farm house hiding in the closet, wearing tinfoil hats, and obsessively watching the news because they are driven by ignorance to panic and take irrational actions.
At Shyamalan's house, an alien enters his home and he locks it in the pantry. Again, from the alien's perspective, this is probably not a malevolent act. The aliens have interplanetary travel, they could do better than send one unarmed alien into his house if they wanted to cause him harm. In return for trying to make contact, the poor guy gets locked in the pantry. Then Mel Gibson goes in there, and the terrified alien reaches under the door to reach for help. In a panic, Gibson slices off one of its fingers.
At the end of the film, the young boy has an asthma attack and loses consciousness. The family then sees on the news that the aliens are leaving Earth ''en masse'' because water is poisonous to them. Next, a lone alien breaks into the house and the family sees it has the unconscious boy cradled in its arms. A closer look reveals that the alien is missing a finger. It is the one from the pantry, left behind by its own people on a strange world. And yet, when faced with the one who cut of its finger, it still has the kindness of heart to heal the boy by spraying a mist in his face. Gibson then tells his older son to brutally beat the alien with a baseball bat, which he gladly does. The unarmed alien offers no resistance. Shortly after, the young boy awakes, thanks to the alien's antidote. Gibson and the family show absolutely no remorse for the brutal murder of the one who saved the boy. In their ignorance, they interpreted the alien's act of kindness and forgiveness as an act of aggression, and they killed him simply because he wasn't human.
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[[WMG: The aliens were in a similar position to [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the Golgafrinchim B ship.]] ]]
Much like the B ship, the aliens in the movie are the useless portion of their species. Wanting to eliminate the incompetent members of their race, the alien species made a volunteer AlienInvasion of water based planets, knowing only the truly stupid would volunteer.
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What better way to create a suicide mission than to send the underling to a planet covered (about 75%) in what will literally eat then him/her/it alive. The other troops were probably recruited from prisons, asylums and amongst the dregs of their society. How can their equivalent of [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch coroners complain]] when there are no remains (melting away during the first rain storm)? Those in charge knew; the troops were told they were to procure Di-hydrogen-monoxide by any means necessary. Society was told that they were tragic losses while on an exploration mission to a deadly planet with barbaric inhabitants.
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What better way to create a suicide mission than to send the underling to a planet covered (about 75%) in what will literally eat then him/her/it alive. The other troops were probably recruited from prisons, asylums and amongst the dregs of their society. How can their equivalent of [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch of coroners complain]] complain when there are no remains (melting away during the first rain storm)? Those in charge knew; the troops were told they were to procure Di-hydrogen-monoxide by any means necessary. Society was told that they were tragic losses while on an exploration mission to a deadly planet with barbaric inhabitants.
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What better way to create a suicide mission than to send the underling to a planet covered (about 75%) in what will literally eat then him/her/it alive. The other troops were probably recruited from prisons, asylums and amongst the dregs of their society. How can their equivalent of coroners complain when there are no remain (melting away during the first rain storm)? Those in charge knew; the troops were told they were to procure Di-hydrogen-monoxide by any means necessary. Society was told that they were tragic losses while on an exploration mission to a deadly planet with barbaric inhabitants.
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What better way to create a suicide mission than to send the underling to a planet covered (about 75%) in what will literally eat then him/her/it alive. The other troops were probably recruited from prisons, asylums and amongst the dregs of their society. How can their equivalent of [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch coroners complain complain]] when there are no remain remains (melting away during the first rain storm)? Those in charge knew; the troops were told they were to procure Di-hydrogen-monoxide by any means necessary. Society was told that they were tragic losses while on an exploration mission to a deadly planet with barbaric inhabitants.
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They were completely covered in biomechanical suits (hence no visible genitalia). The suits were green either from being powered in a way similar to photosynthesis or by having a high copper content (which turns green due to oxidization). The suits, while capable of keeping the creatures safe from breathing in the water vapour in our air, were (unfortunately for the aliens) not able to stand up to liquid water. The one that attacked the Hess home was not killed directly by the water and/or blunt force trauma but, between Merrill’s hits and the water, caused the biomechanical suit to malfunction and tears in it leaked in the vapour rich air which seeped into its lungs causing asphyxiation.
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They were completely covered in biomechanical bio-mechanical suits (hence no visible genitalia). The suits were green either from being powered in a way similar to photosynthesis or by having a high copper content (which turns green due to oxidization). The suits, while capable of keeping the creatures safe from breathing in the water vapour in our air, were (unfortunately for the aliens) not able to stand up to liquid water. The one that attacked the Hess home was not killed directly by the water and/or blunt force trauma but, between Merrill’s hits and the water, caused the biomechanical bio-mechanical suit to malfunction and tears in it leaked in the vapour rich air which seeped into its lungs causing asphyxiation.
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* Shyamalan's character said he felt that the accident could only have been caused by God. This could a RedHerring (and likely anyone who killed someone through negligence would feel this way to project their guilt), but it does sound like the death was God's doing.
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* This also explains all the problems with water being their weakness. If the demons were put on Earth as a test of faith (i.e. God gave every faithful-at-some-point person a clue to help them against the demons, [[InMysteriousWays sometimes killing their loved ones to do it]]), it makes sense that these demons wouldn't be killed by anything that could be rationally guessed.
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*** Why would they have sent down cannon fodder so dim they can't get past a locked door? What did they expect would happen? Do the smart aliens enjoy watching the dumb aliens get beaten up by primitive humans with baseball bats and glasses of water?
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*That does not change the fact that water is the most common chemical compound in the observable universe, second in sheer mass only to stars.
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* This theory might hold more weight upon further inspection. No mechanical technology is shown to be used by the aliens, and organic alien suits have precedence in Independence Day, so it would be too far fetched in an alien movie. I know one movie is not the other, but let's suppose it for this theory. They could be using these organic biosuits for camouflage, nerve gas delivery, and general body protection including respiration as noted by the troper above. We see no rayguns or other mechanical technology to hint that their technology is anything other than organic. Their ship may even be organic for all we know. If this were true, maybe the aliens were harvesting humans to assimilate human biochemistry into their organic technology, eventually allowing them to live in a water rich environment.
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** Though it's possible that beings with a weakness to holy water would just avoid ''all'' large bodies of water as a precaution, since there's no guarantee that they would have any way of knowing which water was actually blessed until they were actually doused with it (which could potentially kill them).
** I've always been inclined to believe this theory, but it's important to note that it would require a rather looser definition of "holy man" (or "holy woman") than most works tend to give. It could mean that some people are just naturally anointed by the Divine without their knowledge, for reasons beyond their comprehension.
** I've always been inclined to believe this theory, but it's important to note that it would require a rather looser definition of "holy man" (or "holy woman") than most works tend to give. It could mean that some people are just naturally anointed by the Divine without their knowledge, for reasons beyond their comprehension.
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** Water is H2O. Hydrogen is actually just a proton and electron. It is everywhere, it is produced by stars and radioactive nuclei. Lots of oxygen was made when population III stars gone nova, which spread across universe - there are no pop. III stars now, so everything is made of them. That means lots of oxygen and even more hydrogen everywhere.
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** Water is H2O.[=H2O=]. Hydrogen is actually just a proton and electron. It is everywhere, it is produced by stars and radioactive nuclei. Lots of oxygen was made when population III stars gone nova, which spread across universe - there are no pop. III stars now, so everything is made of them. That means lots of oxygen and even more hydrogen everywhere.
