Does Not Illustrate: Mars Needs Women

The picture seems to be a literal interpretation, but the problem is that it looks like a human. Going from the picture, it seems like the woman is needed for a breeding program for an extended human expedition to Mars, while this trope is really about "monstrous beings love human women."

Here's a bunch of 50s B-Movie Posters that not only illustrate it, but convey the trope's history: Saucer Men◊ I like this one because it isn't from space, demonstrating that the trope doesn't have to be about aliens Ditto, but I don't like the art as much◊.

Mars People from Metal Slug?◊

King Kong?◊

edited 10th Aug '13 12:02:30 PM by Larkmarn

Yeah, I don't like the current. Here's my order of preference: Cft BL > Saucer Men > Giant > Current > King Kong > Mars People

edited 10th Aug '13 1:09:17 PM by nitrokitty

I kinda like the Mars People pic, strictly because it's showing affection and not simply abduction, and I feel like the King Kong pic is in use on another page...might be wrong.

That said, I have no objection to the current...the complaint seems really nitpicky.

I don't think it's terribly nitpicky that the current is pretty misleading.

The trope is "Non-humanoids find Earth women attractive." The picture illustrates, at best, "human colony needs human women to reproduce." It's literally accurate, but unrelated to the actual trope.

It's funny how often "at best" is often used with the meaning "at worst" or "in a way that furthers my argument".

I like the Mars People image if the trope is also about mutual relationships. It's less physical attraction and more mentally compatible individuals.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon one isn't bad either.

That said, I have no objection to the current...the complaint seems really nitpicky.

Yeah, that was poorly worded on my part.

But you have to admit, at best this is a Human Alien and again, it's very clearly not interested in the women romantically, but rather as a Stalker with a Test Tube.

Isn't Stalker with a Test Tube a valid overlap with this trope, though?

If it is, the description doesn't describe it. As-is, it's pretty clear it's about something wildly non-human pursuing human females because it's sexually attracted to them/in love with her.

If the definition gets expanded to fit that, I'd be less complain-y (though I still think a B-Movie poster of some sort is still better than the webcomic panel). Until then I'm strongly against current.

I don't think motivation is defining the trope. It's really about aliens or monsters stealing women because they're valuable and need protection, which gives motivation for the heroes to go rescue them and/or defeat the monsters. Why the antagonists do that isn't really relevant. It's just something to make them appear as threats without having to kill random people the audience doesn't care about anyway.

Having read many of the examples, I tend to agree with Willbyr on this. The trope seems to be about non-humans who either fall in love with a human or just plain want to breed with humans (ignoring the obvious complications). The Mars People pic seems to illustrate the trope well in that regard.

Can we make a case for using a composite of two pictures? Perhaps Creature above with Mars People below? This would illustrate both sides of the trope.

I have never seen King Kong anywhere else.

Crowner's hooked. Can someone please check the link for 1.2 and update the description? I'm not where I can access it right now.

I feel like this has a bad name if it's primarily about affection and not abduction. At least it needs a misuse check.

If the Metal Slug example wins, I'd like to edit out the background.

That would be a huge improvement.

Swap this in for Metal Slug.

Here's the Mars People pic at wiki size and with as much of the extraneous stuff gone as I could do in Paint. Someone with more skill than I will have to tackle anything else.

EDIT: Gah, ninja'd while I was working on this...your version sacrifices size for crispness. Hmmmm...

edited 21st Aug '13 8:49:54 PM by Willbyr

I like 16 better.

Add them both as new options?

Best of both, possibly? [1]◊

I like the Creature better though, I feel like the attacking monster version of the trope is very common.

edited 22nd Aug '13 12:01:26 AM by rodneyAnonymous

I like that. Crisp, and well visible at small size.

I'll say it again - the problem with all of the options aside from the current and the Mars People pic is that all they clearly depict is abduction; there's no indication of preference/attraction/what have you, which is a key factor in the trope.

Honestly, I prefer the background-less version of the Mars People pic, all the other stuff clogs the image.

edited 22nd Aug '13 4:12:51 AM by Willbyr

I like the version I made as well.

I think it looks weird with a white background, is all.

Again, I think the name evokes abduction more than attraction, though that's a TRS topic.