I do so love that film. I remember most strongly the anger at the aliens it provoked in me during the dinner table scene where, if I recall correctly, the two children are too afraid to eat or some such and the father comforts them. It made me so angry that these random aliens could come down to earth and without provocation or good reason terrify innocent people to that extent. Testament to how immersed in the movie I was I suppose because I was really, really angry at them!
I think further to your comments, it's an instinctive animal reaction to what could be a superior predator. You fear it in case it is, then are programmed on some level to "hate" it in order to be able to rid your territory of it and increase the chances of your own species' survival.
As to what group I'd fit into...instinctively the eXtreme group. But rationally, ignoring unjustified baseless supposition thrown up by my own fears and fed by the media and Hollywood, I would fit into the second. I would never be naive enough to welcome without question, but I don't believe that just because we are an incredibly aggresive species, that it means that every other species is too. Care, caution and an open mind are needed should we ever actually encounter another developed species.
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Date: 2005-12-29 03:28 pm (UTC)I think further to your comments, it's an instinctive animal reaction to what could be a superior predator. You fear it in case it is, then are programmed on some level to "hate" it in order to be able to rid your territory of it and increase the chances of your own species' survival.
As to what group I'd fit into...instinctively the eXtreme group. But rationally, ignoring unjustified baseless supposition thrown up by my own fears and fed by the media and Hollywood, I would fit into the second. I would never be naive enough to welcome without question, but I don't believe that just because we are an incredibly aggresive species, that it means that every other species is too. Care, caution and an open mind are needed should we ever actually encounter another developed species.