> -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:43 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > > Ack, hit enter too quickly: > > Speaking of cultures, something interesting I read once. > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > If you have see Signs, then you know the aliens had an issue with doors. > When asked about it, the director made the point that a kangeroo > couldn't open a door but it could still hurt you if it wanted. Not sure > how serious he was, but it does bring an interesting point. What if an > alien race had no concept of a door? In theory, the idea that a wall > would just "open" would not be something they could even consider. > > Further ramblings: This then reminds me of the concept of 'newspeak' in > 1984 (forgive me if I get the term wrong, it's been _many_ years). If I > remember right, the idea was that if there were no verbal way to express > dissent, then there would be no way to rebel against the government.
There was a cute in-joke on StarGate: SG1 last week where Sam was complaining about how unrealistic "Sign" was (specifically about how aliens that could be killed by water would try to attack planet covered by it). I thought it was cute, but also that she missed the point. "Signs" wasn't about the aliens at all, in my opinion. The movie was about that family and how it dealt with crisis - both personal and fantastic. The aliens did only what they needed to do to bring about the crisis and could do nothing to end it (they couldn't break through the door because that would have ended the crisis for example). The aliens were just a plot device: it could have been just about anything (government testing/cover up, science gone mad, the supernatural, etc). I was actually annoyed at the marketing focusing so much on the crop circles when those simply weren't the "signs" of importance in the movie. The signs were the coming together of those little annoying threads in life and the realization that they were part of a (in this case beneficial) plan. Although I'm both a skeptic and an atheist I am actually often quite touched by these "yes lord I see you" movies. But I didn't even go to see signs just because the marketing made it out to be a sci-fi suspense validating crop circles. I know I'm harping, but I just don't think "Signs" was (really) a sci-fi movie. Once I (being forced into it) watched it I loved it, but that's because it wasn't the movie that was marketed to me. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
