See my other post for my opinion on this. I still think that arguing the science of "Signs" is just flat out missing the point of the movie.
It WASN'T A SCI-FI MOVIE! ;^) Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: William H Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:58 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > > Spoiler stuff blah blah... > > I usually enjoy M Night Shamalan(sp?)'s movies. well, I enjoyed the > *other* two anyway. Signs just bugged the crap out of me. > > I wonder if the concept of "door" interfered with their understanding of > the concept of decompression in space? or perhaps their concept of > "hatch" on a submarine? > > Oh, but they were hurt by water though...hmmm so being that our > atmosphere contains vast quantities of water *vapor* (still water, even > if we can't see it or "feel" it) how the hell did they manage to stand > around in our atmosphere in the first place? > > Doors flummox an alien life form that has the technology to fly > thousands?/millions?/billions? of light years (without doors on their > spacecraft I guess), but Melly Mel cuts the space dude's fingers off and > the alien can find his house without trouble (and get in using a window?) > > what a craptacular piece of garbage that was... > > will > "...swing away..." > > Raymond Camden wrote: > > >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. > > > >-rc > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:35 PM > >>To: CF-Community > >>Subject: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > >> > >> > >>Xenophobic or simply humanocentric? > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
