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Aces Spade

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07-02-2005 08:18

If The world was being attacked by aliens, what would you do? where would you hide, how would you feel? elaborate

Me.. well i would not run that's for sure, i would find the nearest fallout shelter or a deep basement with a iron door LOL

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Posted by ZsuZsanna Raven
So where is the "i don't give a shit'' option?

ZsuZsanna Raven

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07-02-2005 08:24

I haven't seen the movie although it looks cool. Looks like it would be like MIB tho. I'd probably have no clue if we were attacked because I'd be on SL at the time. hehe

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Teeny Leviathan

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07-02-2005 08:30

I'd move into the now abandoned White House. Then after the threat had passed, I'd claim "Finder's Keepers, Loser's Weepers" status and declare myself President.

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Seth Kanahoe

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07-02-2005 10:14

Nobody "gets" the concept of alien invasion.

Heh, here's why:

The original War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells was a satirical look at British imperialism, colonization, and racism. Wells even described the alien spaceships as looking remarkably like British artillery shells raining down some non-European tribe somewhere in the hinterlands. His point was this: As humans were often not capable of controlling their own destinies in the face of nature, so were Martians, in spite of their (slightly) superior technology - they were, after all, brought down by Terran microbes. And - as non-Europeans were incapable of controlling their destinies, so was the powerful British Empire in 1898, which could be brought down by the simplest things, like influenza or yellow fever, for example.

Wells never meant the kind of invasion he wrote about to be taken realistically. Hollywood and SF writers like Niven and Pournelle have been making that mistake ever since, though.

A far more frightening and thoughtful novel about alien invasion - really one of the best ever written - is Greg Bear's The Forge of God. If it ever comes, that's how it might happen, and why.

Reitsuki Kojima

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07-02-2005 10:22

Ironicly, N&P's "Footfall" is perhaps my favorite "Alien Invasion" novel.

What would I do? Guns, lots of 'em. Go out in a blaze of glory, rather than becoming food/fertalizer/slave/etc.

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Chip Midnight

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07-02-2005 10:43

From: Seth Kanahoe

A far more frightening and thoughtful novel about alien invasion - really one of the best ever written - is Greg Bear's The Forge of God. If it ever comes, that's how it might happen, and why.

Ooh, thanks for the tip Seth. I've loved the Bear books I've read so far (Eon, Eternity, Slant) but haven't read that one.

As for what I'd do, probably run around the room waving my arms and wailing until I hit enough walls to knock myself unconscious

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Flavian Molinari

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07-02-2005 10:45

I would try to get away from any cities or towns if possible and any large groups of people. I imagine you could kill them suicide bomber style if they pluck you into their shields, but that’s not my style of fighting. Large land mines or IEDs maybe? I’m just going off what I seen in the movie of course. Its all fiction so who really knows.

The movie featured chilling scenes of mayhem and destruction. I wouldn’t take a little kid to see it.

Flavian Molinari

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07-02-2005 10:49

From: Seth Kanahoe

Nobody "gets" the concept of alien invasion.

From: someone

Whats to get, its a Spielberg movie? I heard there is another WOTW movie in the works that is being filmed in Europe thats is truer to the novel.

Sorry I FUBAR'ed the quotes

Marcos Fonzarelli

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07-02-2005 10:53

From: Reitsuki Kojima

Ironicly, N&P's "Footfall" is perhaps my favorite "Alien Invasion" novel.

Get out of my head!

I was just thinking about this book after watching WotW.

Devlin Gallant

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07-02-2005 11:47

I would watch out of the window for a while, then go back to sleep.

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Aces Spade

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07-02-2005 12:04

LOL great replies

when i was watching it i kept thinking what if this could really happen..Scary

i thought it was the best movie of the summer

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Posted by ZsuZsanna Raven
So where is the "i don't give a shit'' option?

Seth Kanahoe

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07-02-2005 12:10

From: Flavian Molinari

From: Seth Kanahoe

Nobody "gets" the concept of alien invasion.

From: someone

Whats to get, its a Spielberg movie? I heard there is another WOTW movie in the works that is being filmed in Europe thats is truer to the novel.

Naw, I was talking about the concept in general. "Harvesting" a biosphere and mineral resources in a planetary crust is inefficient and costly. Nobody's gonna come down here and start feasting on people. Wells knew that in 1898. Among the many interesting ideas in Bear's book, and in its sequel, Anvil of Stars, is a far better reason for alien invasion than munchies, and a better way to harvest planetary resources.

Flavian Molinari

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07-02-2005 12:27

I was actually looking for some decent books for this summer. I'll check out your suggestions.

A Question for you if you saw War of the Worlds
Aces Spade Raise you One♠ Join date: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,774	07-02-2005 08:18 If The world was being attacked by aliens, what would you do? where would you hide, how would you feel? elaborate Me.. well i would not run that's for sure, i would find the nearest fallout shelter or a deep basement with a iron door LOL _____________________ From: someone Posted by ZsuZsanna Raven So where is the "i don't give a shit'' option?
ZsuZsanna Raven ~:+: Supah Kitteh :+:~ Join date: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 2,361	07-02-2005 08:24 I haven't seen the movie although it looks cool. Looks like it would be like MIB tho. I'd probably have no clue if we were attacked because I'd be on SL at the time. hehe _____________________ ~Mewz!~
Teeny Leviathan Never started World War 3 Join date: 20 May 2003 Posts: 2,716	07-02-2005 08:30 I'd move into the now abandoned White House. Then after the threat had passed, I'd claim "Finder's Keepers, Loser's Weepers" status and declare myself President. _____________________ The Default Avatars were created by Linden Lab They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan.
Seth Kanahoe political fugue artist Join date: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1,220	07-02-2005 10:14 Nobody "gets" the concept of alien invasion. Heh, here's why: The original War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells was a satirical look at British imperialism, colonization, and racism. Wells even described the alien spaceships as looking remarkably like British artillery shells raining down some non-European tribe somewhere in the hinterlands. His point was this: As humans were often not capable of controlling their own destinies in the face of nature, so were Martians, in spite of their (slightly) superior technology - they were, after all, brought down by Terran microbes. And - as non-Europeans were incapable of controlling their destinies, so was the powerful British Empire in 1898, which could be brought down by the simplest things, like influenza or yellow fever, for example. Wells never meant the kind of invasion he wrote about to be taken realistically. Hollywood and SF writers like Niven and Pournelle have been making that mistake ever since, though. A far more frightening and thoughtful novel about alien invasion - really one of the best ever written - is Greg Bear's The Forge of God. If it ever comes, that's how it might happen, and why.
Reitsuki Kojima Witchhunter Join date: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 5,328	07-02-2005 10:22 Ironicly, N&P's "Footfall" is perhaps my favorite "Alien Invasion" novel. What would I do? Guns, lots of 'em. Go out in a blaze of glory, rather than becoming food/fertalizer/slave/etc. _____________________ I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.
Chip Midnight ate my baby! Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 10,231	07-02-2005 10:43 From: Seth Kanahoe A far more frightening and thoughtful novel about alien invasion - really one of the best ever written - is Greg Bear's The Forge of God. If it ever comes, that's how it might happen, and why. Ooh, thanks for the tip Seth. I've loved the Bear books I've read so far (Eon, Eternity, Slant) but haven't read that one. As for what I'd do, probably run around the room waving my arms and wailing until I hit enough walls to knock myself unconscious _____________________ My other hobby: www.live365.com/stations/chip_midnight
Flavian Molinari Broadly Offensive Content Join date: 1 Aug 2004 Posts: 662	07-02-2005 10:45 I would try to get away from any cities or towns if possible and any large groups of people. I imagine you could kill them suicide bomber style if they pluck you into their shields, but that’s not my style of fighting. Large land mines or IEDs maybe? I’m just going off what I seen in the movie of course. Its all fiction so who really knows. The movie featured chilling scenes of mayhem and destruction. I wouldn’t take a little kid to see it.
Flavian Molinari Broadly Offensive Content Join date: 1 Aug 2004 Posts: 662	07-02-2005 10:49 From: Seth Kanahoe Nobody "gets" the concept of alien invasion. From: someone Whats to get, its a Spielberg movie? I heard there is another WOTW movie in the works that is being filmed in Europe thats is truer to the novel. Sorry I FUBAR'ed the quotes
Marcos Fonzarelli You are not Marcos Join date: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 748	07-02-2005 10:53 From: Reitsuki Kojima Ironicly, N&P's "Footfall" is perhaps my favorite "Alien Invasion" novel. Get out of my head! I was just thinking about this book after watching WotW.
Devlin Gallant Thought Police Join date: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 5,948	07-02-2005 11:47 I would watch out of the window for a while, then go back to sleep. _____________________ I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
Aces Spade Raise you One♠ Join date: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,774	07-02-2005 12:04 LOL great replies when i was watching it i kept thinking what if this could really happen..Scary i thought it was the best movie of the summer _____________________ From: someone Posted by ZsuZsanna Raven So where is the "i don't give a shit'' option?
Seth Kanahoe political fugue artist Join date: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1,220	07-02-2005 12:10 From: Flavian Molinari From: Seth Kanahoe Nobody "gets" the concept of alien invasion. From: someone Whats to get, its a Spielberg movie? I heard there is another WOTW movie in the works that is being filmed in Europe thats is truer to the novel. Naw, I was talking about the concept in general. "Harvesting" a biosphere and mineral resources in a planetary crust is inefficient and costly. Nobody's gonna come down here and start feasting on people. Wells knew that in 1898. Among the many interesting ideas in Bear's book, and in its sequel, Anvil of Stars, is a far better reason for alien invasion than munchies, and a better way to harvest planetary resources.
Flavian Molinari Broadly Offensive Content Join date: 1 Aug 2004 Posts: 662	07-02-2005 12:27 I was actually looking for some decent books for this summer. I'll check out your suggestions.

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