I notice a very common plot that shows up in '90s sci-fi is "seemingly benevolent aliens come to Earth and solve hunger, disease, etc... BUT THEY'RE EVIL ACTUALLY"
Never gave it much thought when I was younger, but I sideeye the hell out of it now.
Never gave it much thought when I was younger, but I sideeye the hell out of it now.
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"What if advanced aliens came down and solved hunger and disease but were messy and complicated and had lots of factions that don't really agree and all have their own agendas." They were also very prescient about smartphones.
Yeah, feck that, gimme all the free curry I can eat, aliens.
These Films Imply A Limit To How "Good" One Can Get, While The Real World Would Rather Throw Several Hundred CurveBalls Than Let THAT Happen.
You Can Have The Good Thing, And Then Make It Or Other Things Even Better, And All Of Your Complacency Worries Go Away!
Humanity, The Insatiable Lusters: " Thank God, Now We Can FINALLY Focus On-"
NiceButEvil Aliens: "Wait, Sh*t, You Were Supposed To BeCome Docile, F*ck-"
L.O.L., RedCoats Never Win In The End. (:
It's a weirdly common thing of "someone who says nice things is actually bad!!"