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firstanointed
12/08/08

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He thought that story of the alien coming to Earth with a warning, a perspective outside of what humans can see, was a worthwhile tale...

...but Scott, you took the aliens perspective OUT of perspective.

The environmental slant is a disservice to the still verey relevent angle of TDTESS's story. Klaatu didn't care if we blew ourselves to hell in a handbasket, just as long as we didn't take the universe with us. And THAT was a direct analogy for the nuclear capable countries of the world constantly threatening war against each other, while ignoring the billions of other people who would be affected by their stupid wars. This idea STILL applies, so why change the scope of the story???
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AmishJohn
12/08/08

@firstanointed: Amen. As it has been stated before, when the focus went from "You're too violent to let associate with civilized races." to "You're sloppy pigs, and rather then let you clean up your messes, or teach you any of our nifty new tech that makes pollution into rainbow-crapping unicorns, we're gonna turn y'all into dust.", I lost faith. The first is self-preservation, the second smacks of limousine liberals; they want (pet peeve alert) to ban all those nasty guns - while employing armed guards.
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NotArthurPDragon
12/08/08

@firstanointed: Because that film was about cold war fears. This one is about environmental fears. In the first, they were willing to destroy the earth to protect the universe ("This world of yours will be reduced to a burned out cinder.") In this one, the resources of the universe are seemingly as precious and limited as those here, so the same instinct of self-preservation is still in effect.

@AmishJohn: That gun metaphor makes no sense at all considering this isn't about weapons and war but pollution. They aren't trying to stop violence from spreading by using violence, but willing to kill to save a house in a housing shortage.
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AmishJohn
12/08/08

@NotArthurPDragon: What I mean is they're willing to use methods that they wish to deny to others.
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