<![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> I know we are talking about their poetic weaknesses, but I think the biggest poetic statement about Stitch was that he was designed to destroy major cities - and there were no major cities on that particular island. Sometimes, we change our of necessity.

strangrnstranglnd

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> How about H.G.Well's Invisible Man. Can't be seen, but he has to walk around naked...Brrrr!

russdanger

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> They're not technically earth invaders, but only because their inherent weakness was the only thing stopping them from leaving their solar system: the Moties' from Larry Niven's and Jerry Pournelle's "The Mote in God's Eye". Their weakness, which was an extension of their strength was an irresistible drive to reproduce and expand. They evolved and advanced their culture and technology at astonishing rates, but then also crashed their society through overpopulation. Over and over. Niven and Pournelle nailed the "all this has happened before" conceit with that novel, well before the Wachowski's Architect or BSG's Hybrid said the same basic thing.

Also a candidate for the list: Ender's Buggers. Hive-mind communication made them appear unbeatable, but ultimately led to their failure to recognize individual intelligence/initiative in their opponent.

Goodnightbabytron

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Don't forget Klaatu and his being shot weakness. Poetic because he travels millions of miles to warn us about violence and the first thing that happens is we shoot him. Or the "Mars Attacks" Martians and their Slim Witman weakness. Poetic because, aw come on who doesn't like Slim Witman (Millions sold in Europe)

IchabodCrane

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @Dunny0: Just stay well personally hydrated and employ your own "weapon" as needed. 'Nother round!

Goodnightbabytron

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @twophrasebark: Not any more. That impurity was resolved recently blah blah blah Sinestro Corp War goodness.

Wally East

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @B: "What a twist!"

comp_wiz101

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @DCI Gene Hunt: It was not completely the same. They were vulnerable to all water, not just salt.

I always wondered what the aliens would do if it was a hot humid day in the midwest? Would their skin just melt off?

zenpoet

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @Meredith Woerner: Yeah, except The Breakfast Club was a good movie.

beelzebuddha

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Which movie was that first Superman clip from? And why are they trying to destroy Hackensack, New Jersey?!!

Signal

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Isn't the greater irony of Stitch's weakness the fact that he ends up, you know, living on an island...?

TheAlmanac

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Maybe it's not poetic, but the evil brains from Futurama because they are just so damn funny. They don't affect Fry because he's naturally stupid (being his own grandfather and all), and he destroys the head brain in one episode by writing a book full of plot holes.

Lampbane

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Wasn't that pink kryptonite in the Superboy clip? Doesn't that make him gay?

TheRealVeon

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @roraz: Thanks... I'm going to add Alien Nation's Tenctonese to the list!

Charlie Jane Anders

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @frndlybnny: I think you'll have to ask Superboy that...

Charlie Jane Anders

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> "Aliens who are basically just huge eyeballs"

I thought their crucial weakness was a severe vulnerability to Red Ryder BB guns.

RAHfanboy

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @DCI Gene Hunt: I thought Alien Nation's aliens had a vulnerability to salt water specifically and could deal with tap water just fine.

I say this as I have never bothered to watch "Signs" so for all I know it was the same in that movie.

Glamourdammerung

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> The Signs aliens don't have a poetic weakness. they're just fucking stupid. Grr, arrr, that movie makes me so mad.
If any one needs me, I'll be in the Angry dome.

B

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Why did the clip with "Superboy" look like something out of a (bad) 80's gay porn flick?

frndlybnny

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @Shyguy: Sounds like a typical Sunday at the ole' Dunny Cave.

Well, I say "homebake" but I really mean "video games and nerdy movies", but it's about the same thing.

Dunny0, Team T/A

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @Dunny0: Water and fire. Two things no Alien Survival Kit should be without. Throw in some...homebake...and we've got an entertaining evening.

Shyguy

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> And then there were the post-classic Americans of the 21st century. Their military became financially unsustainable, at the very same time they had geometrically expanding needs for military engagement.

Oh wait, that was Rome. Props to Cullen Murphy.

Dug

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> I think Leto has some more poetry to him: to ensure that his Golden Path comes into fruition, he has to be alive for a long, long time so he undergoes the transformation. Of course, to be the savior of mankind he has to become a tyrant and that creates enemies: enemies that kill him. And his death is a necessary part of that Golden Path.

I don't think my poetry is working.

DeadlyRaptor

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> There's a LOT of water on that list.
Perhaps my "Alien Survival Kit" should include a few bottles of it...

Dunny0, Team T/A

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Another reason to hate "Signs" was that the aliens had the same weakness as the aliens in "Alien Nation."

M Night Shaymalan can haz bullet in the head, now?

DCI Gene Hunt

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Isn't Green Lantern's weakness... the color yellow?

Sort of poetic. Maybe. I don't know.

twophrasebark

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Poetic weaknesses? If so...I hope they are suckers for badly sung songs in the shower.

*croons* You are so beautiful...to...MEEEEE!

Silver_Back

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> @Lizzie24601: Season 9 and to a certain extent, season 8.

I actually think at this point in time I need to go to some X-Files related therapy session.My newly-resurgent obsession is approaching critical mass.

IS IT JULY YET!

Calraigh

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> Oooh The Faculty. It was like The Breakfast Club with aliens.

Meredith Woerner

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> no mention of the visitors from alien nation!!? I mean come on - sea water is like battery acid to them...Id say it was poetic because their new home is covered in over two thirds of the stuff!

plus they get drunk on sour milk! not poetic but weird

roraz

]]> <![CDATA[Aliens Should Always Have Poetic Weaknesses]]> What? Magnetite super-soldier colonists? I have no memory of this. All I remember was that part where they sewed up their faces to protect against the black oil, and Krycek's arm got cut off. And then there were some bees. Possibly the disappearing ones from Doctor Who.

This is why we need an X-Files recap before the movie! :)

Lizzie24601

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