Alien invaders don't always want to kill us, but when they don't, we usually prove why they should. It all started with the 1951 classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, when an alien named Klaatu and his robot friend Gort came to Earth to save us all from ourselves. They were shot within 10 seconds of landing, imprisoned, escaped, got turned in by a filthy human for the reward, then got shot again ... to death.
But, it's even worse than that: Klaatu wasn't any ordinary interplanetary goodwill ambassador. If you put the pieces of the puzzle together-a mysterious visitor from the heavens, suffering for our transgressions, gets turned in by someone he trusts and is ultimately sacrificed-it becomes fairly clear that we killed Jesus. Again! Way to go, humanity. Real classy.
1 comment:
it's true! i was thinking about that movie the other day and how we're always quick to kill the aliens trying to help us and unknowingly give all our resources to the ones trying to kill us. which leads us to the 80's mini series V. alien lizards disguised as human-like aliens secretly taking our water supply and we helped them. oh keanu reeves is playing klaatu in the new movie.
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