OK, so they have obviously ELABORATE biomedical science, can cure disease by waving techy wands over skin --
can grow complete living skin suits --
have tons enough alien tech that they can have a couple kajillion space ships waiting to invade Earth --
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and they want to EAT us?
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Theodosia - Nov 25, 2009 3:54:18 am PST #11093 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
le nubian - Nov 25, 2009 4:06:20 am PST #11094 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, I don't get it either.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 25, 2009 4:26:25 am PST #11095 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm guessing they want the planet, and eating us is a gift with purchase.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2009 4:32:41 am PST #11096 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's the deal with Chad, I want to know. There must be something beyond just snacking with him. From what interview I read, the actress playing his alien GF doesn't even know what "The One" means. Maybe they want his sperm too.
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2009 4:34:19 am PST #11097 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yes, but wouldn't it be simpler to just force-grow human meat in tanks? If you have That Much technology? Or terraform a planet or two? Or find an unoccupied one that isn't overrun with 7 billion excess humans?
Yeah, I know, applying Actual Logic here....
sumi - Nov 25, 2009 4:54:01 am PST #11098 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I thought Chad was Scott Wolf?
Is Chad the kid? Isn't the kid called "Tyler"?
And when Ryan's gf told him she was pregnant - he seemed. . . disturbed. Perhaps he didn't think it was possible.
le nubian - Nov 25, 2009 4:59:52 am PST #11099 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
who knows what is in those heart meds she's been taking.
sumi - Nov 25, 2009 5:04:15 am PST #11100 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
But the heart meds were from her regular doctor. The V clinic told her she is pregnant.
(And I'm not sure whether I trust that - I mean - did you think it was awfully convenient to have Chad in their debt re: the aneurysm? And she is Tyler's counselor.)
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2009 5:06:12 am PST #11101 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sorry. I got my names mixed up. The only ones I'm sure of are Ryan and Anna. And I just learnt Ryan.
Still, whatever they want him for doesn't seem very organic to the story. I can't see what they need just one naive boy for. If they needed sperm donors they could find them by the hundreds.
Can Ryan's kid be the first? Tudyk's character said he had been in place for 20 years. Maybe her meds made a difference.
le nubian - Nov 25, 2009 5:14:06 am PST #11102 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sumi, yes, I know the heart meds are from her doctor, but I'm at the point where I am distrusting most meds. If they have been here for years, fitting in, I think they could have corrupted the meds MUCH earlier.