Come on folks!

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2005)

I feel compelled to try and answer some of the "gameboy", "play station" experts who have panned some of the storyline in this fine film. Okay so the machines were termed unstable by rule because they were tripods. Did you happen to notice that the aliens were also three limbed? That was their standard for stability. Silly of them not to check with us, eh? Secondly: So the aliens didn't have the "unknown virus" thingy checked out. How moronic of them! Who in the universe wouldn't plan on "post occupational hazards"? Hum...lemme see! Nope! No one we humans have seen lately.eeeeeeeRIGHT! Thirdly: So the "video game" crowd was disappointed that they didn't see the "BIG BATTLE OVER THE HILL" and instead had to endure the drama of Ray attempting to save his son from going to and dying in a futile conflict. What parent now a days wouldn't want to see their DNA charge into an ill planned attack? How silly of those screen writers! Fourth: "Why would the aliens 'death-ray' the very people they plan to harvest, subjugate or maybe democratize?" What invading force would be stupid enough to unleash something like, oh let's call it "shock and awe" on it's intended victims in an attempt to subdue their will to fight? (Shrug!Got me!) Fifth: The machines were 'planted' a million years ago when no humans populated the planet? (Anticipation maybe? They got an advanced poof copy of Genisis maybe?) How silly of their military leaders not to set the stage for our annihilation while we watched! And the guys installing the sewers and such didn't bump into this cache of weapons of mass destruction. Could they have possibly been a mile deep? These guys...(It was easy to see this was not a multi-gendered invasion force. Oh, you missed THAT detail Einstein?)... knew how to dig BIG DEEP holes! Too many machines? Too much overkill? How 'bout a Haliburton style budget on their planet except that they get what they pay for? Sixth, Seventh, Eigth, Ninth and Tenth lumped together: What killed them? Why did their machines wobble and fall? What happened to their force field armor? Didn't like the lightning bolt arrival? (Sure they wouldn't have attracted too much attention standing in the middle of the street with hard hats and jackhammers?) Didn't like Tim Robbins' character? (What did you expect? Some loon reading "My Pet Goat" while the the nation is under attack? Be real! Now how serious could THAT have been?) Relax people! These items will be addressed by the "Got Our Butts Kicked Commission" to be paneled as soon as the pols emerge from THEIR basements. And lastly: Ray survives this chaos to end up in his his ex mother-in-laws domain? Hum. Well, ya got me there! Now personally I would have liked to have seen some leadership moments coming from Washington but...I guess there was brush to be cleared in Texas.