bacteria

Rating: 7/10 (19 April 2006)

The inevitable deaths of the alien invaders is only the beginning! Did it not occur to Wells or indeed Spielberg that the aliens brought their own bacteria with them. Surely the final shot of the movie should have been Tom Cruise coughing indicating the spread of an alien disease? What will happen if aliens invade? If we take the Americas as a case study we can see that an isolated continent in which the people had no immunity to small pox or other diseases was nearly wiped out. This planet is isolated in the galaxy and of course diseases do not travel naturally on the solar wind. If Aliens came to Earth they would bring death without firing any crazy space gun. Moreover, we will need to sterilise any objects we send to alien worlds, so not to kill them too!