Scientific faults

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2005)

First off, i don't want anybody criticizing me because they think I'm unfairly jabbing at the film. I know the original story and I know the new movie is based on a story were planetary knowledge was limited.
However, i thought the movie should've been further modernized in the following ways: 1. This has nothing to do with science, but i think the aliens shouldn't have been shown until the end or at least less.
2. the aliens should have been wearing astronaut fare. A civilization intelligent enough to travel the void of space to other worlds would know a thing or two about science and engineering, so depicting without space suits is just plain silly. I know its the original story, but this is where i think the story should have been tweaked.
3. Perplexing. There must have been an awful lot of those machines planted evenly over the surface of the earth, because there's no way the aliens could have predicted over millions of years where the cities of humans would be built.
4. perplexing. why didn't the take over the earth when humans were weak, or even before humans.
5. An EMP blast would have short0circuited all the electronics, so how again would a modern car be able to run again? Today's cars rely on electronics from anything to fuel injection to whatever. But having the car sure made for a nice human drama.