Did anybody else think the corporation was a little too evil?
Well?
I am so smart, the only thing I can't comprehend is how stupid everyone else is
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Why is that? It is a simple question.
shareWhat do you think is so unbelievable about the corporation? They see the aliens as disgusting and inferior and they want ways to make money out of them. I thought the treatment of the aliens in this situation was rather realistic.
"I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member."
No, not towards the aliens, but towards one of their own employees. They were talking about dismembering him right in front of him with no remorse whatsoever.
shareThings just as evil have been done in the name of science. He's an asset that could have been worth billions of dollars, they wouldn't have cared. It bears resemblance to the Nazi experiments on humans.
"I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member."
Yeah the Nazis did stuff like that, but they were and evil empire, not a corporation. I mean this was one of their own guys. One of the top guys was the father-in-law...He was still conscious and pleading with them not to do it.
shareHumans are humans, it doesn't really matter what collective name they are masquerading under. We could see from earlier scenes that the father-in-law was lacking empathy and that he put business before everything else, including family. When people hear of some grotesque murder or some ordinary massacre on the news, our first reaction usually is 'how could anyone do that?' But after asking ourselves that question so many times, we have to realise that many of us are cruel and many of us have the capacity to torture others mercilessly whether it be for their own material benefit or just for pleasure.
"I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member."
I don't think it is crazy that they did what they did, I just thought it was a little over the top to show no empathy as they were talking about his demise right in front of him as if his life was meaningless.
shareYou must be very naive to think that corporations (especially defense) corporations wouldn't do something like that. They'd rip out their grand mothers gold teeth with pliars for a few dollars!
shareThey finally had human access to advanced alien weapons. Yeah that's a big deal they'd do anything to get a hold of that.
shareNone of you are getting what I am saying!
shareI agree with you and I think people are deliberately missing your point. I loved the movie but they way in which Wikus was treated was cruel and disturbing. That of course was the point but i agree they could have been more humane with him. I dont doubt that they would experiment on him, but they don't need to describe what they plan to do while he is conscious screaming for help, terrified and alone begging his father and law for help. I mean come on surely the father in law would be a bit shaken, he knew Wikus and his daughter loved him and he couldn't give a 'Fook' about lying to her and seeing her suffer in that way. I think they were a bit OTT in their actions but I loved this movie so much I can accept it as a device to get us to hate the people hurting Wikus, which I fooking did!
I agree with you and I think people are deliberately missing your point. I loved the movie but they way in which Wikus was treated was cruel and disturbing. That of course was the point but i agree they could have been more humane with him. I dont doubt that they would experiment on him, but they don't need to describe what they plan to do while he is conscious screaming for help, terrified and alone begging his father and law for help. I mean come on surely the father in law would be a bit shaken, he knew Wikus and his daughter loved him and he couldn't give a 'Fook' about lying to her and seeing her suffer in that way. I think they were a bit OTT in their actions but I loved this movie so much I can accept it as a device to get us to hate the people hurting Wikus, which I fooking did!
He was one of their own guys that was married to the boss' daughter. He was probably in charge of the evac operation BECAUSE the boss wanted to give him a cush job. Why is it inconceivable the company didn't give 2 $hits about him after they found out that 1. he was able to survive with Prawn genes 2. he was able to give them access to the previously unusable alien tech.
shareI don't have any problem with the idea of them not caring about his life, it is the way they were talking about his death right in front of him. It was a little too over the top to be believable in my opinion.
shareThey were scientists and he was their asset. They were treating him just like they'd treat a prawn, with no dignity and no real concern whether he hears their plans or not. I thought it was a pretty good implication on the whole commentary of the film that the people in charge clearly didn't care about the prawns' well-being.
shareI didn't see it that way.
shareI think one of the ideas in the film is that there has been a close alignment, if not outright merger, between the interests of MNU and the government.
...and Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice, whenever he's away