Sooo... this is a low budget Battle LA?
Looks like someone liked the idea of Battle LA, and decided to do a cut down version, and introduce a mockumentory filming crew.
3/10 would not bang.
Yeah it looks pretty weak. I think I'll pass.
shareWhy did Battle Los Angeles never get a sequel? And the "aliens" in this are basically humanoid with a makeup job on their faces. In this era of Avatar and motion capture couldn't we have made them more alien than some Babylon 5 or Star Trek Deep Space 9 character?
shareYou know, who's to say Aliens would actually look much different than us?
If they come from an earth like planet, why wouldn't they look similar if not identical to us? Is there something about Earth specifically that made us look like "humans" and wouldn't occur on another planet with the same conditions?
all conditions have do be exactly the same for them to look like us. if their planet is of different size and gravity is even slightly different, or if there is not enough oxygen in atmosphere to breath. or if evolution takes different path. depending how big or small changes are, they are going to have an effect on alien physiology and their looks
shareYou are right about the path of evolution. The planet could be a carbon copy of earth but the geological and physical changes that have happened on earth have altered evolution of life. Take the KT meteor 65m years ago as one example. There are several pinch points in the course of evolution of life on earth. The odds of a near identical path of evolution on a near identical planet just do not seem likely.
I'm thinking if there are other civilizations in the cosmos they'll look different, some radically some not.
But, that doesn't mean it's an impossibility, bipedal life might be one that drastically increase the chances of sentience and high intelligence developing in a species. Maybe Humanoid aliens are common and exotic looking ones are rare, of course we'll never know unless we encounter other intelligent species.
sharenot really. In order to use tools most species of alins would need opposable thumbs. If gravity is similar, they would likely be of similar height because if you are too big thats a negative rather than positive under earth gravity. they would also likely have seperate limbs for walking and working (feet and hands for humans) because otherwise they couldnt do both at the same time. They would also likely use similar methods of consuming energy and oxygen due to how chemistry is setup. the only real alternative is fully silicon based lifeform. carbon based ones will likely eat and breathe. No, they wont look exactly like us, but they would very likely fall under the "humanoid" group of animals.
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Applied Science? All science is applied. Eventually.
because it was a "turkey!"
shareIn this era of Avatar and motion capture couldn't we have made them more alien than some Babylon 5 or Star Trek Deep Space 9 character?.
Alien Outpost: Budget - $4,000,000.
Avatar: Budget - $237,000,000.
This era of Avatar and Motion Capture isn't cheap! share
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