[Ace]

Originally posted by Cabbie


Hehe but it would be cool to have a story where mankind was the evil invader alien race.

Actually that's something that would make an interesting story.

Completely non-humanoid aliens as the main characters, and then Earth invades and it's from the point of view of these critters trying to resist the ultra-advanced evil exploiting war machine of Earth

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Ace


Actually that's something that would make an interesting story.

Completely non-humanoid aliens as the main characters, and then Earth invades and it's from the point of view of these critters trying to resist the ultra-advanced evil exploiting war machine of Earth

Also extremely hard to do. how are you going to do an alien society played by humans? ;)

[Cabbie]

Originally posted by Ace


Actually that's something that would make an interesting story.

Completely non-humanoid aliens as the main characters, and then Earth invades and it's from the point of view of these critters trying to resist the ultra-advanced evil exploiting war machine of Earth

Heh, now thats an interesting sci-fi idea. Sadly chances are, it won't be mainstream though.

#3: Mankind, no sooner have we developed interstellar travel and advanced technology, suddenly become American. What happened to every other nationality? (This pet peeve is remedied in The Swarm War. The Karran Imperium is 90% British in origin with the remainder made up of Japan, Germany and a few others).

True, true. I guess you could blame the producers about that. Even the moral and sensabilities of most the characters of these seires are usually based a lot on western ideals and values. I guess the "other nationalities" you referied to were, in a way,  turned into/represended by (usually goofy) Alien races.

I hardly blame them though, after all most of these shows are US productions. I mean, I'm a huge fan of Japanese sci fi and wonder how in the world everyone in the Universe suddenly know how to speak fluient Japanese.

lso extremely hard to do. how are you going to do an alien society played by humans?

This is what CG/animatronics is for, my friend

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Cabbie

This is what CG/animatronics is for, my friend

Owww... Final Fantasy quality... *drool*

[Ace]

Originally posted by Tiara

Also extremely hard to do. how are you going to do an alien society played by humans? ;)

By making it Lucas' wet dream: all CGI with no actors

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Ace


By making it Lucas' wet dream: all CGI with no actors

Well, if they can do it ala FF:TSW with an actual storyline I'm all for it

[jdjtcagle]

CGI is fine with me !!!

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]The fact that sci-fi fans are looked upon with disdain when we generally are composed of the best and the brightest.[/color]

And the least socialized.

[Ford Prefect]

I happen to have a very healthy social life, thank you very much!

[Flipside]

Actually, isn't Star Wars 4 onwards a story about Alien societies being oppressed by humans, well, just about everyone being oppressed by humans

[Bobboau]

I actualy had a story idea I made a few years ago when someone asked me for ideas for a comic book, one of the better ones was "terra 3" (at the time I was under the impression that terra was the name of our star system, freshmen year of HS) a story about odd aliens who suddenly come in and destroy this peaceful world for no reason and the fight against them, the big plot twist being that these violent mindless invaders were human.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Cabbie
Also, why do we humans always have to be  dumber, weaker, softer, and less technologically advanced than most alien races we encounter? Why can't we be more advanced this time?

I tends to make for boring sci-fi if there is nothing that is a challenge to humanity. At least for the guns-blazing battles in space kind of sci-fi that is really popular at the moment.

A good author could probably turn it into a nice story though

[Ford Prefect]

There are plenty of challenges to a superior civilization: Indolence, intellectual decay, loss of a sense of purpose, internal rivalries, moral upheaval, etc.

[karajorma]

Yeah but how many authors actually bother to write storys about those things? Certainly no one who actually gets them onto TV or movie screens.

I wasn't saying it can't be done just that bad authors (and good ones for that matter) prefer to take the route of having aliens who are more powerful cause it makes their job in telling a sci-fi story easier.

Pity really.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Bobboau
I actualy had a story idea I made a few years ago when someone asked me for ideas for a comic book, one of the better ones was "terra 3" (at the time I was under the impression that terra was the name of our star system, freshmen year of HS) a story about odd aliens who suddenly come in and destroy this peaceful world for no reason and the fight against them, the big plot twist being that these violent mindless invaders were human.

There's a ton of scifi stories that use that same plot twist...

[Mr. Vega]

Humans always seem to be the most arrogant, greedy, stupid, etc., but hey, we're the only species that can actually compose music.

[jdjtcagle]

[mrfun]

Bob: Terra is the name for Earth, Sol is the name of the sun and therefore the star system since systems are named after their star.

Just to clear things up

[Bobboau]

Originally posted by Styxx


There's a ton of scifi stories that use that same plot twist...

highschool
freshman year

[Styxx]

I'm just saying, it's a good idea - I also "invented" a lot of concepts I found out had been already used a ton of times back in the day.