This is a
question that most people don’t question when watching the movie but many
revisited with that “Demon hypothesis” that popped out some years ago.
Long story
short that hypothesis postulates the aliens fear water because they are
actually demons and the water is blessed because the lead character is a priest.
Yep.
But i found
the explanation quite lacking, why would some demons pop out in small
quantities around the world?
What if you
are from another religion?
Are they
also hurt by water blessed by other religions?
Can you
bless a regular object and give it +10 against demons?
Frankly,
the explanation is too unnecessary when the behavior of the aliens can be
explained by alien reasons.
My
explanation is simple: they are a slave species on the run.
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Let us
revisit the strange alien behaviors:
1- They
cannot open doors.
Let’s say
you are an evil space overlord and want to make a servant race, you, being the
evil bastard you are will not make the servants too skilled or too smart beyond
their intended use and would instead give them plenty of ability to perform
their task. This is called Crippling Overspecialization,” a countermeasure made
to prevent the slaves from revolting as they cannot operate outside their
intended function.
This way
you can restrain your servants by simply using a doorknob because they were
made unable to open them by design.
Speaking of
de sign...
2- The
signs.
The
movie-in explanation is that the signs are used to navigate, but why would a
group of space faring vehicles use landmarks instead of their navigation
instruments?
Because
they cannot operate them.
Let’s say
our group of slave aliens escaped their masters and sailed for another world.
Going back
to the crippling overspecialization it stands to reason that a group of slave
aliens would not be able to fully operate the functions of a stolen spaceship,
they would have to resort to go down and mark the terrain in order to navigate
while they fulfill their obscure alien objectives.
3- They are
vulnerable to water.
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This is one
of the most strange weakness ever, why would a group of aliens land on a world
filled with the stuff that can melt their bodies?
Because
they had no choice.
If a group
of slaves escape their masters on a stolen spaceship and cannot fully operate it
then it’s not so far-fetched to think they had to go to a previous destination
loaded on the ship.
My
assumption is they were forced to deploy and look for any supplies they
required in order to continue their voyage, maybe the ships were damaged, maybe
they required extra devices to unlock the navigation system...
Maybe their
masters caught them and took them back.
In any case
they landed on Earth without protective suits because they didn’t have them, a
group of alien invaders would certainly be prepared but a bunch of escapees
would not.
4- Their
behavior during the movie.
So yeah, a
bunch of aliens shop up all sneaky around the isolated neighborhoods and decide
to spook the humans before attempting to attack them?
Totally
makes sense, i mean, it DOES makes sense from a narrative standpoint but we are
looking for an explanation that operates outside movie logic.
Let’s say
they had no choice but to land and they scouted the populated areas looking for
the stuff they required.
Let’s say
you are stuck on an alien planet and are trying to obtain certain materials.
Would you
simply show up and say hi?
Of course
not, not gonna risk the aliens capturing you and locking you up in Area 15. The
first step is to scout the area, and zones with low population are the obvious
choice as they work as a sample of the planet’s resources but there is more
space to hide and run if things go awry.
So, land in
a rural place and observe the locals until you can determine if they have the
materials you need, the go for whatever you need.
This is my
angle, the aliens wanted something and were scouting. What was their objective?
Who knows,
maybe as a slave race they had mental blockages preventing them from moving
before realizing some strange ritual.
Let’s say
their servant function is to gather stuff for their masters, therefore they are
compelled to catch stuff before they can move on.
Or we could
settle for the idea of the need for technology/materials.
Whatever
the reason they do not resemble an invader force or a kidnapping team, they are
clearly a group of scouts trying to find something and maybe they found it and
went their way. This makes it more likely the movie only showed the events
related to that family because they were interesting, but maybe the aliens
found their objective in some other area, seized it and went their merry way
back to space.
Anyway, it
certainly makes more sense that demons walking the earth and then returning to
hell just because.
