possible hidden message from ridley?
ali81
MemberNeomorphFebruary 14, 20175839 Views10 Repliesthe path ridley is going down is most definitely, as stated by the man himself, religious themed. though there may also be another message hidden in these films. we r in essence the engineers. though physically we differ in ways it seems our nature and evolutionary path is set to match theyr own. we have become the technological wonder on our planet and r reaching out to the stars. what if on theyr own planet, during the course of theyr own technological advance, they wipe out all life on theyr planet? we r in the process of doing just that. how many sepcies have become extinct in the last 100 years due to agriculture, habitat invasion and industry? they r millennia ahead of us so its quite possible they have past the point of wiping all other life on theyr planet out. I definitely go with theory they r wiping us out to save themselves after the realisation that what they did was wrong and that being theyr main motivation, but what if they also want to save us from that horrific realisation that WE r wrong? its one thing saying wel reduce carbon emissions but that cant compare to the feeling we may have when its too late. when all life is gone and we realise we didn't do enough and that we had no right to do what we did. the engineers, or at least some of them, may be motivated by this. maybe theyv seen the error of theyr ways and r to late to save theyr own world but can save earth from us? if we were in theyr position, what would we do with our creation on another world knowing the evolutionary path that creation would take and the consequences for the planet they inhabit? would we realise we had no right to sentence so many species to the same fate?
Ali you sound like Klaatu. This is Alien/s not "The day the earth stood still" (was meant to be funny not mean) Remember in the Alien Universe we can terraform worlds. What ever we do to the planet can be reversed. I think there is too much emphasis on us being the center of the universe, again. Remember we are mere pawn ants in the alien universe.
Besides, there are so many other ways the earths environment can be hurt besides by us. Volcanic activity (Yosemite Caldera, Venus is a good example), Solar Storms (see Carrington Event), Asteroid(ocean impact anyone?), Comet(see asteroid), Huge Wild Fires (lightning, magma, etc.), Gamma Ray Burst (nearby supernova), that's just to name a few events that can change an environment in short order. Volcano's can dump m/billions of tons of hydro carbons, carbon dioxide, methane, sulfur, all things non conducive to human life. If we have 1 mega event from a super caldera, our environment would go from sunny to slim shady over night.
Ali and SR,
This is just my opinion. I think the only tangible technology and damage humans can do to the planet is nuclear. Plastics eh not so much it does decay in 400ish years. Some radiation can go on for 100K+ years. So I think nuclear technology is the smoking gun, for planetary damage. Also regarding the apex predator and animal extinction. I think there has been a million plus species come and gone before man even existed. We haven't been riding the blue bus for that long (i don't think anyways) say a million years or so on our 4.5 billion year old planet.
Also I think with the way our tech is evolving we're heading more towards a cybernetic existence with our ever more reliance on it.
"Resistance is Futile"
