two thoughts
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I hate obvious plot holes in character writing/development that are there to drive a particular scene forward. I get it is a necessary evil, but why? You make anti-alien brain control mind wave helmets, but don’t put freaking straps on them?! come on.
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I am unsure why in sci-fi there is a continued desire to write these stories. An advanced species capable of interstellar travel wouldn’t waste time doing all this. They’d have developed their technology and process for incubating their young, not need carbon based humanoid life on some random rock in the galaxy. Additionally, if their ultimate goal is terraforming even if they didn’t want to use a lifeless rock somewhere else of which there are far more and it would be far easier to do…they’d have devised a method of sterilizing the planet from orbit. They wouldn’t make it more difficult on themselves. Like a contractor building a housing development…they just clear the entire area instead of plots. Just easier.
I don’t love Blomkamp’s stuff. I don’t hate it either, and to Rob’s point it is really cool to see a big name director and big time actor in Weaver doing small things like this.
