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Thoughts on aliens......

Lotus

I've seen there are quite a few members interested in aliens and sci-fi, and I was thinking about what the best aliens in movies or on TV are?

I'd like to propose 5 categories for your favourites: 

1. Cutest alien - E.T? Ewoks?

2. Alien you most admire - Zhaan? (Farscape) Thomas Jerome Newton? (Man who fell to earth)

3. Scariest alien - The Xenomorphs from the Aliens movies? The "Pod" aliens from invasion of the body snatchers?

4. Funniest Alien - Frank the pug? (Men in black) The aliens from Mars Attacks?

5. Alien you most identify with - for me, it would be either a Vulcan (Star Trek) or Sally Solomon (3rd rock from the sun)

EDIT: as one person here has an interest in aliens but doesn't watch movies, and for those who don't have a particular alien or sci-fi interest but would like to join in, here are some alternative categories regarding what people think real aliens would be like (feel free to answer these too if you've already done 1-5) :

6. What do you think real aliens would look like?

7. Do you think aliens would want to visit us and if so why? 

8. Does the idea of aliens scare you?

9. Do you think that real aliens would have emotions and a culture and values similar to ours?

10. Would you want to meet real aliens and if so why? What would you ask them?

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  • I loved The Minds, in Iain M Banks Culture novels, I loved th ship names, or at least I think they were ships, but sentient entities anyway, I always liked Moya too. It's such a shame Banks died, not least because I wanted to know more about "The Excession". I also loved the self appointed name of the people known as The Affront.

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  • I loved The Minds, in Iain M Banks Culture novels, I loved th ship names, or at least I think they were ships, but sentient entities anyway, I always liked Moya too. It's such a shame Banks died, not least because I wanted to know more about "The Excession". I also loved the self appointed name of the people known as The Affront.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I enjoyed Banks' culture novels too. The culture spaceships had Minds - sapient, hyper intelligent machines - originally they were built by biological species but eventually they took over their own building and development. I agree that the names were great - such as a warship calling itself "Attitude adjuster" or a habitation /factory one called "so much for subtlety". The mind name was the ship name, and they had real character and individuality.

    I also liked Moya, and her pilot who had a symbiotic relationship with her. Farscape was a really original and creative series, I thought.