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Just got back from watching the movie "The Host". Its an awesome movie, I can really recommend it. Most days, I dont feel like I'm like Melanie the human female, nor like Jared, her love, but like Wanderer, a stranger in a strange land, wondering if there is any place she can really belong ....
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The Host
I enjoyed the book, and when I read it I had no idea the author was the one who wrote the 'Twilight' novels. I enjoyed the story; however, it was written at a pretty simple level. Scientifically, the whole premise of the parasitic aliens is pretty silly. There is a huge problem with the evolution of such a creature. I'm not sure anyone could come up with a plausable evolutionary track.
The movie is being panned by the local critics. the national review wasn't any better; however, that won't keep the movie from grossing huge amounts.
Portia
I dont know how plausible the aliens are
but as a concept, its really cool, I think.
A writers challenge?
This sounds like a writers challenge to me:
But anyway... I'm not no exobiologist, but I don't think it takes much imagination to picture an alien being that is *not* parasitic in its natural habitat -- but once they encounter humans, some of these creatures find they are better off living inside a human than crawling on the ground. And after that feat of Darwinian "fitness", natural selection begins favoring characteristics that would otherwise never develop.
The goa'uld start off that way in the Stargate SG-1 series, and the wraith have a similar beginning in Stargate Atlantis.
A writers challenge?
This sounds like a writers challenge to me:
But anyway... I'm not no exobiologist, but I don't think it takes much imagination to picture an alien being that is *not* parasitic in its natural habitat -- but once they encounter humans, some of these creatures find they are better off living inside a human than crawling on the ground. And after that feat of Darwinian "fitness", natural selection begins favoring characteristics that would otherwise never develop.
The goa'uld start off that way in the Stargate SG-1 series, and the wraith have a similar beginning in Stargate Atlantis. The former begin as unintelligent slugs that live in water, and the latter start off as big, ugly bugs.
I read the book too
*caution spoilers*
Frankly I felt a bit sorry for the alien who basically betrayed her own kind. Frankly I found the view of humanity not that flattering in a lot of ways though there are as usual a wing of the aliens who are not that good either. That said, I do not believe those aliens who stayed behind will survive long as human prejudices are bound to rear its ugly head.
The fact the aliens reined in a lot of the negative aspects of humanity was appealing, frankly. I did not find myself rooting for humanity as much as I thought I would.
Kim
Well
I loved the book, this author knows how to give life to her characters and the plot is good also.
Speaking of plausible parasitic aliens...
I *do* want to see that film, partly because I like seeing Saoirse Ronan, but also because I find the story appealing.
However...
Whenever the conversation turns to plausible parasitic aliens (or PPAs, as they're called in the business), I can't help but think of Colin Wilson's book The Mind Parasites, which I read after my oldest friend told me that it was "the one book that changed his life."
Kaleigh