…So as long as it doesn’t rain (which is doesn’t in the movie IIRC) and if they aren’t eating food…Wait… what? What food is SPRAYING you?
The point is…it’s REALLY easy to not come into contact with water–either consciously or unconsciously avoiding it…even on a planet made of 75% water.
Also imagine if the aliens didn’t know because—who the hell knows, they are ALIENS (or Demons depending on your read)—maybe they’re a suicidal culture or thrill-seekers? maybe this is a Alien reality show? It’s a silly critique. It’s like watching Superman and saying. “That’s dumb, Aliens can’t fly.”
I think you miss the point. It is NOT really easy to not come in contact with water. It is in the damn air. It’s like if we went to a planet with seas of hydroflouric acid and hunted HF based creatures for food without even putting on clothes. Let alone environmental suits.
If the whole movie was that dumb, then sure, ok, turn your brain off and watch a dumb movie. The fact that it was almost pretty good up until that big stupid reveal is what makes this a great movie choice for this thread.
Regarding the movie, Sign, my pet theory is: all the aliens we see are prisoners or outcasts. Think of Earth as Australia, most British prisoners cannot survive in the outbacks by themselves. But no one cared.
Same with the aliens in Sign. The aliens in power probably has the technology/ships to make a stay on Earth comfortable for themselves even if it’s not a greatest vacation spot. But they are just there to drop off the prisoners, and make sure they don’t escape off planet, who cares if they’re uncomfortable or can die easily.
That movie perfectly encapsulates and renders superfluous the entire remainder of the franchise. Which is a good thing, because had the movie makers had the good sense (not to mention good taste) to acquiesce to that fact, they could have spent a generation making sequels to Fleming’s true masterwork.
I think Quantum of Solace and SPECTRE both have terrible endings by James Bond standards because the villain lairs blow up WAY too easily. Bond literally accidentally destroys both of them, which is Austin Powers level of ridiculousness. I can’t take the film seriously if you have to go out of your way to make an off-hand comment earlier about the lair was built on a highly volatile energy source to explain why a single bullet sets the whole place alight.
Ever seen Deadliest Catch? The sea is dangerous to humans. Yet many go out there looking for crabs. Quite a few are injured, and some die. Cold is very dangerous to humans, yet some go into the cold looking for seal fur. Heat is dangerous to humans, yet some go into the desert looking for oil. The fact that aliens have come into a dangerous environment is not in itself a plot hole.
The analogy of acid on humans is what we’re talking about seeing wrt the effect of dihydrogen monoxide on the aliens from Signs. Not ocean water or the air in the Arctic or Death Valley.
That being the aliens’ Achilles Heel was not a “plot hole”, as that would mean there was some in-story inconsistency. There was nothing in the movie that suggested the aliens didn’t have an aversion to water - it’s not like we saw them guzzle down a refreshing iced tea at some point.
No, it’s simply STUPID for a species capable of interstellar travel to come to a planet covered in water, and to attack life forms (humans) that are filled with water, to have that weakness… And not be suited up and prepared to deal with it.
It would have made more sense for their weakness to be something not common in nature but commonly made or cultivated by humans, that they couldn’t know about until they got here and didn’t expect to deal with. Maybe something that didn’t even exist where they came from. Like if they had a really killer chocolate allergy, LOL. Taking them down using Hershey’s Syrup would have made for a better ending.
Horrible things have happened to this family. They’ve barely managed to rescue their youngest daughter from The Evil Thing In The Closet. They’re relieved to have survived. They’re going to flee the house.
But first:
Dad goes out to run errands
Mom puts the youngest kids to bed, and goes to take a bath.
What. The. Hell?? If you’re going to flee the house in terror, even though you think the Evil has been purged, you don’t relax and spend the night first.
Hey, don’t forget the movie Speed. Not only have Keenu and Sandra Bullock had an epically crappy day, but *Keenu’s partner and best friend was blown up by a bad guy a couple of hours previously *. So how does the movie end up? With them happily making goo-goo eyes at each other while the bits of his partner slowly cool off somewhere in suburbia. Nothing like a happy ending, eh Hollywood?