Director: Ron Krauss
Body Count: 10, 1 dog, 1 alien
Get those visions of men in camoflauge hunting down evil aliens out of you mind, because, well thats not what this movie is about (I know, I know – why would they name it that if it wasn’t about killing aliens…beyond me). The movie is about some Antarctic scientists that find a frozen alien and set it free. The twist, its friendly yet it carries a flesh eating virus that tends to kill off the people. The government knows all this (of course) and has plans on nuking the whole place. What I don’t get: apparently this same virus got out at Roswell (yes THE Roswell), and didn’t kill off mankind, so if the virus couldn’t escape the New Mexico Desert how does it plan on getting off Antarctica? AND why are we obsessed with Aliens with organic technology? AND why is the transmission that says not to open the capsule encrypted out the wazoo and in English once decrypted? If you don’t want someone to open something why would you write it in code?
Alien hunting law:
1. How about a little good old fashioned space law: Julian (played by James Spader . . . yeah THE James Spader) used to be involved with SETI . . . until the government pulled the funding.
2. More space law: one character states that “NASA obsessed with selling Congress on Planetary colonization.” Don’t hold your breath on that particular apprpriation.
3. They are going to nuke Antarctica. There is a treaty known as the Antartcic Treaty that states that the Antarctic is for Peaceful Purposes. Seems to me that this might be a bold move for just the American’s and the Russians. There would be a bit of an International law issue and fall out.
4. And as always when those Aliens come out Metalaw comes in. How do we treat a friendly Alien with a nasty virus?
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