tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493946997489326661.post5634723647547524802..comments2023-08-11T05:49:23.366-04:00Comments on Exploring Believability: Aliens and non-humans.J. Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10652255892382558843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493946997489326661.post-9089604648332257852013-09-12T15:45:29.278-04:002013-09-12T15:45:29.278-04:00Doctor Who deserves a mention too. Since 2005, the...Doctor Who deserves a mention too. Since 2005, the aliens in the Doctor Who universe haven't been consistently believable at all.<br /><br />There's "making an alien species 'human' enough for a general audience to accept" and then there's "making almost every alien a humanoid whose capabilities/personality matches that of human from 21st Century London." That said, the non-humanoids in Doctor Who behave too much like modern-day humans too.<br /><br />The show's need to place present-day pop culture references into distant alien settings doesn't help either. Even if the script gives a context, the idea of aliens from the year 5 billion listening to Britney Spears (see episode "The End Of The World") is too unbelievable to be amusing.<br /><br />To be honest, the lack of believability in Doctor Who deserves it's own article.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430449015816248677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493946997489326661.post-71356657477938193032013-09-12T15:30:13.438-04:002013-09-12T15:30:13.438-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430449015816248677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493946997489326661.post-34966647840510823392013-03-17T18:16:28.267-04:002013-03-17T18:16:28.267-04:00The "Predator" one annoys me. A much mor...The "Predator" one annoys me. A much more sensible justification would be that they're this incredibly advanced society where the population basically doesn't have to do any obligatory work due to robots/technology/etc, and so they split up into sub-cultures centered around some type of activity or "game". The "hunters" would be one of those groups. <br /><br /><em>3: Maybe once in a while try making an alien that actually seems alien?</em><br /><br />Agreed. At the very least, they should try to make their "Forehead Aliens" seem very different culturally and mentally. That should be possible even for television shows with limited special effects budgets.<br /><br />One example I like from fantasy literature are the Cunoroi/"Non-men" from R.Scott Bakker's <em>Prince of Nothing</em> trilogy. They look humanoid (albeit hairless, pale, and with fused teeth), but their mentality, culture, and religion are extremely different - in fact, even their perception of <em>time</em> is very different. Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.com