Why aren't there more alien invasions films, and why are almost none of them good?

I feel like the premise of the world vs and alien race has a lot of potential for a great summer blockbuster and there are several ways of approaching it. However they don't seem to take advantage of this and most times they do, it's shit. I can only name 3 that can be considered good
>independence day
>war of the worlds
>battle Los Angeles

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Because (((they))) don't like them

>we will never get a WotWs movie based off the book

They always end up fucking it up

There's been a few over the last couple of years and they haven't really done that well have they

edge of tomorrow was great
independence day 2 bombed
avengers 1 was basically an alien invasion movie and did very well

Honestly WotW 2005 was good until they get to the farm house, then it's shit until the military destroyes the tripod at the end

Basically this. We're fast approaching peak civilization, and a lot of people are starting to wake up to the notion that mass immigration REALLY isn't doing us any favors.

A film about ANY kind of invasion is almost impossible to not draw comparisons to. (((They))) really, really don't want people to remember what an invasion even is, let alone be able to draw comparisons.

Edge of tomorrow was post invasion. I want to see the actual invasion
Avengers doesn't count because it's a super hero movie. I want to see the worlds armies fight.

War of the Worlds is a masterpiece. Only plebs disagree.

>because you can compare an advanced civilization destroying humanity with advanced weaponry to a few Mexicans jumping the border or Muslim refugees.
Give me a break

was battle LA good?

I just remember the trailer being really good

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>was battle LA good?

It is equal parts watchable and forgettable. I recommend watching it while drunk. Battleship was better.

>dat scene where it is based on the boardgame

kek kino

*runs away from your post

>Why aren't there more alien invasions films
>why are almost none of them good?
you answered you own question you idiot

Because the alien invasion is a tired plot.

You got that destroying civilization part right at least.

>it's a neil degrasse tyson ends up tweeting about how aliens would just use chemical weapons to kill us

battle la is good. great alien design.

Oh boy, you got me there, certainly I was foolhardy to ever think anything more than a few mexicans jumping the border was what was going on!

oh wait lol

>Why aren't there more alien invasions films

Hollywood doesn't want to normalize the concept of closed borders and undesirable migration.

They are all bad because the initial idea is bad and boring and done to death. Make a movie about future people invading an alien homeworld for once.

we already have that in starship troopers

The battle of Los Angeles was one of the biggest pieces of shit I have ever seen.

I like ID4 enough
But Independence Day 2 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

OP, try Skyline, it's really weird.

and avatar

>independence day 2 bombed
I couldn't believe how bad it was, they couldn't just make a fun movie, worthless faggots

>alien covenant

is avatar 2 ever going to come? it seems like a dank meme that only exists on Sup Forums

>dank meme
fuck off reddit

I think we felt overloaded after the late 90's/early 2000's
>fifth element
>independence day
>signs
>arrival
>MIB
and those are just the invasion ones don't forget
>pitch black
>starship troopers
>alien:resurrection
>mimic
>sphere
>supernova
>mission to mars

I guess people aren't as into blowing up weird looking Aliens as we used to kinda sad

>aliens invade for the actual humans, so chemical weapons would defeate the purpose

>arrival
>early 2000's
nigger what

>Because Mexicans and Muslims evicerate cities and turn armies to ash
Give me a break Sup Forums

>Arrival came out 12 years ago

The ash part is true user. Much of suburban San Diego is ashland like Morrowind. Except there are no awesome adventures, just poor brown people. Which, I guess is as close to dunmer as we will ever get.

>The part were the Thunder Child heroicly fucks up two-three tripods will never be adapted.

Fifth element isn't an alien invasion movie at all
MIB wasn't really an invasion movie, they were trying the prevent one.
Signs was stupid.

>>tfw learned the alien language, Arrival came out yesterday and 1000 years ago simultaneously.

The Dunmer are Imperial Japanese, you faggot

>late 90's/early 2000's
did you even read my post?

fuck you n'wa piece of shit. why don't you go suck tiber septims dick?

You included arrival in a bunch of 90's 2000's alien movies you dingus

Explain? Was this in the original book?

i dunno who thought that taking one of the most america fuck yeah movies and turning it into chink circlejerkery would pay off but it really didn't

These things were frightening and the noises that issued forth from them made them twice as intimidating.

Yes, honestly the design for the tripods is incredible, graceful and elegant while at the same time intimidating and able to instil great fear.
>you don't know the horror of waking up in the middle of the night to flashing lights and hearing the tripod horn pierce your soul

This

"ONLY PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE THAT HAS WATER"

The movie's plot was fucking retarded.

Battle: Los Angeles was okay

I wish the effects were better, then it would have been memorable

The birds! Look at the damn birds!

Yeah. A bunch of ferries are evacuating civilians when three tripods show up. It seems like everyone is fucked, but an iron clad breaks formation with the other escort vessels.

The aliens are confused and try to gas the ironclad, to no avail. It rams one tripod then broadsides another. It gets heat beamed before ramming the 3rd, leaving the fate of the final tripod ambigious, but the ferries and other naval vessels get away.

The plot of fifth element is stopping a space over Lord from taking over everything

How about we get a good War of the Worlds adaptation that's actually true to the book? Tripods are a lot scarier in the Victorian English countryside then generic american city

It's stopping the invasion, not actually showing and invasion
>still love the flying cars though

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Are you stupid?

Most of WotW 05 takes place in the country side. Yeah, tripods in Victorian England has a lot of potential, but then again, I want to see what was over that hill

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Arrival was released in 1996 about humans making radio contact with aliens and I think that kinda implies potential invasion even if the movie doesn't show it

IMO pic related is seriously underrated.

>ayy lmao attack takes place in Russia, rather than U.S (though it's confirmed they fucked up the rest of the world too)
>they're invisible floating spheres about 2 meters wide, make all electronics stop working, and make people disintegrate when they touch them
>during initial attack, main characters hide in the supply closet in a Moscow nightclub
>2 days later they emerge to find the ground covered in the ashes of millions of people they ayys disintegrated
>eventually team up with Russian soldiers with microwave guns that can kill the ayys so they can board a submarine heading for a survivor's camp

Though, when they finally do turn visible, the ayys look like shit.

How about a gritty war of the worlds survival video game set in 1898 England?

I love WotW 05, saw it in the cinema and it's been a firm favourite of mine for years.

The scene where Cruise throws half a peanut butter sandwich at the window is kino.

Everything before they dump a grenade in the pool is good, they should've stuck with the claustrophobic element of street to street fighting with an unknown enemy.

I was on board with it for awhile, then it became generic action flick shit and I lost interest.

It was an amazing kino until they get to the farm house, then it's just bad until the army btfo's the tripods

Because Star Wars makes better summer movies every summer

Why bother fighting flying saucers with F/A-18

When you can make movies of flying saucers fighting flying saucers

>implying ID42's problem is not too much America fuck yeah

I don't know what exactly is its problem. But it didn't shortchange the patriotism part

>drifting your battleship into a full broadside

shit was so fun to watch

>I don't know what exactly is its problem.
it was fucking retarded

>Spielberg wouldn't let the military seem too heroic because that would make him look pro-gun

I tell you why alien invasion movies are never done well
It's because the anti gun laws and activism. The only way to do it is to make a proper war movie. The "twists" and "creative way to defeat aliens" are all added when the producers decided the problems must not be solved with guns

>fifth element
>alien invasion

did you forget the scene where the only way tom cruise saves his daughter is by having a gun?
did you forget the scene where they can't be defeated with guns because of the shield?
did you forget the scene where the military kills a tripod?

you're reaching, /polk/

I never thought about this, but you guys are probably onto something here.

Do you know they spent millions to make a scene of military downing a tripod then deleted it ?

Link?

Anno, since you have revived the Godzilla, can you also remake a alien invasion movie?

Without involving Ultraman or any giant robot OFC

This movie was fucking garbage

I think it's a fake rumor about a deleted scene in wotw

How about "Day of the Triffids"?

I love alien invasion movies, Battle LA was good except you barely even really get a look at the aliens, and you have no idea if the aliens win or we do. ID2 was fucking terrible

I don't know I saw it on Sup Forums and didn't verify it
I guess I should apologize for spreading it

>signs
>aliens

found the degenerate

Nah, it's ok. Sad though. It's a credible story and I just wanted a confirmation so I could laugh at it.

This is a good movie

I think the movie was overal just good.

I enjoyed it and the special effects were great for a 2005 movie

The drama was also done great

Only the little girl was so fucking annoying and the boy should learn some manors too

NOO SHIELDDD!!!

Milfags get enough ass kissing as is, especially this time of year. Let it go.

I unironically love this scene.

Friendly reminder that Signs is about a demonic invasion not an alien one :^)

I liked Attack the Block
You probably mean big serious epics though

>coming of age kino
>alien invasion

The is a Russian movie that is like a serious version of Attack the Block.
Attack the Block is shit btw.

>Only the little girl was so fucking annoying
it was intentional, it added tension via audio like phonecalls in a lumet film

Holy dicks, I'd love that. No weapons, just having to try and hide and scavenge for food and water. Imagine squatting in an abandoned house, peeking out of the window while you hear tripods howling in the night.

I thought it was a pretty good adolescent movie, aside from those overtones justifying youth crime.

>aside from those overtones justifying youth crime
its cool yo

I'm sure if Trump gets his wall built there will be a sudden surge of alien invasion movies, where, in a turn of events, the humans are the bad guus

If you think about a monster/alien invading film that's good, there's a 90 pct chance the creature has long thin limbs compared to its body.

and then all the movies started using it.
BWAUMMM

Star Wars is a Christmas time franchise.