Destruction

Robert commented.

>Was it all just a mass delusion, or did we never really >leave our homes and Straker has been OBEing to work >every day? (Out of Body Experience)
>The motivation of the aliens has to remain a central tenet >of the show or we lose a major reason for their >existance. Man can come up with plenty of reasons in >which to fight himself. He has no need to drag in the >ultimate outsiders, as it were, to be a target of his >inhumanity towards himself.

Remember my postulation is that reality is the surface of a
continuum.An interface with other realms where all physical
manifestation emulates (Mind realm).Hence Mindbender,Timelash,Cat with Ten Lives,Destruction,ESP,Kill Straker etc.The Aliens are very physical ,but they emerge from the ethereal,and can act/influence from within it.Physical is primary,hence being
more at home in the mind realm,they take over Humans,and sustain them by replacing body parts,and controlling them like zombies (human computers).As Jackson said they may have no physical form at all.

Why should the Aliens need motivation.The shark did,nt in
Jaws,nor did the Bomb in Darkstar,the Lorry in Duel.Its simply what they do...There is something more terrifying about a motiveless foe.And being mysterious creates more suspense.
Since the end of the cold war the West has no worthwhile enemies.By this I mean enemies who will have enough technological and alter idelogical clout to overrun it.
So why not an enemy to fight that restores meaning and purpose and gives us a reason to live.

Mark UK

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