Aliens are real.
There. It’s out there now. Whew! I’ve been guarding that secret for years!
Now, I can’t tell you much about Roswell or Area 51 or all that jazz, but aliens do exist. I’m sure you’ve encountered a few, you've just never noticed them. They’re around. Believe me. Why believe me? Because it’s in print right here in this blog, that’s why. And if it’s in print, it’s true. Everyone knows that.
Aliens have been around for years and years in legend, and also in movies. Sigourney Weaver met a few. Nasty creatures, they were. Insect-like, lightning fast, crawling on ceilings, spewing venom. Terrible manners. Laying parasitic eggs in people. Awful, awful creatures. There was also the Predator. Coincidentally, enemies of Ms. Weaver’s buddies. Ugly faces, with the sideways mandible mouths. No wonder they wore masks. Cool dreadlocks though. Wicked shoulder lasers. Just plain unpleasant to be around, however.
Not all aliens are bad. Some are just misunderstood. Take Lilo’s dog/alien, Stitch. Stitch tends to destroy everything he touches, just on principle. But he’s only acting out because he’s lonely, and never had a true family. Lilo really made gains on curbing Stitch’s destructive nature after a time. Stitch eventually became an incredible surfer! Big turnaround, there.
And remember the Na’vi from Pandora? Very misunderstood. They were a beautiful race of beings that lived in peace and harmony with their planet. But humans became the aggressors in that case. We were the destroyers, all in pursuit of natural resources. Tsk, tsk. We were the nasty, awful creatures in that situation, for sure.
Seems to be a regular theme, actually. A misunderstanding of intentions, often leading to annihilation of one or more parties. Remember the hive-mind ant colony from Ender’s Game? Tried to pick a fight with us and lost, then we went after them and damn near wiped them completely out of existence (Oops! Disregard that bit if you’re just now getting around to reading the series). And E.T. never stood a chance once the government got ahold of him. And the little hovering robot creatures in Batteries Not Included just wanted to be happy little curious cutie pies. People are just not comfortable with that which they don’t understand. The cockroaches in District 9 just wanted to coexist. Why were they so persecuted? Now, the Decepticons are just pure evil. No misunderstandings there…
It seems that most aliens are big ugly bugs, or more like the grey-man type (Signs, Fire in the Sky, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, etc.). But not all aliens are so predictably easy to recognize. The Faculty proved that many of our high school teachers are aliens in disguise. And in They Live (RIP Rowdy Roddy Piper), you needed special sunglasses to see the aliens for who they really were. Sneaky, sneaky! And then there are the Hooloovoo, the race of beings that can only be described as a hyper-intelligent shade of the color of blue. Strangest, most unique creatures ever!
Lastly, there are the cute-n-cuddlies. These are the Mogwai, the adorable little furballs-before-you-feed-them-after-midnight variety of aliens. Gizmo was the nicest little alien friend you could ever ask for. Also, there is Mac from Mac and Me. He’s cute in his own way. And we can never forget the Ewoks. Those toddler sized teddy bears were as huggable as an alien gets. Just don’t upset them, or they make poke you with a stick and speak gibberish at you.
We’re surrounded by aliens. I’m not just talking about those that Trump wants to ship off to Mexico. I’m talking harmless little furballs (which are not to be confused with the extremely harmful Critters), all the way up to the planet devouring Galactus. They may take on forms that make no sense to our simple human eyes. And they may claim, “I come in peace”, or they may simply be mindless and hungry. All I know is that there are other forms of life out there that are not Earth-born. And we need to be wary of them. Let’s not shoot first and ask questions later; that could bring the wrath of another universe down on our heads. You need to treat intergalactic talks with delicacy. Who knows? They likely have a few things they can teach us. The real question is (here's the kicker): Are we advanced enough to learn from them?
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