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A pompous alien lands in your yard


A pompous alien lands in your yard and starts bragging about how advanced his planet's culture is. You tell him that we've done some great things here, too, and he just laughs at you. You decide to immerse him in a bit of our world's culture to prove him wrong. How do you do it?

1.The one food you give him to eat:
And while he eats:
2.The two songs you play in the background:
3.The material you give him to wear:

In other words, what's the best of our world's best? (Note: These might not all be your personal favorite things, but the things he's most likely to perceive as impressive.)

Me:
1. Filet mignon Oscar
2. Ode to Joy from Beethoven's 9th symphony and Led Zeppelin Kashmir
3. Velvet

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I find no benefit or upside to humankind or myself in having a pompous alien (or any extraterrestrial, for that matter) lingering in my yard.
As such, my priority would be compel the visitor’s departure.

To that end, I would go for:
1. The cinnamon challenge.
2. Bagpipe renditions of both The Macarena and Who Let the Dogs Out.
3. Ass-less chaps.

I wish the creature Godspeed on his journey back across the desolate sprawl of space.


[none]

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Well, he would of course be asked to leave after this experience regardless. Showing him the good stuff would just be my way of sticking my earthly tongue out at him first.




[you so silly]

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1. Rat poison.
2. It Only Hurts for a Little While by the Ames Brothers and Hello, Goodbye by the Beatles.
3. A straight jacket.

Once he's dead, I'd steal his UFO, give it to Elon and we'd develop our own UFOs to defend Earth.

I saw Independence Day.

#humans4eva

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If I could type a huff, I would.

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Visual huff, as requested:

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/young-caucasian-woman-girl-confused-annoyed-frustrated-irritated-look-expression-162359291.jpg

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Ok. Now find a face that says, "You're being a turd but I love you anyways".

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The parkerbot obliges:

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/upset-woman-making-fake-smile-her-fingers-stretching-corners-her-mouth-try-to-stay-positive-failing-something-221664293.jpg

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Nah. She looks too mad.

More like this (if I were a guy wearing a shirt with striped shoulders). It came closest to capturing our recent banter.

https://i.imgur.com/g4JOTIX.png

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Dog expression is acceptable but dog size is not.

I like to imagine myself as this type of dog:

https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/t_share/MTc0OTcwMDE0MDg3MDYzNTIw/the-samoyed-snow-dog-in-winter-and-in-summer.jpg

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Don't try to distract me with floof.

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And this is how I imagine you as a cat:

https://i1.wp.com/theverybesttop10.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Top-10-Best-Images-of-Cats-Behaving-Strangely-10.jpg?resize=510%2C384

Its hard to see from that angle, but the cat is humming the theme to Silver Spoons.

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Ok. You've got me giggling all over again. We're good.

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Given that alien has a technology advanced far enough to travel faster than light, I'd say you can't impress them with pieces of dead animals to eat, analog music and clothes made from plants.

Aside of that, "our worlds best" is a highly subjective question.
I'd prefer an XXL schnitzel over a filet mignon anytime.
In music even within my own taste "the best" keeps changing, currently it's "Canon Rock" and on that one (like always) I have a specific cover version I like best, in this case one that the critics don't like because it lacks a "personal touch", but I like this version because it's technically absolutely perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZgiNnGB8m4
In clothes for me not the most fragile and hardest to keep clean stuff would be the best, but the most practical stuff would be, i.e. jeans.

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In retrospect, I'm sure it would be very hard to impress such an alien but moreso, I was just trying to elicit responses on what people think are the "best of the best" in those categories. 🙂 The schnitzel sounds pretty good and your song was nice. The only area of disagreement for me would be the jeans. I just don't find them to be very comfy.

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Something like this

https://youtu.be/JyYmrVh8Dg8?

Signed, million man.

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I read something in the comments section about the aliens taking minced pies. I don't actually know what a minced pie is but it doesn't sound like something I want them taking back to their planet as an example of our best.

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Alcohol, lots and lots of alcohol.

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Your answer may be one of the few things that could actually impress an alien. Or at least blind him to the fact that we're not very impressive. 😂

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They would have fun finding out - Sliánte 🍻

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I'd smoke a bowl with the alien.

Maybe then it would lighten up and not be so pompous.

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He might never want to leave though.

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1. Hawaiian pizza
2. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and a random K-pop song
3. Red stilettos

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I'm trying to decide if you're kidding or not but I suppose either way the alien would either be impressed or left scratching its head. If it has a head.

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1. Chicken curry
2. Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra" and Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring". Throw in Bowie's "Panic in Detroit".
3. Cotton

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All good answers. We probably couldn't actually impress an alien but I would be impressed with those things. In fact I just had some chicken curry about 2 days ago and it was delicious!

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Any alien who was an adventurist space traveler would be impressed by the local culture on the visited planet. I can't fathom that there can be a more advanced form of music anywhere beyond European symphonic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hNtujLAMik

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