MovieChat Forums > Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Discussion > How the fuck are there aliens that look ...

How the fuck are there aliens that look exactly like humans in a "Galaxy far far away"?

posted 5 years ago by Geff (453)
38 replies | jump to latest

This film doesn't make any sense. They look exactly like humans. They wield laser beams that apparently can stop in mid air without any stopping force. Not only this, these aliens that look like humans speak English!? A language that was invented on planet Earth!

This movie is actually super fake, and gay. I'm very smart and I know science, so I know these things. The only people who don't agree are people who are low IQ and who don't know science.

George Lucas is a liar, just like Bush who lied about 9/11.

reply

[–] MaximRecoil (4615) 5 years ago

"How the fuck are there aliens that look exactly like humans in a "Galaxy far far away"?"

The same way that there are humans here on Earth, i.e., some form of intelligence created them and put them there.

"They look exactly like humans."

That's because they are humans. They are referred to as humans in the dialog.

"Not only this, these aliens that look like humans speak English!? A language that was invented on planet Earth!"

When you hear them speaking English it's for the audience's benefit. In-universe they are speaking "Galactic Basic."

reply

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

"The same way that there are humans here on Earth, i.e., some form of intelligence created them and put them there."
Don't bring God and religion and all of that bullcrap into this.

"That's because they are humans. They are referred to as humans in the dialog."
They're ALIENS. PREHISTORIC aliens, at that.

"When you hear them speaking English it's for the audience's benefit. In-universe they are speaking "Galactic Basic.""
And by a trillion-to-one chance, they sound exactly alike. Yeah, right.

reply

[–] MaximRecoil (4615) 5 years ago

"Don't bring God and religion and all of that bullcrap into this."

Your non sequitur is dismissed.

"They're ALIENS. PREHISTORIC aliens, at that."

Aliens and humans are not mutually exclusive, dumbass. If a human is born on a planet other than Earth, the human is an alien from the perspective of humans born on Earth.

"And by a trillion-to-one chance, they sound exactly alike."

In-universe they are not speaking English, nor does it sound like English (obviously, because sounding like English is English). I already told you that the English is for the audience's benefit (so that we don't hear gibberish for the whole movie). If you're confused by this concept, which isn't exactly rocket science, one of the original-cast Star Trek movies illustrates it by having the fictional alien language fade to English.

reply

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

"In-universe they are not speaking English, nor does it sound like English (obviously, because sounding like English is English). I already told you that the English is for the audience's benefit (so that we don't hear gibberish for the whole movie). If you're confused by this concept, which isn't exactly rocket science, one of the original-cast Star Trek movies illustrates it by having the fictional alien language fade to English."

I was going to bring up the universal translator analogy, but then ALL of the characters in Star Wars would be speaking English then, even R2 and Chewbacca, so I didn't.

reply

[–] MaximRecoil (4615) 5 years ago

"I was going to bring up the universal translator analogy, but then ALL of the characters in Star Wars would be speaking English then, even R2 and Chewbacca, so I didn't."

Just imagine that instead of a universal translator being an in-universe device like it is in the Star Trek universe, there's a "Galactic Basic-to-English" translator connected to your TV speakers. When the characters are speaking Galactic Basic, which is the most common language spoken in the galaxy, you hear English. When they are not speaking Galactic Basic, you hear an alien language.

Again, this is done strictly for the audience's benefit, because a movie entirely in a fictional alien language would suck.

reply

[–] Kowalski (75537) 5 years ago

"The same way that there are humans here on Earth, i.e., some form of intelligence created them and put them there."

DOESNT MENTION GOD...YOU READ IT WRONG.

reply

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

This is why I prefer Star Trek. Instead of a bunch of prehistoric aliens, it's about US, HUMANITY, in the FUTURE. Much more optimistic and interesting to watch.

reply

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yeah man , that way its possible that if we wait long enough one of those sexy alien ladies will show up and say "Show me some more of this earth thing called kissing"

reply

[–] Otter (24464) 5 years ago

And how come 90% of the inhabitants of that galaxy speak English, whether they're human, humanoid, or not? And how come most of the planets in that galaxy have breathable air, temperatures humanoids can live in, and Earth-level gravity? Why does Jabba lust after human females, and not females of his own species?

The answer is, of course: Willing suspension of disbelief.

reply

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

The most ridiculous part of Star Wars' planets is why do most of them only have one type of environment? Like desert, snow, forest, city or desert (again), there's an extreme lack of diversity (just one per planet) in the planet environments we see. It's really boring and unoriginal, and just to be extra lazy, one of the more environmentally diverse planets there may have been was destroyed before we even saw it!

reply

[–] triplea (3577) 4 years ago

Lol look at the shill dupe accounts replying to themselves.

reply

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

It's the same thing on Star Trek. Apparently Vulcan is just one giant desert planet, all vulcans dress and talk the same, and there are no variations between countries, locations, etc. Every planet is just one giant culture with no diversity in and of itself.

reply

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Cos Vulcans have absolutely no imagination.

reply

[–] Geff (453) 5 years ago

No, the answer is that the movie is fake, and gay. That's the answer! You don't know science!!!!

reply

[–] kenburke (2372) 5 years ago

It is space FANTASTY dude. Don't take it seriously.

reply

[–] Geff (453) 5 years ago

You are a plebeian and you do not know science.

reply

[–] kenburke (2372) 5 years ago

Science. SCIENCE!!!

reply

[–] Geff (453) 5 years ago

Yes, science. The thing you don't know, because you are a plebeian.

reply

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I know you're joking, but in terms of how there could be humans elsewhere, there's a thing in evolution where species that are completely different can develop similar traits and wind up looking like each other. For example, a tanuki looks exactly like a raccoon, but it's not a raccoon or even related to the raccoon species.

So, you could say that the "humans" in Star Wars aren't human at all. They're a different species that evolved to look human.

reply

[–] Geff (453) 5 years ago

Both the racoon and the tanuki evolved on the planet Earth, which is in our Galaxy. As a matter of fact, in our planet!

reply

[–] Costumer (1822) 5 years ago

Irrelevant to the point. Its called convergent evolution. Many SF authors have used the concept.

Now, personally, while I hold to the convergent concept working: that is that some, not all or even most, non-Terran species can take a humanoid shape there will be differences, some of them profound.

However, in movies and tv there is the problem of budget. All the Star Treks, for instance, especially the Original series, suffer from this.

Latter Star Trek series were able to do it better, though there were still plenty of non-Terran species who looked exactly like Terrans.

The Star Wars movies had the luxury of large budgets and we see far more species with widely divergent physiologies. Even so, the audience, which will be entirely Terran, will identify better with human characters which is why most of the speaking roles are human.

Now, I would love more variation. Farscape was better at this, though still not perfect.

However, I can extend my suspension of disbelief to cover this issue.

reply

[–] pjl69 (2647) 5 years ago

"Not only this, these aliens that look like humans speak English!? A language that was invented on planet Earth!"

I think the spoken language falls into same category than symphonic background score, its there for the audience only. Like ancient romans or egyptians speaking english. I understand americans don't like to watch subtitled movies, if they sticked strictly to alien languages.

reply

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

[deleted]

[–] degree7 (821) 4 years ago

The statistical probability of that happening are infinite, and you know this is a fantasy right?

reply

1
2
3