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They're aliens - just call them bloody aliens!

posted 9 years ago by gb901
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Why the "others" bollocks?

[–] goonies383 9 years ago

Maybe the author was a fan of "Lost"

[–] JasonRebourne 9 years ago

It's the same problem with zombies.

[–] jmbwithcats 9 years ago

Well in the Walking Dead that was because in Kirkmans' alternate universe he created, "zombies" were never a part of popular culture.

The people had no reference to know what was happening or what to do, they had to learn how to kill the zombies, etc...

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[–] JasonRebourne 9 years ago

Yeah, how many zombie films have that excuse?

I don't give a f*@K about a troll who doesn't pay for his opinion telling me how to review movies.

[–] B_Light 9 years ago

Because people would be like "oh how cliche that they call them aliens, oh stupid YA movies haha"

[–] JasonRebourne 9 years ago

Avoiding the word is cliche.

[–] B_Light 9 years ago

I guess everything is cliche now I see.

[–] Arseweb 8 years ago

Nope. You don't seem to know what "cliched" means. There's nothing cliched about calling aliens "aliens", just like there's nothing cliched about calling dogs "dogs" and cats "cats". They're just the right words for those things.

[–] LibertarianSoldier 9 years ago

Because they looked human. Easier to call them others than aliens when they look human.

[–] Arseweb 8 years ago

But people didn't know that when they coined the word "others"

[–] RetroRick 9 years ago

'Others' is an important word for those with a progressive education.

In Lost though it made a lot of sense to use that term. In this film, about an alien invasions, it's quite pointless.

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