Films in which Aliens war with the earth but always end up losing...

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Just finished watching 'The day the earth stood' still... meh.

Are there any films that have the Aliens coming to invade us and ultimately ripping us to pieces, as they would do, being technically advanced aliens that can travel vast distances in space at speeds probably close to light.

Happy endings are fine for the most part but come on... in reality we would be bombarded from orbit, or something equally despicable.

Oh yeah, the Alien films don't count, I'm talking alien invasion here...
 
No matter how technically advanced the race is, they will never be a match for mankind's greatest weapon in fiction.

The plot always wins.
 
Aliens always lose because the Americans are very smart and find their weakness.
 
War of the Worlds, obviously.

Mars Attacks & Men in Black sort of!
 
Oh, sorry, I didnt read the OP closely enough, thought we were just listing Alien Invasion films!
 
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Cloverfield. I thought that was obvious.

Edit: but he killed americans, so this must be a terrorist thriller? No? :confused:
 
Hitchikers Guide is a good shout, and mjs you're right... Americans do always seem to save the day.

Cloverfield was alright Dumpy, but it wasn't exactly annihilation was it?


If I made a film I think the Aliens would travel to just about orbit, and hit us with their superweapons splitting the earth in two. They'd then fcuk off laughing... it would probably last 30 mins but it would surely win an oscar for it's gritty realism.

I think I will...
 
You're messing up the margins Dumpy, ffs sort it out :rolleyes:
 
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978 version). I think the bit at the end with Donald Sutherland shrieking implied that the Aliens had won.
 
As the majority of alien invasion films are made in America, of course Americans are going to save the day. If you want British people to save the day, someone in Britain better make an alien invasion movie.
 
olesmyhero said:
As the majority of alien invasion films are made in America, of course Americans are going to save the day. If you want British people to save the day, someone in Britain better make an alien invasion movie.
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Don't be a tit....
 
I think I'm going to watch body snatchers again, and I'll try that Alien Mind?

Didn't realise there were so few, keep adding any others that come to mind...
 
I got the impression that the monster in cloverfield came from the sea, and wasn't alien?
 
PJ said:
I got the impression that the monster in cloverfield came from the sea, and wasn't alien?
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At the end when they're showing them on a big wheel or something you can see something plummet into the sea from space, it's assumed that's what the monster is.
 
I read that it was a satellite?

Goddard pointed out the lack of explanation in the film of the creature's origin was deliberate. Despite this in the final moments of the tape, after the explosion and just before the credits, the characters Beth and Rob are talking while on a ride. The camera time and date states April 27, 6:17pm and the camera is pointed out the window at a section of beach and ocean. An object is seen coming in from the upper right, very small, but splashing down into the water. It impacts just to the left of the yacht in that scene. The date is previous to the monster's attack on the city. As part of the viral marketing campaign, it is explained that the splash is made by a satellite crashing into the ocean. The satellite was owned by the Tagruato corporation, which has been harvesting one of the ingredients of its patented "Slusho" beverage from the ocean floor, which possibly drew the attention of the Clover creature
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The beast in cloverfield is supposedly very ancient and was only awoken due to that satellite.

Besides cloverfield is set in New York only, wouldnt call that a full on alien invasion.
 
Can't you all see that it's propoganda designed to be broadcast into the galazy to ward off any invaders?
 
So you think if the grey/green men came to pay us a visit they'd land, rape our women and pillage our villages old school style... fcuk off, pummelled from a distance, several minutes of bright lights. Think 'shock and awe' times a trillion.

Hypothetical of course :nervous:
 
samabachan said:
Tbf we could probably just cough on them and they'd all die. Bit like when those bastard Yanks gave the Indians blankets infected with smallpox. But then again that would work in reverse too...
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i thought that was us Brits?
 
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