On 08/17/09 21:01, Chambers wrote:
> Neeum Zawan wrote:
>> After all, giving human rights to aliens is a bit silly to assume,
>> don't you think?
>
> True, it's a rather silly assumption ;)

	Well, I didn't know if they wanted us to make that assumption or not. 
My guess would be "No" (it would be fairly poor SF otherwise).

>> I must have missed all the indications of this. Did they point out
>> different classes among the aliens?
>
> No, just the workers (and Christopher). It's assumed that there are

	Did they even do this? Beyond merely showing that Christopher seems 
smarter?

> other classes, but they never go into it. Nor do they spend any time on
> where all the other leaders are (dead? missing? hiding like Christopher?).

	Apparently, the whole story had been developed by the authors, but they 
intentionally left it out of the film. I agree that a lot of them can be 
left out, but I think they cut a bit too much.

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