In Hollywood, the alien Invasion has always been a hot topic in science fiction talk. Whether it’s monoliths in The Day The Earth Stood Still, spies like in Signs, or direct wars during Independence Day or World War, fans are always interested. But as Apple TV’s Invasion brings together elements of all this in its smack on the planet, it also provides an insight into Denis Villeneuve’s arrival of the best of its kind for an important reason.
In these films, humanity often allies when world powers realize they need each other. They may not like each other, but for their protection, they want a coalition government to survive. This usually involves weapons and technology, as in Invasion, and scary messages to expose people’s plan of attack, which pretty much draws cliché stories so everyone can defend their march.
But during Advent, it was much more mental and intense as the alien ships arrived and operated separately with 12 world powers. They left traces that their scientists and linguists could solve, where America combined language and physics to break down English messages through Amy Adams’ Louise and Jeremy Renner’s Ian.
But not all countries used this approach when they arrived, and others played chess with foreigners and some used mathematics. He shared the forces of the world when the aliens said they had a gift to share, which made everyone paranoid as they searched for the answer. However, the aliens only manipulated and tested humanity to see who was very good at it and whether they could agree. Initially, this was not the case because China eventually planned to attack the ships believing that America had acquired an army from foreigners and wanted to be their chosen partner.
Russia followed suit, and all nations turned against each other one by one. This set the world on the brink of civil war as countries were ready to shoot ships against each other in an arms race. Thus, the first wave that put humanity in a shot to end itself could only be lured sunken foreign ships.
Even if some aliens had been sacrificed, the Earth would have been ripe for harvest, and this proved that Invasion, colonization, and genocide could take place without most of their army. And all this happened because of humanity’s selfish nature and its fear of what they could not understand: strength in numbers.
Fortunately for humanity, the incoming aliens were real. They only needed Earth to understand time travel to help them in the future. But it is worth noting that if their intentions were bleak, they would not have to fire a warning shot that competent puppets would.
