Which of these races is the more advanced?

[Llama]

Poll says it all really. Which movie has the more advanced race, War of the Worlds (2005 version) with the Tripods, or Independance Day (1996) with it's giant spaceships?

I'm going to say the Tripods have the edge for a couple of reasons.
1.) The shields they used cannot be tapmpered with using a computer virus.
2.) The method of transport they use seems far superior in that it attracts no attention until the creatures are inside Earth's atmosphere

 

[Nat Turner]

Definitely the whites! Caucasians FTW.

 

[Llama]

Either post a real answer, or dont post at all.

 

[15357]

KOREAN!


I'd say aliens. They have fecking huge ships.

 

[Nat Turner]

Either post a real answer, or dont post at all.

OMG don't diss my peoples. :frown:

 

[Zephos]

Oh god Independance Day was a piece of absolute shit, Tripods for the win.

 

[Llama]

I asked a question about two alien races and you respond with:
"Definitely the whites! Caucasians FTW."
Which has nothing to do with the topic.
And I wasnt "dissing your peoples", wtf?

 

[Shodan]

WHAT?

Independance day?

Shit, I thought it was Aliens, from the movie, they were hardcore.

 

[Llama]

Sorry, the aliens from the film dont have a name AFAIK.

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

They're all called Kevin.

 

[Cormeh]

War of the Worlds aliens? I mean, imagine getting knocked out by Will Smith....

 

[CrazyJeepDriver]

Tripods I reckon

 

[xombine]

Tripods. I just think so....dunno why.

 

[Jangle]

Tripods were much more awesome, especially their noise, but didn't the aliens from independance day have scary mind powers?

 

[Llama]

Indeed they did.
Then again, the mind powers weren't awesome enough to stop their entire huge mothership from getting blown to pieces to a SINGLE 8 FOOT LONG NUCLEAR WARHEAD.

Lol

 

[JNightshade]

Where's the Combine? We need our goddamn striders!

 

[Llama]

Combine arn't included because they would utterly pwn both races in tech terms

 

[Jangle]

Also, I'm sure Will Smith would have a hard time repeatedly punching a tripod in the face, or dragging it across a desert.

 

[Llama]

Will couldnt punch a Tripod Alien (Not the machine) anyway, because It could whack him from about 6 feet away
Long arms ftw \o/

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Sadly I've never seen the new WotW.

If the two races got in a fight, I think the ID4 would win. All they have to do is set one of those huge things down and crush everything. They are supposedly 10-15 miles across. With the sheilds operational, as no Will Smith or Jeff Goldblum would be present, an army of whatever the WotW has would be crushed with just a few landings of the ID4 aliens.

 

[Llama]

Problem is the Tripod also have very powerful shields, so it all depends on which shield is the strongest. Besides, the Tripods seem more like farming machines than an actuall army of aliens. Who knows what they could deploy?

 

[Shamrock]

Independence Day FTW!

 

[Shamrock]

Indeed they did.
Then again, the mind powers weren't awesome enough to stop their entire huge mothership from getting blown to pieces to a SINGLE 8 FOOT LONG NUCLEAR WARHEAD.

Lol

Dude... It is Will Smith. What do you expect?

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Problem is the Tripod also have very powerful shields, so it all depends on which shield is the strongest. Besides, the Tripods seem more like farming machines than an actuall army of aliens. Who knows what they could deploy?

I for one have no idea.
But I think it's possible neither sheild would give out and whatever was under there would just be buried and unable to move under how ever much weight those ships have.

As for the WotW flying ships, are they pretty maneuverable? In the original movie they were really slow. :/

 

[Llama]

A slightly more realistic nuke

As for the WotW flying ships, are they pretty maneuverable? In the original movie they were really slow. :/

You miss inderstood me. The only war machines you see in the film are the Tripods, but the point I was making is that since they are so advanced, the destructive power of the Tripods as an army relative to tech level seemed small, so its more likely they are more of a farming machine on Earth. The true war machine of the aliens is unknown

Oh and if by flying machines you mean those Swan-necked ships, they WERE tripods, they just had electromagnetic legs because the film company couldnt create a decent three legged machine at the time

 

[The Mullinator]

All I know is that both races are stupid. They may be amazing from a technological front but they are amazingly stupid in how they handle their respective invasions.

 

[Llama]

Lol, one race doesnt check that the poeple it uses as food might damage them through bacteria, and the other organises their entire invasion using one computer network

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

A slightly more realistic nuke

You miss inderstood me. The only war machines you see in the film are the Tripods, but the point I was making is that since they are so advanced, the destructive power of the Tripods as an army relative to tech level seemed small, so its more likely they are more of a farming machine on Earth. The true war machine of the aliens is unknown

I believe the mothership is much smaller than their raiding ships. My memory could be off and I could be wrong. I vaguely recall the raiders disengaging from the mothership, but I could be wrong about that as well.


I don't think I misunderstood you. I am just going off what WotW had deployed. It's verily possible they have far more powerful war machines, but there is no point in dreaming up possible technologies and outcomes.
I'll investigate some of the movie for the moment.

 

[Llama]

Im talking about the 2005 version. You ONLY ever see Tripods, so the other firepower is speculation on the part of me.

 

[The Mullinator]

Lol, one race doesnt check that the poeple it uses as food might damage them through bacteria, and the other organises their entire invasion using one computer network

Not only that but the fact is that we could already kill ourselves off faster, easier, and more efficiently than they tried. Conduct an orbital bombardment of earth and release biological or chemical agents that we can't protect ourselves against and suddenly they won't even really need all these amazingly large and expensive war machines to do the job.

 

[Llama]

Hey, its hollywood, aliens are bred to be stupid

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Im talking about the 2005 version. You ONLY ever see Tripods, so the other firepower is speculation on the part of me.

I saw the original movie and read the book. All there was is tripods and those flying things. I DLed the 2k5 trailer and all it showed was a tentacle. Everything else is speculation for anyone. I don't recall however if it explained how they got to Earth. They could have had an army floating in space but when the disease killed the earthbound guys off they might have retreated. :/

they won't even really need all these amazingly large and expensive war machines to do the job.

According to the story the ID4 aliens wanted to keep the planet intact to use it for it's resources, hence why they only nuked the largest cities. The ships are essentially space-faring cities and I would not be surprised if their entire race was aboard them.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Getting ahead of myself here. Posted when I meant to edit.

 

[Llama]

SPOILER ALERT



In 2005, the machines were already buried, and the aliens driving them were brought to Earth using a series of Lightning storms (Which had the useful side effect of killing all human electronics)

 

[Jangle]

Why are we bothered? As long as we have Short Recoil, the Earth is safe from all races of aliens.

 

[Llama]

Because I like talking about this stuff

Besides, Short Recoil is a pussy, I could take him anyday

 

[Boogymanx]

Because I like talking about this stuff

Besides, Short Recoil is a pussy, I could take him anyday

Dude, the two of us combined can take Short Recoil on without breaking a sweat! We must use the old art of Fusion and then we'll be unstoppable!

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Bah, Reticulans from UFO: Aftermath had the moth efficient extermination methods. Therefore, they trump both. And Chuck Norris could kick the collective asses of all you early-teen peoples.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Llama]

Chuck Norris is a bizatch, I could eat him for breakfast while crapping out his moma. But thats off topic, isnt it?

 

[JNightshade]

Llama, that's going too far. You'll be lucky if Chuck Norris merely kills you, rather than devouring your soul and shitting out a teddy bear. He likes to do that.