I don't have a problem with aliens in the Indyverse per se. It's just that Indy doesn't do sci-fi, he does antihero swashbuckling with a thin glaze of supernatural horror and physical/verbal comedy.
I can see _why_ the writers threw aliens into the mix (set in the 50s), but I just wish they'd resisted making them the focus of the story. Make them the McGuffin instead - everyone *thinks* something is aliens, but it turns out to be a much more interesting mix of ancient human mystic stuff and modern human greed.
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Date: 2008-05-23 08:29 pm (UTC)I can see _why_ the writers threw aliens into the mix (set in the 50s), but I just wish they'd resisted making them the focus of the story. Make them the McGuffin instead - everyone *thinks* something is aliens, but it turns out to be a much more interesting mix of ancient human mystic stuff and modern human greed.