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It has been a long established staple of Sci Fi films and TV series that aliens and monsters are resistant to the best weapons humankind can throw at them.
View: https://youtu.be/aNJGpUTdmi4?si=O_8QWxIb9oZ6nJS8
The Bomb whether A (1950s War of the Worlds) or H (1990s Independence Day) is equally useless.
But is this convention realistic? We know on this site more than most how potent modern weapons are, and how quickly new threats are countered?
The so-called cosy British Sci Fi thriller Day of the Triffids does have alien monsters that can be killed. That is, unless you've been blinded by a night sky light show.
Some Aliens can be killed (The Lizards in V or the Pod people in Them) but make sure noone in the military wants to.
Just for once I would like a decent evenly matched scrap. Or am I just wrong?
The Bomb whether A (1950s War of the Worlds) or H (1990s Independence Day) is equally useless.
But is this convention realistic? We know on this site more than most how potent modern weapons are, and how quickly new threats are countered?
The so-called cosy British Sci Fi thriller Day of the Triffids does have alien monsters that can be killed. That is, unless you've been blinded by a night sky light show.
Some Aliens can be killed (The Lizards in V or the Pod people in Them) but make sure noone in the military wants to.
Just for once I would like a decent evenly matched scrap. Or am I just wrong?