Nothing goes better than a hot exciting thriller novel on a rainy day for me. A big thanks to my dear husband for getting me the Micheal Crichton's famous sci-fi thriller, 'The Andromeda strain'. I was so engrossed and didn't do any other thing till I completed reading it. It was really very good. It was about some unicellular organism being brought to earth by a space probe device which starts taking on human lives for its survival. Its encounter with the human beings and the human beings fight for survival and finally winning the deal was dealt in the book. A very interesting time pass when I was forced to curl indoors, thanks to neelam's visit to Chennai.
I started imagining about the aliens and pondered whether organisms really thrive in environment not suitable for human existence. My thought waves moved to one of my favourite of Steven Speilberg, the E.T. I have watched the movie many times. Even then, every time my eyes moisten automatically at the part where E.T fights for its survival. The phrase 'Be Good' turned to be a common teaser for many during farewell after the movie.
I felt strange. For kids, aliens means friends and harmless. The Hrithik Roshan starrer super hit Bollywood blockbuster 'Koi Mil gaya' too conveyed the same thing. As we grow up, almost all fiction stories about E.T portray them as foes, waiting to be pounce on earth to take it up. Does that simply mean as we grow up, we forget our harmony and teach each other fighting for survival, or we teach kids some gullible stories about aliens but in real, they are actually monsters.
Though studies on E.T is under limelight for many decades now, no correct light has been shed upon their mere existence or their purpose and intention so far. In this case, till this extra confusion on the extra terrestial is resolved, I guess it will be better for us to adopt the kid's version of the aliens and remain in harmony rather than defending ourselves for an unknown enemy, though interesting.
I started imagining about the aliens and pondered whether organisms really thrive in environment not suitable for human existence. My thought waves moved to one of my favourite of Steven Speilberg, the E.T. I have watched the movie many times. Even then, every time my eyes moisten automatically at the part where E.T fights for its survival. The phrase 'Be Good' turned to be a common teaser for many during farewell after the movie.
I felt strange. For kids, aliens means friends and harmless. The Hrithik Roshan starrer super hit Bollywood blockbuster 'Koi Mil gaya' too conveyed the same thing. As we grow up, almost all fiction stories about E.T portray them as foes, waiting to be pounce on earth to take it up. Does that simply mean as we grow up, we forget our harmony and teach each other fighting for survival, or we teach kids some gullible stories about aliens but in real, they are actually monsters.
Though studies on E.T is under limelight for many decades now, no correct light has been shed upon their mere existence or their purpose and intention so far. In this case, till this extra confusion on the extra terrestial is resolved, I guess it will be better for us to adopt the kid's version of the aliens and remain in harmony rather than defending ourselves for an unknown enemy, though interesting.
