The 27th Day - Cold War science fiction film

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[SunkenCiv]

In that case, target would be Mecca. :’) And to make it ironic (and more true to life), one of the Earthlings would be an Iranian mullah, who would ALSO select Mecca...

[null and void]

According to the film it would only kill those of evil intent.

Watch it again.

That was only after professor Klaus Bechner reprogramed them. [Comment obscured, to avoid spoiling it for everyone else. Highlight the blank area to read.]

[Defiant]

Was he responsible for picking the Darrens? If so, he could have done better. Maybe he didn’t want any heteros near his wife.

[EveningStar]

Was he responsible for picking the Darrens? If so, he could have done better. Maybe he didn’t want any heteros near his wife.

Please don't be ridiculous.

[Defiant]

That is an odd response.

[Bat_Chemist]

According to the film it would only kill those of evil intent.

In that case, I'd aim one at DC when Congress was in session.

[wolfcreek]

I don’t think I’ve seen this particular movie. The aliens using humans to destroy their own planet seems typically Liberal.

I saw this remake was coming in 2012.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455856/synopsis

[JSteff]

But to them we are the evil ones.....

[Grig]

I can also be gotten from Mr B Tor Ents

[Bat_Chemist]

I guess it all depends on how that “evil intent” is determined, what mechanism is used to determine that which is “evil”. An advanced alien civilization just might have an entirely different set of morals than we do!

[JSteff]

“An advanced alien civilization just might have an entirely different set of morals than we do!”

Yeah and what if their whole planet is like our liberal democrat party? Meaning what if their whole country operates like a criminal enterprise.... a Soprano’s type of society.....