Random thought

[inmyriadbits]

I was just thinking -- I love how in Star Trek, whenever they're like "It's an attack on Earth!", what that really means is "OMG, it's an attack on San Francisco/Starfleet!" Just like how in Doctor Who, the aliens always attack London; in Torchwood, it's always Cardiff (lol). Comics movies really likes going after New York City, as do a lot of unaffiliated disaster movies, although occasionally Los Angeles gets to see the end of the world. And...I'm running out of examples, but you know what I mean?

If you were aliens and planning to attack Earth, where would you start? I would personally pick the city farthest away from the nearest superheroes (probably Paris). And then, set up a diversion on the opposite side of the planet. I'm just sayin'.

Comments

[taraljc.livejournal.com]

It kinda makes tactical sense in Trek, tho. I mean, if you take out Starfleet headquarters, you cripple the enemy. And if you take out the Federation ehadquarters, you throw the entire UFP into disarray.

I mean, the Xindi were scary cos they didn't attack military targets; they targetted civilian targets and killed loads and loads of people, didn't they?

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

This is true! I suppose they have a logical reason, then, and can carry on. But that's no excuse for Doctor Who. :)

Who were the Xindi? Were they from Star Trek: Enterprise? Because I never did watch that series.

[mercurybard.livejournal.com]

Houston with all the refineries would get you that extra bang for your buck.

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

LOL! You have an excellent argument, there.

[gingerwall.livejournal.com]

This is a hard question, because I can't figure out what the aliens would be trying to accomplish by attacking Earth anyway. I'd take out Beijing and D.C., force the UN to surrender, and then go eat cheese in Europe.

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

But of course! The cheese is tactically crucial.

[jaydeyn-sitari.livejournal.com]

The city furthest away from superheroes is surely Perth. I mean, it's the city furthest away from everything... then again, not terribly strategically important on a world-scale...

:)
Jaydeyn

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

LOL! Hmm, maybe I could let Perth be the diversion location, since they'd have to travel a long way to get there in the first place, wear them down a bit, etc... ;)

[berserkide.livejournal.com]

Paris has a superhero! Nightrunner, who is part of Batman Incorporated. /nerd

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

Pffft...he's only trained by Batman, I could totally take him. ;) Now, Leïto and Damien from District B13 would totally kick my ass, though. Hmm. Perhaps this bears rethinking...