Peace, Lo♥e and Aliens

I was in my couch spending my meticulously planned weekend munching on some chicken I had made and watching few movies that I had downloaded when it struck me, why is it that aliens are always projected as dumb mindless creatures who want to annex our Planet Earth . Yeah, I know there have been quite a few movies which tried to cleanse this blot on their character sketch which, needless to say, has been plotted by Hollywood script writers, diligently, as if tarnishing the aliens' image was their only goal!

Given a chance, I would rather show these aliens as we-mind-our-own-business-and-don't-give-a-damn-about-your-planet creatures or as a smart/intelligent or both or as a supremely advanced race.Like the Automatic Robotic Organisms aka Autobots from the Transformers,I just loved the way Ironhide complains,"Humans are a primitive and violent race". But again there were the Decepticons who wanted this planet.Shyamalan tried something in Signs but Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix had already been fed on the anything-extraterrestrial-is-lethal-and-wants-our-planet porridge and loads of it.So, they were too blind to see what that small girl notices quite matter-of-factly.Why couldn't the aliens be some art-loving beautiful organisms whose definitions of world and peaceful coexistence are way too evolved than our one-eye-blind approach to it.They could probably harness our satellite signals and be watching our television series and sitcoms and jibing at things that make us laugh.They could be, for all we know, following our news and political stories and wondering as to what drives humans against fellow beings or what is it that could probably motivate us to gradually kill our own planet.WE don't need anyone from outside earth to wipe us all off, we are on the path of doing it ourselves;suicidal!

Since the time man had started 'developing' or getting 'civilized' , he has been mercilessly raping the very source of his existence, his home.We talk of humanity but the fact remains that we tend to use this "human" word way too liberally, mean it or not!All of us together are no better than that conceited school boy who thinks he is the best and goes about bullying others and calling names.May be, those out there feel the same about us, as we do of that vain kid!It is time we start working towards the common goal of giving our children something beautiful, the world as we see it today and not like that alien invaded Earth in 2150A.D they show in a typical Hollywood flick.It is time we start working together and not against each other!Love Thy Planet!

~Captain Planet