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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But none of that changes that during the time frame of the entire movie, humanity is being attacked (regardless of who shot first) and that the Bugs will destroy humanity if they aren't fought against. It's hard to be a movie seen as anti military, when during the time frame of the movie, the only thing saving humanity is the military. Everything else is speculation, like who attacked who, why the war started, if the military machine intentionally started the fight....all of that is just at best a "we don't know".

But what we do know, is that aliens are attacking the earth.

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But how do you know humanity is being attacked or that the bugs will destroy humanity? Just like you say everything else is speculation that is also speculation. It's also a speculation that the only thing saving humanity is the military. For all we know we're actually the attackers and bugs are just defending their homes and if we never attack there wouldn't be a conflict.

You can't just take away the whys and hows and say it's pro war. It's satire, if you remove all the nuance then of course it's going to be pro war. The whys and hows make this an anti-war movie.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

Buenos Aires, on earth, was destroyed and everyone living there was killed.. nothing within the movie actually presents as the bugs may not be trying to destroy humanity and just spread/populate the galaxy. All of the government conspiracy inside job false flag stuff everyone here has fun talking about is almost completely baseless. It's all conjecture.