24 June, 2009

"Why not Venezuela?"

In an otherwise entertaining review of the Transformers 2 movie for the Washington Post, John Anderson asks,

[The Autobots have] moved in with us like unwelcome relatives and have been working with the U.S. military. Why are aliens always working with the military here? Why not Venezuela?
That's actually a great idea. Imagine the audience reaction to this line from such a film, spoken by the Venezuela's current, indispensable President-for-Life:
Finalmente: la nuestra hora ha llegado! Optimus Prime, ayuda nos, los difensores del pobros, exterminar la injusticia del capitalismo del mundo: comenceremos con los Estados Unidos!!!*
I'd pay to watch that film.


* What I'm trying to write: Finally: our hour has come! Optimus Prime, help us, the defenders of the poor, to exterminate the injustice of capitalism from the world: we start with the United States!

3 comments:

Clemens said...

That's what I thought you said.
Some time ago Carmen and I watched a sci/fi film were all the aliens, who looked a bit like ancient satyrs, were living in Mexico and were being converted improbably into looking exactly like - Mexicans. The problem that gave them away was that they all looked like the SAME Mexican so their invasion plans failed.

Gave a whole new meaning to the term 'illegal alien.'

but I can't remember the name of the movie.

jack perry said...

I guess it wasn't The Arrival? I watched it a long time ago, so I don't remember whether they all looked the same, although they did look funny (their legs bent backwards). Also they were in Mexico.

jack perry said...

I guess it wasn't The Arrival? I watched it a long time ago, so I don't remember whether they all looked the same, although they did look funny (their legs bent backwards). Also they were in Mexico.