This uninformative article was posted today, claiming that Signs was scary for reasons other than people think - it was scary because alien invasions are scary when taking place in our familiar home surroundings. Which actually is what we already think.At that point, I thought a bit more about the twist of "Signs" (Spoilers), that Mel Gibson's character is convinced god told him how to save his family from an alien by speaking through his dying wife years earlier.If we draw this idea to its final conclusion, Shyamalan says that a deity defended a family from harm by implanting cryptic information in the speech of a dying family member. So this god didn't create the aliens? He has no power over them? He's like Gandalf, he can't act openly against a threat, only light a fire in the hearts of men?It becomes obvious that the fate of the family and the defeat of the alien was inconsequential, since people elsewhere had long since discovered the aliens were allergic to water. But if we keep eyes on the ball here, Gibson's character waged war on alien invaders with the help of his god. So, do alien gods exist, that created the aliens, and are they a threat against Earth? If the alien god is as powerless as Earth's god (it can't intervene directly in earthly affairs, only pass on cryptic words of help to its alien people), is there a big garden of gods meddling with their peoples in the Shyamalan universe?It could have been an interesting story if "Signs" had aimed a bit higher, and shown that there are multiple civilizations in space, all created by deities that still meddle in the affairs of its mortals, imparting clairvoyant advice to those that would listen, and playing planets out against eachother. Sort of like a pan-galactic "Illiad" (where Greek deities did incalculable harm to humanity because of vanity, rage, and pride). At least it would be more interesting than the prime motivator of "Signs", catholic guilt. Think larger, Shyamalan! via /r/movies http://ift.tt/2vc5YFm
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