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A couple of comments that have nothing to do with the movie:

Kid Kilowatt:  I don't think that Anna and the King could be described by anyone thinking clearly as a 'romantic comedy.'

Editor:  I agree with you on the hypocrisy of Hollywoodians and small towns.  When I was living in New Mexico, there were several ranches that were owned by celebrities (Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn - sounds like a chick flick), but none of them would be caught dead going into town.  There is even a home owned by a director (who's name escapes me) that could only be accessed by helicopter.  That's really getting back to nature.

Will they hear Fellfrosh's smug tone of voice as well?

Was Birds of Prey ever a comic book?  Or is it just a comic book type TV show?

But what makes him a coward, Sprig?  He's not out to get these specific people (presumably) - he's just out to kill people to scare the general population.  What, exactly, is he hiding from?  What is he scared of?  If you just say he's scared of getting caught, then is that cowardice or intelligence?  Or are you saying he's scared of getting hurt if he were to, say, walk up to them and get into a fist fight?  Would you then say that the American Military (who prefer to use Tomahawk Missles and Airstrikes to attack unseen foes) are cowards?

The sniper is an evil criminal.  Many words can be used to describe him.  But not 'cowardice'.  I'm not saying he's brave, I'm just asking "What is he so scared of?"

Oops - was that spam?  If it was, then this probably is too.

I must be cooler than I thought I was.  My doppleganger is a proffessional racer with the National Muscle Car Association.

I'm not arguing that the tone didn't change - I'm just saying that the plot wasn't affected (except fot the sinking of the sub) until the last ten minutes.  What did the aliens actually do?  They made the sub sink, they scared that one guy so he broke his oxygen tank, and they saved ed harris.  The real plot of the show was that the people were trapped underwater with a crazy guy who had a nuke.  Cut out the aliens and you still have a complete movie.

Yeah, I saw everything that was supposed to make the aliens 'make sense.'  They did make sense, I guess. It just seemed to be a cool submarine movie, after which an alien pops up and says "And the Moral of the Story is..." and then there's a big musical number.

And as far as the moral, if the aliens got the sub sunk in the first place, didn't they kind of cause the crazy guy to try to set off the nuke?  They complain about how the humans are always trying to blow themselves up, but in this instance, the aliens are the indirect cause.  Dang aliens.