>fact remains Shyamalan CHOSE to make the aliens dimwitted and
>vulnerable in a way that would surprise viewers who thought
>Mel Gibson would have to pilot a stolen saucer into the
>mothership and upload a computer virus to their Mac OS 9
>server
>
>he didn't just write an alien invasion and then think 'oh
>shit, how are the humans actually going to defeat them? damn
>damn damn i'll have to make them allergic to water or
>something'. it's ludicrious to think so.


so he did it deliberately as a twist to throw viewers who were expecting Invasion Day for a loop? LOL - now THAT is ludicrous to think so.