Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Fourth Kind | The Film’s Intent & The Reality


We all saw the trailers and we all wondered, is the story based on actual events? The film’s story unfolds in a unique style, mixing supposedly real interview footage with that of actors. Often using split screen shots to illustrate the point that this story is more of a reenactment than a piece of fiction. The story surrounds the unexplainable sleep disorder that seems to plague the Alaskan town of Nome. A rural town in the northern State which is notorious for missing residents, lost to supposedly unknown reasons. During hypnosis sessions with some of the towns residents’ the psychiatrist character Ashley Tyler played by Milla Jovovich which revealed some disturbing things surrounding an owl. An owl that turns out to be an alien(s) that crawls into peoples bed rooms while speaking in ancient Sumerian, this turns out to be the crux of the movie, this and the fact that all of Milla Jovovich’s attempts at hypnotic regression end in murder suicides or spine breaking fits for her patients.
The Strange thing about these aliens in the movie is that the seem to manifest themselves in a almost demonic possession fashion during the hypnotic regression. Other obvious parallels to possession and this movies sort of alien possession is that they both happen around 3:00am, a known hot time for demons and the like, at least in the movies. Not to mention what the aliens say through the person they possess, very The Exorcism of Emily Rose type stuff.
The Hubbub around the internet is that the story that the movie is based on is not in fact one of real people and real events. The idea that an out of the way town in one of the largest States in the U.S. has an alien problem could be bought by some of the more gullible types. What is more likely for the numerous visits to the town by the FBI due to the towns actual high rate of disappearances is most likely not because of evil alien possession and more likely do to the towns high rate of alcoholism and harsh climate. Makes sense. However, what if is just what they want you to think? Maybe, the reason there is no record of any Ashley Tyler doing sleep research in that town is because of a massive government/alien cover up. That’s right they must be working together, the aliens and the government, in a partnership to experiment on and control the general public. To what end you might ask? What other end is there for two superpowers to work towards total world domination, that means you and me people. According to this film even if the aliens were invading out bodies and minds we wouldn’t know it, because they erase our memories after they have had their way with you. Alien forget-me-nots otherwise known as a roofy.
Perhaps the reason people can’t find any information regarding the incidents revolving around these abductions/possessions is because they have been cleverly covered up by the same small town, I mean who is going to believe a town full of drunks right? Were they always drunks, though? Or is it more likely that the enormous weight of carrying such a burden like, I don’t know, the cover up of local townies being murdered and abducted just became too much. That could through a whole community into the bottom of the bottle. You need to ask yourselves this question: What is more likely, that a writer/director would purposely lie to the general public about the validity of his story or that a joint government/alien take over is imminent, the proof of which is being concealed somewhere near the Northwest Passage! You make up your own minds on that one, meanwhile, I’m buying myself some insurance.
Anti-Alien Possession Check List:
1) Tinfoil Hat
2) Alien technology proof locks on all windows and doors
3) A second tinfoil hat, this one shaped in the style of a fedora
4) An EMF detector
5) Telescope/binoculars/night vision goggles
6) Teaser
7) Weekly hypnotic sessions, just to be safe
8) Mustard, aliens hate mustard everyone knows that
9) The full ten season box set of the X-Files for research purposes
10) Last but not least, trust no one. Words to live by in a word where our own government is in cahoots with the evil builders of the pyramids.

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