Advanced aliens didn't invent/discover this one basic thing.

[u/HotUKTakes]

1. The Santi, from The Three Body Problem, are masters of dimensional engineering. They can build an AI computer the size of a planet, and fold it into the size of a photon.

But they never invented the concept of lying.

1. The Asgard, from Stargate, are an advanced civilization with FTL travel capable of spanning different galaxies. But they need the help of humans to fight their enemies the replicators, a mechanical lifeform comprised of replicating lego blocks, because human guns can blow the blocks apart, while Asgard energy weapons are just absorbed.

The Asgard say the idea to use chemical reactions to launch a blunt object at high velocity never occured to them.

1. Despite having the ability to build a simulated beach, complete with simulated earth atmosphere, The Eridians didn't discover relativity and radiation.

2. The aliens from War of the worlds just lick everything, clearly having no concepts of germs. Which is what kills them in the end.

3. Despite having FTL travel, the Havesters from Independence day, never invented network security, as they are hacked by a human macbook.

[u/Dramatic-Classroom14]

I still remember seeing a video where some guy was discussing it. The guy just sounded so pissed off.

“Oh, and the big twist, the aliens are weak to water, it’s like acid to them. Probably should have thought of that before coming to a planet MOSTLY COVERED IN WATER”

[u/grenf12 → u/Dramatic-Classroom14]

That's the Nostalgia Critic review. The same one where he had a meltdown over a species advanced enough to travel across the universe struggling with a pantry door. Classic video

[u/Extreme_Mall4756 → u/Dramatic-Classroom14]

¿The Nostalgia Critic?

[u/zeek215 → u/Dramatic-Classroom14]

As a kid when I watched the movie I did have that same thought, but after growing up I felt it was more nuanced…

Not many planets have life or the conditions to have life as we know it. We’ve sent robots to Mars and would have long sent humans too if we could even though the planet is entirely inhospitable for us. Even on Earth we love to explore places that could kill us in an instant (bottom of the ocean as one example). So just because water is harmful to them does not mean they should completely avoid the planet, there could be plenty of reasons why it’s still worth it to them whether it’s exploration or colonization, etc.

If we had the technology to traverse the stars, and we found out there was a planet where we could breathe the atmosphere, but a liquid which made up 75% of the surface was harmful to us… we’d be sending exploratory groups there ASAP.