If they made it all the way here they’d definitely kick our asses by themselves and they’d definitely know that we are, as a group, a planetary trailer-park. Alien who let us pull one over on them would have to be astronomically(heh) stupid.
I mean, yes but also - think about the sheer marvels of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering carefully packed into an average modern car… and now think about your average driver
I was thinking about how to say just that, but unless the aliens were at “tourist” level with interstellar travel I doubt they’d be doing first contact with such little planning.
There’s a funny 90s film I saw once on TV about some US midwestern family driving through space in their car, but have to make a pit stop (crash landing?) on Earth. They’re immediately seized by the US government who grill and torture the dad on how their vehicle works, and the dad’s like “well there’s a clutch… and you got the gas pedal…”
I really wish I could find that film again, it had stoner comedy vibes
Edit: It might be Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) though I can’t find the scene where they ask the dad how the car / space ship works
If they made it all the way here they’d definitely kick our asses by themselves and they’d definitely know that we are, as a group, a planetary trailer-park. Alien who let us pull one over on them would have to be astronomically(heh) stupid.
I mean, yes but also - think about the sheer marvels of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering carefully packed into an average modern car… and now think about your average driver
I was thinking about how to say just that, but unless the aliens were at “tourist” level with interstellar travel I doubt they’d be doing first contact with such little planning.
There’s a funny 90s film I saw once on TV about some US midwestern family driving through space in their car, but have to make a pit stop (crash landing?) on Earth. They’re immediately seized by the US government who grill and torture the dad on how their vehicle works, and the dad’s like “well there’s a clutch… and you got the gas pedal…”
I really wish I could find that film again, it had stoner comedy vibes
Edit: It might be Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) though I can’t find the scene where they ask the dad how the car / space ship works
(Your point being the alien drivers. Just in case anyone needed that.)