Just an observation in the trailer: At about 50 seconds there is a shot of what I’m sure is a “veal” housing facility. I’ve seen these huts or igloos on some agriculture sites… Now that’s creepy!

When he laughed as they aborted the eggs I thought of the male chicks being crushed underfoot, thrown into garbage pails alive, ground into feed for chickens. I mean holy sh-t. I have to just stop thinking about it right now. I think I’ve said what I wanted to say.

Haha, don’t do that! Post it. Later you can edit it if you need to. But get your words and thoughts out there! Don’t let perfectionism hold you back. Perfect is often the enemy of the good.

I actually wrote a long entry about it then deleted it because I felt I could not do the symbolism justice. You did a decent job.

One thing I disagree on is the alien look though. I thought it was perfect for the symbolism- on the outside, they looked very different from humans but since we are not of their species, we have trouble telling them apart (much like we do other animals at times). But, mentally they were so much like humans yet people could not see it because of the outside and the language. So, I thought that spoke greatly to themes of racism and speciesism.

Anyways, glad you got a chance to see it. I will likely watch it at least one more time before it is out of theaters.