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Stepford Wives comparison

posted 10 years ago by puplover
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I haven't seen Invasion since I was a little kid. But now, I couldn't help but notice that the theme and presentation is very similar to Stepford. Authoritative "entity" wants mindless, controllable clones of former humans. Both films even approached the replacement process in the same way. Kill off human first, then erect an identical, but hollow replica.

The "why" in Stepford Wives was explained. Men gets the servant they want. But, this one...what's the bigger "why"?

Anyone else make the connection?

[–] greg-233 10 years ago

"The "why" in Stepford Wives was explained. Men gets the servant they want. But, this one...what's the bigger "why"?"

Survival - the pods abandoned a dying world, drifted through space till they found Earth, and settled down to copying and replacing the dominant lifeform. Earth is where the pods will stay until the planet can no longer support them and the time comes to move on to somewhere else. To start the whole process over again.

The men in Stepford wanted obedient servants for their own self interests, but with the pods it's just instinctive - adapt and survive, exist and spread.

[–] puplover 10 years ago

Thanks for answering. I missed a bit of the dialogue, didn't know they mentioned that!