Mother ship landing deaths?
How many people died as a result of the mother ship landing?
so the implied tsunami probably killed millions on the East/North East coast US, probably hit Canada too ... and western Europe, UK. I'd have to look at the images again...
In reality a 'half Moon' sized object landing like that would cause all kinds of tidal issues - gravity anomalies - which the ship would create - though the alien ship had some control over gravity. They go over everything so quickly, it is kind of rushed in parts.
No way a vehicle that big could maintain structural integrity. In real life the world's largest aircraft carrier is a quarter of a mile lone. Try building a twenty mile long aircraft carrier and see what will happen.
Blah Blah Blah all you want about how its "alien" technology. There are too many logistical problems with a vehicle that big. It would have its own gravity. The death star in Star Wars had noticeable gravity too but it was very weak, much weaker than Earth's moon but still noticeable and being spherical in shape would help it maintain structural integrity. That is not the case with the alien ship in this.
It would be difficult to construct but advanced technology could well overcome these issues. Look at some of the problems we've overcome in the past 200 years.
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