Goddamn, don't advance space faring robots have spaceships or something? Or is it easier to just camoflage yourself as a very shiny asteroid and crash land onto inhabited planets?
This is Michael Bay we're talking about - coming to Earth in metal asteroids allows the invaders to create really large explosions and run up the visual effects budget.
Writer: wouldn't it make more sense for the aliens to just land on Earth, rather than crash there?
Michael Bay: Don't be ridiculous. That wouldn't make a very big explosion at all!
This is Michael Bay we're talking about - coming to Earth in metal asteroids allows the invaders to create really large explosions and run up the visual effects budget.
Writer: wouldn't it make more sense for the aliens to just land on Earth, rather than crash there?
Michael Bay: Don't be ridiculous. That wouldn't make a very big explosion at all!
Wait wait wait, let me get this straight - action movies have writers? I thought they only had special effects and stunt men!
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