this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2025
244 points (98.4% liked)

movies

2268 readers
933 users here now

A community about movies and cinema.

Related communities:

Rules

  1. Be civil
  2. No discrimination or prejudice of any kind
  3. Do not spam
  4. Stay on topic
  5. These rules will evolve as this community grows

No posts or comments will be removed without an explanation from mods.

founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As if colonisers are in possession of perfect knowledge and logic.
Plenty of stories of wannabe colonisers eating shit because they underestimated natives, if the " historical realism" for some reason is important in a story about blue space aliens, draw inspiration from that why don't you

[โ€“] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't that pretty much how all fiction stories of these type actually play out? Much more than in reality, sadly.