Corrected entry: The Psychlos have been ruling Earth for centuries, yet they still don't know what humans eat?
Phixius
19th Sep 2010
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Correction: Most Psychlos don't care at all what humans WANT to eat. They care about what humans NEED to eat, i.e. humans doing hard labor needs X many calories to survive and must have at least Y protein, Z fat, etc... Terl is trying to essentially bribe Johnny with something even lower animals can appreciate: a favorite treat.
27th Jun 2009
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Corrected entry: The reason that humans survived the 1000-year rule of the Psychlos was by hiding in the mountains where there was radiation, lethal to Psychlos. Yet, 1000 years on, there is no evidence of genetic defects or cancer in those, something that would be evident living for a long time in an area with background radiation.
25th Jan 2007
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Corrected entry: Terl and Ker constantly refer to humans as 'stupid man animals'. In fact all of the Psychlos have difficulty in recognizing the 'man animals' of being capable of anything much. So who exactly did they think was responsible for the many buildings and structures still standing, cats?
Correction: First, Psychlos are arrogant beings. That alone explains this. Second, the Psychlos find the humans to be inept in relation to themselves. True enough given the Psychlos level of technology. Even with that in mind, it is glaringly obvious that the humans inhabiting the present world are no where near as technologically capable as those who inhabited the world when the Psychlos first arrived. This is more of a plot *point* than a plot hole. At any rate, it's certainly not a movie mistake.
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Correction: They don't care. Being technologically advanced does not necessarily imply actual intelligence. You might say their race is on the downward curve in their intellectual evolution. Look at the human race: All of the technology we've got and many of us couldn't figure out how to keep ourselves alive without it for more than a week.
Phixius ★
This is still confusing enough, thus making it a mistake. Even if they didn't care they would have learned it unintentionally.