So, I don’t want to neglect my odd little pet project completely. This quirky program that has been on the air since the 90s exploring these odd ideas that aliens have been on earth a long time, influencing human society, I think, takes on a new meaning when one considers the Skeksis and Mystics of Thra (who will become the UrSkeks) are actually Thra’s very vision of Ancient Aliens! They came from the stars with advanced knowledge, and shape Thra to their will, taking what resources they desire. In one sense, Ancient Aliens is trying to reveal the truth of the Skeksis with our culture’s version of “dreamfasting” – television.

Mask: anonymous, Photo: Andreas Praefcke [Public domain]
Okay, so ancient aliens liked gold. We like gold, too. Gold has many engineering uses. Okay, but why, then, is that the big draw of bringing aliens to our planet? The argument the series is making is that they came here to engineer humans to be workers to help them get gold. Also, in pre-colonial societies, the abundance of gold was thrown into lakes for the secret alien overlords – who are described as gods by their primitive societies – so the ancient alien overlords can take our golden horde for their own purposes. But, my question, then, is why is there so much gold lying about, like in the Chateau in France where the old Visigoth horde is probably buried somewhere?
None of the argument threads ever seem to really wind together into a cohesive whole. But, it is shiny, and moves fast, and asks ridiculous rhetorical questions.
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