Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible (2009–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Alien Invasion - full transcript

IF WE'RE INVADED BY A
HOSTILE ALIEN CIVILIZATION,

WE'RE DOOMED... UNLESS WE CAN DEFEAT THEM.

Dr. Kaku: SOME SCIENTISTS
DON'T FANCY OUR CHANCES.

FRANKLY, I THINK IF ALIENS
DO GET HERE, WE'RE SCREWED.

BUT WITH SOME INGENIOUS IDEAS

AND SERIOUS ALIEN-BUSTING
WEAPONS, WE MIGHT JUST SUCCEED.

AND, AS ALWAYS, SCI-FI
FANS HAVE SOME BOLD IDEAS.

EVERY ENEMY HAS A WEAKNESS.

I'LL BE FIRST IN LINE TO TAKE THEM OUT.

AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT.

I'M DR. MICHIO KAKU.



I'M A THEORETICAL PHYSICIST

AND A SCIENCE-FICTION [Echoing] FAN.

JOIN ME AS I SHOW YOU HOW
TO MAKE SCI-FI [Echoing] SCIENCE.

IF THE ALIENS INVADED US TODAY,

WE WOULDN'T STAND A CHANCE.

OUR ARMIES AND WEAPONS COULD BE USELESS

AGAINST THEIR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DEFENSELESS.
WE'RE LIKE SITTING DUCKS.

WE COULD WIND UP AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

UNLESS WE TAKE STEPS NOW.

IN THE MOVIES, ALIENS ARE
ALWAYS ATTACKING OUR PLANET.

IT'S A CLASSIC SCIENCE-FICTION SCENARIO

FAMILIAR TO ANY SCI-FI FAN.

SO MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE SOME IDEAS



ABOUT HOW WE COULD DEFEAT
ALIEN INVADERS IF IT REALLY HAPPENS.

NOW, HERE'S THE QUESTION.

THE ALIENS HAVE LANDED.

THEY ARE HOSTILE, AND THEY'RE ATTACKING US.

WHAT DO WE DO? ROLL OVER AND DIE?

WHAT DO WE DO?

IF THEY COME AND SAY,
"OH, WE COME IN PEACE,"

I DON'T THINK I TRUST THEM.

I'VE SEEN TOO MANY MOVIES.

MY FAVORITE ALIEN-INVASION
MOVIE IS "WAR OF THE WORLDS,"

AND THE REASON FOR THAT
IS, ALTHOUGH THE ALIENS

ARE FAR SUPERIOR TO US
AND CAN KICK OUR BUTTS,

WE STILL WIN.

BUT THAT'S SCIENCE FICTION.

IN THE REAL WORLD, THIS IS
GONNA BE ONE HUGE CHALLENGE.

IF WE'RE TO HAVE ANY
CHANCE TO DEFEAT THE ALIENS,

WE NEED THREE THINGS.

FIRST IS INTELLIGENCE.

WE HAVE TO PROBE THEIR
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.

WE HAVE TO KNOW WHO THEY
ARE AND WHAT THEY WANT.

SECOND... DEFENSE.

WE HAVE TO REINFORCE LINES OF DEFENSE

TO PROTECT OUR HOME TERRITORY.

AND THIRD, IF THEY DO LAND ON THE EARTH,

WE NEED THE WEAPONS AND A
STRATEGY FOR A COUNTERATTACK.

IF THE INVADERS ARE ON THEIR WAY,

IT'S VITAL THAT WE SEE THEM COMING.

TO HAVE ANY CHANCE
AGAINST AN ALIEN INVASION,

I NEED AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.

A HUGE NETWORK OF EYES IN THE SKY

SO SENSITIVE THAT WE'LL
NEVER BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.

RADAR IS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE
FOR AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.

IT'S A TRIED-AND-TRUE METHOD.

IT CAN DETECT OBJECTS
MILLIONS OF MILES AWAY.

THE TRANSMITTER BEAMS OUT
HIGH-FREQUENCY RADIO WAVES.

BY ANALYZING THE PROPERTIES
OF THE WAVE THAT BOUNCES BACK,

THE RADAR SYSTEM IS ABLE TO
PINPOINT AN OBJECT'S LOCATION

AND ITS SHAPE.

THE MILITARY WATCHES OUR
SKIES WITH HIGH-POWERED RADAR.

MAYBE I CAN MODIFY IT

TO LOOK OUT FOR ALIEN
INTRUDERS FROM OUTER SPACE.

BUT I NEED TO PATROL MUCH
MORE THAN JUST OUR SKIES.

I MUST BE ABLE TO MONITOR
OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM,

BECAUSE AN ATTACK COULD COME
FROM ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE.

SO, LET'S SAY THIS SPHERE

REPRESENTS THE BOUNDARY
OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.

AND THE RADIUS IS ABOUT 6 TRILLION MILES.

AND MY EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

HAS TO BE ABLE TO SCAN THIS ENTIRE SPHERE.

THE AREA IS 4 PI "R" SQUARED.

SO IT'S GONNA BE 4 PI
TIMES 6 TRILLION SQUARED,

AND THAT NUMBER IS ROUGHLY

6 TIMES 10 TO THE 26 SQUARE MILES.

THAT IS A STAGGERING AMOUNT
OF REAL ESTATE TO COVER.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT
RADAR SYSTEMS ON THE EARTH

CAN SCAN THAT VAST AMOUNT
OF REAL ESTATE IN OUTER SPACE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SHORTCUT.

AT THE EDGE OF OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM IS THE OORT CLOUD,

A REGION OF HUGE COMETS.

THEY'RE LIKE READY-MADE SPACE STATIONS.

IF I PUT MY RADAR DISHES
OUT ON THESE COMETS,

I'LL CREATE A NET OF RADAR
AROUND OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM.

I'LL BE ABLE TO DETECT
INVADERS FROM ANY DIRECTION.

MY FEAR IS THAT I'M THINKING TOO MUCH

LIKE A SCI-FI MOVIE WRITER.

I'M ASSUMING THE INVADERS
WILL BE ON THEIR WAY

IN GIANT MOTHER SHIPS.

BUT THEY COULD BE MUCH
STEALTHIER THAN THAT.

AN ENEMY INVADING FORCE
IS GONNA BE INTELLIGENT.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEND
A MOTHER SHIP LIKE THIS.

WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS SEND TINY PROBES

TO SCAN OUT THE TERRAIN.

NOW, LET'S SAY THAT THIS IS MY RADAR NET.

NOTICE THAT IT VERY EASILY
CAN CATCH THE MOTHER SHIP.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT IF
THEY SEND TINY PROBES,

THEY COULD BE SO SMALL, THEY
GO RIGHT THROUGH MY RADAR NET.

WATCH THIS.

FOR MY SYSTEM TO WORK, IT MUST
BE ABLE TO SEE ALL ALIEN CRAFT

NO MATTER HOW SMALL.

RADAR ALONE JUST ISN'T SENSITIVE ENOUGH.

I NEED A MACHINE THAT
CASTS A MUCH FINER NET.

THAT'S WHERE X-RAYS COME IN.

X-RAYS ARE JUST LIKE RADIO AND
RADAR, EXCEPT THEY'RE SMALLER.

TO DETECT A SMALLER OBJECT,
YOU NEED A SMALLER WAVE.

X-RAYS ARE BILLIONS OF
TIMES SMALLER THAN RADAR.

THEY CAN PICK UP PROBES
THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF SAND.

IT'S JUST WHAT I NEED.

I THINK I HAVE THE BASIS

FOR A VERY EFFECTIVE
EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM.

I'M GONNA BUILD POWERFUL
RADAR STATIONS IN THE OORT CLOUD.

WITH THESE, I CAN MONITOR
OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM

AND PICK UP ANY LARGE ALIEN SHIPS

APPROACHING FROM DEEP SPACE.

NEXT, I'LL PUT SENSITIVE X-RAY SCANNERS

ON BOARD SMALL FLYING ROBOTS.

THEY'LL BUZZ AROUND THE
COMETS OF THE OORT CLOUD,

SEARCHING THAT ENORMOUS
AREA FOR TINY ALIEN PROBES.

MY SYSTEM WILL SPOT THEM IN
SPACE, BUT IT WON'T STOP THEM.

TO DO THAT, I'M GONNA NEED
SOME SERIOUS FIREPOWER.

COMING UP, TO DEFEND EARTH,

I COME TO GRIPS WITH
SOME FIGHTING TECHNIQUES...

YEAH. COME AT ME. TAKE ME ON.

...TRY OUT AN ALIEN-BUSTING WEAPON...

[ GUNSHOT ]

...AND GAMBLE WITH ARMAGEDDON.

WE NEED TO STOP THE ALIENS
BEFORE THEY REACH THE EARTH.

OTHERWISE, CASUALTIES COULD BE ENORMOUS.

SO WE NEED A SOLID LINE OF DEFENSE.

LET'S SAY THAT THIS REPRESENTS THE EARTH.

AND LET'S SAY THAT THESE
REPRESENT THE OUTER PLANETS.

AND THESE REPRESENT
AN ALIEN INVADING FORCE.

THE QUESTION IS... WHERE DO WE
PUT OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE?

WELL, HERE, WE HAVE THE
OORT CLOUD OF COMETS

AT THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

BUT IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO DEFEND THAT LINE.

BETTER YET IS THE ASTEROID BELT...

A VAST BAND OF ROCKS THAT
LIES JUST BEYOND THE EARTH

BETWEEN JUPITER AND MARS.

SOME OF THESE ASTEROIDS
CAN BE MILES ACROSS,

IDEAL FOR A SPACE STATION.

THE PLANETS DON'T HAVE TO BE DEFENDED,

SO THIS IS OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.

THIS IS WHERE WE STAND AND FIGHT.

FROM THESE DEFENSIVE POSITIONS,

OUR FORCES MIGHT BE READY TO FIGHT BACK

THE MOMENT ALIEN INVADERS BEGIN ATTACKING.

BUT I JUST DON'T THINK
OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY

IS UP TO THE CHALLENGE.

GUNS, TANKS, BOMBS...
THEY'RE LIKE TOYS AGAINST THEM.

THESE PARTICULAR SCI-FI FANS AGREE.

WE COULD SET UP AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

THAT WOULD TELL US THEY'RE COMING,

BUT IS THERE MUCH POINT IN
KNOWING THAT THEY'RE COMING

WHEN THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT?

FRANKLY, I THINK IF ALIENS DO GET HERE,

WE'RE SCREWED REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO.

THEY'RE RIGHT TO BE WORRIED,

BECAUSE KEEPING THE ALIENS OFF OUR PLANET

IS GONNA TAKE MORE THAN A LITTLE GUNPOWDER.

YOU KNOW, AT FIRST, YOU
SAY TO YOURSELF, "NO WAY.

"I MEAN, HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY GO UP AGAINST

AN ALIEN FLEET OF THAT POWER?"

BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS CAN HAPPEN,

BECAUSE IF WE CAN MAKE THINGS
UNPLEASANT FOR THE ALIENS,

THE ALIENS ARE NOT GONNA BE DEFEATED.

THEY'RE SIMPLY GONNA
SAY, "IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

"IT'S NOT WORTH BLOWING
UP THESE PESKY EARTHLINGS,

BECAUSE THEY PUT UP A FIGHT."

I MUST ARM OUR FORCES WITH
THE RIGHT WEAPON FOR THAT FIGHT.

IT NEEDS TO BE RELIABLE, LOW MAINTENANCE,

AND CAPABLE OF CAUSING MAXIMUM
DAMAGE TO THE INVADING FLEET.

[ GUN COCKS ]

I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS LASERS.

ONE ADVANTAGE THAT LASER BEAMS HAVE

OVER PROJECTILES AND MISSILES IS SPEED.

MISSILES TRAVEL AT MAYBE
18,000 MILES PER HOUR,

MAYBE 40,000 MILES PER HOUR AT THE MAXIMUM.

LIGHT TRAVELS AT 186,000 MILES PER SECOND.

SO LASER LIGHT LEAVES MISSILES IN THE DUST.

[ GUN COCKS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

THE POWER OF THIS WEAPON
COMES FROM A CHEMICAL EXPLOSION

WHICH DRIVES THE PROJECTILE DOWN THIS TUBE.

THIS LASER BEAM IS LOW INTENSITY

AND IS ONLY USED FOR AIMING PURPOSES.

HOWEVER, IF I COULD PACK
THE ENERGY OF THIS EXPLOSION

ONTO THE LASER BEAM ITSELF,

I WOULD HAVE A SUPERPOWERFUL LASER CANNON.

I'M CERTAIN MY LASER CANNONS

WOULD BE EFFECTIVE
AGAINST SMALL ALIEN CRAFT.

BUT WOULD THEY BE A
MATCH FOR THE MOTHER SHIP?

FOR SOMETHING THAT BIG,

I THINK I'LL NEED AN
ALTOGETHER BIGGER WEAPON.

WE COULD LAUNCH THOUSANDS OF NUCLEAR BOMBS

FROM OUR BASE IN THE ASTEROID BELT

DIRECTLY AT THE ALIEN SHIP.

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A PROBLEM.

DETONATING A NUCLEAR BOMB IN
DEEP SPACE IS NOT SO DRAMATIC.

YES, THERE'S RADIATION,

BUT THERE'S NO BLAST OR SHOCK
WAVE FOR THE SAME REASON THAT,

IN OUTER SPACE, NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM.

THERE'S NO AIR TO CONDUCT THE BLAST.

HOWEVER, IF YOU DETONATE THE BOMB

JUST OUTSIDE THE ATMOSPHERE,

YOU COULD PARALYZE THE ENTIRE ALIEN FLEET.

A NUCLEAR BLAST CREATES
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE,

OR E.M.P., A WAVE OF INVISIBLE PARTICLES

CREATED WHEN RADIATION
COLLIDES WITH AIR MOLECULES.

IT'S LETHAL TO ALL KNOWN ELECTRONICS.

DETONATE MULTIPLE BOMBS
JUST OUTSIDE OUR ATMOSPHERE,

AND WE'D BE SAFE FROM THE RADIATION,

BUT WE'D STILL HAVE A MASSIVE E.M.P.

TRICKY, BUT I THINK WE CAN PULL IT OFF.

I BELIEVE I HAVE TWO TACTICS

THAT WILL GIVE THE EARTH
A SOLID LINE OF DEFENSE.

FIRST, I'LL POSITION LASER CANNONS

ON THE MASSIVE ROCKS IN THE ASTEROID BELT.

TO POWER THEM, I'LL MELT THE
ICE LOCKED IN THE ASTEROIDS

AND USE THE WATER TO FUEL FUSION REACTORS.

IF SOME OF THE INVADERS MAKE IT THROUGH,

I'LL INITIATE MY SECOND STRATEGY.

I'LL LAUNCH HUNDREDS OF
NUCLEAR BOMBS FROM THE EARTH

TO CREATE A BLANKET OF
E.M.P. AROUND OUR PLANET.

ALIEN SHIPS SHOULD BE
STOPPED DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS.

BUT WHAT IF THE ALIENS ARE SO ADVANCED,

THEY DON'T EVEN USE ELECTRONICS?

THEN THEY MIGHT PUNCH A HOLE
THROUGH THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE,

FLOOD THE EARTH WITH THEIR WEAPONS,

AND THAT'S A TERRIFYING THOUGHT.

Man: THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
MOBILIZED THEIR ARMED MIGHT,

RUSHING TO DEFEND THE EARTH
AGAINST THE UNKNOWN WEAPONS

OF THE SUPER RACE.

I'VE DESIGNED AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

WITH TWO LINES OF DEFENSE.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY
MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE EARTH?

Dr. Kaku: MY FELLOW SCIENTISTS
THINK THAT IF THAT HAPPENS,

WE'LL BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.

IF THE ALIENS ARRIVE WITH GUNS BLAZING,

WE SHOULD SURRENDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ANY ALIEN THAT CAN TRAVEL BETWEEN THE STARS

IS SO FAR TECHNOLOGICALLY BEYOND US,

THEY HAVE SUCH ENERGY AVAILABLE TO THEM

THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN BUGS TO THEM.

THEY DO HAVE A POINT.

WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT

A SO-CALLED GALACTIC CIVILIZATION,

AND THAT'S BAD NEWS FOR PLANET EARTH.

Dr. Kaku: OUR TECHNOLOGY IS SO PRIMITIVE

THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO ANTS

THAN WE ARE TO A GALACTIC CIVILIZATION.

OUR PROJECTILES AND BOMBS
WOULD BE USELESS AGAINST THEM.

TO DEFEAT THE ALIENS, WE HAVE
TO FIND THEIR ACHILLES' HEEL.

WE KNOW NOW THAT WE
CAN'T BEAT THEIR MACHINES.

WE'VE GOT TO BEAT THEM.

I THINK THE WEAK LINK IN
THE INVADING GROUND FORCES

COULD BE THE ALIENS THEMSELVES.

I NEED A WEAPON THAT
TARGETS THE ALIEN SOLDIERS

RATHER THAN THEIR MACHINES.

BOB HAZEN IS AN EXPERT

IN THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS.

I'LL NEED TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING I CAN

ABOUT THE BIOLOGY OF THE INVADERS.

LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS
COULD LOOK VERY STRANGE.

BUT WE THINK IT'S GONNA SHARE

SOME VERY KEY CHARACTERISTICS
WITH EARTH... WATER.

WATER IS THE ESSENTIAL MEDIUM FOR LIFE.

IT'S THE THING THAT ALLOWS
THE ATOMS AND THE ENERGY

TO COME TOGETHER SO THE CELLS CAN FORM.

THE IDEA THAT WATER

COULD BE A FUNDAMENTAL
PART OF ALIEN BIOLOGY

IS A KEY PIECE OF INTEL.

IF I FACTOR THAT INTO MY WEAPON DESIGN,

IT COULD GIVE ME AN EDGE.

I NEED TO DESIGN THE
ULTIMATE SCI-FI WEAPON,

SO I NEED TO CHECK IN WITH
THE SCIENCE-FICTION FANS.

IN YOUR ARSENAL, YOU DEFINITELY WANT

EVERY VARIETY OF RAY GUN, PROTON PACK.

BULLETS DON'T SEEM TO REALLY WORK ON ALIENS

THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR.

WEAPON OF CHOICE?

THE PHASER, DIFFERENT SETTINGS...

STUN, KILL, BLOW A HOLE THROUGH SOMEONE.

BULLETS DON'T WORK. I THINK PHASERS WOULD.

[ AIR-RAID SIREN WAILS ]

PHASERS AND RAY GUNS
ARE A STAPLE OF SCI-FI,

BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY
BASED ON SOME SOLID SCIENCE.

AN ORDINARY PROJECTILE WEAPON

WOULD BOUNCE RIGHT OFF THE
ARMOR OF AN ADVANCED ALIEN.

NOW, MICROWAVE-BEAM WEAPONS ARE DIFFERENT.

MICROWAVE-BEAM WEAPONS
HEAT UP THE WATER MOLECULES,

MAKE THEM VIBRATE, AND THEY PENETRATE,

PENETRATE RIGHT INTO
THE INSIDE OF THE ALIEN.

NOW, IF YOU HEAT ENOUGH WATER MOLECULES,

PUMP UP THE ENERGY, THEN
THE WATER STARTS TO BOIL.

WITH THE ALIEN BOILING FROM THE INSIDE,

THE ALIEN THEN BEGINS TO EXPLODE.

NOW, IN SMALL QUANTITIES,

MICROWAVES CAN BE USED TO COOK YOUR DINNER.

IN LARGE QUANTITIES, IT
COULD COOK THEIR GOOSE.

THE SCI-FI FANS WERE RIGHT.

TO VAPORIZE AN ALIEN, THERE'S
ONLY ONE WEAPON UP TO THE JOB.

MY RAY GUN WILL BE POWERFUL,
LIGHTWEIGHT, AND HANDHELD.

IT WILL USE LAYERS OF NANOBATTERIES

THAT GENERATE A SOLID BEAM OF MICROWAVES

THAT COULD EASILY
VAPORIZE AN ALIEN SOLDIER.

A RAY GUN IS GOOD FOR
PICKING UP INDIVIDUAL ALIENS,

BUT IT'S NOT GONNA WORK
AGAINST AN INVADING ARMY.

TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO...

IF THE ALIENS LAND ON OUR PLANET,

THEN HAND-TO-HAND
COMBAT IS NOT GONNA CUT IT.

IF WE'RE UP AGAINST A
VERY ADVANCED CIVILIZATION,

THEN NO MATTER HOW MANY ENERGY-BEAM
WEAPONS WE GIVE OUR SOLDIERS,

IT WON'T BE ENOUGH TO LIBERATE THE EARTH.

TO LIBERATE THE PLANET
FROM THE INVADING ALIENS,

I NEED AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT APPROACH.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I USED
TO TAKE JUDO LESSONS,

AND, IN MY OPINION, OF
ALL THE MARTIAL ARTS,

I THINK IT'S THE MOST
SKILLFUL, THE MOST ELEGANT,

BECAUSE BRUTE STRENGTH
ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST NOTHING.

IN FACT, IT COULD EVEN BE YOUR DOWNFALL.

THE PRINCIPLE IS TO USE YOUR
OPPONENT'S STRENGTH AGAINST HIM

AND TO ADAPT QUICKLY TO CHANGE.

IF YOU'RE WEAKER,

A PERFECTLY PLACED FOOT
AND THE SMALLEST SIDE STEP

ARE ALL THAT'S NEEDED TO SEND
HIM CRASHING TO THE GROUND.

TO OVERCOME A SUPERIOR ALIEN FORCE,

I HAVE TO USE THE PRINCIPLES OF JUDO.

THE HARDER THEY STRIKE, THE
MORE IT BENEFITS THE EARTH.

FIRST, I'LL RELEASE DROVES
OF FLYING SENSORS INTO THE AIR

TO GATHER INFORMATION.

AND THEN I'LL CLOTHE MY SOLDIERS, MY TANKS,

MY ARTILLERY SHELLS WITH SmartSkin,

ONE MOLECULE THICK FULL OF SENSORS.

SO WHEN THE ALIENS ATTACK,

THE VERY FABRIC OF MY SOLDIERS' ARMOR

WILL BE GATHERING INFORMATION
FROM EVERY SHOT FIRED.

IF THE ALIENS USE PARTICLE-BEAM WEAPONS,

THE SmartSkin WILL RECORD
THE PROPERTIES OF THE BEAM.

IF THEY USE EXPLOSIVES,

I'LL KNOW WHAT CHEMICALS
THEY WERE MADE FROM.

THIS VITAL DATA WILL ALLOW
ME TO LOOK FOR A WEAK SPOT

IN THE ALIEN ARSENAL.

THE MORE THEY FIRE THEIR WEAPONS,

THE MORE THEY REVEAL ABOUT THEIR SYSTEMS,

JUST LIKE THE BORG IN "STAR TREK."

WE WILL BE A MASSIVE DATA-ABSORBING MACHINE

THAT WILL PROBE THEIR WEAKNESSES

AND PREPARE FOR THE FINAL
EARTH-LIBERATING COUNTERATTACK.

NOT ME, NOT ME, NOT ME! NO, NO!

BUT RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT TO
PREPARE TO REVEAL MY PLANS

TO THE SCIENCE-FICTION FANS.

IF ANYONE STANDS A
CHANCE AT FIGURING IT OUT,

I HAVE FAITH IN THE GOOD DOCTOR.

Dr. Kaku: HOLLYWOOD INVASION
MOVIES HAVE RAISED OUR EXPECTATIONS.

THERE'S ALWAYS THIS BATTLE ROYAL AT THE END

BETWEEN EVENLY MATCHED ADVERSARIES...

THE KLINGONS VERSUS THE FEDERATION.

BUT IN REALITY, IT'S
GONNA BE QUITE DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE A DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH.

IT'S GONNA BE MORE LIKE
BAMBI VERSUS GODZILLA.

AND THE QUESTION IS...

CAN WE USE THE ENEMY'S
STRENGTH AGAINST HIM?

IS MY DESIGN ENOUGH?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

LET ME ASK YOU GUYS A QUESTION.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN
THE MOVIE "INDEPENDENCE DAY"?

RAISE YOUR HANDS. [ CHEERING ]

WELL, YOU'RE ALL BRAINWASHED.

[ LAUGHTER ]

BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD SEEMS TO SAY THAT,

"HEY, IF YOU'RE PURE OF HEART,
YOU, TOO, CAN TAKE ON ALIENS

THAT ARE A MILLION YEARS
MORE ADVANCED THAN US."

NO WAY. I MEAN, GIVE ME A BREAK.

SO, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO IT?

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE
SENSORS, SENSORS EVERYWHERE.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO DRAW SOME LINES OF DEFENSE.

BUT, HEY, LET'S BE REAL.

IF THEY'RE THAT ADVANCED,

THEY'RE GONNA ROLL OVER OUR DEFENSES.

THEY'RE GONNA PENETRATE
THROUGH OUR WEAPON SYSTEM.

SO HERE'S MY DESIGN.

I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW WE
CAN REALLY DEFEAT THE ALIENS.

THE MOMENT THE INVADERS
BREAK THROUGH OUR DEFENSES,

I'LL PLACE TEAMS OF ANALYSTS
IN UNDERGROUND BUNKERS.

THEIR ROLE WILL BE TO STUDY
EVERY DETAIL OF THE ATTACK.

THE ALIENS WILL BE FAR
SUPERIOR IN THEIR TECHNOLOGY.

THEY WILL HAVE MACHINES AND WEAPONS

FAR BEYOND ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE.

THEY INVADE THE EARTH.
YEAH, THEY COME AT US.

YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE A SLAUGHTER, RIGHT?

THEY'RE WIPING OUT ALL OUR EQUIPMENT

WITH THEIR BEAM WEAPONS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WRONG.

OUR TANKS AND SOLDIERS
ARE COVERED IN SmartSkin

PACKED WITH SENSORS.

SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING

IS COLLECTING DATA ON THE
PROPERTIES OF THEIR WEAPONS

AND THEIR ATTACK STRATEGY.

USING QUANTUM COMPUTERS,

WE'LL PROCESS THE DATA FROM THESE SENSORS

TO PINPOINT THE ALIENS' WEAK SPOTS.

AND THEN THE FINAL COUNTERATTACK.

WE HAVE NO IDEA

WHAT TECHNOLOGIES THE ALIENS WILL POSSESS,

BUT MY PLAN WILL GIVE US
THE TIME AND DATA WE NEED

TO DEFEND OURSELVES.

IT WILL GIVE US A FIGHTING CHANCE

TO DRIVE THE ALIENS FROM OUR
PLANET AND LIBERATE THE EARTH.

AND THIS IS HOW I'LL DEFEAT THE ALIENS.

[ CHEERING ]

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY GO FIGHT THOSE ALIENS.

I WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE IN.

Man: IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE
GETTING OUR ASSES KICKED,

BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROBING
THEM AND FINDING OUT ABOUT THEM.

I FIND THAT TO BE A VERY SMART MOVE.

I THINK MICHIO KAKU'S IDEAS
ABOUT HOW TO DEFEND THE EARTH

AGAINST ALIEN ATTACK WAS TRULY AMAZING.

HIS IDEAS ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY.