The Invaders

[manche]

One more question, can I find somewhere on this forum more about this mentioned connection of these aliens with the rainbow bracelets? I have not found very much information about this issue so far...

[Doubar]

Naha explained the connection in an interview he gave after the show ended. Here you are.

What's the whole story with the rainbow bracelets?

The rainbow bracelets are a gift to leaders (or those destined to be leaders) who
promote Peace On Earth...from Alien "watchers."

What happened during the two years Sinbad can't remember?

During the two years Sinbad was gone, he essentially, was in a comatose state, nurtured
by the alien "watchers." An interesting twist, though: Sinbad died when the ship went
down. Bryn died when Rumina destroyed the village. Physically, they were out of it as far
as this earthly plane was concerned. The aliens, realizing their potential, managed to get
hold of their "spirits" and, after healing their battered bodies, gave them back their
"souls," so to speak, and sent them off to fulfill their destinies.

What would you have done for the "end all and be all" series finale?

The end of the series would have been an almost "Close Encounters" type show, wherein everyone
wearing a rainbow bracelet gets visions of a certain geographical spot in what is now called the
United Kingdom. They all journey to the spot (our crew follows, confused) and are confronted by
the last of the Alien "watchers," a dragon-like creature whose spaceship is no longer capable of
flight. He has allowed the other watchers to flee safely. It seems that these creatures, when
discovered, are tracked down and killed by various knights out to have a dragon head on their
mantels. Since they are non-violent, they are like lambs led to slaughter.

The Alien creature basically repeats the New Testament's "beatitudes" for the assembled rainbow
bracelet wearing crowd. ("Blessed are the peacemakers, etc.") He tells them all that they and their
children and their children's children are now entrusted with saving humanity from its own foibles.
They have been chosen because they best exemplify what is strong and true in the human spirit. The
path will be hard. There will be set-backs but, until the "watchers" return, it is up to these
peacemakers to guide the planet. In the crowd, along with Sinbad, Bryn and Tetsu would have been
ancient citizens who bore more than a casual resemblance to Ghandi, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther
King, etc.; thus hinting that this line of strength and goodness is still around us.

After the crowd disperses, the large reptilian alien goes off to fulfill its destiny...at the
hands of a brash young British knight, Sir George.

Source: www.farfarawaysite.com/sinbad/edcorner/beyond.htm

As you can see it appears the aliens from Invaders are by no means the Watchers, because they obviously look like dragons and have already fled the planet. But of course, if you assume aliens are real anyway, then it's no surprise different species can show up.

Personally, while I somewhat like the idea with the bracelets being given to important people who will become leaders to the human race in one way or another, I don't like the alien theory at all. I love Naha's idea and the show but... I just don't know. This is fantasy, not sci-fi. Somehow, those two genres just don't go together in my mind.

[Doubar]

Dec 19, 2013 17:21:59 GMT -5 manche said:

And i found the next strange thing when i made the subtitle for this episode which i never realized. How it was possible that nobody from the rest of the crew did not notice that Doubar did not return from the beach with them? Or they did not care about him?

Now that, dear Manche, is something that puzzles me as well. Although I guess you have to take into consideration that he's a grown man and possibly excused himself because of natural matters it is indeed strange that nobody got even the tiniest bit suspicious or worried. And till the present day I have found to sensible reason for that. >.<

[manche]

Thank you for information, dear Doubar. I did not also like the idea of connection of these bracelets with aliens; it would fit into the TV series as The X Files was, but not here. (And I am saying it as a big fan of sci-fi). Fantasy and sci-fi are simply two separated genres (although I know some combinations of these genres as well, for example the last seasons of the Stargate SG1). But I like your idea that these bracelets belong to the people who are important for the world somehow.

Although I guess you have to take into consideration that he's a grown man and possibly excused himself because of natural matters it is indeed strange that nobody got even the tiniest bit suspicious or worried.

It can be truth but when we take to the account how Firouz mysteriously disappeared earlier I would expect more worries from the side of the rest of the crew.

[Doubar]

You're welcome. I am with you in that one. As you already know I, too, am a huge sci-fi fan and at the same time I love the fantasy genre. But combining both hardly ever feels right to me. They're just too different from one another even when sometimes small cross-overs do work.

I can be truth but when we take to the account how Firouz mysteriously disappeared earlier I would expect more worries from the side of the rest of the crew.

Oh yes, indeed! That's exactly what makes this be so unreasonable and out of character. They already knew that something odd was going on, so why in the world does nobody care?

[manche]

Only one theoretical question. When this alien took the form of Rongar and was able to speak, is there someone who would welcome the opportunity that this process would manage to return the ability of talking to him somehow? I am not sure if I would welcome this option myself, I am only thinking about it.

[Kriss]

Oct 21, 2019 8:50:45 GMT -5 manche said:

Only one theoretical question. When this alien took the form of Rongar and was able to speak, is there someone who would welcome the opportunity that this process would manage to return the ability of talking to him somehow? I am not sure if I would welcome this option myself, I am only thinking about it.

Never was thinking about that, as well as never really go much "inside" the episode.
Could be interesting but don't we love Rongar the way he is?

[manche]

I also do not like this episode very much, hearing of Rongar's voice is the biggest plus of this episode, more interesting than the plot, aliens or the secret of these bracelets.

It still would be our Rongar, but sudden ability to talk again would certainly change his character in a way, I do not dare to guess the extent of this. As I wrote, I am not sure myself if I would like this change, I was only thinking... Because it would not be so impossible that the aliens would have such ability. When they managed to create his talking copy.