Can't Stand Me Now

This dratted riddle. Seriously. I hate this. NO, that's a lie. I'm viciously addicted to it like the fiend that I am.

I just recently returned from seeing War of the Worlds with Kristen. (she gave me free movie passes. While waiting for 4:15 to roll around- we had been too late for the 2:30 movie- we stopped at Mitchell's, where she also had mitchell's money.) It wasn't such a bad movie- not exactly what-all one might have expected, however. Kristen and I decided we were too logical to die in these "world take-over" situations. And we are also too logical to really fully appreciate the movie.

1. How did that car Tom Cruise was so protective of drive? Didn't they run out of gas? I mean, they were in New York, headed to Boston, and he kept accelerating and such, not to mention he was taking obscure country roads. All those things are huge contributers to gas consumption- not to mention, it was a stolen car, and not even likely to be full at the time.
2. If the aliens sent an EMP around, how could that guy be taping them with a little sony? Or that other guy snap a photo with his kodak? (I don't know if those are the brands, I just thought being specific would put a certain degree of emphasiss on the rediculousness of it all)
3. Why, when aliens start blowing things up, do the people always try to run to "safety"? Don't they realise it's safer to stay put? Because, okay, the aliens have already torched the place, why would they stick around? Just do some dodging for a little while, and you'll be okay. But noooo, when aliens take over, people run to the un-torched places and wait for the aliens to come and blow there up.
4. People need to realise that New England is not a safe place. There has just not been a movie set in the misty New England fog that has been safe- Blair Witch, The Village, many other horror movies. Why would silly War of the Worlds be any safer from this movie law?
5. Going into the house of a man wielding a shotgun, who sits there sharpening his butcher's knife? Never a good idea. Kristen and I both agreed that had they all stuck around a few more weeks, chances are, that guy would have eaten Tom Cruise then attempted to procreate the world with Dakota Fanning. Which is rediculous. Everyone knows that if you're going to repopulate the planet, Tom Cruise has to be the father. You wouldn't want the creepy looking children of Dakota Fanning and that cannibal guy to raise the next generation of humans. It would be too unfortunate.
6. Everyone knows that the hiv will get you in the end. Kristen and I said that from the beginning. The thing was, we weren't serious. Speilburg (or maybe Wells, I haven't read the book and thus cannot confirm or deny the authenticity of the screenplay to the literature) was.
7. The cute kid must always survive. Even in the face of a huge explosion that kills thousands of well-trained army reserved. The cute sixteen year old must survive.
8. Aliens planted thier battleships eons before human civilization. However, that does not mean that these spacecrafts were not strategically planted- the aliens knew that thriving metropilises... metropoli... I don't know... would spring up around their ships. And that, in all the city planning of water, sewars, and broadband internet, they would never dig up a few thousand battle cruisers.
9. Intelligent, trained, physically fit... it doesn't matter how elite you are. You will die. A deadbeat dad dragging a ten-year-old along on his back, however, will undoubtedly survive.
10. When aliens come... they'll get Ukraine first.

Erg, has anyone noticed just how many movies aren't original? We saw six previews. Four of them were remakes or old comics, one was a horror movie (translate= unoriginal), and one was some new Orlando Bloom movie that looks corny and endearing (translation=boring) (but cute because Orlando is in it).

I guess that's pretty much it. I no longer have plans for tonight, because Kristen is going to Sean's, and so are Katie and Ryan, and I don't like hot tubs, so screw that idea. I guess I'll just sit at home and be bored and attempt to solve this dratted riddle.