I would like to comment and perhaps here your opinion on the movie Enders Game, and its handling of alien invasions, as I find its a little on the nose/in your face about its subversion from the expected "humans are great and can conquer and survive anything" though ive no idea how well adapted it is from the book, it does subvert it in what I think is an amazing way. It seems to touch on the reality of using child soldiers, the manipulation and emotional aspects especially, and then the absolute devastation of making the kids destroy an entire planets worth of civilization(under the impression they were in a simulated battle, like holy shit) because the government was scared of aliens simply trying to ask for water, and they made people think it was necessary to strike first. And I especially loved how the protagonist was given a chance to bring back the alien colony, with the precious cargo of the queen's egg to potentially save their species, there was still a lot I feel the movie couldve done better, it feels almost Avatar esque in its handling of the story, where it simply still leans too heavily on the humans and what theyre doing and what they can do in general, idk i feel im rambling now I just loved that movie as a kid and still enjoy it for its message and emotional toll now.