FAQ

First, it's important to understand that the potentially aquatic alien race that decided to attack Earth is very disciplined and clever. They DO NOT want to endure any casualties, are extremely tactical and more, VERY protective of their troops, especially as their first contingent is not that numerous.

It seems that the bridge the Shredder Drones destroyed was connected to the communication station where Cal Zapata, the scientist that witnessed the alien spaceships incoming, was working. In the movie, it is shown that the aliens send a little space shuttle to this station in order to reestablish communication with their native planet.

Indeed, the aliens seemingly lost their main communication spaceship when landing ( at the beginning of the movie, after the Hong Kong crash incident, an alien spaceship wreckage equipped with a mix of antennas/solar panel is shown ).

In consequence, the aliens needed to find a way to communicate, so the parabolic antennas of the communication station were the best option for them. By destroying the bridge, they would stop any kind of terrestrial reinforcements that could have headed to this station, minimizing the protection work and the potential casualties they could endure.

Well, many answers are possible. However, in 3 different moments of the movies we see 3 different situations:

• Moment 1: An alien cyborg breached the security of the John Paul Jones, reaching the engines room. He looks at Chief Petty Walter Lynch ( played by John Tui ), then his HUD computing system registers the parameters from his right eye. At this moment, Lynch is showed being highlighted with a green color by the HUD, clearly showing he is considered as inoffensive.

• Moment 2: The same alien cyborg is later being attacked by Raikes ( Played by Rihanna ) shooting at him. He looks at Raikes, registering the parameters from her right eye. At this moment, Raikes is being highlighted with a red color by the HUD, clearly showing she is considered as a threat.

• Moment 3: An alien engineer encounters Cal Zapata ( played by Hamish Linklater ), the scientist working at the communication station. Cal is frightened, but the alien engineer reassures him, and his HUD computing system registers his left eye's paramaters. Cal is highlighted with a green color by the HUD, showing he is considered as inoffensive.

From this 3 moments, one of the most rational explanation is that the HUD computing system is simply registering human behavior linked to the aggressiveness levels via the eyes parameters ( pupils dilation mainly and/or redness ).

Director Peter Berg said:I spent a lot of time in the Navy thinking about who would make sense and who would bring an urban swagger to this character...put a call in, had a great couple of meetings, and she's a great girl, really hard-working, very smart, wants to be good, really strong work ethic, no attitude, no diva nonsense. She was great.

There are some references in the movie that loosely connect it to the original Battleship board game. Those who are familiar with the game can pick up on them easily.

• Part of the plot involves the aliens emitting an electromagnetic pulse, which disrupts radio signals, including radar, communications, and targeting systems. The aliens themselves are unable to detect ships unless they have a direct line of sight. This means both sides are blind to each other's positions—just like the game, where the player is unaware of the enemy's position and can only fire blind.

• The alien artillery "shells" look just like the pegs used in the game to mark hits and misses. In the movie, several of the enemy "pegs" embed themselves into a ship deck or hull, and then all simultaneously explode and sink the target ship. In the board game, an enemy ship is sunk only after several pegs are used.

• Due to their lack of radar, the Navy resorts to receiving signals from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) system of buoys. The system is designed to track tsunamis (and other natural events) by detecting water displacement levels, but can detect any massive water displacement, such as those caused by the alien ships. The NOAA system is composed of a network of buoys spread across the ocean surface to form a grid, which is displayed on the Navy ship's instruments, and looks similar to the grids used by players in the game. Also (as in the game) the Naval personnel call out alien targets using a letter-number code to mark positions on the grid—and spotters on the ship call out "miss" and "hit" after each missile salvo.

No, but someone does say, "They're not sinking this battleship!"

It's the Naval Working Uniform (NWU). Based on the MARPAT Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform, with multiple pockets on the shirt and trousers, it uses a multicolor digital print pattern similar to those introduced by other services. However, the NWU is also made in three variants: predominantly blue (with some gray) for the majority of sailors and shipboard use; a woodland digital pattern; and a desert digital pattern for sailors serving in units requiring those types of uniforms, such as SEALs. Woodland and desert variants may be tailored differently than the blue-pattern uniform. The overall blue color reflects the Navy's heritage and connection to seaborne operations. The pixelated pattern is also used to hide wear and stains, something unavoidable with the utilities and working khakis used previously. The colors were also chosen to match the most commonly used paint colors aboard ship, extending the lifetime of the uniform on long deployments where uniforms often come into contact with freshly painted surfaces. This uniform is also worn at Naval Medical Center San Diego and other on-shore facilities. As of 2012 the NWU is authorized for wear outside of military installations.

Yes. There's a short scene showing three Scottish kids finding one of the derelict pieces that splintered from the original formation at the beginning of the film. A man with a truck full of tools happens by and uses some of his implements to try to open it, failing, until a blowtorch works. They struggle and finally succeed in opening the pod, and the scene ends with them all running off scared, when an alien inside starts climbing out.

"Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots.