I mean, star trek has lots of intelligent life that isn’t human at all. The default is human like, becuase it’s easier to relate to that and becuase it’s easier to make shows like that.
Yeah, using humanoid aliens makes it easier to relate to them for obvious reasons (and is a lot cheaper for the costume and effects departments), but it’s pretty likely that alien life would be vastly different from humans. Just look at the huge variety of animal life on Earth alone.
I mean, star trek has lots of intelligent life that isn’t human at all. The default is human like, becuase it’s easier to relate to that and becuase it’s easier to make shows like that.
Yeah, using humanoid aliens makes it easier to relate to them for obvious reasons (and is a lot cheaper for the costume and effects departments), but it’s pretty likely that alien life would be vastly different from humans. Just look at the huge variety of animal life on Earth alone.