‘Battleship’ aliens need a travel agent

We’ll leave the real film criticism to the experts where the movie "Battleship" is concerned. But every Hawaii resident who watched the Aliens vs. Navy flick, set in the Pearl Harbor and mauka regions of Oahu, had to be amused by one aspect.

It’s not too much of a spoiler to reveal that a weakness these nasty extraterrestrials had was their sunlight sensitivity. So, out off all the places they could have landed, they pick Hawaii?

It only goes to show that no matter how technologically advanced the civilization, failing to do the basic travel research is still a failure.

You can buy it, but not develop it

The latest owner of the Walter Dillingham estate has put the idyllic Mokuleia property up for sale once again. Kennedy Wilson Inc. bought it six years ago for $26 million but won’t disclose its own asking price. People with the bucks to buy the 2,700-acre Dillingham Ranch will have their ways of finding out through Christie’s International Real Estate, which is handling the sale.

But the agent did state the owner’s preference: a purchaser who won’t develop the property. Condos? Subdivisions? Not here, with the restored lodge and polo grounds and beachfront acreage.

Wonder what Dillingham himself might have said. After all, the tycoon who created Waikiki and Ala Moana out of swamp land was not famous for leaving things au naturel. Then again, au naturel in this spot is really nice.