This week, our hosts discuss alien depictions through the ages. From silent films to Men In Black, and from humanoids to heptapods, you’re not going to want to miss this one!
Movies and Other Media Mentioned
2001: A Space Odyssey 
Aelita: Queen of Mars 
Alien 
Arrival 
Attack the Block 
Babylon 5 
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 
Dark Star 
The Day the Earth Stood Still 
Defiance 
District 9 
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 
Edge of Tomorrow 
Escape to Witch Mountain 
E.T. 
Farscape 
His Dark Materials 
Independence Day 
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 
LaGuardia 
Le Voyage dans la Lune 
Mass Effect 
Men In Black 
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 
Slaughterhouse Five 
Stargate 
Star Trek 
Star Wars 
Toy Story 
The War of the Worlds
Sources Consulted
- “Alien.” Online Etymology Dictionary.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/alien#etymonline_v_44184 - “Extraterrestrial.” Online Etymology Dictionary.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/extraterrestrial#etymonline_v_32892 - “Aliens in Popular Culture.” Paranormal Encyclopedia. https://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/a/alien/popular-culture/
- Debczak, Michele. “Why So Many Aliens in Pop Culture Look
Familiar.” Mental Floss. 18 March 2018.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/536040/why-so-many-aliens-pop-culture-look-familiar - Green, Jaime. “How We Imagine Aliens.” Medium. 24 May
2018.
https://medium.com/s/the-possibility-of-life/how-we-imagine-aliens-8abda2236e8 - Oster, Lauren. “Pop Culture’s Most Memorable Alien
Invasions.” Travel Channel.
https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/expedition-unknown-hunt-for-extra-terrestrials/articles/pop-cultures-most-memorable-alien-invasions