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