So I just finished watching "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" on TCM (that movie won an Oscar for best art direction). It made me think about the fact that most movies that involve alien/human encounters, the aliens are not peaceful (think "War of the Worlds", "Signs" and "Independence Day". ) I think that it is really interesting that two of the three Spielberg movies featuring aliens, the aliens are peaceful (and look child-like, this means you E.T.). Except of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" most movies made before Close Encounters featured malicious aliens. And a most movies after Close Encounters and E.T. also have more malicious aliens than benign aliens. Maybe directors and producers think that more people will see a movie with an "us vs. them" theme versus cooperation between humans and aliens.
"This record is all Bill's got. Should we rock-paper-scissors to see who keeps him from killing himself in the bathroom?" -Dale Gribble
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