Almost from the very dawn of cinema, movies have been wrestling with the question of what life from other planets might be like. Go back to 1902 and one of the very first films made — Le Voyage dans la Lune, by George Melies — portrays inhabitants of the moon, Selenites, as evil, dangerous creatures, all in its short 14 minutes running time. The entire alien invasion theme was driven to new heights when our fear…Read More
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