THE ALIENS ARE COMING?!

24th March 2011

With the UK National Archives recently releasing new files on UFO sightings and the release of Skyline on DVD and Blu-Ray just the other day, we take a look at some of the most recent Hollywood interpretations of our extra-terrestrial friends and the methods used to resist their attacks.

MARS ATTACKS (1996)

The visitors: Bulbous-headed Martian pranksters shooting every human in sight with laser guns.

The defence: Drown them out with Tom Jones records!

INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)

The visitors: Plate-shaped spaceships confuse everyone by parking above America’s biggest cities….and then start blowing up any building of vague historical significance.

The defence: Nominate the US president to blow them up in a fighter jet. Simples.

STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)

The visitors: Advanced, intergalactic bugs decide to attack earth. Presumably because they’re bored.

The defence: Send clean-cut teenagers in Nazi uniforms to the oversized cockroaches’ planets….with guns, lots of guns.

SIGNS (2002)

The visitors: Countryside loving invaders with artistic tendencies and razor blades for fingers.

The defence: Er…. Just throw some water at them apparently.

WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005)

The visitors: Mega spaceships from a super advanced civilization, pulverizing the world’s population with a powerful laser.

The defence: Develop a common cold and sneeze vigorously in their direction.

CLOVERFIELD (2008)

The visitors: A Godzilla-like creature single-handedly destroying New York City, specifically targeting the young and annoying.

The defence: Videotape your friends being ripped apart and run in the opposite direction.

SKYLINE (2010)

The visitors: Gigantic light beaming vessels from outer-space filled with giant, brain-hungry monsters

The defence: DON’T LOOK UP!

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