Alien warning! People on earth don't ask for trouble.

Stephen Hawking, a famous physicist, often warns people not to provoke aliens (strictly speaking, it should be alien life), but people always turn a deaf ear to his words. Especially filmmakers?

A large number of movies involving alien themes emerge one after another, and colorful aliens visit the earth in turn. Alien movies that can sell well often respond to people's imagination of outer space at that time. The reason why those alien movies can impress people and even go down in history is often because they express the worries and expectations of human beings about their own situation.

What kind of aliens are created in general film and television dramas?

Case Representative: Independence Day

Release date:1July 3, 996, USA

Just as Americans were preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July, an alien fleet surrounded the earth on a large scale and launched attacks on several important cities with the aim of destroying all mankind. The wise and brave American President Bill gherman called on all countries to defend themselves against foreign aggression, and personally took the lead in self-defense and led mankind to fight back, turning July 4th into the Independence Day of the Earth.

Giant UFOs, cities destroyed, human beings in chaos, visually dazzling; Then, the classic American hero movies were blown up: the stars and stripes on the moon, the brave American pilot, the American president who vowed to stay with his own people, the global counterattack led by the United States, and of course the president's impassioned and inspiring speech at the end.

Martians around the earth

Release date:1996-12-13 (USA)

This is an alien invasion film 1996 directed by tim burton. Combined with the budget of box office movies and the plot and characteristics of B-rated movies, the movies rely heavily on special effects, and the music uses a lot of instruments used in Adventure of Mars and Tianya Haijiao. Compared with Independence Day, which was also about alien invasion in the same year, the film was poorly reviewed and grossed at the box office.

But in fact, this film is based on a series of exchange cards issued by Topps Toys Company in 1962, and it is also a film that tim burton pays tribute to his favorite director Edward D. Wood Jr..

Alien

Release date: 1979-5-25 USA

The original Alien, which was born during the Cold War, contributed to the great success of horror science fiction movies. In the explosive era of nuclear war, the American people in a state of high mental and physical tension need an outlet to vent their pressure. The cinema is crowded, and people are willing to spend money to buy fright, because at least they can temporarily forget the fears and uneasiness in daily life.

If you have seen the director's late film thelma and louise, you will understand how feminism in Alien comes down in one continuous line. Sigourney weaver, the lonely heroine in Alien, became an action superstar as famous as Stallone at that time with this film.

Case Representative: A day when the earth stood still.

Release date: 195 1 year USA

As one of the most classic iconic movies in the history of science fiction, The Day When the Earth Stops was born in the background of the "Cold War", and aliens became a symbol of kindness and peace. They came all the way to the earth to warn the heads of state in the cold war that they must cherish peace and stay away from the threat of nuclear weapons. The anti-war style of robert wise, the director of The Sound of Music, and the gloomy soundtrack of bernard herrmann, the composer of the Empire by Hitchcock, make it a film classic.

Most of the powerful robots, aliens in silver spacesuits and inverted saucer that have become commonplace in science fiction films come from this film. The peace concept it conveys, the direct speech on postwar politics, the insight into the dark side of human nature, the point-to-point close-up and the neat narration all make it independent of other sci-fi films of its time.

reach

Release date: 2016-1-11(USA)

Adapted from the short story "The Story of Your Life" by Ted Jiang, a famous science fiction writer in China. This is a film with oriental texture in science fiction philosophy. The foreign language in the film is very similar to China's calligraphy, and the philosophy of life finally conveyed by the film can also arouse the sense of * * * in the depths of oriental audience culture.

The sudden appearance of UFOs and giant aliens over the earth sent a signal to human beings, but human beings could not interpret it. Finally, in this language, we see different perspectives on time and life. Kind aliens just come to teach the heroine to learn a foreign language, so as to bridge the gap between the human world.

Case Representative: District 9.

Release date: August 2009, 14, USA

If you have seen Kafka's Metamorphosis, this movie will give you a feeling of deja vu. Aliens stranded on the earth are isolated by human beings in the South African slum "District 9". Wikus, a government agent, was unfortunately infected by an alien biological weapon while carrying out the task of catching aliens and turned into a huge alien beetle.

In the face of the persistent paranoia of foreigners about being killed, foreign refugees were isolated and discriminated against, and the slogan "No use by foreigners" was clearly posted in public places, which inevitably reminded people of Johannesburg before the abolition of apartheid in 1994.

Perhaps the director doesn't want to make a sci-fi film into a political metaphor, but Neil blom Kemp himself said that "this film expresses my feelings about the world".

Avatar

Release date: 2009- 12- 16 USA

The story is about the struggle between colonization and anti-colonialism, but human beings become greedy and evil, and the bullied and plundered alien creatures stubbornly resist under the leadership of the kind people on earth, and finally win peace and tranquility.

In Avatar, we can see the cruel shadows of many historical and social problems. It also specifically mentions the human behavior of "dealing with terrorism with terrorism" and "before military strike", which is very reflective and educational.

In Avatar, folklore and touching love stories still exist, and our eyes open our hearts, which seems to open a brand-new movie era.

However, whether it is an evil alien or a kind alien,

We will never forget it.

Is the most "human" alien.

Yes, the friend with fingers.