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  2. Extraterrestrials in fiction - Wikipedia

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    An extraterrestrial or alien is a lifeform that did not originate on Earth. The word extraterrestrial means "outside Earth". Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction, and also appeared in much earlier works such as the second-century parody True History [1] by Lucian of Samosata.

  3. Science fiction film - Wikipedia

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    According to Vivian Sobchack, a British cinema and media theorist and cultural critic: . Science fiction film is a film genre which emphasizes actual, extrapolative, or 2.0 speculative science and the empirical method, interacting in a social context with the lesser emphasized, but still present, transcendentalism of magic and religion, in an attempt to reconcile man with the unknown.

  4. Aliens (film) - Wikipedia

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    Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron. It is the sequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, and the second film in the Alien franchise. Set in the far future, it stars Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of an alien attack on her ship. When communications are lost with a ...

  5. 20 best science fiction movies and film franchises to watch now

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    The boom in great science fiction movies makes it impossible to share all the truly great ones, so we worked on a list of 20, which includes several franchises. Ahead, the best sci-fi cinema you ...

  6. Science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

  7. A Quiet Place: the science behind how filmmakers made aliens ...

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    The aliens of A Quiet Place track their prey by hearing something outside the norm. A Quiet Place: the science behind how filmmakers made aliens hear using distractions and deviant sounds Skip to ...

  8. First contact (science fiction) - Wikipedia

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    A scene of a first contact between aliens and humans in Robert Sheckley's 1952 short story "Warrior Race". First contact is a common theme in science fiction about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient species' first encounter with another one, given they are from different planets or natural satellites.

  9. Alien (film) - Wikipedia

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    Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett.It follows a spaceship crew who investigate a derelict spaceship and are hunted by a deadly extraterrestrial creature.