EW compares onscreen aliens friendly or otherwise.

Humans spend so much time wondering about other life forms that might exist in outer space.

What are they like?

Of the more traditional, big-headed alien ilk, these UFO-travelers from Steven Spielberg’s follow-up to Jaws were definitely more viewer-friendly than that shark. Their friendly faces

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How should we treat them?

And, perhaps the most pertinent question: How will they treatus?

What are those lights in the sky?

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Why did so many people go missing?

What gives theAlienfranchise its power is that the titular creatures are truly foreign from humanity.

They don’t just have big foreheads.

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ALIEN, the monster, after bursting out of Kane’s body, 1979, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Fil

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