Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released 47 years ago today.

[thespaceshipper@socel.net]

Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released 47 years ago today.

What a fantastic movie.

[profdc9@mastodon.social]

@TheSpaceshipper And after this movie, all aliens are humanoid with no hair, giant heads, and gray skin. Kind of like this:

[inthehands@hachyderm.io]

@profdc9 @TheSpaceshipper @blogdiva
I don’t think we ever see the aliens in Close Encounters, do we? (It’s been a while for me)

[profdc9@mastodon.social]

@inthehands @TheSpaceshipper @blogdiva

Here's an example from the movie:

[inthehands@hachyderm.io]

@profdc9 @TheSpaceshipper @blogdiva
Thanks all! I do now vaguely remember this, but barely. It really has been a while!

[inthehands@hachyderm.io]

@profdc9 @TheSpaceshipper @blogdiva

You all sent me down this rabbit hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_alien

Turns out the history of the little grey alien archetype is a surprisingly long one! I had no idea.

[sjjh@hachyderm.io]

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