Alien Movie Types

 3 basic types of alien movies.

Squishy Alien Movies

Any of the Men in Black films – high squishiness factor.

The Hidden – Kyle MacLachlan is an alien slug cop (or alien cop slug?) hunting a bad guy alien slug

The Andromeda Strain – excellent sci-fi, still with the oozing

Pretty much all the Alien movies with their various sequels, prequels, and cross-overs – lots of alien acid goo

Evolution – I have not seen this one, but from what little I read in Wikipedia, it involves blowing up a humongous alien amoeba. Oh, yeah. Plenty of squishy.

War of the Worlds – the recent one with Tom Cruise had a lot more goo than the original. Bigger machines, more goo, guess it makes sense.

The Blob – All of 'em. Nothin’ but 100% pure acid goo. And, mean, too. Or, maybe just misunderstood. Oh well. Freeze ‘im!

Cuddly, Friendly Aliens

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – like eating cotton candy. So sweet you’ll go diabetic.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Really skinny aliens teaching us a new song and sign language

The Day the Earth Stood Still – Klaatu Barada Nikto. The Michael Rennie version. He's not really cuddly, but he is friendly. Well, at least he doesn't want to see us get zapped.

Mean Aliens

Alien – Oh, yeah. The collective gasp in the theater when watching the chest-burster scene will drop the air pressure so much your ears pop. He’s mean, squishy, and full of acid.

Independence Day – Really big heads, can’t take a punch, and desperately in need of better anti-virus software.

War of the Worlds – I still haven’t forgiven them for melting those three nice guys with the white flags. Grrrrr. Throw the germs at ‘em, boys. Not as much goo as the Tom Cruise version.

Species -- She's mean and squishy.