E80 8-29-19 The Iconic Film Alien Came Out 40 Years Ago. A Scientist Explains Why Hollywood Depictions of Extraterrestrials Have Changed S
b'This year marks the 40th anniversary of the film \\u201cAlien\\u201d by Ridley Scott, where a creature called a \\u2018xenomorph\\u2019 attacks and eats the entire space crew except for Sigourney Weaver\\u2019s character. (see \\u2018Alien\\u2019 1979 movie trailer below) But as movie making has developed and as modern science has changed, so has the industry\\u2019s idea of what an alien would probably look like. \\u2018The days of little green men and giant scaly monsters in alien movies are over.\\u2019'