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<i>The Mysterians</i>: Flying Saucers, Mecha Kaiju, Ray Guns, and&#8230; International Cooperation?

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Image from the 1957 film The Mysterians, depicting a group of aliens in brightly colored uniforms and helmets
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The Mysterians: Flying Saucers, Mecha Kaiju, Ray Guns, and… International Cooperation?

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Klaatu (Michael Rennie) emerges from a spaceship in a scene from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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The Day the Earth Stood Still: Suspicion, Paranoia, and a Very Polite Alien Visitor in 1950s America

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Still from Ikarie XB-1
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Ikarie XB-1: Imagining a Journey Across the Stars, Martinis Included

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Scene from Silent Running featuring Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) and Dewey the drone
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Silent Running: A 1970s Environmental Fable Remains Depressingly All Too Relevant 

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Scene from Solaris (1972): Kris and Hari look at their reflections in a mirror
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Solaris: Guilt, Grief, and the Many Human Facets of Science Fiction

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Scene from Forbidden Planet, featuring Anne Francis (as Altaira Morbius), Leslie Nielsen (as Cmmr. James J. Adams), and Robby the Robot
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Forbidden Planet: The Moment Hollywood Got Serious About Sci Fi Cinema

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Black and white image from the film Le Voyage dans la Lune: a large spacecraft capsule has crashed onto the moon, directly into the face of "the man on the moon"
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Introducing the Reactor Science Fiction Film Club!

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“Writers are liars my dear, surely you know that by now?”

Neil Gaiman, The Sandman

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