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What is the best alien in all of pop culture? From the biologically plausible to the scientifically absurd, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks the most iconic extraterrestrials from film and TV.
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00:00 – Introduction: Ranking Aliens
01:02 – War of the Worlds
4:38 – 2001 a Space Odyssey
5:32 – Contact
8:26 – Star Wars
11:19 – ET
13:26 – Twilight Zone
18:40 – The Great Gazoo from the Flintstones
20:11 – Men in Black
21:02 – Xenomorphs from Alien
23:11 – Announcement
23:42 – The Blob
25:00 – Predator
26:41 – Na’vi from Avatar
28:33 – Close Encounters of a Third Kind
34:39 – StarTrek Aliens
35:38 – Coneheads
37:00 – Septapods from Arrival
39:00 – The Day the Earth Stood Still
41:09 – Rick and Morty Aliens
42:32 – Invasion of the Body Snatchers
44:00 – The Brother from Another Planet
46:10 – Eridians from Project Hail Mary
48:20 – Superman
50:08 – The Day of the Triffids
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