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   The Spaceshipper ? (thespaceshipper@socel.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 00:45:16 JST The Spaceshipper ?

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

   What a fantastic movie.

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     Daniel Marks (profdc9@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 00:45:14 JST Daniel Marks

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

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 00:45:14 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
     • Daniel Marks

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

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 01:50:44 JST Paul Cantrell

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

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     Daniel Marks (profdc9@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 01:50:45 JST Daniel Marks

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     • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

     @inthehands @TheSpaceshipper @blogdiva

     Here's an example from the movie:

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 01:54:22 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @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.

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     Gentleman Programmer (sjjh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 08:15:04 JST Gentleman Programmer

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