Alien – ZooScope

Olivia Westerdale
27th January 2023
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Nope. Dir. Jordan Peele. Universal Pictures. 2022

Nope. Dir. Jordan Peele. Universal Pictures. 2022 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jja_0133_comp.1055-1.jpg 1000 699 Olivia Westerdale Olivia Westerdale https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e3d8d552266c170186d5bb0fff2d8569?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2023 6th March 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8fuzj3gck Figure 1 Jordan Peele’s latest film nope follows siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood in the aftermath of their father’s unexpected death. The siblings ‘We ain’t got no more problems’…

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Universal Pictures. 1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Universal Pictures. 1982 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Callum Ratcliffe Callum Ratcliffe https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8807390e24ef91b0082deeae33988f3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2022 27th January 2022

https://youtu.be/qYAETtIIClk Figure 1: Trailer for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Figure 2: Grant (Sam Neill) reinforces the role of the surrogate father trope in Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993) dir. Steven Spielberg…

Arrival. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Paramount Pictures. 2016.

Arrival. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Paramount Pictures. 2016. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Joanna Jenkins Joanna Jenkins https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7db50e95218f5f7aad38974ab078342c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11th January 2019 25th May 2021

https://youtu.be/tFMo3UJ4B4g When I think of science fiction films, I immediately think of two things: aliens and explosions. Arrival plays with these expectations of the genre, asking the viewer to look at aliens…