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Box office. $101.4 million. Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American black comedy science fiction film [3] directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay by Jonathan Gems was based on the Topps trading card series of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Jack Nicholson (in a dual role ...
1962–1962. Features. Mars in fiction. Mars Attacks is a science fiction -themed trading card series released in 1962 by Topps. The cards feature artwork by science fiction artists Wally Wood and Norman Saunders. [2] The cards form a story arc, which tells of the invasion of Earth by cruel, hideous Martians under the command of a corrupt ...
An unidentified flying object ( UFO ), or unidentified anomalous phenomenon [a] ( UAP ), is any perceived airborne, submerged or transmedium phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. [2] Upon investigation, most UAPs are identified as known objects or atmospheric phenomena, while a small number remain unexplained.
Tentacled and very intelligent and technologically advanced. Attempted to take over Earth as Mars became less and less habitable for them. Martians: Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series: Humanoid Martians: Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes and Duck Dodgers: Martians: Premendra Mitra's Mangalbairi (The Martian Enemies) Martians
List of films featuring extraterrestrials. Title. Year. Franchise. 10 Cloverfield Lane. 2016. Cloverfield [1] 20 Million Miles to Earth. 1957.
Video games set on Mars. This is a category for any video game where the player controls actions taking place, at least partially, on Mars. The action must take place on the surface Mars itself, not simply in orbit above Mars. This includes any alternate universe Mars, such as after terraforming, or on a seemingly fantasical Mars, as long as it ...
Carl Sagan, 1978 During the opposition of Mars in 1877, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli announced the discovery of linear structures he dubbed canali (literally channels, but widely translated as canals) on the Martian surface. These were generally interpreted—by those who accepted their disputed existence—as waterways, and they made their earliest appearance in fiction in the ...
Olympus Mons ( / əˌlɪmpəs ˈmɒnz, oʊ -/; [4] Latin for ' Mount Olympus ') is a large shield volcano on Mars. It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi; 72,000 ft) high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), [5] about 2.5 times the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level. It is Mars's tallest volcano, its tallest planetary mountain ...