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In film and TV, aliens have come in all shapes and sizes. Among them are the seven-limbed floating heptapods of Denis Villeneuve\u2019s Arrival<\/i> and, much less ethereal, Adam Sandler\u2019s talking arachnoid companion in Spaceman<\/i>. Thanks to the Alien<\/i> franchise alone onscreen extraterrestrials gained an additional two dozen guises.<\/p>\n

It is slightly more unusual for them to assume human form, as is the case in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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