Besides E. T., some believe that another earlier Spielberg film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ), was also inspired by The Alien.

Some of these films demonstrate of the breadth of whole or parts of films made at the studios: Carol Reed's The Third Man, Harry Enfield's Kevin and Perry Go Large, Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein, Ridley Scott's Alien, David Lean's A Passage to India, Franco Zeffirelli ’ s Hamlet and John Huston's The African Queen and " Lawrence of Arabia ".

The hub of the game is the Furon mothership in orbit around Earth, which vaguely resembles the Alien mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

The zords were used in the miniseries Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers arc, which was included in the Third Season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

EIAS has been used in numerous film and television productions such as Piranha 3D, Alien Trespass, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Daddy Day Care, K-19: The Widowmaker, Gangs of New York, Austin Powers: Goldmember, Men In Black II, The Bourne Identity, Behind Enemy Lines, Time Machine, Ticker, JAG-Pilot Episode, Spawn, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Galaxy Quest, Mission to Mars, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Titan A. E., U-571, Dinosaur, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Terminator 2: Judgement Day-DVD Intro, Jungle Book 2, American President, Sleepers, Star Wars Special Edition, Empire Strikes Back Special Edition, Return of Jedi Special Edition, Bicentennial Man, Vertical Limit, Elf, Blade Trinity, and Lost In Space.

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Alien Nation # 1: Day of Descent, Pocket, 1993.

Other Seattle-area bands of note include Pearl Jam, Sunn O ))), Acceptance, Aiden, Alien Crime Syndicate, Antlers, The Beautiful Mothers, Betty X, the Blakes, The Blood Brothers, Blue Scholars, The Catheters, Charlie Drown, Common Heroes, Dangermart, Daphne Loves Derby ( Kent ), Death Cab for Cutie ( Bellingham ), Daylight Basement, The Divorce, Dog Bone Sanctuary, Dolour, Drop Six, Drown Mary, Harvey Danger, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Gatsby's American Dream, Maktub, Metal Church, Minus the Bear, Macklemore, Modest Mouse ( Issaquah ), Mudhoney, The Murder City Devils, MxPx ( Bremerton ), The Myriad, Pedro the Lion, Point One, Ruby Doe, Schoolyard Heroes, Screaming Trees ( originally from Ellensburg ), Second Coming, Sky Cries Mary, Sleater-Kinney ( Olympia ), Slicing Grandpa, Smoosh, Soundgarden, Sunny Day Real Estate, Super Deluxe, Supersuckers, Sweet 75, Turn to Fall, United State of Electronica, Utterance, Vendetta Red, Vexed, Vindaloo, Visqueen, Zeke and The Zero Points.

They have since rekindled their friendship and have remained friendly over the years, with Alien going on to join various other projects, such as Today is the Day, Disassociate, and even a stint with Kiss Army.

Chinatown, A Star is Born, Splash, Bachelor Party, Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters, Dave, True Lies, Independence Day, Heartbreakers, Blow ; Ocean's 11, The Nutty Professor, Bugsy, Blue Streak, In the Line of Fire, Wedding Crashers, The Italian Job, Daredevil, National Treasure, Spider-Man, Alien Nation, and Prom Night.

Other explorations of the theme in popular culture include encounters with predatory or semi-sentient races as in Alien and Independence Day.

Among the Bay Area bands that got some of their start from playing the Cactus Club are Smash Mouth, The Donnas, Papa Roach, Insolence, Upstart Crow, Ded Neyber, Torn, Diatribe, Monkey, Cafe of Regret, Green Day, Alien Ant Farm, and The Odd Numbers.

These films included such efforts as Alien, Capricorn One, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Logan's Run, The Day of the Dolphin, Soylent Green and Futureworld.

* The 27th Day ( 1957 ) as the Alien

* The Alien Invasion in Independence Day ( film )

* " Alien " ( song ), by Pennywise

* " Alien ", a song by Bush on the album Sixteen Stone

* " Alien ", a song by Erasure on the album Loveboat

* " Alien ", a song by Japan on the album Quiet Life

* " Alien ", a song by Lamb on the album Fear of Fours

* " Alien ", a song by Nerina Pallot on the album Dear Frustrated Superstar

* " Alien ", a song by Thriving Ivory on their self-titled album

* " Alien ", a song by Tokio Hotel on the album Humanoid

* " My Alien ", a song by Simple Plan on the album No Pads, No Helmets ... Just Balls

* The British songwriter / preacher Garth Hewitt recorded a song about Oscar Romero on his 1985 Alien Brain album.

* " Hit ", a song by Guided by Voices from the 1995 album Alien Lanes

He wrote the music for the closing track of OK Computer, (" The Tourist "), and the intro, chorus and outro sections of the song " Subterranean Homesick Alien " from the OK Computer album, as well as the " rain down " section of " Paranoid Android ".

British rock band Alien Stash Tin included a short novelty song called " Bingo The Magic Pixie " as a bonus track on their 2007 debut album.

The street is the subject of the song " Seven Sisters Road " by UK heavy rock band Alien Stash Tin.

In 2010, the Pillows recorded Rodeo Star Mate, their 30th single and opening theme song for the series, Stitch-Itazura Alien no Daibouken.

The rock band Alien Stash Tin featured a song entitled Paint Your Windows White on their 2011 album On A Pinstripe Planet which features aspects of advice given in the protect and Survive booklet.

* " Attitude ", a song by Alien Ant Farm from Anthology ( Alien Ant Farm album )

* " Katch-22 ", a song by British batcave band Alien Sex Fiend

During fight scenes ( and during opening of the show ), an alternate version of the MMPR theme song was played, saying " Go Go Alien Rangers " instead of " Go Go Power Rangers ".

* " Alien Nation ", a song from the album Face the Heat by the German rock band Scorpions

* The song " Telephone and Rubber Band " was sampled by Spacehog in their 1995 hit " In the Meantime ", from the album Resident Alien.

Seven Sisters station is referenced in the song " Seven Sisters Road " by UK rock band Alien Stash Tin, and included on the bands 2007 eponymous album.

In the 1992 movie Alien 3, a prisoner is heard singing a line or two of the song while scraping the inside of a ventilator shaft, shortly before he is attacked by a juvenile xenomorph and subsequently diced by a large ventilation fan.

* Communion, a song by Third Day on their album Wherever You Are

* Conspiracy No. 5, an album by the Christian rock band Third Day

The resulting album, On the Third Day, was released in late 1973, with the American version featuring the popular single " Showdown.

* On the Third Day ( 1973 )

* Feast of the Santo Niño in the Philippines – * Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States – Third Monday

* Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo, also Teacher's Day ( Bhutan )

* 1973 – Mark Lee, American guitarist and songwriter ( Third Day )

* The Third Day, Osiris is Mourned and the Enemies of the Land are Destroyed.

The section titled " Third of Fourth Day of Spring " opens with a quotation reading: " To piss warm and drink cold, as Trimalchio says, because our mother the earth is in the middle ..."

Wagner called Das Rheingold a Vorabend or " Preliminary Evening ", and Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung were subtitled First Day, Second Day and Third Day, respectively, of the trilogy proper.

* " Thief " ( Third Day song ), a song by Third Day

The first day is known as " Trinity Sunday "; the second day is known as " Spirit Monday " ( or " Monday of the Holy Spirit "); and the third day, Tuesday, is called the " Third Day of the Trinity ".." The Afterfeast of Pentecost lasts for one week, during which fasting is not permitted, even on Wednesday and Friday.

Christian rock bands that explicitly state their beliefs and use religious imagery in their lyrics, like Servant, Third Day, and Petra, tend to be considered a part of the contemporary Christian music ( CCM ) industry.

Such Christian artists as Third Day, Kutless, Thousand Foot Krutch and Disciple have sung songs that carry overtly Christian messages.

His music has been covered by many artists, including Caedmon's Call, Five Iron Frenzy, Amy Grant, Carolyn Arends, Jars of Clay, Michael W. Smith, John Tesh, Chris Rice, Rebecca St. James, Hillsong United and Third Day.

Every year on the Third of July, there is a Kellnersville Fireworks Display to celebrate American Independence Day.

In September 2010, he released Wonder, and in October started touring with Third Day, tobyMac, and Max Lucado on the " Make a Difference " tour.

The third day is referred to simply as " the Third Day of the Nativity ".

Popular artists on Christian radio stations with this format include Third Day, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Mercy Me, Steven Curtis Chapman, Carman, Sandi Patty, Sandawg Hailey, Relient K, Dotty Danhour, Switchfoot, and the Bill Gaither Trio.