Mars Attacks!
Martians destroy Earth
Mars Attacks! is a 1996 science fiction comedy film directed by Tim Burton, featuring Martian invaders who gleefully destroy humanity while claiming to come in peace.
The title, with its exclamation point, comes from a 1962 trading card series known for its graphic violence.
The phrase evokes campy, retro sci-fi invasion scenarios: It was like Mars Attacks! out there—total chaos.
- little green menCartoonish alien stereotype
- big brainHigh intelligence, colloquial
- Tim BurtonDirector of whimsical macabre films
- trading cardsCollectible illustrated rectangles
- comedyWork meant to amuse
Sarah Jessica Parker · Men in Black · kitsch · satire · film · retro futurism · alien invasion · flying saucers · science fiction · ray gun · bubble helmets · Paul · campiness · Sleepy Hollow · extraterrestrial · Ed Wood · pulp fiction · Dark Shadows
- satirelampoon, parody, parody account, political satire, spoof
Mars Attacks!Interstellar
Between stellar bodies
Gravity · Solaris · hard science fiction · Annihilation · The Martian
Mars Attacks!Schindler's List
Apollo 13 · prestige drama · Oscar bait · Dances with Wolves
Mars, Martians, attack, attacks, attacked, attacking, attacker, attackers, counterattack