The genre of what is called science fiction has existed since the Epic of Gilgamesh (early versions of Sumerian texts ca. 2150-2000 BC). Over the last 4000 years science fiction has evolved and we have combined it with all genre categories including action, comedy, horror, drama and adventure in many different ways. From chest-busting aliens, to robot assassins sent back in time, science fiction has successfully captured the imagination of nearly everyone who has been introduced to it. The films Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Independence Day are both examples of films created with the idea of ​​advanced life existing outside the confines of our world. However, the foundations of each film in considering how extraterrestrial life will affect human affairs are very different. Looking at these two films, excluding the idea of ​​first contact with another intelligent life form from space, these films are not that similar. But there are a couple of notable similarities. The first is that both utilize a government cover-up. Independence Day's version of a cover-up played on the real-life superstitions many people have regarding the secret military installation known only as Area 51, in the film not even the President of the United States was aware of the base or the existence of a spaceship alien in possession of the United States. Close Encounters of the Third Kind does the cover-up a little differently. After the government cordoned off the aliens' location in Idaho, they had to scare away the human population in the area. In the plot, the government spread the news that a train carrying anthrax canisters had crashed, releasing dangerous nerve gases into the area. This proved effective in relocating most civilian documents... into the middle of paper..." and "Welcome, make yourself at home." Of course, when those people were vaporized, people's response quickly changed to horror and mass panic. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a hit film from the 1970s that used drama as a good technique to spread the idea that creatures from beyond our planet might have the healthiest qualities of the world. humanity, akin to kindness, compassion and the quest to understand the universe. However, this plot is not a rousing 90s summer blockbuster. The name of the game was action, and Independence Day proves it that nothing gave enough action to cinema as planet annihilation and life annihilating aliens. Most likely, the differences, however measured, between these films are actually a reflection of changes in the values ​​of our civilization in the twenty years since. 70s to years '90..