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Final drawing of my "celebrating the 20th or 30th anniversary of a movie" series.
Mars Attacks! (1996), directed by Tim Burton and starring a holyfuck cast.

I can see why this movie isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I just had to make a tribute to Mars Attacks! I saw it on TV back in 2000 (so when I was a small 6 year old) and it really impressed me, the scenes, sounds (the sound design and music in this film are amazing), the look of the martians and their sadistic ways, it really left a mark. Now that I think of it, this was probably the first Tim Burton movie I saw from start to finish, besides vaguely seeing scenes from Batman Returns on TV and the opening ad for The Nightmare Before Christmas in my The Lion King VHS (in case you wonder I really became a fan of Burton's stuff in 2010, Beetlejuice is seriously one of the best things ever made by mankind, that movie was very therapeutic to me, I discovered and saw it when I needed it the most).

This easily remains my favorite alien invasion film and even with its uneven humor it has writing that still makes more sense than anything Roland Emmerich has shit out in his whole career, for example. And as you can see Mars Attacks! clearly did its part in influencing the creation of MY alien invaders, the Greens . Look at Vorganius, he's just blissfully fanboying over there.
I do realize that this year it would be the 10th anniversary of James Gunn's Slither (another alien invasion favorite), but I already talked about and praised that movie many times in the past, while on the other hand I did nothing for Mars Attacks! when I should've because I owe alot to it. Don't worry, I'll celebrate Slither's 20th anniversary in 2026, just stick around til then lol

Description
Final drawing of my "celebrating the 20th or 30th anniversary of a movie" series.
Mars Attacks! (1996), directed by Tim Burton and starring a holyfuck cast.

I can see why this movie isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I just had to make a tribute to Mars Attacks! I saw it on TV back in 2000 (so when I was a small 6 year old) and it really impressed me, the scenes, sounds (the sound design and music in this film are amazing), the look of the martians and their sadistic ways, it really left a mark. Now that I think of it, this was probably the first Tim Burton movie I saw from start to finish, besides vaguely seeing scenes from Batman Returns on TV and the opening ad for The Nightmare Before Christmas in my The Lion King VHS (in case you wonder I really became a fan of Burton's stuff in 2010, Beetlejuice is seriously one of the best things ever made by mankind, that movie was very therapeutic to me, I discovered and saw it when I needed it the most).

This easily remains my favorite alien invasion film and even with its uneven humor it has writing that still makes more sense than anything Roland Emmerich has shit out in his whole career, for example. And as you can see Mars Attacks! clearly did its part in influencing the creation of MY alien invaders, the Greens . Look at Vorganius, he's just blissfully fanboying over there.
I do realize that this year it would be the 10th anniversary of James Gunn's Slither (another alien invasion favorite), but I already talked about and praised that movie many times in the past, while on the other hand I did nothing for Mars Attacks! when I should've because I owe alot to it. Don't worry, I'll celebrate Slither's 20th anniversary in 2026, just stick around til then lol