Aliens that look alike?

anyone notice that the aliens from the movie (1996) Independence Day

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look alot like the aliens from the (2005) movie War of The Worlds?

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just coincidence maybe...

Have you also noticed how some of the classic gray types have been featured in all kinds of movies, even comedies like Scary Movie 3. It's like we've already accepted that some ET's look like the ones in the movies, yet it's still a huge taboo subject for everyone. Kids are conditioned from early on to think that aliens are only found in Sci-Fi literature and the Government and mainstream media always downplay the subject, usually with a snobbish attitude... "aliens, phfff, yeah right."

Ironically enough, the only mainstream news networks that appear to treat the subject somewhat seriously are Fox News (US) and their sister station SkyNews (UK)... believe me, this is the only time you'll hear me mention Fox News in a positive way!