I remember this!

I watched the episode of the 1940s alien baseball player in Roswell, the carnivorous subterranean fungus, and the hillbilly kid with the lightning bolt power (with appearance by Jack Black). It made me remember a time during the 90s when I was really into UFOs and aliens. I read books, I watched the documentaries, I watched the films based on actual events and I watched the X Files.

One film that really scared me was "Fire in the Sky". I ended up watching it by myself which, at that young an age, wasn't the best idea. The realistic probability of the film, the horrible experiments, and the look of the freakin aliens messed up my head. The endless tunnel was also horrible to watch. I think I imagined myself confined to it and couldn't sleep. What freaked me out even more was the fact that, according to the film, it was based on actual events.

Of course, now I like the film and have researched the backstory that it is based on. Man, I have a book that outlines the steps to do IN CASE one experiences an encounter of the first, second, and third kind. I still keep in mind the tips I read in case I ever happen to film a ufo or extraterrestrial being. I can remember the various hotspots in the US for alien and ufo activity.

I remember how excited I was when, on a return trip to Mexico with my family, we stopped at Roswell, NM. The very town where, during the 1940s, a ufo is said to have crashed at and left one surviving alien. All of which was reportedly covered up and "explained" by the US government. I went to the museum, got a book, and a t-shirt. It's kind of weird that the incident has been commercialized but I guess the small town has to cash in somehow.

It's a strange turn of events that I now reside right next to Area 51. The place that doesn't exist but if you step past a certain boundary you'll be shot on site. It is now reported that this military installation is a testing site for new and classified technology. Of course, others believe that it holds deeper secrets and has something to do with reverse engineering alien technology. Others say actual alien beings work and/or live there.

Anyway, all this remembering of my past interests got me thinking about a general sense of a comeback. I mean, a lot of things are being remade or reimagined or sequel-ized or remixed. These are really the years of the comebacks. The Spiderman films are based on a comic from the 70s. So are the X-men films and the other Marvel films. The Lord of the Rings films are based on an old series of fiction. Street Fighter IV is development, which brings back memories of quarters spent at the arcade. Battlestar Galactica has been reimagined. Led Zeppelin just performed their first show since years ago. Even the X Files is getting another shot. Of course, these are just examples of some of the good comebacks. The other cash-ins on nostalgia are just that: cash-ins.

Which makes me think that this phenomenon is probably not limited to just this decade. I mean, things come back all the time. Street Fighter IV is the third sequel to an old arcade fighting game (which still has some old arcade cabinets still taking quarters). The comics have several stories reimagined and updates are made constantly. And most big bands or musicians always attempt a "reunion" or "comeback" at some point in their careers.