By Stephanie MerryVideo will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playThe aliens in Arrival are spectacular, and that's no small feat. The alien's design isn't a total shock. For his absurd comedy, Tim Burton wanted to pay homage to old B-movies, so his aliens looked sort of shoddy - purposely. The film, about aliens trapped in maximum-security ghettos, was a thinly veiled commentary on South African apartheid. The movie was based on a novel, but the book's starfish-like vision of aliens didn't translate to the screen.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 14, 2016 16:11 UTC