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"Wanna know how I got these scars?"

Raise the sun, blaze the sun!

How to count chaos?

Have you ever noticed just how many times the iconic phrases of Game of Thrones are repeated?  Take heed: winter is coming, Lannisters always pay their debts, all men must die, and the night is dark and full of terrors.

From their earliest cinematic appearance in Georges Méliès's "A Trip to the Moon" in 1902, our conception of life beyond Earth has changed to reflect our hopes and fears, the technology we've mastered, and our growing knowledge of the universe. Watch our depictions of extraterrestrial life change over nearly 100 films and 112 years.

Edited by Adam Schleichkorn and Bryan Menegus.