Shortly after I moved to DC they held a free happy hour at a place called Chief Ike's Mambo Room called "The Onion Society for the Appreciation of Beer" or something to that effect. I was a lot of fun, and I met some cool people there. I kept hoping they would hold another one, and not just for the free beer, but…

IIRC Spielberg gave an interview when the movie came out, and said that in preparing to make WOTW he came up with a list of alien movie cliches he wanted to avoid. Stuff like blowing up landmarks, and included in that list a "alieans landing/first contact" scene. Which is admirable to try and subvert expectations,…