We have an Alien Invasion on our hands.

And Im not talking about Mexicans here! Our movie industry is being comsumed by aliens!!!
Green Lantern
Battleship
Cowboys & Aliens
Skyline
Battle L.A.
Superman
Super 8
Transformers
Thor
Avatar
The Darkest Hour
District 9
Knowing
Mars Needs Moms
Megamind
Monsters
Paul
Planet 51
Predators
Race to Witch Mountain
Star Trek
The Fourth Kind
and Wall-E

These are all from the last 2.5 years and the majority did very well in theaters. Why are we so hyped up about aliens right now?