You have to admire NASA's persistence. After myriad flybys, landers, rovers and probes; crashes, misses, malfunctions, and missteps, we're still searching for life on Mars. First there was the Mars rover that drove around taking candids of the (barren) surface. Now there's the $420 million lander Phoenix, which touched down on the surface of Big Red late last month after a 296-day journey. Its mission: To search for water.

Bad idea.

If science fiction has taught us anything, it's that whatever lifeform comes at us from that planet, it's bound to be downright nasty. In fact, according to the movies, there are only two possible outcomes for the discovery of life on Mars.

Scenario A: Martians as Demons
As Seen in: John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, Doom

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