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Maybe the poor man's Aliens?


This thing is almost as goofy as Mars Attacks! or whatever that tim burton one with Jack Nicholson was.

Now, Total Recall and Robocop - those were cool!

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As a movie it borrows some stuff from Aliens.

The story however is based on a book that was published in 1959, long before the idea of Alien was conceived.



For within each death there is always a new life, a new beginning - Dillon, Alien 3

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On the aliens board it is mentioned that Cameron actually borrows a lot from Starship troopers

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