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What older movie was aliens based on?
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I think you mean Alien, the movie that Aliens is a direct sequel to. If you mean it was a homage, etc, then I'm not sure.
I can provide some additional information since it looks like James Cameron was inspired by the Vietnam War for this film:
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Cameron drew inspiration for the Aliens story from the Vietnam War, a situation in which a technologically superior force was mired in a hostile foreign environment: "Their training and technology are inappropriate for the specifics, and that can be seen as analogous to the inability of superior American firepower to conquer the unseen enemy in Vietnam: a lot of firepower and very little wisdom, and it didn't work."610 In the story of Aliens the Colonial Marines are hired to protect the business interests of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, corresponding to the belief that corporate interests were the reason that American troops were sent to South Vietnam. The attitude of the Marines was influenced by the Vietnam War; they are portrayed as cocky and confident of their inevitable victory, but when they find themselves facing a less technologically advanced but more determined enemy, the outcome is not what they expect.
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(From the Aliens: Special Edition audio commentary)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_%28film%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_%28film%29
I can provide some additional information since it looks like James Cameron was inspired by the Vietnam War for this film:
----quote----
Cameron drew inspiration for the Aliens story from the Vietnam War, a situation in which a technologically superior force was mired in a hostile foreign environment: "Their training and technology are inappropriate for the specifics, and that can be seen as analogous to the inability of superior American firepower to conquer the unseen enemy in Vietnam: a lot of firepower and very little wisdom, and it didn't work."610 In the story of Aliens the Colonial Marines are hired to protect the business interests of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, corresponding to the belief that corporate interests were the reason that American troops were sent to South Vietnam. The attitude of the Marines was influenced by the Vietnam War; they are portrayed as cocky and confident of their inevitable victory, but when they find themselves facing a less technologically advanced but more determined enemy, the outcome is not what they expect.
----/quote----
(From the Aliens: Special Edition audio commentary)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_%28film%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_%28film%29
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