this mustve been discussed before im sure but Outland is like sooooooo similar to Alien it could be set in the same universe right?
theres obviously been many other SF films that have been modelled on Alien since 1979 but Outland seems the closest..(some of the same crew also worked on Alien just a couple of years before)
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really similar - The sets, space suits, truckers/oil rig workers in space, hyper sleep, evil corporation (Con-Amalgamate could be a predecessor or rival company of Weyland-Yutani), Jerry Goldsmiths score, the opening is similar with the title appearing backlit with the similar eerie music. Even the tagline is similar - "Even in space the ultimate enemy is still man."
remember when first saw it being disappointed there was no aliens in it (not xenomorphs - just aliens in general as a SF space set film without aliens or some strange phenomena felt as if it were missing something)
not sure when exactly its set but think it might be before Alien in which case a prequel set in the same universe with Alien 'DNA' (in this case some of the same creative crew behind the sets/costumes/props/minatures/music) was done 30 years before Prometheus
