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Not Really an "Alien" Ripoff...


I've often seen that comparison made in relation to this film and its pretty unfair. I think Leviathan has more in common with "The Thing" than it does "Alien". I also liked this better than the other underwater monster picture of the time "Deep Star Six".

When theres no more room in Hollywood, remakes shall walk the Earth.

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I agree, it definitely has more in common with The Thing, except the black guy lived in The Thing at the end of the movie. Even tho, if you played the sequel video game you know Childs actually ended up dying in The Thing.

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The tag line should have been "On the sea floor nobody can hear you fart."

Shameless Alien ripoff.

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it has a lot in common with "the thing" but also with "alien"
But its way way worse than its role models in any regard

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It's a BLATANT alien ripoff with elements of The Thing tossed in. They just put it underwater instead of in space.

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It's bascially Alien and The Thing mixed together.

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Not a terribly major distinction, the original 'The Thing' (From Another World, 1951) was a huge influence on Alien.

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