It! The Terror From Beyond Space vs Alien - Similarities and Differences 

@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. Someone else had pointed out the Planet of the Vampires connection. I have not seen that movie in years. But I do remember that I enjoyed it tremendously. Now I need to go check out Planet of the Vampires again. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike

@cayoooga I'm glad you enjoyed our video. I have to admit, I watched "IT" a couple of days before I started making this video. I loved "IT" when I was a kid, but I had not seen that movie in years, so I watched it and I agree with you, that movie is still fun to watch. Thank you again for your comment and your contined support of both of our channels, and stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike

@worry2much Thank you so much for your comment. I never put it together that the actor that portrayed an older version of Tom Hanks in the green mile was in the Adventures of Superman. That's some great Movie/TV trivia. I watched the Adventures of Superman all he time when I was a kid. Thank you for that nugget of wisdom, thats very interesting. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@jaymacintyre1777 Thank you for your comment it is greatly appreciated. Yes sir, I was 9 when I first saw Alien, and I had mentioned the Jump Scare Scene from Alien in this video. And that was no joke for me. The first time I saw that I jumped right out of my seat. And later, even though you know its coming, I still get surprised by it. Personally, I never read The Space Beagle. I did read through the plot and synopsis when I was making this video and it seems like a book I would really enjoy. I talk about movies and TV shows a lot on this channel, but every now and then there is a book that bridges the gap, especially for this specific video, that needs to be incorporated or you wind up leaving a big hole in your research. I did something similar on my "Top 10 1950s Part 2" video where I brought up the book "After Worlds Collide" as the sequel to "When Worlds Collide". It is a true sequel, but it was never made into a movie. So that gap had to be filled with the book version. That would have been a great movie had it been made. Thank you so much for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike

@UncleScorch I'm glad you enjoyed out retrospective. I watched both of these movies right before I started doing my initial research for the video. In the case of "It", I hadn't seen that movie in decades, so I needed a refresher. Both movies are fun, both movies have great action. And you are correct, it is always interesting to see how older projects can influence modern one. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@11004bill, Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. I will not disagree on that one. I actually watched it again a couple of days before I made this video, and it just took me back to those great times I had as a kid watching it the first. It will always be a favorite of mine. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

A masterpiece. Imo both the best horror movie and science fiction movie ever made 🍻

As many times i watch it on tv when i was a child. I refused to watch it aline! Lol😅😂​@@scifiandmore

@theScytheofGod Thank you for your comment. Yeah my father, his heart was in the right place, but I don't think he was prepared for the kind of horror that Alien was built for. I really think he believed it was more like Star Wars. But I could be wrong. But I don't think I'm wrong, lol. Anyway, thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike

To be fair, nobody could really expect that Alien was what it was when they went to see it. It was such a new experience.

Still think you're luckier than me. My folks didn't understand not bring a 6-7 year old boy to R rated movies in the 70's. All of them.@@scifiandmore

@alexisnicole3965 Thank you so much again for you supportive comment, it is greatly appreciated. You have been a great supporter of this channel right from the beginning, and now that we have expanded a bit by adding the Cosmic Corps Chronicle, the Sci-Fi and More News and Events channel, you have become one of the early supporters there as well and I just can't thank you enough for your ongoing patronage. So thank you again, and stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a wonderful day. Mike

@rikspector Rik, welcome back to the channel my friend, and as always thank you so much for your comment and your continued support of our channel. I hadn't seen "IT" in years, so a couple of days before I started making this video I sat down and watched it again. And for me, that movie is still fun, and a great movie to fill up 1 hour and 6 minutes of a rainy afternoon. The movie is actually pretty short, but for being short, it keeps you going. Check it out if you get the chance. I'm not sure if its on RU-vid, I would suspect it is. I know for sure you can rent it on Amazon Prime. As far as the Alien franchise goes, for me Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) are the hallmarks of the franchise. The Alien movies, in my opinion, have never reached the level of horror they did in Alien, and the level of action the they did in Aliens. That's why I'm pretty excited for the upcoming Alien Romulus, and the idea of getting back to the Alien roots. Also, we just launched a second Sci-Fi and More channel to follow movie news, general Sci-Fi News, and events involving Sci-Fi. We call the channel, the "Cosmic Corps Chronicle", I've attached the link below. I only have a couple of videos there currently, but I only launched it yesterday. So check it out if you get a chance, and I hope you enjoy our second channel as well. As always my friend, great to see your comments about our videos, I hope you enjoyed this one, and stay tuned to both channels, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike Cosmic Corps Chronicle RU-vid Channel Link:ru-vid.com/show-UCBjjBuTmUxfAVmIP-rt6QBQ

@@scifiandmore Mike Thank you so much for the reply and the link I am quite old, but well, so there is a gap between what I ‘ve seen compared to later gens,but If it has a good plot and/or good acting, well, that’s different, There is an awful lot of really bad movies out now too political and unentertaining for y tastes. I ant feel good or escapism:) Cheers, Rik Spector

@denverprator5806 Thank you for your comment, and we hope you enjoyed our video. There is a lot of truth to that statement. And it's not unique to Sci-Fi. I mean if you think about it, there are really only so many stories you can tell before you are "Taking or Copying" something that has already been done and putting your spin or your story to that particular idea. Me personally, I'm all for it, so long as it is done well. If people were so hung up on ideas being recycled by numerous movie makes, screenplays and artists, we would have a mere fraction of the Sci-Fi movies we have today. Excellent comment. Again thank you, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi coming soon. Have a great day. Mike

@GordonBeckles Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. I totally forgot about the ELP Giger Album cover, and your right that album cover is unsettling. I had not seen "IT" in years, so a couple of days before I made this video I rewatched it just so I could be thorough and I have to say, watching that movie in my 50's today was still just as great as the first time I saw it. If your a fan of that movie I feel like it will always be near and dear for fans, even though it hasn't really aged well. Alien on the other hand, despite being made in 1979, it still holds up, or maybe its just near and dear to me, lol. Anyway, thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated, and if you havve an opportunity we just launched our Sci-Fi and More Newxs and Events Channel on RU-vid, we call it the "Cosmic Corps Chronicle" I've posted the link to the channel here. And stay tuned to both channels, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike The Cosmic Corp Chronicle RU-vid Channel Link:ru-vid.com/show-UCBjjBuTmUxfAVmIP-rt6QBQ

@@scifiandmore My thanks for your prompt response. As a fellow original sci-fi/fantasy/fantastical fiction lover from (back in) the days before it became the (fashionable) mainstream... connecting with lifelong fans is always rewarding. Got a big dumb smile on my face... 😁 ...as I write this message before opening the link to your other page. 👊🏾

@GordonBeckles The videos on the new channel are much shorter, since they are more.like news, or "Hey this is happening". Not nearly as deep into research as the videos on this channel. There are only two videos there right now, but I just launched it yesterday, hopefully I'll be able to get my third one up today. I hope you enjoy the videos on our other channel as well. Thank you again, and have a great day. Mike

@@scifiandmore You too Mike. "...to infiniti and beyond!" 😉

@alvermette218 Thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. I agree with you both movies are really good. Alien still stands up today. It has aged very well and it looks like with the upcoming Alien Romulus movie, that the producers are going to try and bring Alien back to its roots, so I'm interested to see what comes from that. Thank you again for your comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed our video. Stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

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@@scifiandmore It's Popcorn time!

@indyspotes3310 Welcome back to the channel my friend, and as always thank you for your comments, they are greatly appreciated. Invasion of the Saucer Men was just a fun movie. That is an interesting one though. Depending on who you talk to, people either love it or hate it. I just think its fun to watch. There was so much that I could have added regarding Dan O'Bannon in this video, but you start to get pressed against the wall for time. A lot of my videos are 25-35 minutes long. Far longer than most attention spans. So you have to cut corners I guess. But not to the point that you that you damage the research that you have in it. I would rather leave something out, in place of having false facts. And I'm not perfect, nor am I a professional film maker. I just enjoy Sci-Fi, and making these videos just because I'm a fan. I haven't replied to the earlier comment you referred to quite yet, I'm getting there. But to the points he was making, he was absolutely correct. And I'm sure, as you pointed out, that you were going to share a lot of the same things regarding O'Bannon. Anyway, thank you again for your comment my friend, they are always appreciated. And thank you for your continued support of our channel. We just started a second channel for News and Events around Sci-F. We call it the Cosmic Corps Chronicle. The link is posted below. Check it out when you get a chance. It only has a couple of videos right now, but we just launched it yesterday. Have a great day. Mike Cosmic Corps Chronicle RU-vid Channel Link:ru-vid.com/show-UCBjjBuTmUxfAVmIP-rt6QBQ

@@scifiandmore The good news is that people interested in this sort of content have the attention span of an adult, so add what you think is relevant and empty both barrels.

@indyspotes3310 I have to say, I can not argue with your logic. And that is a good point. At the very least I could break the content into two videos. I finished a Battlestar Galactica series not that long ago. And I did just that because I kept coming up with more and more content to include in the video that I was forced to break it into three videos, and still there was so much to explore. Mike

@byrongardner8583 Thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And I have to ask, are you referring to the old "Sir Graves Ghastly Presents"? Because if you are that takes me back. I was to young to watch Sir Graves when it started out, but somewhere towards the very end of the 70's or the beginning of the 80's, I can't remember for sure, but before Sir Graves was no longer broadcast I was able to catch a few of his broadcasts. WOW, now thats how you do a deep cut going back in time in the Wayback Machine, lol. Thank you again for your comment, and stay tuned there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@allangarddegriss6798 Thank you for your comment and I hope you enjoyed our video. I actually had not heard of It came without a warning. So I did just a quick search and it looks like it was a movie that came out in 1980, that was described as a low budget "Predator" style movie. Not sure if that is the one you are reffing too, but that was the only one that I had found. Thank you again for your comment, and stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike

@MAGICMONKEY52 Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. Honestly, I couldn't really remember off the top of my head what year ET had come out since it was so long ago. And I didn't look for it since I was using that as an example since my dad had taken me to see that when I was young. But I still believe, he did not expect what Alien was all about when he took me to see it. Anyway, thank you again for your comment it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@frankwafer6919 Thank you so much for your comment, and I am glad you enjoyed our video. If there is a topic you would like me to cover, let me know and I will do my best to put something together. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike

@harnois75 Thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed our video. I am not going to disagree with you on that. In fact there are a lot more similarities between Alien and a number of science fiction films. But for this video, I just wanted to keep it between "IT" and Alien, otherwise this video had the potential to get a lot longer, lol. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@floydvchuter5814 Thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And I hope you enjoyed our video. I have to say, you bring up some outstanding points. I enjoy comments that have good quality information in them like yours. I could have gone on for days about O'Bannon, but the video would have been a lot longer, or I would have had to break it into two videos, which I may do a follow up to this one. If I do a second follow up to this one, or just a. stand alone Alien video, I might want to reach out to you to pick your brain, if you would be alright with that? But I appreciate the comment, and thank you again. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come, have a great day. Mike

@NathanTarantlawriter Thank you for your comment it is greatly appreciated. I absolutely agree with your assessment, and in fact I just replied to another similar comment regarding this subject, and I am all for the reutilization of ideas if they are done properly and proper thought has been put into them to make something unique. I had done a three part series on Battlestar Galactica, and in that series I pointed out the 2oth Century Fox/George Lucas lawsuit against Battlestar Galactica for plagiarism and stealing ideas from Star Wars to use n Battlestar Galactica. In that particular case, and this is the best description I had ever hear regarding this idea of alleged reused ideas, was that the court had ruled in the initial ruling that there was no plagiarism or stealing of ideas because the premiss for both franchises fell under the "Intellectual Abstract" and it is in fact that "Abstract" that could be show going back to the 1930's with the old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials. So I am right there with you, if done right, it works. Excellent comment, thank you so much it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@LukeLovesRose Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. I agree with you 100% on your comment. Aliens was a fantastic sequel, without a doubt. But you are right, there is a lot of "Them" in that movie. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@@scifiandmore Being inspired by Them or It: The Terror From Beyond Space is not a bad thing. But like the Pocahontas cartoon, James Cameron made it his own and now its far more timeless and effective

@YnseSchaap Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. And don't worry, you didn't come across rude at all. I'll take comments like that all day. I've always found constructive criticism to be very helpful, so I appreciate you pointing that out to me. It is funny, names have always challenged me. I could mess up "John Smith", lol. I'm working on a video for the upcoming Star Trek Section 31 movie coming to Paramount+ and I'm looking at the directors name and I'm thinking I am never going to get that name right. And, I actually thought I might have gotten Gigers name correct. I had seen a couple of other videos regarding Alien on RU-vid and each one of them pronounced Gigers name the way I did. But two or three times wrong. does not make it right, its still wrong. But I appreciate your comment, I found it very helpful. Thank you again, and stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike

@@scifiandmore 😁it's a common mistake for English speakers (even for Europeans) I liked the video and just like you I had the feeling I had seen It before, I also watched Alien before It, I love '50 and '60 science fiction, the cheesier the better 😁 One of my favorites is The Thing from Another World it has as much impact as the remake The Thing

@jonathanmartin-ives8665 Thank you for your comment. Thats great that your Mom took you to see Alien. My mom was not a big movie goer. I think the last movie I saw with my mom was Herbie Goes Bananas in 1980. A long time ago. But my father and I would watch the original Star Trek series in the early 1970's on this little beat up old black and white television, and that, more than anything else, is probably what got me hooked on Science Fiction. Well that, and then Star Wars, Star Trek the motion picture, Alien, Planet of the Apes, Space 1999, the Six Million Dollar Man, literally everything science fiction that Glen Larson put together in the 70's-80's. So I was at the right age to be brainwashed by all the science fiction bombarding me, lol. But I loved it and still do. I actually just found the 1979 Flash Gordon Cartoon I used to watch when I was a kid and watched a couple of the episodes just to be nostalgic. It is still fun to watch even in my 50's, lol. Again, thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi on the way. Have a great day. Mike