I wasn't born yet when that movie came out, but it's one of my favorite movies of all time, easily top 5. The HR Giger set designs are absolutely amazing, even by today's standards, the movie unfolds at a Kubrickian pace without any dialog for the first 15 minutes or so, I love the analog dials, tactile controls and monochrome screens on the Nostromo ship sets, and it remains one of the most terrifying movies and the best example of science fiction/horror in film.Brrrr. Alien. That movie scared me half to death. You're right about the resemblance though! [emoji]128561[/emoji]
To top it all off, it's really the film that propelled Ridley Scott to new heights, and he's also my favorite director: Alien, Bladerunner, Legend, and Gladiator are all awesome movies. Gotta admit, however, that I did not like The Martian.