All film ideas have to grow from something already in the producers mind, usually from other films or non-visual texts. ... Both films have their own interesting and exciting element that makes them stand out from the other films available but they can still be traced back to other texts. ... Aliens director James Cameron took a very familiar genre (alien science fiction) and modified it in a way that was widely accepted. ... Aliens and Gattaca, both entirely different films yet still contained within the science fiction genre, have similarities bringing them together. ... No film is truly ori...

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