- Both films are futuristic and have rather dark themes
- Both are filmed on a set and don't feature many scenes on a location
- Alien is a science fiction horror film; Blade Runner is futuristic
- Sexuality is expressed differently: A is subtle; BR is more obvious - the male and female are both shown
Gladiator
- In both films, there is the theme of the son killing the 'father'
- Dr Eldon Tyrell is killed by Nexus 6 Replicant Roy Battle, his creation; Commodus kills his father Julius Cesar
- Incest: Both protagonists end up with their 'sister' - Maximus gets with Lucilla, daughter to his 'father'. Deckard ends up with Rachel, 'daughter' to Tyrell, who was probably also created by Deckard.
Prometheus
- Both films feature the characters' searching for who created them
- Like Roy Batty, Peter Weyland journeys to LV-223 in the hope of finding an extension on his rapidly dwindling life
- Frankenstein connection: should artificial life be regarded as the same as humans
- Some argue Prometheus is a sequel to Blade Runner
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