An actor that called the episode out for it too
And in another franchise we have certain Episodes IV, VI and VII often feeling like the same movie with the same massive threat that has to be overcome by plucky underdogs, just with different settings on the calendar and surface affectations. 
Don't tell them about Tribbles then.I don't know if it's arrogance or ignorance that makes people think Star Trek was 100% original in everything it did.
If they're gonna steal, just don't steal from anything as bloody fucking obvious as Alien, for Pete's sake. That's all I ask!
Fuck Alien. Steak from it all they want.If they're gonna steal, just don't steal from anything as bloody fucking obvious as Alien, for Pete's sake. That's all I ask!
Mmmmm. Sirloin Xenomorph.
Haha I'm not correcting it.
Things most of us know. Roddenberry clearly stated Forbidden Planet was an inspiration as well as Horatio Hornblower. But he didnt make it obvious. There are several differences. No one would ever catch Balance of Terror took its inspiration from The Enemy Below. Facts are it was clear that the new Gorn were modeled off the Aliens from the Alien franchise. That the story on the stsrfleet base was lifted directly from the movie Aliens right down to the Newt clone. Thats much more than inspiration. It looked and felt like Aliens at times. Just a poor carbon copy of course.but it was so obvious.
I would say it is easier to see inspiration now because we have direct access to pretty much every notable project ever made at the click of a button.
Way way better than Alien could ever be.
Alien is not an enjoyable franchise and I'll take Trek over it all day long, twice on Sundays and holidays.
I love the early alien movies. Especially the first teo movies. The TV show is ok. But nothing compares to the first two movies.
But yes I am as you are a bigger trek fan.
Garbage films. As the Doctor would say, "there's a movie called Alien? That's really offensive."
That's absolutely untrue. It's blatantly obvious that Balance of Terror took its structural inspiration from The Enemy Below, even down to both having a significant B-plot featuring and humanizing the enemy commander and making use of extended sequences featuring silent running (something that's rather daft to apply in space). That doesn't even extend to how the Enterprise is suddenly being run like a gunboat throughout most of the episode.
My favorite Cypriot President.
Yeah.
Even at 8 it stood out as a submarine film and I wasn't that savvy though I liked military stories.
Garbage? Maybe not your thing but they are cinema classics for a reason. I hate horror and have seen both numerous times.
They are just that well made.
One man's trash, etc. I cannot abide any of them.
Everything he said is factually correct.
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