Quote Originally Posted by donpricetag View Post
lol was about to post the same thing.
Except that:


Quote Originally Posted by Venomous Mask View Post
The Brood might have somewhat been influenced by Alien, but the hive structure with the queen and all was not introduced for xenomorphs until 1986 with the second movie.
So it seems that while Claremont might've copied Ridley Scott and H.R. Giger's Alien to create the Brood, Cameron's sequel Aliens copied elements introduced by Claremont.

It's all deliciously Man of La Mancha.