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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9589005" data-attributes="member: 4534">I honestly don't think The Thing or even Alien were attempts to reproduce the success of Star Wars.&nbsp; Both were horror movies and everyone involved understood an R rating would limit their audience.&nbsp; They expected to make money of course, but I don't believe anyone expected anything close to Star Wars money.&nbsp; But someone who worked on Alien hoped to replicate some of that success as they sold the license to produce toys based on the movie to Kenner, the same folks who produced Star Wars toys.&nbsp; You might think it's wildly inappropriate to sell toys to children based on a movie like Alien, and you'd be right.&nbsp; Most kids didn't see the movie, they weren't interested in the toy, and parents weren't interested in buying it for their kids, so toy sales flopped.&nbsp; I believe it was the first time toys based on a rated R movie was marketed to kids.&nbsp; That said, the success of Star Wars certainly encouraged studios to produce their own science fiction movies as they wanted a piece of the pie.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9589005, member: 4534"] I honestly don't think [I]The Thing [/I]or even [I]Alien[/I] were attempts to reproduce the success of [I]Star Wars[/I]. Both were horror movies and everyone involved understood an R rating would limit their audience. They expected to make money of course, but I don't believe anyone expected anything close to Star Wars money. But someone who worked on Alien hoped to replicate some of that success as they sold the license to produce toys based on the movie to Kenner, the same folks who produced Star Wars toys. You might think it's wildly inappropriate to sell toys to children based on a movie like Alien, and you'd be right. Most kids didn't see the movie, they weren't interested in the toy, and parents weren't interested in buying it for their kids, so toy sales flopped. I believe it was the first time toys based on a rated R movie was marketed to kids. That said, the success of Star Wars certainly encouraged studios to produce their own science fiction movies as they wanted a piece of the pie. [/QUOTE]

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