Today we’ll be discussing the surprising connection between James Cameron’s Avatar and the alien universe.

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I did not expect at all that Avatar will be connected to Prometheus and the Alien franchise in general but apparently the official avatar script directly refers to the xenomorph and Prometheus. I'm a fan of James Cameron movies so it was really exciting to see that the alien franchise in which he directed one of the installments is connected to another franchise that seems to be one of his biggest creations. The avatar connection to the alien franchise leads to a few interesting question like are Engineer involved the Avatar universe and could they had something to do with the creation of Na’vi a humanoid race on Pandora? Despite the fact that both franchises seem to be very different, there are two solid points of evidence that alien and avatar are in the same universe. If you’re interested in Avatar I actually have another channel where I discuss everything related to Avatar, so feel free to check it out.

Before I reveal two details proving the connection between avatar and alien, It's worth to point out how weirdly similar both franchises are.

Both alien and avatar are set in somewhat distopian future controlled by corporations. In avatar the civilization on Earth is on the brink of collapse which is similar to the situation in the alien franchise where earth is extremely to be polluted and almost completely destroyed as evident in one of the deleted scenes of alien resurrection. Another similarity is that in both franchises there are corporations that are particularly interested in space exploration and profiting from it.

It is also really interesting that Sigourney Weaver who plays the main lead in the alien franchise is also the main lead in Avatar of 2009 and continues to be one of the main characters in avatar the way of water and subsequent avatar sequels.