The role of heroes in American Science Fiction movies in the 1970s and 1980s. E.T. and Alien in comparison

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Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 2,0, LMU Munich, language: English, abstract: This paper concers the role of heroes in American Science Fiction movies from the 1970's and 1980's, namely E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) by Steven Spielberg and Alien (1979) by Ridley Scott. It is a comparing review that analyzes the novelty of women and children as heroes in American Film. A selection of scenes from the original movies are analyzed in detail to figure out the innovation that is the new kind of heroes.

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