I suppose being roadsters of a similar vintage, the NA and the Honda S2000 were bound to be similar looking. Fashion trends have always been prevalent in car design I’ve always thought anyway. Personally, I always thought the S2000 was a bit long in the bonnet, and did not have such a ‘balanced’ look as the NA. Just my opinion of course, and different people are almost bound to see things differently.
To my mind the NA was always a Lotus Elan twenty years on - and a lot more reliable !