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Jan 4, 2012 · 46. One key reason the alien doesn't kill Ripley immediately is explained by a rather famous deleted scene from the theatrical release. The scene shows Ripley, after Parker and Lambert are killed, finding a still-alive captain Dallas, who they all had assumed was killed earlier by the alien.
- The alien was, iirc, huddled on its side in a small alcove. It may have actually been sleeping, or in a minor hibernation state, as we saw in the...
- One key reason the alien doesn't kill Ripley immediately is explained by a rather famous deleted scene from the theatrical release . The scene sho...
- I have three theories on this. Theory one: after Ripley started the self destruct sequence the ship went berserk with warnings. Perhaps the Alien r...
- This is not a “huge question left unanswered”. The only question that needs answering is why you guys think that just because an Alien isn’t stuffi...
- I guess you are talking about the first movie, Alien. This Alien-creature is not old. It gets "born" after eating its way out of her coworker, and...
- I always assumed that the reason the Alien didn't immediately jump out and eat Ripley was because either: It could tell that she was the last human...
- It was waiting until it was sure Ripley had sent the ship off safely? It knew that it was going to get blown on the ship and needed her to set the...
- The alien was coming to the end of its life cycle, when Ripley happened to disturb it. It was slow to attack because it was dying. This theory...
- The alien has a quick, short life cycle. In the shuttle, it appears to be more gooey and a different color than before. It probably was dying, or i...
Thursday 6 June 2013. About four times a year, and rather to the chagrin of his wife, Simon has sex with an alien being he calls the Cat Queen. Marie suspects her DNA has been altered during an...
- 8 Ways Ellen Ripley’s Arc in ‘Aliens’ Represents Unrivaled Maternal Instinct
- She Loses Her Traditional Role as A Mother
- She Steps Into A Role as An Advisor/Moral Compass
- She Doesn’T Like Androids
- She’S Surrounded by Clueless Men
- Finding Newt
- She Quickly Becomes The Leader When Shit Hits The Fan
- She Tucks Newt Into Bed Like The Og Mother That She Is
- Ripley V Queen Alien
Mother’s Day is upon us; an occasion on which we celebrate mothers and their gargantuan influence on society. As we honor motherhood’s badassery, it seems only fitting that we also pay homage to one of the greatest maternal protagonists of all-time, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver). First introduced in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, Alien, Ripley isn’...
Following the events of Alien, Ripley and Jonesy the cat are the only survivors of the Nostromo. She has been in stasis for 57 years before being rescued by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. If all that isn’t traumatic enough, in a deleted scene (which infamously SHOULD NOT have been deleted) we find out that Ripley had a daughter who died while she ...
The Weyland-Yutani Corporation is skeptical of Ripley’s re-telling of the events of the first film. She implores them to believe her, stressing the fact that “if one of those things gets down here” it will be the end of all their paperwork and trivialities. They appear to write her off. Nevertheless, Burke and Gordon ask Ripley to come with them ba...
Who would? Artificial intelligence/life is an insult to mother nature—the beauty of naturally occurring maternal bonds and motherhood. Also, an android did sort of lose its shit and betray everyone in the first film…so of course she doesn’t trust the android Bishop.
Pretty much everyone except for Corporal Hicks comes off as a stereotypical jock/soldier. Cue working-class single mom metaphor.
After finding the colony Hadleys Hope deserted, Ripley and company find a young girl named Rebecca aka Newt as the sole survivor. Ripley’s relationship with Newt drives the film from this point on—Ripley’s maternal instinct takes over when the two meet. Ripley both relate to Newt (who lost her parents and brother/a former life) and embodies a surro...
In the center of the station, the Marines find all of the colonists cocooned. They kill an infant alien, provoking multiple adult aliens. As people start dying, Colonial Marine Lieutenant Gorman freezes and Ripley assumes command of the crew. She drives a personnel carrier into the alien nest, saving Hicks, Hudson, and Vasquez. All eyes then turn t...
Perhaps a cornerstone of being a good parent is knowing how to tuck a child into bed. While this main sound simple, it requires a great deal of compassion, care, and intellect. Perhaps some of the most memorable conversations in film have happened courtesy of a solid tuck-in (think “I love you 3000“). No one is better at this than Ellen Ripley. Who...
After Ripley rescues Newt from the hive and destroyed the queen Xenomorph’s eggs, the two escape with Hicks and Bishop aboard the dropship. Just when they are in the clear on U.S.S Sulaco, they are ambushed by one pissed off Xenomorph queen (who hitched a ride). Now, it’s mother versus mother. In one corner you have Ripley protecting Newt and in th...
Apr 4, 2013 · If you die, your cats will eat you. Not really a link between cats and Aliens, but still pretty creepy. By all accounts this is true. In 2010, for example, about a dozen cats were found eating the ...
Aug 20, 2023 · Summary. Aliens (1986) introduced the Xenomorph Queen, a different type of Alien and the movie's main antagonist, expanding the franchise's canon. The Xenomorph Queen in Aliens is larger, more intelligent, and has extra arms compared to other Xenomorphs. How Xenomorph Queens are born or chosen is complicated and varies depending on the Alien ...
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Jun 20, 2023 · The Alien/cat rule is one that came about as a result of Jones the Cat being one of the two survivors of the Xenomorph’s attack on the Nostromo. Despite the fact that the Xenomorph was killing everything that moved on the ship, Jones was inexplicably safe, even when the Xenomorph was killing someone within the cat’s line of sight.
Nov 6, 2019 · Cosmic cats and nuclear blasts: the strange history of interstellar messages. From Sagan to Tesla, scientists have long puzzled over how to talk to extraterrestrial intelligence. Daniel...
