ALIENS (1986) | Girlfriends FIRST TIME WATCHING

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  @donttrusthannah · 4 years ago · pinned

  Apologies to any Burke’s out there… Anger took over me apparently 🤣

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  @oldcdog91 · 4 years ago

  Apparently Paul Reiser, who played Burke, took his mother to the movie premiere and she cheered loudly when his character died.

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  @daz_n · 4 years ago

  That &quot;Mommy&quot; always kills me. <br><br>In the Special Edition, we see Ripley find out that her daughter died during her 57 year absence which makes this scene so much more poignant. Fuck Alien3 for what they did to our girl.

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  @BradAaronTaylor · 4 years ago

  Hudson: <i>&quot;Hey, Vasquez.. have you ever been mistaken for a man?&quot;</i><br><br>Vasquez: <i>&quot;No. Have you?&quot;</i><br><br>I love this movie.

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  @neilfraser1235 · 3 years ago

  I remember seeing this back in 1986 with my dad. When Ripley said the line &quot;Get away from her you bitch!&quot; then entire theatre exploded in applause and cheering. Great movie.

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  @MartinFransson · 4 years ago (edited)

  The word that makes Ripley stand out is... BELIEVABLE... she is a believable action hero. Not superhuman and cliche. She is just awesome... on of my absolute movie characters ever.<br>*Edit: Damn... my comment now has more likes than my Youtube channel has subscribers... 🤣

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  @DraylianKaiju · 3 years ago

  Interesting trivia: When James Cameron was casting for the role of Newt, nearly every child actor that came in to audition gave a very bubbly, upbeat performance. Then Carrie Henn came in and was dead serious and gave a realistic portrayal of a child suffering from PTSD..... Cameron hired her practically on the spot.

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  @Deeplycloseted435 · 4 years ago

  “Before I come near you.....have you been touched by anything, inappropriately?” <br><br>Definitely a good opening line for a traumatized child. 🤣

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  @The_Curious_Cat · 4 years ago (edited)

  One thing I love about this movie is everything that happened on the first movie had consequences on her mental health. She&apos;s not this &quot;tough woman&quot; that is a hero &quot;just because&quot; and can take everything like nothing. She&apos;s traumatized and you can tell on the first third of the movie and that makes her a believable character. Suffering from PTSD is still considered being &quot;weak&quot; by many and by presenting that &quot;flaw&quot; immediately makes her relatable. She has flaws, she has weaknesses, she&apos;s not perfect and can end all Aliens by punching them in the chin with her perfect fist or something. Plus she doesn&apos;t start the movie like &quot;yeah I&apos;m a badass, no PTSD here because I&apos;m a hero and I can take it&quot; *shoots a pulse rifle while kicking aliens in the d*ck.<br><br>And the way they flesh out Ripley&apos;s no nonsense character with few scenes, like the meeting scene, the scene where Burke is saying &quot;she has to face the bull by the horns&quot;, the scene where she finds out Bishop is an android... They just - show - she&apos;s not playing around and that plays into her commanding role - when she needs to decide things, she will, no bullsh*t. That&apos;s why later on when she has to take control it feels natural, because before they showed she has the capability to do it.

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  @edsp666 · 4 years ago

  Hannah&apos;s love for Bishop in this one is so relatable he&apos;s my favourite character in this film (besides Ripley of course)

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  @TheSilverJedi · 4 years ago

  What makes Ripley and Sarah Connor such great characters and heroes is that they’re tough while still being feminine. &nbsp;They have maternal instincts and do what needs to be done to protect their children. &nbsp;And they’re not perfect Mary Sues. &nbsp;They hurt and suffer and persevere in spite of their vulnerability.

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  @kckev00 · 4 years ago

  i think we all love Ripley because she is so competent and straightforward.

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