Ged MaheuxThese people are here to protect you. They’re soldiers.
It won’t make any difference.
I may be synthetic but I’m not stupid.
As far as I’m concerned Newt, Ripley, Hicks and Bishop not only made it home but lived happily ever after. 🖕
Watched the Siskel & Ebert for James Cameron’s Aliens. Siskel gave it a *thumbs down* 👎 because it was non-stop action and put a kid in peril for too long a period of time. Even Ebert only barely gave it a thumbs up. 👍 Signorney’s performance was great but the film was too horrific, too disturbing for him to actually recommend seeing it. No joke.
Aliens is one of the best sci-fi action movies OF ALL TIME. Amazing how wrong these guys got it.
Nicole ParsonsAliens was one of the first successful movie franchises with a female protagonist.
Like many media critics, there's a long history of discomfort and cognitive dissonance with women in the starring role in any action movie.
Blockbusters with women at the helm just didn't fit with their worldview at the time.
https://www.jezebel.com/movie-critic-recounts-that-one-time-his-misogynistic-editor-asked-him-to-stop-reviewing-movies-with-strong-female-leads
https://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/reactionary-men-who-fear-and-hate-strong-women