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  She's not a tomboy, she's not a chick with guns.. she's just ripley. : Klebold
  • Yeah, she doesn't really fit in a classic mold anywhere, she's just who she is. : one random winner
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    She's definitely a tomboy, but that's a great thing. : Lone Swordsman
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      She has big poofy hair and wears panties, you've been hanging around the wrong guys. : Klebold
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        I don't think tomboys have to wear men's underwear... there's not like a list of prerequisites before you... : mikecyb
        • I'd say she's more flipped off her rocker from the events aboard the Nostromo, and the mom-instinct once ... : cpt_gloval
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        A tomboy is just a girl who acts like one of the guys. You know, not afraid of pants and some heavy lift... : Lone Swordsman
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          correct. she is one. but it works, for once. : yacoub35
          • I think it's just because her character isn't ridiculous. There are plenty of generic and horrible male ... : mikecyb
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          Yeah, like that female marine Marquez, or something, who has the swivel gun mounted to her waist. Now Tha... : Klebold
          • i think it could be argued that Vasquez was more a stereotype of an '80s era lesbian than of a tomboy. : yacoub35
          • Vasquez. They're both tomboys, both awesome. : Lone Swordsman
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            Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man? : c0bra
            • No. Have you? : daneloire
          • Vasquez was awesome. "You always were an asshole, Gorman." : Ride-My-Rocket
          • FUN FACT- those guns are just mounted to Steadicams. : chrisschutz
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          It's not fair to say she "acts like one of the guys", the situation she was in called on her to do her sp... : ninjase
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            She is acting "masculine," though, insofar as she's aggressive, confident, avoiding frilly clothing and f... : Lone Swordsman
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              That is only because her survival depends on it in her current situation, not necesarily because it is an... : ninjase
              • It was a component of her character when she was on the nostromo. How many chicks would be flying around ... : chrisschutz
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              the first three of those aren't particularly masculine unless you live in the 1800ds. : Megara9
              • Cinematically they are! : Lone Swordsman
            • Well, the film would've been pretty ridiculous if her hair was permed and she was running around in a fri... : Vincent Grayson
    • Vasquez is a tomboy : gmd
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  GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BITCH : Bamtan
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    Realizing that the queen got abord the ship has got to be one of the best movie moments of all time. : enyakk
    • yeah you pretty much thought the movie was over : gmd
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      And it's amazing how good the still Queen looks. No CG! : Godhatesfatpeople
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        Puppets have such a timeless quality if they are done right. : Fish_Bulb
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          What floors me about it today is how smooth it moves. I mean you'd think there was a giant dude ina suit... : Godhatesfatpeople
          • Just like Meg Mucklebones in Legend. : Godhatesfatpeople
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            Was it Aliens 3 that had dudes in suits swimming? : Sailor of Fortune
            • That was Alien Resurrection. : mathyou
  • That was so awesome. : The Future
  • In the theater, everyone started cheering at that point. I still think it's weird to watch the movie on D... : Bold
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    I'm pretty sure that's my favorite line in any movie ever. : Vincent Grayson
    • I cant think of any other movie that has more memorable one liners than Aliens. I cant think of any that... : johnny rotten
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  Go watch Alien, too, if you haven't watched that. : cerealSAM2
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    I have never made it through that entire movie. : Saman
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      How is that possible? : Lone Swordsman
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        I really don't know, I always fall asleep. : Saman
        • A shame. It's really a piece of cinema magic. : zuff
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          I would think the screaming and loud music would wake you up. : Lone Swordsman
          • Maybe he has a sleeping disorder, you insensitive bastard! : Arceihn
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            Well, it's not an action movie. It's a well paced horror movie, from back when horror movies didn't alwa... : cerealSAM2
            • Yeah, but all you need is one loud scream or note to wake you up. : Lone Swordsman
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              It's amazing. Like The Thing, it takes itself completely seriously, going at a slow, almost reverential ... : eldersveld
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                Yeah. It's either over-the-top action or M. Night Shmalayan... one lame extreme or the other. : cerealSAM2
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                  Certain things jump out - like the average age of the cast. No sexy twenty-somethings strutting around h : eldersveld
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                    I think you just managed to make me appreciate that movie for the first time in my life. : Marauder IIC
                    • I overestimated - it's more like 20 seconds, but that's still a long time: http://www.youtube.com/watc... : eldersveld
        • I do the same thing with Blade Runner. I think it's a problem with Ridley Scott in general, however I lov... : c0bra
        • Thought I was the only one. I've tried to watch Alien once and it just couldn't keep my attention. Aliens... : David Craddock
        • jesus christ : EvilDolemite
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    Of course I watched Alien too, that was some time ago though. I now want to watch 3 and 4. : The Future
    • 4>3, but neither comes close to Aliens (which I enjoyed more than Alien, though that's much better than 3... : zipr
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      don't listen to anyone. alien 3 and 4 are both awesome. : ass-street
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        3 is awesome, 4 is okay up until the albino alien, which wrecks everything. : cerealSAM2
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          i didn't like the albino the first time i saw it but upon reviewing i've decided that it is pretty cool. : ass-street
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            That's the drugs and booze talking. : cerealSAM2
            • no it was actually the assholes talking throughout the movie when i saw it in the theatre that ruined it ... : ass-street
          • The Directors Cut version they released on DVD not so much ago is actually very very good - much better t... : excessus
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      Nooooo. Don't sully your memories. : Lone Swordsman
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        4 is craptastic, but the special/director/whatever cut of 3 has its moments. Not a bad movie in its own ... : Johnny Law
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          If you're a fan of Jeunet you'll like 4. I think it's a really interesting movie to watch in that it's su... : chrisschutz
          • It seemed that 4 was at least an attempt to take the tired series in a new direction. If I remember corr... : zipr
        • yea, make sure that you see the directors cut of 3 : MrBig0
• Nice. I have the DVD ready. Hopefully watching it tomorrow night. Such a great movie. : Bull
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  You can stop watching movies now. Its all down hill from here. : GloriousCow
  • Yes, sharply downhill. Lower your expectations if you insist on watching 3 and 4. : afty04
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  I always thought that she would make a good Samus in a Metroid movie. : DM7
  • Yeah, her acting as far as that's concerned is perfect although I think her appearance is all wrong. : one random winner
• It just works without it seeming like she's got something to prove as a woman. : Marrbe
• "...and they mostly come out at night.......mostly". : warcrow
• Ripley is definitely the foremost female action hero. Another good one is Angela Bassett in Strange Days.... : el_bandito
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  James Cameron does a good job of creating good female characters. Ripley, Sarah Connor, etc. : riptyde
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    He does this so he can sleep with the actresses. : K0LM
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      i'm pretty sure he could accomplish the same thing with shitty female characters : qwpeoriu
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        "in this scene your character has died and been rebuilt with the body parts of several new jersey prostit : skryte
        • "Yeah, well...Steve said your arm gets tired..." : AxeMan808
      • Well he did use Michelle Rodriguez.... God I hate her. Always the first to die at the Halo 2 bridge level... : kagath
    • Whatever it takes : rosewood
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    Ridley Scott worked on Ripley first. : SnakeIRye
    • Yeah but in the first one she certainly wasn't some pissed off badass that duct-taped a machine gun and f... : riptyde
    • So RS was banging her first, so what? : X-GOUKI
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  The reason why Ripley works so well as a character is because they didn't write it as "she's a woman who'... : ninjase
  • If they rewrote her character today, she'd make witty jokes about Aunt Irma, have a deadbeat ex-husband t... : trove
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    well, she did get all mommy & me with Newt, but it didn't hurt the story or anything. : edgewise
    • I'd say it's absolutely essential to the story. It completely sets up the final conflict. : filtersweep
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      That isn't exclusive to her being a woman though; a male ripley could have also done the same (it may hav... : ninjase
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        Yeah, and in fact the father-protecting-son dynamic has worked in other films, like Terminator : Megara9
        • he was a pedo-bot. : edgewise
  • When they wrote the script they didn't specify Ripley's gender. : inchwide
• Agreed, it's one of the few female action babes I can buy. : themaestro2657
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  anyone else notice the final fight in Avatar had the same sort of drum beat from Aliens when ripley climb... : stgdz
  • i noticed this on my second viewing, and I think I heard the same trumpets too. : darcspeed
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  did you watch the director's cut with the 20 mins extra footage? : m0rfus
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    I hope not. Theatrical release version > director's cut : Frank_Mackey
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      Oh? How so? I've only seen the director's cut. : Arceihn
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        The scene on the colony that shows Newt's family discovering the alien ship really ruins the pacing and s... : Frank_Mackey
        • ^^ Although this I agree with you..... but see post below.... : ShadowRam
        • I think the director's cut is great to watch after you've already seen the theatrical version. : action wombmate
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      Are you fucking crazy?!? Sentry Guns ARE the movie... : ShadowRam
      • The sentry guns were cool. The scene where Ripley finds out about her daughter helps set up and explain ... : Arcanum
      • Anyone who's played the AvP games knows why you don't leave out the sentry guns. : Marrbe
    • Agreed forever. : filtersweep
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      I'd pick and choose extra scenes. Actually, I'd just pick the Auto Sentry scene and leave the rest out. : cpt_gloval
      • I think the scene about Ripley's daughter is way more important, but the sentries do rock. : action wombmate
      • Yeah, the first time I saw Aliens was on network TV. The version they aired included the sentry gun scen... : Frank_Mackey
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  "JUST WATCHED?" damn, talk about late to the party. I think I was 8 when I saw it back in the 80s : X-GOUKI
  • Yeah...just curious, how old are you (The Future)? : Nixx2004
• One of my favorite movies of all times, the sounds of their guns will forever be in my head : sreyes22
• I thought Sigourney Weaver, the chopper ilot and the Navi babe were the best chars in Avatar but I like c... : Lightzout
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  I thought this was going to be about Vasquez. : thecray
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    Some people mistake her for a man. : phate81
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      I hear you have that problem as well. : thecray
      • *high five* : thecray
      • Don't matter when it's Arcturan! : AxeMan808
• Ripley is the shit. No one comes close. : Godhatesfatpeople
• By far best movie.... : ShadowRam
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  it's because usually they cast these little princessy twits like Jessica Alba instead of normal women who... : Megara9
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    Bingo. Same goes for most lead male roles today. I want "men" not "boys" trying to act in their dad's clo... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      this is why 80's movies were great. You had plenty of male stars who weren't testosterone-bathed mutants ... : Megara9
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        This is why guys like Bruce Willis will forever go down as the guy who helped kill the 'roid action star ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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          You heard it here first, folks. He likes the natural dudes. : MrBig0
          • Foh' sho. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          This guy? http://greenduckiesgirl.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/bruce-willis-on-john-mcclane.jpg : trove
          • yup : Godhatesfatpeople
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        Wait. The 80's were THE decade of the musclebound action star. The 70's was the Anti-Hero. : edgewise
        • yeah wth? dolph, arnold, sly, carl weathers, seagal, van damme, norris. it took until the very end of th... : EvilDolemite
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          The 80's was where the roided out dudes got their best paychecks~!!! : soggybagel
          • predator alone is responsible for the conviction of six HGH dealers : EvilDolemite
      • Frighteners was a '90s movie, wasn't it? : Lone Swordsman
      • The men were on roids and the women were ugly in the 80's. : soggybagel
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    Zoe Saldana was a poor choice in Avatar.. her acting is really annoying..... : ShadowRam
    • I thought she was absolutely fantastic. : MrBig0
    • Her performance was actually really good. : chrisschutz
    • She was brilliant. : Bamtan
    • Quit trying to hide your love for the cock. : Sailor of Fortune
    • Good luck finding another 9 foot tall blue skinned actress. : edgewise
    • Since she's a spanish speaker, it allowed her to roll Rs and shit. She was a good choice. Also, she is fu... : mrvandelay
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      She did a great job, better than Weaver IMO. : Fred Garvin
      • Any actor sounds silly reading those lines. Ugh. : Cygnus X-1
    • I thought she was great. You lose. : orgcaptainnemo
    • I thought her performance was the best in the film. : WhatIsThisFor
    • I partly fell in love with her character. not a furry : atom519
    • I just wanted to see her tits : ass-street
    • I thought her performance was amazingly good. you sir, are broken. : theWhite
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      One day songs will be written about just how wrong your post is. : ColoradoCNC
      • Where's Chris Remo when you need him? : c0bra
    • What! : pigvomit
    • she was perfect for the role. you're broken. : yautja
    • I always thought she was British for some reason. : Ellissd
    • You think her acting in the movie is annoying but using that many periods isn't? : Nighteyes
  • And somehow she still looked hot at the end of Alien. : Evil Benius
  • Here's the main female character in The Andromeda Strain (1971): http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/Actor... : eldersveld
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  To paraphrase Remo: You now know where video games come from. : Arcanum
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    very true: "Game over man! Game OVER!!" : MaverickOrig
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      In the pipe, five by five. : Sailor of Fortune
      • But I poop from there! : nudel
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        i always thought she said "five five five" : ass-street
        • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_by_five : riptyde
• I don't think I've ever seen a movie she was bad in. And she still looks amazing for her age. Even not ... : Boxelder
• as I was watching Avatar, I was imagining Aliens redone in this 3d tech. it will never happen because th... : grendel
• That woman in Transporter 2 was using auto glocks, not uzis : free2game365