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Back then in '86, there wereno women in combat units

Back then in '86, there were
no women in combat units

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Back then in '86, there were no women in combat units.
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01:33:08
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Apr 03, 2025
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An in-depth and innovative documentary that explores the story behind James Cameron's beloved sci-fi epic Aliens (1986) and its incredible impact.
{\an8}They were in support units, they couldn't be in the infantry. - Aliens Expanded 00:06
{\an8}They were in support units, they couldn't be in t...
I think it shows you that you don't have to hit people over the head - Aliens Expanded 00:08
I think it shows you that you don't have to hit people ...
If you just bring in these characters, - Aliens Expanded 00:10
If you just bring in these characters,
{\an8}By the mid eighties, we had not really gotten a single film to portray - Aliens Expanded 00:11
{\an8}By the mid eighties, we had not really gotten a single...
With Vasquez, I have always admired this character. - Aliens Expanded 00:06
With Vasquez, I have always admired this character.
Jenette Goldstein portrays Vasquez in such an amazing way, - Aliens Expanded 00:15
Jenette Goldstein portrays Vasquez in such an amazing way,
Of course, I struggle as a Latina woman, - Aliens Expanded 00:10
Of course, I struggle as a Latina woman,
I would say that it's probably fair to address the realities of that. - Aliens Expanded 00:09
I would say that it's probably fair to address the real...
It can be racial erasure because a Latina was not cast as Vasquez, - Aliens Expanded 00:21
It can be racial erasure because a Latina was not cast as Va...
As Vasquez, I have Latina women who've been in the military come up to me, - Aliens Expanded 00:12
As Vasquez, I have Latina women who've been in the mili...
I have gay black men come up to me and say, - Aliens Expanded 00:21
I have gay black men come up to me and say,
I distinctly recall after I'd first seen it, - Aliens Expanded 00:15
I distinctly recall after I'd first seen it,
{\an8}The favorite line of hers is not a line I created. - Aliens Expanded 00:05
{\an8}The favorite line of hers is not a line I created.
-Have you ever been mistaken for a man? -No. - Aliens Expanded 00:09
-Have you ever been mistaken for a man? -No.
And I went, "I'm writing that down, I'm using that." - Aliens Expanded 00:06
And I went, "I'm writing that down, I'm using...
You absorb from the human condition around you. - Aliens Expanded 00:06
You absorb from the human condition around you.
You're just too bad. - Aliens Expanded 00:07
You're just too bad.
{\an8}He wanted to get away from the tropes at the time, - Aliens Expanded 00:16
{\an8}He wanted to get away from the tropes at the time,
I don't think of Aliens as a feminist film. - Aliens Expanded 00:05
I don't think of Aliens as a feminist film.
I think Aliens is a great, powerful story about the human condition - Aliens Expanded 00:12
I think Aliens is a great, powerful story about the human co...