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I distinctly recallafter I'd first seen it, {\an8}11-year-old me, I went and boughtlittle...

I distinctly recall
after I'd first seen it, {\an8}11-year-old me, I went and bought
little fingerless gloves {\an8}and some football shin pads
so that I could be Vasquez because Vasquez spoke to me like that was
the best thing I'd ever seen on screen

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I distinctly recall after I'd first seen it,
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{\an8}11-year-old me, I went and bought little fingerless gloves
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{\an8}and some football shin pads so that I could be Vasquez
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because Vasquez spoke to me like that was the best thing I'd ever seen on screen.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
01:35:16
Uploaded
Apr 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

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}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...
I'm trying to figure out what we're dealing with here. - Aliens Expanded 00:06
I'm trying to figure out what we're dealing with h...
Ripley is like the single mom struggling to keep her sanity, - Aliens Expanded 00:11
Ripley is like the single mom struggling to keep her sanity,
And not only does she do that, but she bests all the people around her, - Aliens Expanded 00:22
And not only does she do that, but she bests all the people ...
{\an8}Sigourney herself is such a strong woman - Aliens Expanded 00:11
{\an8}Sigourney herself is such a strong woman
That gave this film an extra bit of sort of feminine and feminist. - Aliens Expanded 00:08
That gave this film an extra bit of sort of feminine and fem...
And when you look at Sigourney's character, - Aliens Expanded 00:24
And when you look at Sigourney's character,
Easy. - Aliens Expanded 00:16
Easy.
And yes, if that's your definition of feminism, certainly. - Aliens Expanded 00:07
And yes, if that's your definition of feminism, certain...
What I loved about the films is to me, - Aliens Expanded 00:10
What I loved about the films is to me,
So to portray that in a film, shouldn't be earth shaking, - Aliens Expanded 00:19
So to portray that in a film, shouldn't be earth shakin...
So it was really liberating to have the portrayal of a woman in this world - Aliens Expanded 00:10
So it was really liberating to have the portrayal of a woman...
Just real life working women as part of this community, - Aliens Expanded 00:10
Just real life working women as part of this community,