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I just think that Jim Cameron lived up to that tenfold in Aliens
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I just think that Jim Cameronlived up to that tenfold in Aliens in terms of giving Ripleya...

I just think that Jim Cameron
lived up to that tenfold in Aliens in terms of giving Ripley
a satisfying character journey, but challenged her in ways
that she hadn't been challenged

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I just think that Jim Cameron lived up to that tenfold in Aliens
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in terms of giving Ripley a satisfying character journey,
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but challenged her in ways that she hadn't been challenged.
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12 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:15:55
Uploaded
Apr 02, 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.
The analysis team, - Aliens Expanded 00:14
The analysis team,
Because you could theoretically have excised her - Aliens Expanded 00:06
Because you could theoretically have excised her
I think she's one of, if not the greatest heroine who's ever been on screen. - Aliens Expanded 00:06
I think she's one of, if not the greatest heroine who&#...
So having lost so much and weirdly lived so long - Aliens Expanded 00:11
So having lost so much and weirdly lived so long
She's a little grizzled. It's cool. - Aliens Expanded 00:05
She's a little grizzled. It's cool.
Sigourney as Ripley was critical to me - Aliens Expanded 00:10
Sigourney as Ripley was critical to me
But of course, seven years had gone by and no personal services contract - Aliens Expanded 00:07
But of course, seven years had gone by and no personal servi...
They were waiting for me to write something to essentially use as bait - Aliens Expanded 00:08
They were waiting for me to write something to essentially u...
Honestly, I knew absolutely nothing about the sequel - Aliens Expanded 00:14
Honestly, I knew absolutely nothing about the sequel
And I got this script delivered or in the mail, started reading it. - Aliens Expanded 00:07
And I got this script delivered or in the mail, started read...
And of course, what a script! - Aliens Expanded 00:05
And of course, what a script!
And Ripley's on every page, and I thought, - Aliens Expanded 00:11
And Ripley's on every page, and I thought,
It really has to do a lot of things for me, - Aliens Expanded 00:08
It really has to do a lot of things for me,
If it's not in the script, I'm not that interested no matter who you are. - Aliens Expanded 00:06
If it's not in the script, I'm not that interested...
{\an8}And you have to remember that back in the eighties, - Aliens Expanded 00:12
{\an8}And you have to remember that back in the eighties,
The idea of paying that much money for a lead in a sequel, - Aliens Expanded 00:14
The idea of paying that much money for a lead in a sequel,
So we had to find a way to get the two parties together. - Aliens Expanded 00:06
So we had to find a way to get the two parties together.
She wanted a rich deal because the first film was a hit. - Aliens Expanded 00:05
She wanted a rich deal because the first film was a hit.
She had then by the short and curlies because she was Ripley. - Aliens Expanded 00:05
She had then by the short and curlies because she was Ripley...
Last survivor of the Nostromo. - Aliens Expanded 00:07
Last survivor of the Nostromo.