tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post8735019913698240380..comments2024-01-09T06:37:41.791-05:00Comments on The Horror Digest: Way To Go Moments: Everyone Who Didn't Listen to Ripley.Andre Dumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-1536508382924254902010-11-07T01:06:11.935-05:002010-11-07T01:06:11.935-05:00One of the things I really like about Alien was th...One of the things I really like about Alien was the fact that in most movies Ripley would have been the officious asshole. She was sticking to the book and was shown to be right. In most Hollywood movies, her character would be butting up against the hero who "doesn't play by the rules but does what's right. She'd of course have a change of heart but be killed by the end of the movie. Cameron basically reversed her original characterization in the second movie and made her a standard Hollywood hero.matangonoreply@blogger.com