Ripley is often held up as an example of a great hero but she was a terrified woman desperately reacting in fear to escape certain doom....AND THEN SHE WENT BACK FOR THE CAT. THAT was the moment she became the hero we love and respect.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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I loved how they handled the concept of a feminine hero in the sequel.
Ripley is the hero, but there's also Vasquez - the badass marine. Vasquez is what so many people tried to do to make women heroic in action films.
She's just an action hero that happens to be a woman. And she's great. But her character isn't classically "feminine."
Meanwhile Ripley is all woman. Her iconic badass moment ("Get away from her you bitch!") is the action climax of the film, and its also when she's being her most feminine. Her heroism didn't carry an asterisk saying she's a badass despite her sex.
She's not sexy, not vulnerable, not emulating a stereotypical man's role in combat. She's all-woman and all-badass.
All I know is if my house were to ever catch fire, the first thing I'd be doing is busting a window and tossing my cats out of the house. Then maybe my stereo... time permitting.
I grabbed one cat while my partner tried to get the other. I left the doors open as I ran out so the dog could follow. Got those 2 in the truck, and ran back for my partner and final pet. We didn't have shirts, but we had our babies
Two of our cats and the dog would be easy to save. But the third cat is really skittish and would hide under the bed instead of being rescued. :(
Someone came banging on our door, and it scared the cat my partner had, causing it to scratch them all up and get away. As soon as I got the other two pets inside the truck with it running, I ran back in straight to where I thought she'd be hiding. Fortunately I was right, grabbed her, and told my partner to get the fuck out of there
Funnily enough I had a dream about a fallout nuclear holocaust. My first thought in the dream was saving the cats
My cat's name is bandit too :3
I once had an ex make me choose between my cats and her.
I'm so sorry you had to immediately break up 💔
Yeah it was a no-brainer. I chose the cats. For some reason she was surprised by that, but if you're jealous of my cats, we're not going to work out.
She was jealous of them? I had assumed she had an allergy, or just couldn't tolerate being around animals for whatever reason.
That's not even choosing between her and the cats, that's just choosing not to date a person who just told you they're psycho.
My partner was like that when I got a dog because he thought he would need to compete with the dog for my love. We were in our early 20s and I'm sure being raised by the toxic narcissist of a parent didn't help. He got over it fast after I asked why the fuck would he ever think that way.
There's a lot of truth in that.
I totally agree. I'd have dumped her the second she finished the sentence
I cannot wrap my head around being jealous of cats. But then again, my Dad taught me how to understand them since I was young, so there’s that.
I also choose this guy's cats.
It’s a rookie mistake on your ex’s part, and you hate to see it.
I spent half the movie worried she wouldn't go back for the cat.
As a person who doesn't want children. Watching Aliens, "why did she go back for the girl?"
To make sure the girl lives a long and happy life after the movie of course!
went out with a girl once who dumped me over an off-hand comment about character motivation in Alien. Dodged a bullet there.
Kill the cat with fire, take home the xenomorph. Wait, no...
Weyland-Yutani, is that you?
I don't think people would understand until they get a pet themselves.
You'll have to let them feel the cat rub against you and feel the purr, then you are forever bonded.
They also need some basic level empathy....a pretty high bar for some.
Or just narcissism.
I knew I was going to like my husband when the first time I went to his place he had two little cats!
He did? I like him too!
Looks like the man dodged a bullet.