Alien's Ripley Is My Favorite Action Hero Ever

Cheryl Eddy on io9, shared by Sophie Kleeman to Gizmodo, Gizmodo
Fri, 05/19/2017 - 11:50am

Not heroine. Hero, period. While it’s rad that Ellen Ripley happens to be a woman, that doesn’t at all impact her level of badassery—though it does inform her character in ways that make her much more interesting than virtually any other cinematic hero. She’s complicated, she feels real, and I have total confidence the…Read more...

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