*deep breath* Alien 3 is depressing and, as a standalone movie, a departure from the frenetic fun of Aliens. However, as a trilogy cap and viewed together with the previous two, it is a fitting emotional journey for Ripley, moving from naive to experienced to tired cynic.https://twitter.com/scottEmovienerd/status/1397755809870893061 …
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Resurrection is, of course, terrible BUT Sigourney Weaver nailed Nu-Ripley's attitude of laughing nihilism and I do appreciate that much, as someone who views the series as a story about her personal journey and inner changes.
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But back to 3, we have seen Ripley go from a wide-eyed idealist who is startled by the company's betrayal and wants to save everyone (and settles on the cat), to an experienced survivor willing to save who she can, to a weary veteran who doesn't really care about saving anymore.
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She tried to take charge in Alien (denying therm entrance at the door). She had wrested control in Aliens (driving the tank in to save everyone and urging the nuke from orbit). When the prisoners in 3 try to put her in charge, she refuses. Why bother? It all ends in death.
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These things seem out of character for her, but instead represent a change of her character. Hope is hard to nurture and she's tired. She's lost too many times. Summoning the urge to wade into the fray again is DIFFICULT.
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I always feel like online arguments about which Alien movie is "best" are inherently unresolvable, because they're in four different genres, and IMO each is actually pretty good in its context and on its own terms. (but the first one is the best, though.)
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