I love both Alien and Aliens. The first is a great horror movie, the second is a great action movie. Totally different genres, but both are prime examples of their own genre. Both are also quite innovative in their own genre, although especially in the case of Aliens it's kind of hard to see anymore, as so many of the ideas have since been copied endlessly.
And of course Sigourney Weaver as Ripley is one of the hottest female characters in film history. Strong personality, intelligent and businesslike yet completely feminine. Although Alien 3 is the best in that sense. Cutting that hair just really did it for me.
They just don't write characters like that anymore. These days they've replaced "strong" with "gun-fu", "personality" with "mushy over some cute airhead", "businesslike" with "bitchy" and intelligent with "tight black outfits".
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