I got the same impression and thought he was the weakest part of the film or at least from the perspective of what matters. BTW if you want to see great female leads look at Ripley and Sarah Connor, that is how you write a female character. There was never any special treatment or attempt to make the characters amazing just because, powerful just because, good at everything just because. They excelled full stop. And in the case of Ripley her motherly instincts are part of what made her so persistent and protective, actually Sarah same thing.
And the most important thing is they had massive hurdles to overcome and were at the brink of failure many times, who wants to see a character instantly become a Jedi master ninja karate expert mechanical ship repairing genius in a heartbeat? It's boring.
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