I'm not nearly has high on Aliens as most folks. But I do think seeing it 30 years later almost does it a disservice because it's really the best version of the type of movie it's trying to be.
I still mostly stand by my letterboxd review, mostly.
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I just think foundationally I have an issue with idea that cure for Ripley's trauma (both from the first movie and waking up 57 years later etc) is to be a mom. which, I think feels VERY Reagan era. Yes, you can have it all. Yes you can be a working girl space trucker, but what you really need to be happy as a women is a nuclear family with Hicks and Newt.
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