In “Aleins”, he even does both “generes”. You have Vasquez as the stereotypical action hero badass marine woman, who has adopted a “man’s” role. But you also have Ripley, who is a badass action hero, but is entirely feminine.
Her “Get away from her, you bitch!” line is so iconic because it’s the action climax of the film in which she’s being her most badass, but also being entirely feminine. She’s a mother battling grief over the death of her child whose maternal instincts are fueling her to protect the remaining people she loves, and it driver her to take on a monster.
I remember as a child (probably 2 or 4) having a crazed bull charge me in a field, and my otherwise timid, traditionally-obedient WASP mother ran between the charging longhorn and me, stood her ground, and stared it down while shouting at it. The bull veered off and stayed clear of me from then on.
Cameron knows how to do a heroine.
In “Aleins”, he even does both “generes”. You have Vasquez as the stereotypical action hero badass marine woman, who has adopted a “man’s” role. But you also have Ripley, who is a badass action hero, but is entirely feminine.
Her “Get away from her, you bitch!” line is so iconic because it’s the action climax of the film in which she’s being her most badass, but also being entirely feminine. She’s a mother battling grief over the death of her child whose maternal instincts are fueling her to protect the remaining people she loves, and it driver her to take on a monster.
I remember as a child (probably 2 or 4) having a crazed bull charge me in a field, and my otherwise timid, traditionally-obedient WASP mother ran between the charging longhorn and me, stood her ground, and stared it down while shouting at it. The bull veered off and stayed clear of me from then on.
That was my mother’s action hero moment.
It’s ironic that the first two things you put in quotation marks are the first two things you spell wrong.
My thumbs are dumber than the rest of me. And I’m pretty dumb.