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I completely agree. Ripley wasn't perfect - in Alien, she's rather a stickler for the rules, and in Aliens she's worn out and run down - and that just makes her seem more credible. Perhaps it's because the fandom was smaller, and it was harder to discuss such things without the internet, but there was a real sense that characters like Ripley and Sarah Connor just existed: there was no debate as to what they represented or meant, or which interest group they challenged or anything like that: there they were what they were, and you just accepted that without comment, in the same way that you accepted that the Alien lived in space, or the Terminator was from the future.
Now - well, let's just say that things aren't what they used to be, and even a blockbuster like Mad Max: Fury Road feels like a subversive film. I like and miss that idea of the creator being able to say "Here is a thing I made: take it or leave it". Now they'd get death threats and a stupid petition.
Now - well, let's just say that things aren't what they used to be, and even a blockbuster like Mad Max: Fury Road feels like a subversive film. I like and miss that idea of the creator being able to say "Here is a thing I made: take it or leave it". Now they'd get death threats and a stupid petition.