Quote from: Huggs on Jan 02, 2019, 05:28:03 AM
Quote from: SM on Jan 02, 2019, 05:06:39 AM
Ripley is iconic though.
Of course many of the younger crowd wouldn't make the connection. But isn't part of the problem that the younger crowd aren't interested in the first place?
Ripley is indeed iconic, especially given the fact that she was a female lead character in a successful and beloved franchise back when that wasn't as commonplace. Nowadays, there's nearly an oversaturation of female leads and heroines though, and I wouldn't be surprised if her extended absence has caused her to be somewhat lost in the shuffle
Oversaturated, yes. The main difference is that Ripley is actually memorable for valid reasons. How many other female protagonists that aren't cookie cutter Mary Sues can someone name?
QuoteAs for the younger crowd not being interested, I'd say that's definitely worth a look into. Back in college, I never met many other people my age who knew anything about alien or predator. As someone who has trained and works alongside many (and I mean many) younger people on a daily basis, I've yet to meet more than one who knew anything about it, and believe me, it came up. But damned if they couldn't talk all day about the marvel movies and Game of Thrones.
I'll be honest, I don't think that's an exaggeration.
As someone who is, admittedly, much younger than most of this site, and who enjoys the crap out of this fandom, I just don't get the hype of Marvel movies, or Game of Thrones. Not at all. I can't have a conversation with anyone outside the internet about Alien.
I wouldn't assume that every young person is braindead in terms of entertainment, but I also think that the people who have poor ideas of what a good movie is make up too big a portion of this demographic.
I don't think most superhero movies should be getting such high ratings on sites like Rotten Tomatoes. Then again, I don't know if they're always trustworthy.