Started by Corporal Hicks, Jul 15, 2016, 09:53:32 AM
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 19, 2016, 05:18:36 PMIt's not that the female lead role needs to be switched up. It's that the Alien films need to stop being a self-parody. If you want to have a strong female lead, bring back Ripley. There's nothing like the real thing. And then free the other films of the yoke of the strong female lead so they can explore a new originality.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 19, 2016, 05:18:36 PMIf you want to have a strong female lead, bring back Ripley.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jul 19, 2016, 05:57:09 PMQuote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 19, 2016, 05:18:36 PMIf you want to have a strong female lead, bring back Ripley.The constant, slavish devotion to Ripley is the worst thing that's happened to the series lately. They could really benefit from moving on and doing something different.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 19, 2016, 04:58:47 PMLiterally, every Alien-related film has been plagued by some sort of Ripley wannabe. Clearly a strong female lead is part of the essence of an Alien film. We need a film that actually brings back the real Ripley such as Blomkamp's Alien.
Quote from: Scorpio on Jul 19, 2016, 05:19:04 PMI hope Waterston returns for sequels. I'd rather see more of her than old Ripley or a grown up Newt. From what I've heard, she's a well respected actress, even though I haven't seen any of her films.She may just be the biggest surprise of Covenant.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 19, 2016, 07:22:34 PMI am not proposing a slavish devotion to Ripley. I am offering a counterpoint to the idea of having more knock-off female lead-roles. By not using Ripley, we end up with these stories with strong female characters that all try to emulate Ripley in some way. So to free us of this trope, let Ripley have her come-back film where she fulfills that female role, and let the other films be free of that trope once and for all.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Jul 19, 2016, 09:16:12 PMQuote from: Perfect-Organism on Jul 19, 2016, 07:22:34 PMI am not proposing a slavish devotion to Ripley. I am offering a counterpoint to the idea of having more knock-off female lead-roles. By not using Ripley, we end up with these stories with strong female characters that all try to emulate Ripley in some way. So to free us of this trope, let Ripley have her come-back film where she fulfills that female role, and let the other films be free of that trope once and for all.Or alternatively, they could do something actually original and cast a male lead. It would be a very welcome change at this point.