Alright, first thing's first: I love Alien . It's probably my most-listened-to episode of the Film Reroll, and after my thirtieth time re-listening to Pitr talk about "this bonus situation" and Paulo execute the Tactical Hemingway, I decided to sit down and watch the movie for myself. And I spent the whole time fiddling on my phone and got nothing out of it, like a fucking idiot . But then , I watched Aliens . And boy howdy, that one stuck. I'm not generally much of a sci-fi nut (not much for genre fiction in general, honestly), but Aliens spoke to me. A lot of that comes down to the character of Ripley: we see in the first movie that she is a take-no-shit badass, but the sequel also lets us see that she is capable of warmth, and vulnerability, and pain. Not to mix my Gender Content in with my RPG Content, but in Ellen Ripley I see the kind of woman I want to be. Aliens is also a great movie outside of Ripley: the script is really fun and punchy, if at times ...