Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien Resurrection...

~ I recently sat through a home movie marathon featuring the complete Alien movies franchise.

What a great series of film these were. Apart from the wonderful production design behind these movies, I couldn't help but be struck by the great performances Sigourney Weaver gave throughout this series. Surely it's way past time Weaver reprised her role again as Lt. Ripley.

Males have a wealth of action characters to immerse themselves in: Arnie in the Terminator series, Bruce Willis in the Die Hard series, Sylvester Stallone in Rocky and Rambo, Clint Eastwood in the Dollars trilogy, not to mention Eastwood as Dirty Harry. Then there's Superman, Batman, The Hulk, James Bond, Indiana Jones, Spiderman, Charles Bronson in the Death Wish films, Mel Gibson in the Mad Max trilogy, and of course the four Lethal Weapon films. Then there is ... well, you get the idea. The list goes on and on.

On the other hand, you can count the great action roles for women on the fingers of one hand: Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, Uma Thurman in the recent Kill Bill movies, umm... er... surely I've forgotten someone? If you can think of an actress or screen heroine I've forgotten, post a Comment below.

Sure there was Kathleen Turner starring opposite Michael Douglas in Romancing The Stone, and its sequel, Jewel of The Nile. But that was back in 1984, and 1985. That's over 20 years ago, people! Even Alien Resurrection, the last of the Alien films was made almost 10 years ago.

There's just no denying it folks. It is way past time women had a strong, dynamic female role model they can identify with, and Sigourney Weaver as Lt. Ellen Ripley, could be just the person to help kick start that process. At the very least, go back and rewatch these films, or make the effort to see them for the first time if you haven't yet seen them - you won't be disappointed.

More info on the Internet Movie Database...
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Alien Resurrection...

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