Why Pit 'Alien' Against 'Aliens' When Ripley is Great in Both?
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.

A cartoon about a funny clown who drove away an evil old woman named Boredom from the city by putting on a funny show for children. In one town lived Boredom, an evil old woman who did not allow children to play and have fun. But one day a funny, amusing clown came to visit the kids. At the funny circus show put on by the clown for the children, joy and laughter reigned. And Boredom had to run away from the city.
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.
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These confines won’t really encourage you to read the film as a metaphor for the nerve-inducing experience we’ve all been through over the last year, however — and in the interest of maintaining your dignity, you probably shouldn’t. While the sociopolitical commentary may have worked for the similarly-themed Buried (2010), in which we find Ryan Reynolds on his own buried alive in the Middle East, but this futuristic take on the premise is best left as a piece of distracting entertainment. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is no less suffocating, literally and dramatically.
Ever heard of the bad boy type? The type of man who's sexy yet broody, or the type of man who’s dangerous but has a sensitive side? It’s a well-known stereotype that women are attracted to villains. The question is: why are we?