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.

Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.
It doesn’t offer an absolute answer for the dialectical ethical questions that emerged in search of justice but portrays the characters as living people beyond the identities of victims.
Remakes. Reboots. Reinventions. Redundancy. It's the common practice in Hollywood of late, sometimes offering us victorious reimagining of what can be considered cinematic classics while also, more often, falling flat on their UN-imaginative faces in utter defeat and lackluster results. Admittedly, with this in mind, I went into the newest incarnation of "The War of the Roses" with typical trepidation and cautious optimism.
Sisters Mia and Emma discover and hunt down a unicorn with magical blood and want to protect it.
'The Invisible Man' triumphs in tension even as it drops the ball on genuine surprise for the audience.
Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.