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Ridley Scott’s Alien Delivered First Female Badass, but His True Genius Was Men’s Darkest Fear

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When Ridley Scott’s Alien first hit theaters, it didn’t just deliver sci-fi horror, but quietly revolutionized an entire genre. Not only did Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, become an icon of female strength, but the movie also flipped traditional horror tropes. The first time I watched Alien, I was surprised to see that women weren’t the only ones screaming and running in the movie; instead, men were being violated in the most grotesqu…
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FandomWire broke the news in on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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