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[โ€“] spittingimage@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Alien (if you count the cat)

I count Ripley following protocol and refusing to open the airlock for a contaminated crewmate. If Ash hadn't stepped in, the movie would have ended very differently.

[โ€“] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

I don't remember much of that movie, but an Aliens / Evil Dead crossover sounds like a lot of fun.

[โ€“] Professorozone@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Also she defended Burke when the Marines were going to kill him for what he did. I mean she wanted him punished but... Letter of the law here. He was weak, she defended him.

[โ€“] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

That's in the sequel tho innit?

[โ€“] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago

I meant that Jonesy is the weak male that Ripley physically and emotionally protects.