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Alt text: Picture of Sigourney Weaver with a cat in her arms on the movie set. Caption reads...

"Alien is a movie where nobody listens to the smart woman, and then they all die except for the smart woman and her cat. Four stars."

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

In the first half of the film the audience is meant to think that Ripley is a heartless bitch, especially the airlock scene when she refuses to let the landing party return aboard. I've always thought that her saving the cat was a great narrative device to show us that she isn't this cold, heartless person. She was doing what was necessary to save as many members of the crew as possible.