I'm rewatching Aliens (which is still so, so great) and she's at the standoff with the queen.
She's able to sort of come to an understanding with the xeno's (who I dont think have or ever do show that level of conscious reasoning in the series besides this moment) by threatening their eggs if they attack her and Newt.
She leverages her threat, and backs off safely with Newt, before saying eff it and blowing everything in the room up to kingdom come.
She knows "this whole place is gonna be a cloud the size of Nebraska" in like 5 minutes (or whatever Bishop said) anyway, and in all honesty the aliens were probs just gonna mirk her the second she got outta the room, but it just seemed kinda like a dick move in the moment.
Theyre just tryin to live Ripley, come on.
Did I mention, this movie is still so, so great?
She's able to sort of come to an understanding with the xeno's (who I dont think have or ever do show that level of conscious reasoning in the series besides this moment) by threatening their eggs if they attack her and Newt.
She leverages her threat, and backs off safely with Newt, before saying eff it and blowing everything in the room up to kingdom come.
She knows "this whole place is gonna be a cloud the size of Nebraska" in like 5 minutes (or whatever Bishop said) anyway, and in all honesty the aliens were probs just gonna mirk her the second she got outta the room, but it just seemed kinda like a dick move in the moment.
Theyre just tryin to live Ripley, come on.
Did I mention, this movie is still so, so great?
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