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Alien: Sigourney Weaver Is The DEFINITIVE Female Lead | The Ripped Ticket Review

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The year is 1979, and Jaws was looming large over the industry- naturally James Cameron pitched an idea to make a similar movie, but in space. What he also did was create the first badass female character in modern Hollywood. On this week's Ripped Ticket, Jack and Dan look at that film, and how Sigourney Weaver's work on Alien pioneered new archetypes.