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    2 ELLENRIPLEY

    Jul 05, 2020 3 minutes

    AFTER A SHORT burst of static, Warrant Officer Ripley’s voice comes on the line as clear and reassuring as the chiming of a bell. “I’m so glad she continues to resonate for people,” says Sigourney Weaver, digesting the news that her alter ego lies second in Empire’s tally of movie heroes. “I admire her, too. She gets things done.”

    The extraordinary saga of this courageous, resourceful, very human hero, and her close encounters with an iconic if unreasonable species of extra-terrestrial, revolutionised the idea of the hero. Beyond gender stereotypes, across four nightmare confrontations, she

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    The Suicide Squad (Empire, December) looks very male and very white. It will be interesting to give it the once-over with the Bechdel-Wallace test and view the film through the lens of diversity. ANN, NUGENT, TAS From what we could see, the Squad

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