Alien: Earth Recap: Oh, Brother

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No offense intended to Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley — a god-tier science-fiction action hero, brought to vivid life by Sigourney Weaver — but for the most part, the Alien movies have been a little light on sympathetic rooting interests. Ripley’s awesome, don’t get me wrong. But she’s a chilly character by nature; and anyway, her stories have always been more about raw survival than the fine details of her personal life.

I bring this up just to note that I’ve never...