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Not enough people realize that Alien was literally written as feminist cinema
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Anonymous 2d

Right!! Literally all of body horror can be seen through the lens of queerness and gender, if it's not already expressly written to be that way

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Anonymous 2d

Actually one of my favorite horror movies bc of that

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Anonymous 2d

Body deformation/technofeminism/abjection/“the uncanny” have been common tropes for portraying female bodies in arts but most of them came from male-centered frame of reference at the same time

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Anonymous 2d

And they did it AMAZINGLY

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Anonymous 2d

I mean…it’s got a bunch of badass women so that’s not super surprising

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Anonymous 1d

Maybe I’ll watch it now

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2d

and being implanted with a creature without your consent and the horror of it

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 2d

Well yeah, the whole point is to get men to empathize and realize what it’s like to live as a woman with the constant feet of your bodily autonomy being violated. It kinda HAS to be male-centered for it to work as intended

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

*fear, not feet 🤦‍♂️

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 2d

Especially with Ripley undergoing major surgery to get it out of her body. She literally asks the surgery machine for a Caesarian section at first, but it’s not programmed for it so she basically has to tell the computer to operate like it’s removing a tumor. In retrospect maybe that part was a little too on the nose IMO but it also does a GREAT job of reflecting how women are often forced to take drastic measures to get healthcare, especially abortion

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2d

Seriously. It’s insanely rare to find a director who can simultaneously be that subtle with their intended message while delivering the point SO effectively

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 1d

You should, it’s also a masterclass in horror and suspenseful writing Also, Ridley Scott (the director) wrote the only survivor as a woman because he knew audiences would expect it to be a man

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