James Cameron’s 1986 film Aliens is a continuation of the franchise’s thematic and conceptual tenacity. In it, a reversal of roles typically attributed to a certain gender makes the meat of the story. Where the Ridley Scott-directed 1979 original deals with a lot of issues concerning rape, Cameron’s sequel deals with an entirely
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