Alien: Romulus is better without Ridley.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While Alien: Romulus won't feature the Alien franchise’s original heroine, Ellen Ripley, this is secretly good news for the reboot. The Alien franchise has been through many screen incarnations, but only its first few outings boast one of sci-fi cinema’s most legendary heroines.
While viewers might be disappointed by this news, Alien: Romulus made the right choice by keeping Ripley out of the sequel’s story. Alien: Romulus can afford to be much more ruthless without Ripley’s return since viewers will have no idea which characters are likely to survive and which ones will die. Not only that, but a string of earlier horror franchise reboots that brought back their final girls went on to regret this choice.
The potential perils of Alien: Romulus bringing back Ripley were perfectly illustrated when Scream 2022 revived Neve Campbell’s iconic heroine. Sidney appeared in the sequel and played a pivotal supporting role, but mostly existed to prop up the franchise’s new heroines, Sam and Tara Carpenter. This seemed to work well until a pay dispute between Campbell and the studio resulted in Scream VI dropping Sidney and insulting her legacy.
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