Aliens

The readings by Jeffery Brown talks about how genre stereotypes in a film.The spectacle of the muscular male body had become the genres’ central trademark (Eg. Arnold Schwarzenegger). Through Aliens, we see a switch in gender roles, instead of the usual male hero, the heroine saves the day. Jeffery talks about how Masculinity is determined by one’s ability to perform certain culturally recognizable traits. In Aliens, private Vasquez shows the perfect example of a her masculinity.

James Cameron showed the audience that women can be as tough as men. In a particular scene, Ripley and Newt were claim while one of the male solider were panicking and screaming away. Being tough is not about a person’s masculinity but it is base on natural human instinct on survivor. Newt, a small little girl managed to survive by herself without proper training and food.

During our class debate, we were split into 2 teams to discuss if Aliens is more then just a science fiction. Through this exercise, our team did some research and find all sorts of evidence to support our argument. Marketing and promotion use genre as a platform to sell and promote a film- by looking at the official poster of Aliens, we can tell that it is a science fiction movie.