"Get away from her--you bitch," a character stutters in a relative monotone, turning an iconic moment from Aliens into a somewhat more halting, slightly funnier one in Alien: Romulus.
What compelled director Fede Álvarez to include this moment in Romulus is anyone's guess. It's a line that makes no real sense in context, it's out of character for the person who says it, and there's no particular reason to use that particular word on this particular alien monster. In Aliens, when Sigourney Weaver's Ripley first originated the line, it was shouted in rage, full of emotion, as Ripley stepped out in a power loader to challenge the massive alien queen and save Carrie Henn's Newt. It was an invective thrown by one would-be mother at another.
In Romulus, the line is a reference to another movie you really liked from 40 years ago. It's forced into the mouth of this character in this movie, it seems, to get you thinking about that other film. After all, in the modern age, reminding you of something you previously liked is what sequels are all about.
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