Tuesday, 10 October 2017

plot explanation - Why did Ripley try to deactivate the self-destruct sequence at the end of Alien? - Movies & TV

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In the final sequences of
Alien (1979), Ripley activates the self destruct sequence of the
Nostromo.



After seeing the alien in front of the
shuttle entrance, Ripley runs back to the control room and frantically tries to
deactivate the self destruct.



The whole sequence
can be href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140205010110/http://www.markta.co.uk/alien/chapter12.htm"
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below.




Why would Ripley make this
decision; what’s the need for disabling the
self-destruct?



Basically she was dead anyway.
Nowhere to go and the alien was on to her. So it would just seem to be the best option
to destruct the ship and the alien.



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Answer




She was a fighter, giving in and commiting
suicide was not in her nature. Have a look at her in Aliens, insisting on being taught
how to use the grenade launcher, returning the loader to fight the queen
etc.




The alien moved around the ship
and although it was blocking her way out at the moment it would probably move, it was
just a matter of her not getting caught. If nothing else she might be able to hold it
off with the flame thrower until she got out, there were several options other than just
giving up.



I am guessing that at that point she
was going to turn off the self destruct, get in the pod and blast off and then just
broadcast a warning about the ship's contents.



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