• glimse@lemmy.world
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        17 days ago

        To add to this: there were deliberate choices to make male characters suffer in the same way female characters often experienced.

        How would you make the manliest man who ever manned truly uncomfortable in a theater in 1979? They’re used to blood and guts on screen. But what about a violent, nonconsensual pregnancy?

        • Naz@sh.itjust.works
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          17 days ago

          That’s a good point

          I recall reading that the “Facehugger” scene was unrehearsed/the actors weren’t informed so their concern and terror was real