did you see the Alien movie?

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At the opening of the film, Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the only human survivor of the Nostromo, is rescued from space and revived after fifty-seven years in hypersleep. As she recovers, she is gradually informed of the changes that have occurred during her absence, and is dismayed to learn that a terraforming colony called Hadley's Hope has been founded on Planet LV-426 (where the Nostromo crew first encountered the alien). Ripley fears the worst when she learns that contact with the colony has recently been lost. With her friends and family long dead, Ripley (now promoted to Lieutenant) reluctantly agrees to accompany a rescue mission sent by the all-powerful Company, acting as advisor to a squad of gung-ho Colonial Marines sent to investigate the situation. They travel aboard the warship Sulaco (like The Nostromo, the name is a nod to Joseph Conrad). Arriving at LV-426, Ripley and her companions soon discover that the aliens have overrun the colony and that all the settlers are dead, with the sole exception of a young girl nicknamed "Newt", who has been hiding in the colony's sprawling ventilation system. A majority of the squad is wiped out, and the handful of survivors find themselves trapped in the settlement, where they are hunted by swarming armies of aliens under the direction of their queen. Their mission is further complicated by Ripley's discovery that Burke (Paul Reiser), the Company representative along on the trip, is plotting to bring one of the aliens back to Earth at any cost. After Newt is captured by the aliens, Ripley must risk her own life to try and rescue the child and escape from the planet before the colony is "sterilized" by a nuclear explosion. The story adds much to the overall mythos of the series, including Cameron's introduction of an insect-like social structure and life cycle, is notable for its portrayal of women in action roles, and also re-introduces the concept of an android character, however this time in a sympathetic role. This character, Bishop, is also the only character except Ripley (and her cat, Jonesy) to appear in more than one film in the series.