Why did Ripley cancel the self destruct?

Well the main reason she went to go disable it was that the alien was blocking her only way of escape, the shuttle (Narcassis). When she went back to disable the auto destruct this was when the alien stowed away on the shuttle.
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Why does Ripley save the cat?

He's probably included because H.R. Giger was a well-known cat lover; the cast and crew of Alien wanted to pay tribute to him. The most obvious explanation for why he survives with Ripley is to help bring a slight upbeat to an otherwise dark film. It's also possible the director just didn't want to kill a cat.
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Why did the Nostromo self destruct?

In 2122, Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley engaged the self destruct aboard the Nostromo in an attempt to kill the Alien, which had stowed away on board.
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Did Ripley leave Jones?

Jones was attacked by the alien when Ripley left him in his cage, but the alien left him alone because he was too small to sustain a host.
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Is the cat from Alien still alive?

He died, at least according to the Alien3 novelisation by Alan Dean Foster. The implication is that he remained on Gateway or was rehomed on Earth where he lived out the remainder of his life. She found herself thinking of Jonesy. No one wonder she and the cat had survived the Nostromo.
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Is Matilda the cat blind?

Matilda has a genetic eye disorder that's caused her enlarged eyes, and she's now blind, her owners wrote on Instagram, but she didn't always have her alien-like eyes, it turns out.
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What does Jonesy represent in Alien?

Here, Jonesy! Jones, nicknamed "Jonesy", was a ginger American Shorthair tomcat kept aboard the USCSS Nostromo as Ellen Ripley's pet. While the cat's official purpose was to control rodents aboard the ship, it also served as a source of relaxation and entertainment for the crew on long space journeys.
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Why did Ripley go back?

Well the main reason she went to go disable it was that the alien was blocking her only way of escape, the shuttle (Narcassis). When she went back to disable the auto destruct this was when the alien stowed away on the shuttle.
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Are Flerkens always cats?

The Flerken (also called Flerkens as plural) are alien creatures resembling Earth cats in appearance and behavior. They reproduce by laying up to 117 eggs and possess many tentacles that can extend from their mouths. Their bodies also hold pocket realities, bubbles of space and time that exist in other worlds.
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What happened to Jonesy from Alien?

Jonesy was approached by the Alien when Ripley left him in his cage, but the Alien left him alone as Jonesy was apparently of little interest to the creature and he survived the incident unscathed. He was put in cryo-sleep after escaping the Nostromo with Ripley.
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What was John Hurt eating in Alien?

Scott: Prosthetics in those days weren't that good. I figured the best thing to do was to get stuff from a butcher's shop and a fishmonger. On the morning we had them examining the Facehugger; that was clams, oysters, seafood. You had to be ready to shoot because it started to smell pretty quickly.
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Are self destruct systems Real?

The self-destruct system never failed in over 67,000 tested landmines in a variety of conditions. Not all self-destruct mechanisms are absolutely reliable, and most landmines that have been laid throughout history are not equipped to self-destruct.
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How did the Alien get on the ship in Alien?

The xenomorph was able to board the ship by nestling away inside the body of one of the crew members who had a facehugger on his visage for less than five seconds. Apparently, that is all it takes in Covenant for the beastie to implant its seed.
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Can the Xenomorph survive in space?

Marvel's first Alien series wraps up its opening chapter, but not without confirming that Xenomorphs can survive in the vacuum of space.
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How long did Ripley sleep?

Ripley was indeed in hypersleep for 57 years. When she first meets Company representative Carter Burke (Paul Reiser), she is in the hospital and he informs her that she's been out there for 57 years, at which point she starts to react to an alien birthing from her. Then she awakens and we find out this was a nightmare.
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Why is it called Save the Cat?

The title Save the Cat! was coined by Snyder to describe a decisive moment when the protagonist demonstrates that they are worth rooting for. Snyder writes, "It's the scene where we [first] meet the hero", in order to gain audience favor and support for the main character right from the start.
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Why did Goose scratch Nick's eye?

Goose, however, dislikes being touched repeatedly, as she scratched Nick Fury's left eye when he didn't stop tickling her. She permanently blinded Fury, although she didn't have the intention of doing so.
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Is Goose still alive?

What Happened To Goose? Goose is Captain Marvel's biggest scene stealer, but plenty of questions surround the mysterious Flerken disguised as a cat. From the memories the Skulls probed in Carol's mind, Goose was originally Mar-Vell's pet and after she died, Goose remained at Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
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What is Black Widow's real name?

Natasha RomanovaBlack Widow. Despite super spy Natasha Romanoff's checkered past, she's become one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most deadly assassins and a frequent member of the Avengers. 131 lbs. S.H.I.E.L.D.
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How did they resurrect Ripley?

Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, reprising her role from the previous three Alien films. After having sacrificed herself to kill the Alien Queen gestating inside her in Alien 3, Ripley has been cloned using blood samples so that the military may extract the Queen embryo.
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Why does Ripley shave her head?

In Alien 3, every (human) character is bald, but most notable is our hero, the badass Ellen Ripley. In order to blend in with the bald male prisoners in the penal colony, Ripley shaves her head. She then leads these men in a rebellion, proving that losing her hair did not cause her to lose her confidence.
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Does Ripley give birth to an Alien?

The now fully-grown Alien Queen, having developed a womb because of Ripley's DNA, gives birth to a human-Alien hybrid, who kills the Queen and imprints on Number Eight as its mother.
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What year is Alien set in?

From there, we get into the original films: Alien takes place two decades after Covenant in 2122, while Ripley wakes up from stasis 57 years later in Aliens. Alien 3 is set immediately after Aliens.
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What was Ripley's cat's name?

Jones the cat, nicknamed Jonesy, was aboard the USCSS Nostromo to catch mice and entertain the crew. But for the most part, the ginger cat kept his owner, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), company.
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Who survived Alien?

By the end of Aliens, only four characters remain alive, Ripley, the android Bishop (although he's badly damaged), a little girl named Newt (Carrie Henn) that Ripley has sort of adopted as a surrogate daughter, and Corporal Dwayne Hicks (Michael Biehn), the only space marine to survive.
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