To Ripley or not Ripley that is the question

@ the coming I am not sure if she was making a real political statement on guns or more personal preference; along with thinking it more interesting if humans have to fight the xenos without guns. I don't think she was coming at it like Rosie O'Donnell or something with Alien 3 some vehicle to propound some kind of platform. But that is just my take.

@snugs I think Cartwright would have made just as good a Ripley, very different though. I know I am in the minority on this, and I am not taking a thing away from Weaver. I actually think Cartwright would have been surprisingly tough, even tougher than Weaver. That paranoia of Lambert could have been transformed into a nasty toughness. But then she may have been less likeable compared to Weaver. As someone else said, Weaver combined her wits with a girl next door type, although I don't know if that was the phrase I would have used. More just someone a bit steadier.