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* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: Some fans prefer to believe that the third and fourth films never existed, and that Hicks and Newt never died.

** Some fans feel the same way about prequels ''Prometheus'' and ''Alien: Covenant''.

* [[Genre Turning Point]]: In American futuristic SF, the role of women was changed forever because of this film. Afterward, there was no room for any [[Neutral Female]] or [[Damsel in Distress]] in the future for any major female character; now they are expected to grab a weapon and join the fighting as much as any man.

* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: The first movie is fond of those, from background low-pitched wavy electronic whistling sounds (iconic enough that they were re-used in ''[[Blade Runner]]'', [[The Empire Strikes Back]] and [[Return of the Jedi]]) to the faint, barely audible sound of [[Heartbeat Soundtrack|heartbeat]] in several key scene (such as the dinner and Bret looking for the cat).