10 Deleted Sci-Fi Movie Scenes That Explain Confusing Moments

10. Ridley's Shocking Loss Informs Her Bond With Newt - Aliens

While it'd be unfair to claim that Ellen Ripley's need to save young Newt from the clutches of the terrifying Xenomorphs occupying LV-426 was in any way illogical - this was a scared child in danger and Ripley was seemingly doing what any good-hearted human would hopefully do in that horrifying scenario - a scene cut from the theatrical version of James Cameron's legendary Aliens feature does make her reasons for putting herself in harms way for the recently discovered youngster a little clearer.

Said deleted scene sees Ripley sit down for a conversation with Weyland-Yutani representative Carter Burke not long after waking from stasis. And it's here when the Xenomorph survivor asks "do you have any news about my daughter?"

With Ripley being asleep for some 57 years, Burke is forced to break the news of her daughter actually passing away two years earlier at the age of 66. And it's her response of "I promised her I'd be home for her birthday. Her 11th birthday," and subsequent tears that then reframe her eventual need to save Newt from there on out.

Without the scene, Newt is simply a child in danger. With it, she's a chance to make up for the fact Ripley wasn't there for her own daughter due to her alien battles and stasis sacrifice in the first film.