We don't generally bother in school, there are much more important parts of British history to get through.

To be fair, I am at Blake's 7 Fan levels of enjoying sci-fi theatricality.

Au contraire

Yes, aside from Ripley there are no real characters, just well-established types. Apart from Bill Paxton, who I think does a really good job with what he's given, none of the actors are bringing anything to give their characters more dimensions than are on the page.

Or for maximum tragedy, Ian and Barbara.

Just imagining how good Hartnell would be in the final episode of The War Games.

New Voigt-Kampff test just dropped.

Someone should ask the Prime Minister what steps his government is taking to increase net migration to 340,000.

According to Wikipedia, it made $1.338 billion on a budget of $533.7 million, which is a healthy profit however you slice it. (Typically a movie has to earn back twice its budget, to account for distribution costs etc, but that still leaves about a quarter of a billion in profit.)

And incredibly he manages to look simultaneously 13 and 79.

A political nightmare, but an excellent premise for a sitcom.