Best video I have ever seen when it comes to the dissection of the new disney films.
By his standard Ripley and Sarah Connor are passive protagonists
Both of those protagonists’ first films were on the horror side of Sci-fi, which is all about having things happen to them until they take action to defeat the threat.
It’s notable that their second films (Terminator 2 and Aliens) are much more conventional action films, allowing the protagonists to be very active.