tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post8759864217497791669..comments2024-03-25T07:54:22.672+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: Top Five Kick-Ass HeroinesJuliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-13976206026744173552022-04-23T14:58:01.697+01:002022-04-23T14:58:01.697+01:00Ygrumop0dorniSaint Paul Christina Love https://wak...Ygrumop0dorniSaint Paul Christina Love <a href="https://wakelet.com/wake/nKsAJ69L12RlriLLdrawe" rel="nofollow">https://wakelet.com/wake/nKsAJ69L12RlriLLdrawe</a><br /> genkahogeYgrumop0dorniSaint Paulhttps://wakelet.com/wake/v2L19CAamromGkPiJXoyDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-39854247030523375372012-07-11T14:14:39.769+01:002012-07-11T14:14:39.769+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-39174651936889109912012-07-11T14:13:59.173+01:002012-07-11T14:13:59.173+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-64020830516326046512012-06-14T21:20:46.172+01:002012-06-14T21:20:46.172+01:00Thanks! :)Thanks! :)Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-30815208061884516172012-06-14T21:10:25.489+01:002012-06-14T21:10:25.489+01:00I'd suggest Mina Harker from The League of Ext...I'd suggest Mina Harker from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (yes, I know, appalling film) and I'd heartily recommend to Buffy fans Sarwat Chadda's YA books about Billi SanGreal, who is a 15 year old girl inducted into the Knights Templar- Devil's Kiss and The Dark Goddess. Great post, Juliette!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-85318733329676001662012-06-14T00:45:34.219+01:002012-06-14T00:45:34.219+01:00That's definitely quite a good way of looking ...That's definitely quite a good way of looking at these characters.<br /><br />As a comics fan, I'd say the reason Batman can hold his own against pretty much anyone is his brain. The man's always thinking ten or twenty moves ahead, and always has contingencies for his contingencies. Hard to deal with that...<br /><br />As to the Black Widow, I loved her in the movie, and very much in the comics as well. There's an alternate reality miniseries called 1602 featuring the characters in that year in Europe, and she's described at one point as "the most dangerous woman in Europe". Very apropos.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-58814434107353332742012-06-13T09:38:05.425+01:002012-06-13T09:38:05.425+01:00I actually think DmX is probably thinking of Etain...I actually think DmX is probably thinking of Etain in <i>Centurion</i>, who is a kick-ass villain.Tony Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125792825206480340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-9170805040147018192012-06-12T22:01:11.899+01:002012-06-12T22:01:11.899+01:00No worries :) There were just too many to contempl...No worries :) There were just too many to contemplate if everyone was included - which is a good thing, of course!<br /><br />Good point - by companion standards, Leela was fairly action-y!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-20647533212807375092012-06-12T18:58:42.254+01:002012-06-12T18:58:42.254+01:00Suffered a senior moment there and failed to note ...Suffered a senior moment there and failed to note the 'ancient-world setting' restriction, which should have been obvious (how long have I been reading this blog?). Sorry about that!<br /><br />Offhand, I can only think of a few that I've actually seen: one is Valeria, the thief who becomes Conan's love interest in <i>Conan the Barbarian</i>, and who slices and dices with the best of them. There's also Grace Jones's character in the lamentable sequel, whose name I shall not mention.<br /><br />And, if you count ancient worlds that are not Earth, there's Leela, companion to Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor. She was pretty tough, in a Doctor-Who-companion sort of way.NomadUKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-52295592125070468042012-06-12T15:20:56.762+01:002012-06-12T15:20:56.762+01:00very truevery trueCrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-38744186038546927132012-06-12T14:30:58.651+01:002012-06-12T14:30:58.651+01:00Yes, I think you must be thinking of Mira in The L...Yes, I think you must be thinking of Mira in The Last Legion DmX. There aren't any women in The Eagle, and Centurion has a very problematic relationship with its female characters (one is an evil barbarian, the other a housewife).<br /><br />Aishwarya Rai is an excellent donkey-kicker, Eowyn Syndrome aside!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-58992042419205682332012-06-12T14:29:08.395+01:002012-06-12T14:29:08.395+01:00I wondered about including her, but she was render...I wondered about including her, but she was rendered ineligible because, while they all wear ridiculously revealing costumes (as do the men in some cases) just strapping a belt around your breasts is a bit too far and reduces the ass-kicking-ness of the character!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-48600846938397789242012-06-12T14:27:44.756+01:002012-06-12T14:27:44.756+01:00Definitely! I really want to see a Joss Whedon Iro...Definitely! I really want to see a Joss Whedon Iron Man movie tooJuliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-23351175308010944622012-06-12T14:24:01.318+01:002012-06-12T14:24:01.318+01:00"Could she take on Batman? No. He'd distr...<i>"Could she take on Batman? No. He'd distract her by yanking off one of her earrings. This is why Catwoman doesn't wear earrings."</i><br /><br />LOL!!!<br /><br />You could add Keira Knightley in the most recent King Arthur since it's still the Roman Empire (albeit the end). And she definitely kicks some donkey!!! ;o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-86296983138143549422012-06-12T14:22:25.649+01:002012-06-12T14:22:25.649+01:00me too! and with Joss Whedon writing/directing it!...me too! and with Joss Whedon writing/directing it! ;o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-5314643296488653262012-06-12T12:24:31.976+01:002012-06-12T12:24:31.976+01:00That would probably be this one., which you only v...That would probably be <a href="http://popclassicsjg.blogspot.com/2011/02/last-legion-dir-doug-lefler-2007.html" rel="nofollow">this one.</a>, which you only vaguely remembered at the time, apparently, and therefore even more vaguely remember now! I have never seen it, so my memory is vaguer yet.<br /><br />Apparently, though, Aishwarya Rai is the donkey-kicker in this one.NomadUKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-64500512534920524242012-06-12T11:55:01.721+01:002012-06-12T11:55:01.721+01:00Didn't at least one of those "lost legion...Didn't at least one of those "lost legion in Scotland" films that came out in the last couple of years have a donkey-kicking heroine? I think <i>Centurion</i>, since it wasn't using Rosemary Sutcliffe as source material, but I'm not sure.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-65019862327620561622012-06-11T18:44:57.594+01:002012-06-11T18:44:57.594+01:00Black Widow was pretty cool in The Avengers - Thor...Black Widow was pretty cool in The Avengers - Thor insulted her in a rather controversial way, but she was pretty cool. I wanna see a Black Widow/Hawkeye movie, they had good chemistry.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-73806122577438261262012-06-11T18:09:39.964+01:002012-06-11T18:09:39.964+01:00Angelina Jolie plays the eponymous heroine in Salt...Angelina Jolie plays the eponymous heroine in <i>Salt</i>, and delivers some <i>very</i> serious fundament battering; if you haven't seen it, it's not bad.<br /><br />I hear that Scarlett Johansson does some damage as Black Widow in <i>The Avengers</i>, though I haven't seen that one. I can certainly believe it, though.<br /><br />Uma Thurman takes out quite a few people with that sword in the <i>Kill Bill</i> films ...<br /><br />On a more classic note, Emma Peel (the magnificent Diana Rigg) probably couldn't take on [the] Batman, but she could certainly hold her own and send some keisters flying with those judo/karate/whatever moves she had.<br /><br />I don't include Wonder Woman, because that. costume. argh.<br /><br />I'm sure there are more -- though, admittedly, not nearly as many as there ought to be.NomadUKnoreply@blogger.com