Chicks Who Don’t Want Flowers: 3rd Rock from the Sun

3^rd Rock from the Sun is an excellent television series that explores how a group of aliens adapt to being a human family. There are four aliens that make up the Solomon family: Dick (John Lithgow), Harry (French Stewart), Sally (Kristen Johnston), and Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Coming from an asexual species, the only reason Sally became the woman in the group was because she lost some kind of contest, and because she’s a decorated war veteran, best suited to the toughest assignment of all: womanhood. In the end, Sally realizes just how special being the woman is and continued to do whatever the hell she wanted.

Part of the charm of 3^rd Rock is that the Solomon’s don’t understand even the simplest of human emotions, figure of speech, or object. They refer to crying as “leaking.” Dick is amazed by the fact that once he pulls out one tissue, another one is there, so he continues to pull out all the tissues. When someone says that a baby has his teeth coming in, Harry responds with “We’ll make sure to sign for them.”

Sally Solomon is a warrior, a weapons specialist, a lieutenant, and most of all a woman. She is confident and strong. She always takes charge of a situation and doesn’t let anyone push her around. Sally isn’t the kind of gal who would want flowers for Valentine’s Day. She might just try to eat them, and then get angry with you when she figures out it’s not food. She would enjoy a night stick for beating asses and an encyclopedia of common expressions and their meanings so she could identify joy as what she is feeling as she beats people up.

3^rd Rock from the Sun is a great show starring a strong, take charge woman that you shouldn’t miss out on (it’s on instant queue in Netflix right now!)

This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!