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SDCC: Women Who Kick Ass!
Sigourney Weaver, Eliza Dushku, Zoe Saldana, and Elizabeth Mitchell. What do all these names have in common? They’re all women who kick a lot of ass! And I was super pumped to be at this panel during Comic-Con 2009. All of these women have set good examples for women everywhere by playing strong female roles in movies or TV shows, and done quite nicely showing Hollywood that women have what it takes to “run with the big dogs” and basically kick a lot ass along the way.
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Posted in Blog, convention
Tagged Alien, Clint Eastwood, Comic-Con, Dollhouse, Echo, Eliza Dushku, Elizabeth Mitchell, Enterprise, heroines, Hollywood, interviews, Joss Whedon, Lost, MTV, Ripley, San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC, Sigourney Weaver, Star Trek, Uhura, Women Who Kick Ass!, Zoe Saldana
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The Classic Sci-Fi Action Movie (well, half an action movie): Aliens (1986)
We do get to see a little softer side of this heroine, Ripley, who’s not just a hard core killing machine like The Bride. Ripley grows fond of a little girl and vows to protect her. Awww, isn’t that sweet. Save it for Oprah! Continue reading
Posted in * all movie reviews *, 2.5 kabooms, action, horror, movie, science fiction
Tagged 20th Century Fox, action, Alien, Aliens, Bill Paxton, Carrie Henn, Dan O'Bannon, David Giler, Gale Anne Hurd, Girls Who Don't Want Flowers, James Cameron, Lance Henriksen, language, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, R-rated, Ronald Shusett, sci-fi, Sigourney Weaver, thrill, violence, Walter Hill, William Hope
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