Sci-Fi Women...

[StormyPeak]

Growing up in the 70's was interesting because before then, women's roles in the movies and on t.v. were usually based on them being rescued by the he-man hero. The Avenger's (late 1960's -1970's) was like one of the first times I really remember seeing a woman kick a bad-guy in the head....way to go Ms. Peel!

When Alien came out in 1979, everyone was talking about how 'finally' a woman got to be the hero, when Ripley duked it out with that bad-ass alien.

Since then, I've seen a lot of really good rolls for women, most of them in Sci-Fi series/movies. I like how the characters are...brainy, witty, tough, and of course sexy without being looked up on as 'dikes'....the new Starbuck excluded...lol. ;)

Anyway, who's your favorite 'tough women' in film/t.v. series... ? There's a lot to chose from...the Star Trek shows alone had a lot of good women on them, then there's shows like Xena, or the Terminator's target, Sarah Conner,


My top 3 favorites:

1. Jadzia Dax - Deep Space 9.... Ended up married to Worf...but they killed off her charactor towards the end of the series. : (
2. Ivanova - Babylon 5's tough no-nonsense 2nd in Command.
3. Seven of Nine - The Borg/Human taken in by the Voyager crew, super smart...and had the crewmen scared shitless....lol...

Stormy

[Yian]

1) The Female Terminator from Terminator 3

2) Xev from Lexx

3) Lilu from The Fifth Element

[Docta Beeeer]

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[Digital Limit]

Dakota Fanning from War of the Worlds.

Er, wait.

:rolleyes:

[wmgreer]

Samantha Carter from Stargate:SG1

[caregirl]

Xena .. warrior princess... but only in the older episodes ... the newer ones were weird.

A lot of the Greek god women kicked ass cause they get back at the men in wonderfully ironic ways ... like Zeus' wife Hera, now that's a smart chick.

[dimsum411]

Is this a "would-you-do" thread? If so, Inara & Kaylie from Firefly/Serenity.

[bxx]

1-Aeryn Sun from Farscape
2-Number 6 from BattleStar Galactica
3-Sikozu from Farscape

And yes Farscape was and will always be my favorite SciFi show.

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

Britney Spears in Oops I did it again.

[Hitman]

Tough defines getting the shit kicked out of you, over and over again.. Xena takes the cake.

I would say Maj Carter but she doesn't get the shit kicked out her, she's constantly in tough shitty situations but that's about it. :)

[SuperDavidGT]

1) Elektra... from Elektra... jen garner + ninja skillz + red leather = unbeatable

2) Xena's girlfriend - she was far cuter, and y'all know it

3) Kate from Lost (...Lost counts, right?)

[dimsum411]

nvm...

Kate is hawt

[Yian]

Sikozu from Farscape
Agreed!

[LynX]

Starbuck from BSG and Delenn from B5 ftw!

[FATMAN]

Xena .. warrior princess... but only in the older episodes ... the newer ones were weird.

A lot of the Greek god women kicked ass cause they get back at the men in wonderfully ironic ways ... like Zeus' wife Hera, now that's a smart chick.


wait I though Stormy meant Sci-fi :confused:

[StormyPeak]

wait I though Stormy meant Sci-fi :confused:

Most of the charactors out there that have women able to take care of theirselves are in the sci-fi genre....but feel free to post a favorite from other genres too.

I'm just glad that it's more common nowdays to portray women as something other than helpless in the face of danger.

Stormy

[Killer Klown]

Kaylie from Firefly definitely ranks up there. Something about geeky tech girls, even if she is a mech.
Sikozu was pretty hot too and, activating the wayback machine (To MILF-country for some folks here), growing up I always had the hots for Wilma Deering from the '70s-ish Buck Rogers. Loved her eyes.

[Striker]

Is this a "would-you-do" thread? If so, Inara & Kaylie from Firefly/Serenity.
Aye!

[bxx]

Agreed!


Yian you have taste my friend ;)

[i‏hateyou]

Muzgob from Tatooween
http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/bts/production/f20021122/img/14_sm.jpg
What a fox!

[Trustkill]

Darwin the Dolphin from Seaquest DSV. Tight, wet blowhole....