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minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoYeah, like when was there ever a heroine in 80s action sci fi that was a no-nonsense rough & tumble ass-kicking type? I can’t think of a single one, let alone multiple iconic characters that headlined my favourite movies from the era.
minus-squareDogiedog64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 hours agoFirst I can think of is Ellen Ripley from Alien and Aliens. Didn’t start out badass or ass-kicking, but sure as shit ended up doing so.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoHer and Sarah Connor were the main ones. T2 wasn’t technically 80s but it’s close, and the character started in the 80s.
minus-squareZC3rr0rlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoIf only that era of movies hadn’t spawned a TV Trope that sadly coloured these folks’ perceptions on strong, independent, rough and tumble women: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VasquezAlwaysDies
Yeah, like when was there ever a heroine in 80s action sci fi that was a no-nonsense rough & tumble ass-kicking type? I can’t think of a single one, let alone multiple iconic characters that headlined my favourite movies from the era.
First I can think of is Ellen Ripley from Alien and Aliens. Didn’t start out badass or ass-kicking, but sure as shit ended up doing so.
Her and Sarah Connor were the main ones. T2 wasn’t technically 80s but it’s close, and the character started in the 80s.
If only that era of movies hadn’t spawned a TV Trope that sadly coloured these folks’ perceptions on strong, independent, rough and tumble women: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VasquezAlwaysDies