Re: Re: Re: A Strong Woman
Actually, I was pointing out "strong female character" and "action lead" weren't incompatible, as I thought you were in your post. If you go back, your post does seem to imply "strong female lead" means girlie emotional stuff and is useless in an action film, vis a vis the "Oprah" comment. My bad if I misinterpreted.
Interestingly, what you point out about Mina is equally as true, if not more so, about Quartermain in the series. For the first arc Quartermain basically detoxes naked, screws up and abandons Mina to Hyde so he can get hs laudunum fix, then wanders around looking stunned and sweating when in the presence of Fu Manchu. He has no superpowers and is barely an asset. He's essentially frikkin' luggage.
Yet now, with Connery as Quartermain, that character is transformed into a heroic leader. If written well, Mina could have been just as ass-kicking without superpowers, same as Quartermain. It's the exact same writing challenge. But, as noted, once Connery was in -- why even bother? I'm just sad at the missed opportunity.
Oh, and the Queen & Country crack wasn't cutting any attitude -- your 9$ is the ultimate vote in the cinema. I'm just hoping that a strong female lead without flashy superpowers is a viable action lead, or my damn movie ain't getting made.
And Spatula, I assume you've read both Whiteout comic book series? Talk about a great female lead. Who, incidentally, in the very first pass of the script once the book was optioned, was turned into a guy. That's been since rectified, but ... there you go.
Rodrigo said:
Actually, I was pointing out "strong female character" and "action lead" weren't incompatible, as I thought you were in your post. If you go back, your post does seem to imply "strong female lead" means girlie emotional stuff and is useless in an action film, vis a vis the "Oprah" comment. My bad if I misinterpreted.
Interestingly, what you point out about Mina is equally as true, if not more so, about Quartermain in the series. For the first arc Quartermain basically detoxes naked, screws up and abandons Mina to Hyde so he can get hs laudunum fix, then wanders around looking stunned and sweating when in the presence of Fu Manchu. He has no superpowers and is barely an asset. He's essentially frikkin' luggage.
Yet now, with Connery as Quartermain, that character is transformed into a heroic leader. If written well, Mina could have been just as ass-kicking without superpowers, same as Quartermain. It's the exact same writing challenge. But, as noted, once Connery was in -- why even bother? I'm just sad at the missed opportunity.
Oh, and the Queen & Country crack wasn't cutting any attitude -- your 9$ is the ultimate vote in the cinema. I'm just hoping that a strong female lead without flashy superpowers is a viable action lead, or my damn movie ain't getting made.
And Spatula, I assume you've read both Whiteout comic book series? Talk about a great female lead. Who, incidentally, in the very first pass of the script once the book was optioned, was turned into a guy. That's been since rectified, but ... there you go.
