Mmm hmm.

Dude, real thing or bust.

Batman's father was fridged, way over and above anything Rachel Dawes will ever have suffered, over and above his mother. However, one can argue that Nolan didn't make that choice, that he only chose to kill Rachel.

And, like you say--in stories where men love men the most, and men are supposed to protect men the most, then men are more likely to be killed to generate angst. I don't think it's sexist that most movies don't tell that story.

However, give me a well-rounded female character with agency and complexity and I'm much less likely to call it anything of the sort. Rachel? Had potential. But it was clearly set up that Batman's failure to save her was a turning point emotionally for him.

Tom Hardy is probably the Celebrity Most Likely to advocate for a Real Doll of a character he played.

Does it make it better that now I want one, too?

YES.

Does anyone know where this picture (not explicit, but suggestive enough that not safe for work) is from? I mean...is it related to a role, or something, or did Mr. Hardy take that pic for his own recreational purposes? Because, DAMN BOY WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??? GET YOUR HAND OUT OF THERE.

(I hope that link works--I can't view anything but the thumbnail from work: cropped version)

That looks like a standard cam-whore picture to me. Not that I mind a bit, of course.

Tom Hardy is probably the Celebrity Most Likely to advocate for a Real Doll of a character he played.

So true, so true.

I don't think it's sexist that most movies don't tell that story.

I think it's an aspect of the massive overall bias in Hollywood to tell stories starring (mostly white) men. There might be a woman. She might be a madonna or a whore. And she might die. I keep coming back to the Bechdel test, and how very few mainstream movies pass it.

I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever. Ummm. All I can think of is Wash, and that was so not fridging. Anyone? Bueller?

Interview with Edgar Wright re: Scott Pilgrim. A little spoilery, I guess: [link]

That looks like a standard cam-whore picture to me

For MySpace, sure. Which is why I'm wondering if it was completely personally generated. Because most aspiring actors have someone to tell them...well, if you're going to have pictures distributed of you with your hand in your undies, have someone else take the shot, you know? Perhaps with good lighting?

I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever.

Something like Truly Madly Deeply, maybe?

I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever.

Terminator. Not fridging. I'll have to think on it some more, though. Fridging most often happens in action movies, right? Which cuts down on the women analogues right there. I'm sure there are quite a few movies about widows with pain, considering. Just, you know, on Lifetime. And they heal, with the love of a good man and/or a trip to Tuscany.

mmmm....cam whore.

I think it's an aspect of the massive overall bias in Hollywood to tell stories starring (mostly white) men. There might be a woman. She might be a madonna or a whore. And she might die. I keep coming back to the Bechdel test, and how very few mainstream movies pass it.

I was going to bring up the Bechdel test related to the fridging thing. It's not that it makes a movie bad (or good), but I do think it's important for people to notice what's going on in their entertainment.