Fast Furious Feminism. Interesting discussion of the female characters in the franchise (spoilers for entire series).
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I kinda feel she was too harsh on some characters and almost too kind in other places. I give the series a better feminism score because the chick action scenes are not in any way inferior to the guy ones. That seems to be complicated for our favourite feminist directors.
I kinda feel she was too harsh on some characters and almost too kind in other places.
Yeah, I understand what she says about Mia, but I think the fact that she's not relegated to one role—that she can be sister, mother, wife, etc, in addition to driving and getting in on the action—makes her fairly well rounded. Does being damseled automatically make a character not feminist? Women do seem to get damseled/killed more often than men in the franchise, which is worth noting, I think; it would be good to have the male characters in mortal peril once in a while.
I give the series a better feminism score because the chick action scenes are not in any way inferior to the guy ones.
That's a good point.
Women do seem to get damseled/killed more often than men in the franchise, which is worth noting, I think; it would be good to have the male characters in mortal peril once in a while.
I think the men are often in mortal peril, but those are fight and chase scenes and taken as required ingredients of action movies. Would what happened to Lettie be damselling if she'd been male? I argue 50-50. Han is only called doomed, not damselled.
Repost for Jilli: IO9's 10 weirdest vampire movies EVAR.
That Kung Fu Vampire looks super cray-cray. I have to see it.
Nude alien vampire queen. The role Matilda May was born to play. Especially the “nude” part. Best casting evar.
Awww, the comments mention The Hunger, Bunnicula, and Near Dark. My black heart is glowing.
Lair of the White Worm IS pretty damn weird.
Actually, the comments have a bunch of movies for me to check out. Yay, more vampire movies!
In the cheap DVD bin I found a disk with 3 Wes Craven vampire movies. I haven't watched them yet, but I figured Wes Craven knows his way around a horror story and was curious as to what he'd do with the classics. Are they dreck? Are they amusing dreck? Will they be a pleasant way to while away one of my upcoming vacation days?