Dang, y'all. Now I'm not gonna be able to watch a movie again ever without running it through the mental Bechdel filter.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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Zenkitty - May 24, 2010 11:09:49 am PDT #8465 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Dana - May 24, 2010 11:16:12 am PDT #8466 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
My favorite recent TV show that blows away the Bechdel test is Sarah Connor Chronicles.
With movies, it's harder. Especially superhero movies.
Scrappy - May 24, 2010 11:19:03 am PDT #8467 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sons of Anarchy, oddly, passes.
juliana - May 24, 2010 11:22:45 am PDT #8468 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Sons of Anarchy, oddly, passes.
Bless it, yes it does.
amych - May 24, 2010 11:22:47 am PDT #8469 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
SCC blew away so much. Not just the bad robots. Sob!
TV generally does much better than movies, in large part because the format allows eps that focus on different characters and stories from a variety of angles, but that doesn't give movies an out, IMO.
Zenkitty - May 24, 2010 11:27:48 am PDT #8470 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't think even Serenity passes it.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 24, 2010 11:29:41 am PDT #8471 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It doesn't help that people generally talk about River rather than to her.
Vonnie K - May 24, 2010 11:53:08 am PDT #8472 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
My favorite recent TV show that blows away the Bechdel test is Sarah Connor Chronicles.
My show! My poor dead awesome show! *cries forever*
In 2008-2009 season, they cancelled THREE awesome shows I was fannish about that passed the test regularly (the other two would be Pushing Daisies and The Middleman.) In retrospect, I marvel at the fact that these shows even got made in the first place.
msbelle - May 24, 2010 12:13:30 pm PDT #8473 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
kids tv with girl leads: Word Girl, Sabrina, Winx, the mouse ballerina one, Martha Speaks
Amy - May 24, 2010 12:28:14 pm PDT #8474 of 30000
Because books.
And there used to be the awesome Clarissa Explains It all. Oh, also Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which was not so excellent, but between Sabrina and her two aunts, there was a lot of girl power on that show.