Comments on: Top 30 Tough Chicks on Film: A Salute to the Female Action Hero

By: Jack Loganbill

Jack Loganbill — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:38:00 +0000

Good list, but you missed one:Melissa George

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:07:00 +0000

Bridget Fonda gives me a boner.

By: Joe Goodwill

Joe Goodwill — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:10:00 +0000

What a great list. I’m a fan and student of the female
action hero, and I was surprised to see I’ve missed a few – so you’ve given me
a few movies to add to my “Must be watched” list. It’s going to be an expensive
day for me on Amazon … I was especially pleased that you put Ripley and Sarah
Connor at numbers 1 and 2, respectively. In my book, The New Female Action Hero
(by Joe Goodwill, available on Amazon and Kindle), these two are a primary
focus (along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the TV show). But I have to
disagree with your point that Ripley only became an action in Aliens. I still
remember vividly watching that movie 33 years ago, and the wonderful “WOW”
moment when I realized that it was going to be the WOMAN who was the hero. In
The New Female Action Hero I highlight the magical moment when Dallas, the male
“leader”, melts into hysteria, while Weaver becomes the true leader, placing
the needs of the many before the few as she calmly asserts that their infected comrade
Kane cannot be allowed back into the spacecraft.

By: Yell!

Yell! — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0000

We’re not opposed to having cartoon characters on any of our lists at Yell! Magazine. And, if memory serves me correctly, Aeon Flux started out as an animation on MTV’s Liquid Television. Granted, we included Charlize Theron’s interpretation, but still… I’ll never forget how, in the opening credits of the animated series, Aeon caught a fly in her eyelashes… so cool.

By: Yell!

Yell! — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:54:00 +0000

@Eruadias:disqus … Evil replying. You’re absolutely right, it is unlikely that was her driving motivation. Obviously, it was her focused hatred for an AI-dominated society. However, compared to her fun-loving “let’s go to the club tonight” with her Walkman-wearing friend, Sarah Connor did display a significant indifference toward her fellow humans, righteously focused on her goal, in T2. It just so happened that the majority of her “fellow humans” in T2 were men, so please excuse our stumble.
Rock Hard!

By: Erudias

Erudias — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:00:00 +0000

I doubt Sarah Connor’s makeover comes from her “focused hatred for a male dominated society” – but you are free to talk nonsense all you want…

By: Bilbo10

Bilbo10 — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:41:00 +0000

That wud be because heavy metal is a cartoon and only creepy Japanese ppl are attracted to cartoons. U like hentai don’t u

By: Bicalho

Bicalho — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:41:00 +0000

Tarna from Heavy Metal is missing from the list. Otherwise great list.