(May 31, 2014 at 3:02 pm)One Above All Wrote: BrokenQuill92, I'd like to hear your opinion on Alissa Vincent. I can give you her life story if you'd like. Otherwise, it seems you were just looking for people to confirm your opinion, as you've shot down others who said things you didn't say in your OP (characters not from Hollywood movies), but have completely ignored mine. Is it because I'm new here? Is there a reason beyond what I believe to be the most obvious, if somewhat sad, conclusion?

Quill's pretty cool, I don't think it's that, dude. Not many people have seen Downfall though (I have, however ) so that might have something to do with it.

BrokenQuill92 Wrote:Omg I've been wondering what my avatar was! It's Homura? That's fucking awesome! Cthulhu put it up for me so I wasn't sure what it was I just said I wAnted a magical girl.

Yep, it's Homura, looking particularly badass, actually. God, she's so freaking cool.

Quote:This is just within the context of Hollywood though, anime is a whole other ball game. The two simply can't compare.

That's true, although come to think of it there are quite a few anime heroines with men dominating their backstory too...

Oh, hey! Speaking of Hollywood movies, how about Pacific Rim? Mako was the one character with the most character development, does a lot of the heavy lifting in the action beats, and though she's got a male figure in her backstory, he hardly looms over her entire past.

Or Elsa from Frozen? The new Xmen movie has a couple of interesting things to say about this particular character trope too, where it concerns Mystique. I agree that these are rarities, but the ones that do exist are pretty much all gems.

(May 31, 2014 at 3:02 pm)One Above All Wrote: BrokenQuill92, I'd like to hear your opinion on Alissa Vincent. I can give you her life story if you'd like. Otherwise, it seems you were just looking for people to confirm your opinion, as you've shot down others who said things you didn't say in your OP (characters not from Hollywood movies), but have completely ignored mine. Is it because I'm new here? Is there a reason beyond what I believe to be the most obvious, if somewhat sad, conclusion?

Sorry honey! I'm using accessible tech it doesn't pick up everything. I'm the resident blind girl I keep forgetting the newbies don't know. I usually have read through a thread carefully or I'll miss! Sorry! Alissa Vincent is?

Someone you can Google for?

(May 31, 2014 at 3:53 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Sorry honey! I'm using accessible tech it doesn't pick up everything. I'm the resident blind girl I keep forgetting the newbies don't know. I usually have read through a thread carefully or I'll miss! Sorry! Alissa Vincent is?

My apologies.

Yes, it's Alissa Vincent. She's quite badass in the movie, IMO, and I'll stop there before I spoil the plot.

(May 31, 2014 at 4:29 pm)One Above All Wrote: Yes, it's Alissa Vincent. She's quite badass in the movie, IMO, and I'll stop there before I spoil the plot.

I think the previous twenty years of horror and sci-fi movies rather spoiled the plot of Dead Space before we all got here, dude.

Gotta go with all the Alien movies if you want a female character not driven by her interaction with men.

(June 1, 2014 at 1:35 am)max-greece Wrote: Gotta go with all the Alien movies if you want a female character not driven by her interaction with men.

Goody! I'm going to puke if I have listen to anymore of

A boy broke up with me

I want a boy to like me

My boyfriend died

I'll die without him

I need him

I miss him

Come back

I have to rescue him

Let's get married

I'm going to stalk him

I'm going to kill him