It's the makeup and carefully styled hair that really makes that one weird for me. Takes it beyond "ooh, cyborg!" straight into "wut? dismembered girl?"
Belts are handy, though. You can use them for so many things (carrying stuff, clipping things onto, tying things up, and so on), they're not as obvious as carrying bungy cords, and they don't weigh much.
I wear scarves a lot, for the same reason (even more versatile, actually).
One thing I thought fabulous about the show is that not only does it meet the Bechdel test pretty regularly -- Sarah and Cameron talking about plotting and strategy and tactics and also John but not John's relationships necessarily -- but it also meets what veejane described as the "Reverse Bechdel test". Derek and John and Charlie often talk together about Sarah, and again it's not in the context of who gets into her pants, but in the context of her being the boss and how will they fulfill or refuse her orders? I like that a lot.
::cough:: Sarah is actually played by Lena Headey in the show; Linda Hamilton was in the movies. And I don't think Headey is all that buff: she needs more muscle on her to actually pull off the stuff they have her doing, but it's Hollywood yada yada yada. She's lean but not strong-looking. Anyway.
Still, I continue to be enthusiastic about a show that has lots of women doing things, and that one of the things they do is blow shit up and give orders. This is good.
*facepalm* Right, I even meant that, or at least that Lena Headley is making a nod to the Linda Hamilton chin-ups, but apparently I am bad at to talk words together writing thing.
One of the things I'm enjoying about SCC is that generally, for a woman to be allowed to kick ass, she needs to wear a corset and high heels, and Lena Headley does it, often as not, in an old plaid shirt. Seriously, I didn't know that was allowed.
I... go back and forth about the show's strong women. But I do agree with all of your points here. I think what's really interesting is how much it's Sarah In Charge, rather than, say, Derek, or even John. Sarah's the one who makes all the major decisions.
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I wear scarves a lot, for the same reason (even more versatile, actually).
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One thing I thought fabulous about the show is that not only does it meet the Bechdel test pretty regularly -- Sarah and Cameron talking about plotting and strategy and tactics and also John but not John's relationships necessarily -- but it also meets what veejane described as the "Reverse Bechdel test". Derek and John and Charlie often talk together about Sarah, and again it's not in the context of who gets into her pants, but in the context of her being the boss and how will they fulfill or refuse her orders? I like that a lot.
::cough:: Sarah is actually played by Lena Headey in the show; Linda Hamilton was in the movies. And I don't think Headey is all that buff: she needs more muscle on her to actually pull off the stuff they have her doing, but it's Hollywood yada yada yada. She's lean but not strong-looking. Anyway.
Still, I continue to be enthusiastic about a show that has lots of women doing things, and that one of the things they do is blow shit up and give orders. This is good.
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One of the things I'm enjoying about SCC is that generally, for a woman to be allowed to kick ass, she needs to wear a corset and high heels, and Lena Headley does it, often as not, in an old plaid shirt. Seriously, I didn't know that was allowed.
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I... go back and forth about the show's strong women. But I do agree with all of your points here. I think what's really interesting is how much it's Sarah In Charge, rather than, say, Derek, or even John. Sarah's the one who makes all the major decisions.
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