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There's way more than these two (i.imgur.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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How many on-screen badass women can you name?

(I'll update the list periodically.)

Badass On-Screen Women

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Rita Vrataski aka Full Metal Bitch from Edge of Tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The Landlady was also a niece (or daughter?) In The manwith a golden gun and she fought outside the dojo as bond was escaping.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I don't see Gunpowder Milkshake or Killing Eve here..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Samantha Carter, SG1

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

In a similar vein, Evelyn Wang from Everything Everywhere All At Once... She may not start out badass, but oh boy does that change

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Molly Cobb (For All Mankind), Eleven (Stranger Things)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Valeria (Conan The Barbarian), Zula (Conan The Destroyer)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Alice (Resident Evil I, II, III, IV, V), Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace (Battlestar Galactica 2004-2009)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Margo from The Magicians

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Where's my trekkies at? We got Janeway, Jadzia Dax, Belana Torres, Kira Nerys, Seven of Nine, Tasha Yar, Guinan, Ensign Ro... and a lot more I'm not remembering right now.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Kung Foo Hustle is just amazing. I need to get that later and watch it again.

A potentially lesser known movie is 'Kimi'. Not your typical example, but watching her get past her trauma enough to kick ass in the end was great.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

It’s hard to find versions of the original with the cheesy English dubbing. There are a few LBGTQ jokes in the old version which many streaming services just won’t run.

The old dubbed version is waaay better though and I had to track a copy of it down on DVD on eBay to get it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Allright, this is becoming my list of movies to go see (if I haven't already)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Support your Badass Women of Cinema!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would say that all the women in Kill Bill are bad ass. Some just align differently than others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean... Sofie's just kind of a glorified personal assistant who folds immediately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah. I was thinking of all the vipers and go-go.

Sofie shouldn't count in my statement.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, Sarah Connor was more of a badass once she could do chin ups.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I didn't choose the skux life, the skux life chose me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Maggie Beare:

"I say, Arthur..."

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Nobody going to mention Battlestar Galactica (2004)? Starbuck, Laura Roslin, Athena, Kat.. so many good examples of not just strong, but flawed and human women. Well, mostly human.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Selene from Underworld.

While my Trekkie side offers Michael Burnham (Discovery), Kira and Dax (DS9), Seven of Nine (Voyager), Una and La'an and Nurse Chapel (Strange New Worlds). I'm surely forgetting a bunch.

How about Arya Stark and Brienne of Tarth (Game of Thrones)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Diana Rigg from The Avengers. Also from the best Bond movie of all time. Also from Game of Thrones, I suppose, although I've never watched that.

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