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Yea, that was why I said " maybe" because we weren't exactly sure if that was what he "meant" to say. LOL
Do Men Have Women Heroes?
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When I visited my brothers, one of my nieces had an Elsa dress on and was playing with her Hot wheels garage, the other niece dressed as Batman and playing with her fairy princess dolls, my nephew was wearing butterfly wings playing with the dollhouse with the fairy princess dolls too, so I think kids could care less whether they are male or female or pay that much mind at all tbh.
Are we having a funny laugh now?
I grew up in the 80's. You know what happened in the 80's? Aliens happened in the 80's. Ripley was in the 80's. Lt Motherfucking Vasquez was in the 80's.
Lt.
Motherfucking.
Vasquez.
Who when faced with a completely overwhelming Alien force, when her fellow Marines were dying, she looked at the carnage and thought only one thing:
You're God Damned Right I never thought of a woman being lesser. Nothing that can count Lt. Vasquez as one of their number can ever be thought as Lesser.
And I'm not joking. This is the power of Media. This is why people ask for representation more than just Stereotypes. I was seven years old when I saw Aliens. And I saw the most Badass person from a Movie that should have scared me was a woman. She didn't conquer, she didn't falter, and when it was time to go, all she wanted to do was take as many of them with her.
On the flip side, other than my parents, my other real hero was Mr. Rogers.
I grew up in the 80's. You know what happened in the 80's? Aliens happened in the 80's. Ripley was in the 80's. Lt Motherfucking Vasquez was in the 80's.
Lt.
Motherfucking.
Vasquez.
Who when faced with a completely overwhelming Alien force, when her fellow Marines were dying, she looked at the carnage and thought only one thing:
You're God Damned Right I never thought of a woman being lesser. Nothing that can count Lt. Vasquez as one of their number can ever be thought as Lesser.
And I'm not joking. This is the power of Media. This is why people ask for representation more than just Stereotypes. I was seven years old when I saw Aliens. And I saw the most Badass person from a Movie that should have scared me was a woman. She didn't conquer, she didn't falter, and when it was time to go, all she wanted to do was take as many of them with her.
On the flip side, other than my parents, my other real hero was Mr. Rogers.
Yeah, set off a chain reaction in the processor by firing wildly.
Wonder Woman. Ellen Ripley.
And no, I don't give a fuck about what anyone else thinks about that.
And no, I don't give a fuck about what anyone else thinks about that.
Private First Class Vasquez. Ok, her rank was never specified, but she was outranked by Corporal Dwayne Hicks. The Lieutenant was Gorman.
Personally, the thing I most remember about her was when they have to collect magazines from everyone and she takes the part out to disable her weapon (instead of giving up the magazine), she's got an identical spare for her weapon, and another identical spare for someone else's as well. That's prepared.
Fun fact: aside from Hicks, all of the Marine's first initial and name is their actor's first name. But yeah she and Drake gave up their power cells for the smartguns but kept a spare each. And Hicks had that old Ithaca shotgun.
Sorry, I love that movie.
You're absolutely right. I think I mixed her name with a video game character.
And here it is.
Vasquez
For the character in Call of Duty Online, see Alberto Vasquez. "Everyone, hang on!" — Lt. Vasquez's last words Lieutenant Vasquez was in charge of Sergeant Paul Jackson's 1st Force Reconnaissance platoon during the American-Middle Eastern war missions in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call...
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I've enjoyed the writings of Pauline Kael. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Kael
She is very admirable.
She is very admirable.
Considering the amount of overt references to Aliens in that game (I like to keep this for close encounters, On your feet we are leaving, I think the female chopper pilot you rescue has the fly the friendly skies inscription on their helmet and I even think someone does the In the pipe 5x5 line) you can be forgiven for getting them mixed up. Now that I type this out, I think his name is also a reference I think too.You're absolutely right. I think I mixed her name with a video game character.
And here it is.
Vasquez
For the character in Call of Duty Online, see Alberto Vasquez. "Everyone, hang on!" — Lt. Vasquez's last words Lieutenant Vasquez was in charge of Sergeant Paul Jackson's 1st Force Reconnaissance platoon during the American-Middle Eastern war missions in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call...
EDIT: Almost forgot the "Crew Expendable" reference to the first film too.
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Quite a few. Rosalind Franklin, for her work on DNA. Marie Curie, for her scientific accomplishments.
As I am a Catholic, I suppose any female saint would qualify, especially Saint Joan of Arc.
A few others I would consider heroes in a limited sense of the word (heroic in once sense, non-heroic in another). I know I might get some flack from UK posters here for saying this, but I consider Margaret Thatcher's actions during the 1982 Falklands War to be heroic. Granted, this might be skewed by the fact that I know a few people from the islands (and another who works there as a contractor), but I think her actions were correct in that respect. Other choices of hers? Not so much.
As I am a Catholic, I suppose any female saint would qualify, especially Saint Joan of Arc.
A few others I would consider heroes in a limited sense of the word (heroic in once sense, non-heroic in another). I know I might get some flack from UK posters here for saying this, but I consider Margaret Thatcher's actions during the 1982 Falklands War to be heroic. Granted, this might be skewed by the fact that I know a few people from the islands (and another who works there as a contractor), but I think her actions were correct in that respect. Other choices of hers? Not so much.
Xena intensifies. My dads favourite show, I think he was perving haha but when I was a kid I think she might have influenced me.
We should talk about Creola Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, the "Human Computers" that helped NASA win the Space Race.
But Something something Star Wars Forced Diversity Something.
But Something something Star Wars Forced Diversity Something.
Out of interest, which actions? I agree that sending the task force to retake the islands may have been the right move (bit risky, but paid off).
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Committing to take back the islands. And sinking the Belgrano. Not only do I believe that this was a 100% legal action, it was tactically very smart. How much was Argentina able to muster in terms of seapower after the Belgrano went down? Also, showing the Junta that aggression against the UK doesn't pay. Granted, I would say it was a severe miscalculation to leave the islands underdefended and to support the Junta prior to the war. Again, decisions I wouldn't endorse.
That looks like only 2 actions there, but fair enough.
I do say that committing to take back the island is questionable, from a strategic, if not moral standpoint. A few more Exocets in the right/wrong places and things could have gone very differently.
