Zoe and heroines without heels

POSTED BY: Gelassenheit
UPDATED: Sunday, February 19, 2006 04:40
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GELASSENHEIT

Friday, February 17, 2006 1:17 AM

Can you name any other heroine, besides Zoe, in a movie or TV show that was portrayed without heels?

Just trying to think of some of them and no one else comes to mind. please help.

Gelassenheit means Serenity

PDCHARLES

Friday, February 17, 2006 1:20 AM

Leeloo from Fifth Element.... (mila jovovich)

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U gonna be smart here Riva?!?

GELASSENHEIT

Friday, February 17, 2006 1:24 AM

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Originally posted by pdcharles:
Leeloo from Fifth Element.... (mila jovovich)

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U gonna be smart here Riva?!?

Got a pict to prove it?

Gelassenheit means Serenity

PDCHARLES

Friday, February 17, 2006 1:33 AM

Look ma... No Heels

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U gonna be smart here Riva?!?

CYBERSNARK

Friday, February 17, 2006 2:23 AM

Well, I'd count River as a hero. ;)

Non Firefly, there's Sam Carter (SG-1). I'd have to check, but I'd guess that the Farscape girls (excluding Jool) all count (Aeryn, Chiana, Sikozu, Zhaan). Of course, the new Starbuck and Boomer (Battlestar Galactica) qualify.

I recall seeing someone else and noting big clunky River-style boots, but I can't recall where.

Plenty in animé too, like Sango (InuYasha), Cagali (Gundam Seed), Sakura (both the one from Naruto and the smaller one from Cardcaptors ), Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex), and Hitomi (Escaflowne) all spring to mind.

Of course, there was Gargoyles, which gave us Demona (bare talons), Angela (bare talons), and Elisa (running shoes).

It's even catching on in comics: Wonder Girl wears running shoes, and the new Batgirl wears combat boots.

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CHRISPV

Friday, February 17, 2006 2:35 AM

And of course, who can forget my personal vote for the most badass, butt-kicking female character in all of sci-fi: Lieutenant Ellen Ripley!

I'm the sort who constantly bemoans the lack of decent characterizations for female characters in sci-fi. Mara Jade over in Star Wars flat ticks me off. But Ripley, now she's the best. She's human (she's afraid of the aliens she has to face) but she still gets the job done in serious fist pumping, hollering at the screen fashion ("Get away from her, you BITCH!"). Classic stuff. If I ever wind up in some horrible nightmarish situation surrounded by acid-spewing abominations, I hope that Ripley's in charge.

Oh, and uh, back on topic, Firefly rocks, and Zoe is cool too.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Fox!

PINBALLWIZARD

Friday, February 17, 2006 2:45 AM

Hows about Leela from Futurama, coincidentally killed off by Fox? Or Rose from Doctor Who?

No, I am not insane, I am crazy. Thank you for asking.

WIX

Friday, February 17, 2006 3:04 AM

Speaking of Jovovich...she also went notably without heels for Resident Evil and Resident Evil Apocalypse.

PDCHARLES

Friday, February 17, 2006 3:09 AM

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Originally posted by Wix:
Speaking of Jovovich...she also went notably without heels for Resident Evil and Resident Evil Apocalypse.

Yeah, I caught the very end of one of those on HBO the other night. They any good?

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U gonna be smart here Riva?!?

CHRISPV

Friday, February 17, 2006 3:14 AM

They're brainless action romps. I've been horribly spoiled by the works of Romero and tend to expect too much from my zombie flicks, but still, not a bad way to while away a few hours. It won't expand your consciousness and the characters are pretty much standard stock, but the effects are nice and there's lots of pretty 'splosions. And everybody loves pretty 'splosions.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Fox!

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