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what hollywood forgets is that strong characters have to have a personality, otherwise audiences don't really relate to them.. well, hollywood should really stop patting themselves on the back as if they've done something special.. strong female characters have been a staple for decades.. here's one: private vasquez, from aliens (1986).

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Jackie Brown - yes!!!

God, I love that film.

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Strong female characters in film before the 'Woke Era'

by LoveUniHateExams in

since about 2015, hollywood has congratulated itself and circle-jerked over the 'strong women' characters they've written.

i'd say this roughly began with rey in the force awakens (2015).

what hollywood forgets is that strong characters have to have a personality, otherwise audiences don't really relate to them.. well, hollywood should really stop patting themselves on the back as if they've done something special.. strong female characters have been a staple for decades.. here's one: private vasquez, from aliens (1986).

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Since about 2015, Hollywood has congratulated itself and circle-jerked over the 'strong women' characters they've written. I'd say this roughly began with Rey in The Force Awakens (2015). What Hollywood forgets is that strong characters have to have a personality, otherwise audiences don't really relate to them.

Well, Hollywood should really stop patting themselves on the back as if they've done something special.

Strong female characters have been a staple for decades.

Here's one: Private Vasquez, from Aliens (1986). She isn't stunning and brave like today's feminists, and she's too busy working as a space marine to smash the patriarchy, but from pretty much the first time we see her, we can see that she is one strong woman who gives as good as she gets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb8bqidtzzo

There are, of course, many more strong female characters in film but I thought Vasquez is a pretty good place to start.

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Poll: Atheists overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, but most Christians favor it

by Disillusioned JW in

see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .

i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.

i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.

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@Diogenesister - I kinda agree with a lot of the points you made - there are people in prison who shouldn't be.

Prevention is better than cure.

The trouble is, how can we devise a system that prevents crime without taking away liberties for law-abiding people?

I just can't see it happening.

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Was Your Health Affected By Covid?

by minimus in

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other than adding 20 lbs over the last 15 months, no known health issues during covid.

i’ve taken 8 lbs off so far and i am within goals.

thank goodness nothing serious here over the pandemic.

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Was Your Health Affected By Covid? - no.

I've now had both my jabs (AZ). I did experience flu-like symptoms after my first jab. But I was fine after my second.

I guess my body now has the antibodies.

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Mulholland Drive (2001) - what do you make of this movie?

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i first saw mulholland drive (2001) about a month ago.

i bought it second-hand from the local market.. it's kinda weird, it's a david lynch film, lol.

i've seen half his movie output (5 films out of his total of 10).. in addition to this film, i also own eraserhead (1977), the elephant man (1980) and blue velvet (1986).. plus, i remember watching dune (1984) on tv years ago.. mulholland drive is definitely strange.

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@Phizzy - yeah, giving it another watch is a good idea.

After I first watched it, I was like 'hang on, what happened here' but after seeing again I kinda sussed it out.

Lynch isn't my favourite director but I admire him for making the films he wants to make.

As such, his films have great rewatchability, even if it's just to figure out the plot, lol.

Plus, yesterday I bought a second-hand dvd of The Straight Story (1999), so I now own 5 of his films and have seen 6, but there's no way I'd buy Dune (1984). Dune's crap, lol.

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Mulholland Drive (2001) - what do you make of this movie?

by LoveUniHateExams in

i first saw mulholland drive (2001) about a month ago.

i bought it second-hand from the local market.. it's kinda weird, it's a david lynch film, lol.

i've seen half his movie output (5 films out of his total of 10).. in addition to this film, i also own eraserhead (1977), the elephant man (1980) and blue velvet (1986).. plus, i remember watching dune (1984) on tv years ago.. mulholland drive is definitely strange.

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I first saw Mulholland Drive (2001) about a month ago. I bought it second-hand from the local market.

It's kinda weird, it's a David Lynch film, lol. I've seen half his movie output (5 films out of his total of 10).

In addition to this film, I also own Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980) and Blue Velvet (1986).

Plus, I remember watching Dune (1984) on TV years ago.

Mulholland Drive is definitely strange. Lynch has stayed silent on what the film actually means. He did the same with Eraserhead - I think it is Lynch's view that the film means what you want it to mean, leaving the viewer to work out the plot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZJ487oJlY

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Poll: Atheists overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, but most Christians favor it

by Disillusioned JW in

see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .

i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.

i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.

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@Diogenesister - ok, I agree with your comments and your point. There should be a reform of who we send to prison and how prisons are run. Some people are clearly in prison when they shouldn't be.

Now let me give another story. You tell me the answer ...

In the late 70s in northern towns across England, multiple young women were found dead. Some had been sexually abused. Some had been mutilated. Some had been discovered in humiliating poses. Some had suffered blunt force trauma to the head.

Nobody knew who the killer was - this was before DNA could catch criminals. One or two women survived being attacked and said the guy had a Bradford accent. Later on, an anonymous tape was forwarded to the police. The man's voice took responsibility for the crimes, signing off as 'Jack'. Trouble is, this guy's accent was very distinct. He clearly came from the North East, from Sunderland. Eventually, in 1981, police caught the killer. He was with his next victim and was stopped routinely due to a concern about number plates. The police later found the hammer that the killer had discarded to cover his tracks. Peter Sutcliffe, a lorry driver from West Yorkshire, admitted to the murders of 13 women. And that's just the known victims. There could be others.

What do we do with a guy like that? You tell me!

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Poll: Atheists overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, but most Christians favor it

by Disillusioned JW in

see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .

i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.

i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.

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It is better to prevent a violent crime in the first place than it is to punish it after it has occurred - I actually agree with you this. But, again, some people will always commit serious crime. That's reality, I'm afraid.

The countries with fewest people in prison are the countries with the lowest rates of violent crime - this may be true. But violent crime still needs to be punished because it can't be prevent entirely.

Prisons don’t prevent violent crime they make the problem worse - I agree they don't prevent crime … not sure they make the problem worse. Maybe when offenders get out of prison they are likely to reoffend. Perhaps this is a problem with the way prisons are run, rather than prisons failing as a concept. And, of course, if the really serious criminals were locked up for life they wouldn't reoffend at all.

btw I think that’s me out of posts for today (I only get 5) listen to the podcast on abolition - sorry, Slim, today I don't feel up to wading though anything put out by Novara Media, lol.