Marina Yereshenko wrote:
>_Aliens_ was a big-budget SF movie, so is _Mimic_. Films with
powerful
women _can_ be marketable and bring lots of cash.
Ack! I didn't mean to get into a huge discussion about this.
Anyway, yes, "Aliens" was a big-budget movie that made a good profit
(and is one of my all-time favorites), but it was a sequel to another
very successful movie. I don't think the producers could have gotten
away with Ripley's character if "Aliens" was a completely original
film. I'm not saying that no one would have gone to see it, or that
people wouldn't have enjoyed such a movie, but I really doubt it
would have been made. And I haven't seen "Mimic" yet, but the ads
I've seen are pushing it as more of a horror movie, with the typical
woman in danger motif. And Mira Sorvino's character is a scientist,
which women have been "allowed" to be in horror movies for a while
now (see "Relic," etc.).
Debra
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