If you're looking for strong female SF characters, I'm not sure they come,
at least in movies, any stronger than Lt. Ripley, and I'm not just saying
that 'cause another installment of the _Alien_ movies is coming out next
week. She's tough, smart and compassionate toward those who deserve it,
and that's barely scratching the surface. Of course, I hear she's
undergone some pretty major changes from _Alien3_ to _Alien: Resurrection_
and I'd guess that personality changes would be simply a matter of course.
-Sean
>On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Geoffrey D. Sperl wrote:
>
>> The first character that comes to mind is Dr. Susan Calvin, Asimov's
>> focal character for many of his robot stories. Granted she comes with
>> her own emotional baggage, but doesn't everyone? She's also dated by
>> Asimov's era and dear John Campbell's iron-fisted control over SF, but
>> she would probably be the proto-character of the one you're looking
>> for...
>>
>> Who else?
>>
>> 1) Capt. Janeway?
>
>I'd add in Buffy and Willow from Buffy:The Vampire Slayer with the comment
>that they should be viewed as teenagers with all the emotional baggage
>that entails. Willow in particular seems to be starting to get over her
>teenage gawkiness, and learning to take charge of a situation. They did
>some nice character progression in the latest demon episode. It's Willow
>who figures out how to take the tools they have on hand and expell and
>control the demon from her computer science teacher.
>Buffy also is able to take advice from the past, religion, and such and
>use what is useful about it while adapting it to suit her needs.
>
>Showing my age by talking about this show, I guess,
>
>Jill Gillham jilkey@grfn.org http://members.aol.com/~ferndock2
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