Stuff I’ve Read, Watched, Done #12 – October 5, 2020

Another week lived, another week gone. It’s school holidays at the moment, which has meant a bit more TV with the kids!

Favorite Fictional Heroes Countdown–Part 5 (#60-51)

And the countdown to my favorite fictional hero continues.  In today’s episode, we have three comic book characters, two starship captains, one lawyer, one resistance leader, one Jedi knight, one former spy, and one simple warrant officer on an ordinary mining ship.

Read previous posts here:
• Part 1 (102-91) and rational for the lists
• Part 2 (90-81)
• Part 3 (80-71)
• Part 4 (70-61)

47 Movie Blogs #18 – Female Movie Heroes that My Daughters Can Look Up To

I am a father with three daughters, and ever since I’ve had daughter I’ve become much more aware of how awkwardly, often how outright badly, women are depicted in movies (and also TV and comics).  Even if they are strong characters with compelling stories, the visual representation is often intentionally suggestive.  Take a look at Star Trek Voyager‘s Seven of Nine, for example.  Great character, but for goodness sake, could you just put on a jacket?