By: Diego

Jennifer, I absolutely admire your point of view and I totally agree, cause that’s what I find so attractive about one of my favourite heros (heroin) of all time, Ellen Ripley, the fact that she is a simple woman with strong sense of morals trying to survive and of course, no sexed up at all. Just plain woman, since I am a man, just plain human being. Aliens happens to the best sci-fi action drama I’ve ever seen and not because the lead is a woman (which I am glad that is so), but because in spite of being a woman, anyone can feel identified by the reactions of the character. In contrast, only men can feel identified with Rambo but everybody can feel identified with Ellen, and simply because beyond being a woman, she is an ordinary human being under extraordinary circumstances and that’s what I love the character. It makes me feel proud of being human and what extraordinary tough and kick ass the maternal instict can be (the paternal also kicks ass ;)). I’m really glad I found this article even if took a few years but it’s really a joy to hear what i believe is the truth about heroins in movies or the media ,and you brought the solution, no need, absolutely no need of sexed up females, for the sake of their dignity and equally important for the fact of creating interesting true to life characters. Big salute to ya. By the way, Kathryn Bigelow directed two of my fav films, the aforementioned Point Break and Near Dark, a vampire thriller