Thursday Thirteen #11

Yeah...I know. I've been slacking this week. Tons on my mind....just nothing I want to put in print, if you know what I mean!! But I thought I'd come out and add a TT! I was looking back at my last couple of post and saw a trend. Lots of Pirates!! I was thinking about the reasons I liked Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End so much. I think this one appealed to me more because of Keira Knightly. I LOVE a movie with a great, strong, female lead!!! Maybe that's just the inner feminist coming out in me. Or maybe I just get sick and tired of the heroines sitting around waiting to be rescued when they are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves! So.....in honor of all that jazz, I give you today's TT:

Thirteen Kick-Ass Chicks in the Flicks!! (or on TV)






1…. Buffy Summers. Ok...I will admit it. I'm a HUGE Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan. I LOVED this show!! (I even liked that cheezy, campy movie with Kristy Swanson). There is nobody tougher than Sarah Michelle Geller as Buffy. I mean really. How many people can survive moving to the Hellmouth AND look good doing it? She is my #1 KickAss Chick!!

You know me, not much with the damseling.




2. Elizabeth Swann - Keira Knightly has really taken this character and made her a PERSON. She was pretty pampered and spoiled in the first movie, but by At World's End she was commanding her own ship!! Besides, she could handle a sword with the best of them!!

Jack, it would never have worked out between us.





3. The Bride - Uma Thurman's Bride in Quentin Taratino's Kill Bill movies was one of the baddest chicks to ever grace the screen!! When she was almost killed on her wedding day and her child stolen, this gal fought back against the team of assassins that she used to be a part of. Hers was probably the highest body count ever!! Talk about Bad Ass. NO ONE needed to protect her!

The Bride: You can relax for now. I'm not going to murder you in front of your daughter. Copperhead: That's being more rational than Bill led me to believe you were capable of.
The Bride: It's mercy, compassion, and forgiveness I lack; not rationality.




4. Ellen Ripley - Let's face it. Sigourney Weaver is the MOTHER of all kick ass movie babes! She was a pioneer. She was a renegade. She was one the first women to stand up for HERSELF and take action. Although I though Alien was great, Aliens is truly my favorite. When Ripley takes on the mama alien at the end of the movie.....Classic!!

Get away from her, you bitch!





5. Willow Rosenberg - Didn't I say I was a big Buffy fan?? Well.....Willow was actually my favorite character. And talk about an evolution over the seasons. She started out vulnerable and mousy and scared of her own shadow. What she eventually became was one incredibly powerful witch...that could take care of herself. I mean, really. When her girlfriend Tara was killed, she extracted her revenge by SKINNING the guy who did it!! Don't mess with Willow!

Willow: Then, talk. Keep eye contact. Funny is good, but don't be glib. And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
[Riley looks frightened]
Willow: A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.




6. Trinity - Carrie-Anne Moss played Trinity in the Matrix movies. Not only could was she tough and could kick some serious butt, she looked AWESOME in black leather!! I mean, really. It takes a lot to pull off those clothes!! In the end, she knew all along (just as we did) that Neo was "The One"! Her faith never wavered.

Trinity: My name's Trinity.
Neo: *The* Trinity? Who cracked the IRS d-base?
Trinity: That was a long time ago.
Neo: Jesus...
Trinity: What?
Neo: I just thought... you were a guy.
Trinity: Most guys do.




7. Dana Scully - Again....another TV show I LOVED!! Gillian Anderson as Scully was so good because SHE was the skeptic. She was smart, beautiful AND always the voice of reason in a world that really didn't have any use for reason!! And she could definitely take care of herself. One of these days, I'm going to have to sit down and watch the entire series...from start to finish!

Hello, Mulder? Can you hear me? I'm at the hotel. Where are you? What do you mean, "What hotel? Las Vegas. I'm in Las Vegas, aren't you? You called me. What do you mean you didn't call me? Oh, man, I am going to kick their asses.




8. Sydney Bristow - Jennifer Garner plays Sydney in the TV show Alias. She is an international spy recruited out of college and trained for espionage and self-defense. She's part of a covert branch of the CIA. Family ties, betrayal, murder and lies are just a few of the obstacles that Sydney has to overcome. But doesn't she look good doing it???

I just wanted to rip his finger right off again. Does that make me a bad person?




9. Hermione Granger - Emma Watson is literally growing up on screen. She plays an excellent Hermione. She is brilliant and beautiful. She has overcome being raised by muggles. And she is more than just a sidekick. Hermione rocks!! All little girls want to BE her! She can cast any spell there is, and yet she is incredibly aware of the repercussions.


What's got your wand in a knot?





10. River Tam - Summer Glau plays the hyper-intelligent powerhouse in the TV show Firefly (and the movie Serenity). The people that had her at The Academy trained her to be....something. Probably an assassin, but since the show was cancelled, I guess we will never know!! (This STILL brings me to tears!) River is kind of cryptic and a bit of a loose cannon, but her brother Simon is around to help her out. And she can kick butt on her own!! Just ask Jayne!

You take care of me, Simon. You've always taken care of me. My turn.



11. Alice - Resident Evil - Milla Jovovich plays Alice in all the Resident Evil movies. After surviving the Zombies from The Umbrella corporation, she was given an injection of the T-Virus and now has some killer super-human strength and speed. She's going to need it to kill a world invaded by Zombies!!

My name is Alice. I worked for the Umbrella Corporation, the largest and most powerful commercial entity in the world. I was head of security at a secret high-tech facility, The Hive, a giant underground laboratory developing experimental viral weaponry. But there was an incident. The virus escaped and everybody died. Trouble was... they didn't stay dead.




12. Kate Austin - Lost is probably one of the coolest shows to grace the airwaves in since Twin Peaks! Evangaline Lilly plays Kate and she is COOL. She was onboard Oceanic 815 as a captured fugitive, who killed her evil step-father. She's is tough, beautiful and in the middle of a love triangle with two of the major hotties on the island. Kate can take care of herself and that's why she is on this list!

Sawyer: You taste like strawberries.Kate: You taste like fish biscuits.

13. Thelma from Scooby-Doo - I know....Everyone always liked Daphne. Cause she was pretty. I liked Thelma. She was smart and could take care of herself! She is the very first...the start of the smart ass-kicking generation of women!!

Jinkies!
OK...That's it for now. Happy Thursday Thirteen!!

Later!!


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