Sorta yes, sorta no. I went and looked it up on Wiki. The person who "gave" the original Jaime Sommers up was Steve Austin, not one of the scientists. He promised her as an agent if they would 'fix' her. And then once they'd done it, he tried to renege on her behalf and she decided to go through with it anyway.
Really, either way, it's kind of skeevy, don't get me wrong. But there are marginal differences like someone who's BEEN through the process volunteering her versus the head scientist dude. The fact that twenty-ish years have past and they should know better now, even if they didn't then. The fact that they COULD have made it either a) more empowering or b) less skeevy and they CHOSE not to. I mean, the original Jaime Sommers was an athlete, a woman with a career and a purpose, etc. The new Jamie is a dropout bartender? I don't know. I don't usually get all "THAT IS ANTI FEMINIST!" but I really feel hit in the face by that one.
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Date: 2007-09-28 09:09 pm (UTC)Really, either way, it's kind of skeevy, don't get me wrong. But there are marginal differences like someone who's BEEN through the process volunteering her versus the head scientist dude. The fact that twenty-ish years have past and they should know better now, even if they didn't then. The fact that they COULD have made it either a) more empowering or b) less skeevy and they CHOSE not to. I mean, the original Jaime Sommers was an athlete, a woman with a career and a purpose, etc. The new Jamie is a dropout bartender? I don't know. I don't usually get all "THAT IS ANTI FEMINIST!" but I really feel hit in the face by that one.