To be fair, the author did mention Ripley in passing, but never again. His omission of Sarah was annoying, though.
I'm definitely think that Serenity is an example that completely fails to prove his point. River is not sexualized at all; her movie wardrobe is rather more attractive than in the series, where she often wore extremely baggy sweaters and combat boots, but she is portrayed as eerily beautiful, not sexy.
I love the Serenity women. Inara's incense trick was applauded in three of the showings I attended, and I dare anyone to call Zoe unempowered. Kaylee was short-changed in the film, but awesome in the series. (And I think I'm preaching to the choir here, so I'll cut myself off...)
The author definitely was taking examples to fit his hypothesis without any context, and I suspect many people unfamiliar with the source material will swallow it. I wonder why he thinks that heroes are not sexualized as much as women: did he see the Spiderman outfit? Or Batman's suit, or Superman's? Or Vin Diesel's leather pants and muscle shirts? How often do guys go shirtless in movies? Women's clothing is often more unsuited to fighting, but the guys get dressed up as far as they will go by modern fashion. Nobody can fight in leather pants, of any gender.
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Date: 2005-10-11 08:57 pm (UTC)I'm definitely think that Serenity is an example that completely fails to prove his point. River is not sexualized at all; her movie wardrobe is rather more attractive than in the series, where she often wore extremely baggy sweaters and combat boots, but she is portrayed as eerily beautiful, not sexy.
I love the Serenity women. Inara's incense trick was applauded in three of the showings I attended, and I dare anyone to call Zoe unempowered. Kaylee was short-changed in the film, but awesome in the series. (And I think I'm preaching to the choir here, so I'll cut myself off...)
The author definitely was taking examples to fit his hypothesis without any context, and I suspect many people unfamiliar with the source material will swallow it. I wonder why he thinks that heroes are not sexualized as much as women: did he see the Spiderman outfit? Or Batman's suit, or Superman's? Or Vin Diesel's leather pants and muscle shirts? How often do guys go shirtless in movies? Women's clothing is often more unsuited to fighting, but the guys get dressed up as far as they will go by modern fashion. Nobody can fight in leather pants, of any gender.