bigcat22 said:

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Gina Carano… Haywire is such an underrated movie

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I'll have to look for that one. Love me some Gina Carano. She's a great twitter follow, too.

Edit: I'll definitely be watching that one sometime soon. When you have the lead role and your supporting cast includes: Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, and Bill Paxton it can't be too bad. Plus the trailer looked really good.

Pearl White, The Perils of Pauline, ca. 1915.

Spotted Ag said:

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Ummmm, hello!?

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You just sent up the lesbian bat signal

Maybe she meant she was the first approved for a lead role by Harvey W.

And correct she is not very smart

MostlyHarmless said:

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Don't forget Angie.

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Beat me to it.

Tom Doniphon said:

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YES - Lynda Carter or GTFO.

Don't know how much Quentin Tarantino knows, but he describes Pam Grier as cinema's first female action star.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier

Not the lead but still!

J-Law didn't even have a stinger in her tail.

I think it's nice that she brought everyone together like this.

It's almost heartening to know that, even in these times where people are so polarized about everything, one person can step up and say something so monumentally stupid as to bring the rest of the world together in a collective "wtf!?"

My first thought.

So who would get the mantle of true 'first female action lead' in a major Hollywood movie (let's put TV series aside for the moment)? Action movie and the woman was an ass-kicking protagonist mostly carrying the show (not just a sidekick or eye-candy for a male lead).

Obviously not JLaw. That's hilarious. I'm of an age where I recall Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) in the mid-80's/early 90's being considered standout 'action hero' roles carrying a big budget major film.

Before those ones, what prior movie/woman would come to mind (again a major film, not TV series)?

MostlyHarmless said:

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As much as I like you aggiehawg, I just can't star Jane Fonda.

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Understand. It was a horrible movie and she was horrible in it. But the costumes were pretty scandalous and it was a soft porn movie. Made by her husband, Roger Vadim.

I think she is everything a real feminist would find abhorrent.

She is a physically beautiful woman who is dumb as a pile of bricks and can't/won't shut her mouth about anything ever in front of a keyboard/microphone etc. so she just breeds/creates more sexism in the world. Oh, and is a big infanticide backer, by the way.

Geeze. Also a repetitive method actress, to boot.

Pumpkinhead said:

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So who would get the mantle of true 'first female action lead' in a major Hollywood movie (let's put TV series aside for the moment)? Action movie and the woman was an ass-kicking protagonist mostly carrying the show (not just a sidekick or eye-candy for a male lead).

Obviously not JLaw. That's hilarious. I'm of an age where I recall Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) in the mid-80's/early 90's being considered standout 'action hero' roles carrying a big budget major film.

Before those ones, what prior movie/woman would come to mind (again a major film, not TV series)?

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Probably Pam Grier? Early 70s?

Pumpkinhead said:

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So who would get the mantle of true 'first female action lead' in a major Hollywood movie (let's put TV series aside for the moment)? Action movie and the woman was an ass-kicking protagonist mostly carrying the show (not just a sidekick or eye-candy for a male lead).

Obviously not JLaw. That's hilarious. I'm of an age where I recall Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) in the mid-80's/early 90's being considered standout 'action hero' roles carrying a big budget major film.

Before those ones, what prior movie/woman would come to mind (again a major film, not TV series)?

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Pam Grier.

Meant to edit.

LeonardSkinner said:

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Action movies weren't a big thing before the 70s, I think. Lots of westerns, and James Bond. And women didn't take leads in those.

So my suggestion as to maybe the first headlining woman in a well known (maybe) action movie: Faye Dunaway, Bonnie and Clyde, 1967.

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Brigitte Nielsen as Red Sonja

LeonardSkinner said:

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LeonardSkinner said:

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Action movies weren't a big thing before the 70s, I think. Lots of westerns, and James Bond. And women didn't take leads in those.

So my suggestion as to maybe the first headlining woman in a well known (maybe) action movie: Faye Dunaway, Bonnie and Clyde, 1967.

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Faster, *****cat! Kill! Kill! in 1965

Sarah Jane Smith says hold my scone and cup of tea


No, she wasn't shooting guns. But she was awesome

Tanya 93 said:

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Sarah Jane Smith says hold my scone and cup of tea


No, she wasn't shooting guns. But she was awesome

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I liked Sarah Jane but River Song could make a dalek beg for mercy.

Tanya 93 said:

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Sarah Jane Smith says hold my scone and cup of tea


No, she wasn't shooting guns. But she was awesome

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Do you have any other channels besides HallmarK or the BBC?