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Missing probably because that’s not the majority of women in the U.S. Too unrealistic!
More warrior princess aren’t needed. Just less stupid stereotypes that are all size zeros. Maybe the next generation won’t be quite as dumb if we give them people besides Bella “I love my abusive boyfriend” Swan.
Hell, for that matter, it be nice if we could have less dumb frat boy types out there too.
Right on.
Word
Yes, a role model for girls – dress skanky. Exactly what I want my unborn daughter to learn.
I wouldn’t worry. Unborn children don’t learn too much.
ya there a little slow
Hey she’s a great role model! I totally idoled her as a child (my halloween class pictures from kindergarden are hysterical- fairy princess, stormtrooper, cinderella, cowboy, Xena (me). XD And she didn’t take anything from anyone. Boo and yah. My parents didn’t let me watch all the episodes since some were inappropriate, but still.
You want bad role model? How bout Miley Cyrus, or Stephanie Meyer. One is my age and acts like a whore, the other’s a psychopath. Take your pick.
I should point out that I did not dress up in that particular outfit.
Just thought I’d clear that up.
my fat is comfy….Mmmmmmm….like wearing a snowsuit
I imagine your lack of intelligence makes your head a balloon then?
Most lead male roles are far less realistic.
Wondering,
Lucy Lawless is not even from the U.S. lol. She’s from New Zealand.
Xena was a show that was shot and produced in New Zealand. Lucy Lawless and her stunt double Zoe Bell are Kiwi’s. Therefore we need to make more shows outside of the U.S..
no way
never been too fond of Xena… but the caps are still true!
Healthy and powerful, yes. But let’s not forget half-naked.
I don’t mean to repeat myself (I think I’ve said this twice already) but that’s NOT Xena’s costume, she wasn’t half naked in the show.
No thanks, we’ve got enough men already. Let’s keep women the way they are.
Please stay out of the gene pool.
Catwoman.
Kill Bill.
Hello. Duh.
Also, “More like this please” is a statement, not a question.
Halle I’ll grant looks healthy. Uma is an emaciated walking skeleton.
The “Can we have” part of the sentence is ellipsed (omitted because it can be assumed), but it is still a question. If you’re going to be a grammar nazi, make sure you’re right first.
just to mention “catwoman” -.-
Catwoman is a terrible movie that should never even be considered appropriate for grouping with any decent movie.
And for sake of argument, even in the case of Kill Bill the heroine was primarily motivated by issues with her man.
I agree with it. All these skinny, pathetic morons who can’t keep their lives together on the screen today just make me sad.
And two examples by no means makes a majority, anon.
Yeah, it’s sad when Lois Griffin is the best role model for women on TV.
She gets very little respect.
Yes, there needs to be more fat lesbian morons to balance things out.
whining fat chick FAIL once again.
LOL. You hit the nail on the head. WIN.
Seriously? Yeah, she may have played a semi-lesbian in the show, but she’s as straight as a ruler!
This American bashing is stupid too. There’s quite a few healthy women in the states, but generalizing is more fun, no?
Uh, there’s no such thing as a semi-lesbian.
Wouldn’t semi lesbian= bi?
perhaps refereing to masculin women? i probobly misspelled
Bisexual does not equal semi-lesbian. It means liking both guys and gals, either equally or with bias, and doubling the chances of getting a Saturday night date.
So, can you define semi-lesbian?
The original definition of Xena as a semi-lesbian had to do with the fact that there were lots of lesbian nuances on the show, but never any outright references to her as a lesbian. She had a more feminine female sidekick though (Gabriella? It’s been years since I’ve seen the show), and their relationship always seemed a little questionable.
I’d have no specific issues with classifying them both as bi, but they did have relationships with men before they met each other.
no, bi
Uh, dude, there are plenty of gay male drama queens…
Again is one of them.
So, FTR, Again is gay because no woman will have him and turned him into a woman hater. Are we all agreed on this fact?
That’s what I heard.
3rded.
i agree
Fat? She’s not fat.
Fat!. I think not. You must be one of those ppl who enjoy counting ribs on a woman
calling xena fat (and a lesbian) makes you lose all credibility forever
I’m comforted only by the fact that you will, one day, die alone.
If only she wasn’t so ugly.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Most find her pretty hot.
Also, she can fly.
“Xena can’t fly!”
“I’m not Xena. I’m Lucy Lawless.”
She still looks better than 99% of the American population. The best is that she’s not even American! And sorry to burst your bubble, but she’s married to a MAN. Try to distinguish between a fantasy role and reality.
LOL Fat Americans! Durrrr!*
*Sorry, I figured I’d beat some random idiot to the punch.
99% of the American population? You realize The Biggest Loser doesn’t represent all of us, right?
Still, she’s definitely in 95th percentile at least. And not all fat people are ugly, so The Biggest Loser probably shouldn’t be representative of ugliness. Just fatness.
That’s very true. I should’ve made that distinction. Hell, even that Amanda girl from last season’s Biggest Loser was pretty cute, and I’ve known many, many bigger girls who were in fact very attractive. I definitely don’t want to be seen as someone who thinks only skinny girls are attractive.
I don’t watch such shows, since I’ve wasted 5 months of my life in America and have seen the damage myself.
Damn, 300 million ugly people. You’ve got us, dude. And where are you from where everyone is so fvcking hot all the time?
Hey, all that matters is he left. Damn foreigners…
Xena is better than that sniffling, emaciated coward, Bella. Seriously. Good job teaching girls that they should be 103 lbs., weak, and dependent on men.
True.
At what point does Bella encourage being 103lbs?
Bella’s exactly who I had in mind when I saw/read this.
Who cooks for you if you’re gay? Your partner and you must be starving to death… Which means that you must look like those toothpick anorexics you keep seeing everywhere.
HUNGRY MAN. THE MANLY WAY OF HEATING UP A 1LB. OF DEATH ON A PLASTIC TRAY. For MANLY MEN who never learned to fry an egg or make a roast cause, you know, cooking good food is for girls and girly men.
Real men cook their own goddamn food.
I hope that that was some form of twisted sarcasm. I’m optimistic like that…
Not sarcasm…just a troll. An ignorant gay troll at that.
Oh, AC, we’ve had to deal with this tool on PK many many times.
Um. Good luck proving that it was men who invented roads, homes and fire. If you can give me evidence that the gender more apt for going out and hunting prey invented tools for cooking or home-managing, the roles you claim women are for, then kudos for you. Until then, could you please be a little less misogynistic?
I mean, for one thing, you’re setting a horrific example of us gay guys :/
As usual, you prove that you’re a worthless piece of dog crap. I hope you die in a fire. Preferably soon.
You’re being a good troll
*pets troll*
Whoops, double post. Oh well. You get the idea.
I don’t think the actress who plays Bella Swan is that skinny, and even if she were, that’s her physique. No one can help their body type. I don’t recall (from what little I’ve seen) any lessons about what weight girls should be in Twilight.
Yes, we need more lesbian roles, to make this world a better place… for lesbians.
Oh c’mon, I’ve seen tons of lesbian roles on the internet.
there’s always room for improvement
But few empowered ones.
or for openmindedness in general. or maybe just for people?
oh, wait, i forgot. gays and lesbians aren’t people. my bad.
on that note, tara/willow ftw.
Oh, I’ve got a tricky one for you: what about lesbians? They’re gay, but they’re also… You know… Women. So, are they people, or are they still men’s property? Does their homosexuality make them worthy of humanity, or does their womanhood soil your homosexuality?
FTW
You win teh internetz! <3
Except of course for you. Because you’re worthless.
Because the world is already such and *awesome* place for lesbians, amirite?
Check Battlestar Galactica (which Lucy Lawless had a primary supporting role in). The female characters in that movie were the strong, defiant, stalwart decision makers, whereas the men were depicted as the flighty, emotionally challenged ones. Quite the role reversal.
Why do you hate women so much? Did your mom not hug you enough? You are seriously psychotic, dude.
Actually, there were men and women in both empowered and challenged roles on the show. It was pretty well-rounded. I would cite specific characters and situations, but it’s too early to start nerding out today.
I love how fat women (who any doctor will tell you is UN healthy) claim that being a 110 lb female in not healthy. Tell that to a ballet dancer or figure skater or gymnast that can do like a quadruple back flip 10 feet in the air because they’re “unhealthy”. pffffffft
Being jealous of hot looking girls isn’t gonna make you any less fat, ok?
And looking like a mean butch lesbian doesn’t make you appear “healthy” either.
Tell that to all the ballet dancers and skaters and gymnasts who die of anorexia. They do, y’know.
If smokers or people who didn’t exercise or people who refused to eat vegetables got near as much prejudice as fat people, maybe it would be fair. But they don’t.
Dunno about the other 2 but smokers *do* get a lot of criticism directed at them. I’m not saying it’s wrong to be critical of smokers- as an ex-smoker I accept that I was disgusting and harming other people with passive smoking, but it seems that as time goes on, more and more things get demonized- first it’s drugs, then smoking, then drinking, now it’s fat and sugar. It feels nowadays so evil to actually openly eat a cake. (“Oh my god how could he?!?!!?”).
Maybe in the past we didn’t know about the increased cancer risk from obesity, but I think we knew of the heart attack risks, so why is it only in the last few years that if you eat some fat food or a cake people treat you like you’re kicking puppies to death?
OK, name ONE person who’s ever “died of anorexia” compared to the few hundred million who die of obesity. Instead of sitting on your fat ass making unfunny lols about what a “healthy” female looks like because you’re jealous, how about you just don’t eat 10,000 calories of fat every day and then you wouldn’t be so damn fat!
Karen Carpenter died of anorexia aged 32. She weighed 80lbs at the time.
And Karen Carpenter died when….about 40 years ago?
I’m sure her drug habits had alot to do with her weighing 80 lbs too, like everyone in the 60′s.
So fine, anorexics 1, big fat pigs 1,347,783,687,982
And from what I have seen, Brittney Murphy, whoever the hell she…was…was a walking pharmacy too, so try again.
This is a list of famous people who have died from anorexia nervosa.
Karen Carpenter – 4 February 1983, vocalist
Heidi Guenther – 1997 (22), dancer with the Boston Ballet
Christy Henrich – 26 July 1994 (22), artistic gymnast
Lena Zavaroni – 1999 (35), vocalist
Ana Carolina Reston – 14 November 2006, model (21)
Luisel Ramos – 2 August 2006, model (22)
Eliana Ramos – 13 February 2007, model (18)
ok, it’s safe to say that 99.99999% of the people in the world have ever heard of 6 of 7 of those “famous” people.
Anorexia is a MENTAL problem, not physical, being fat and lazy is a way of life for most fat people so to compare some girl with a nice skinny body to someone who is such a psycho they starve themselves to death is beyond a stretch.
Model/gymnast/ballet dancer types are born that way and don’t have to do anything to make themselves skinny. There’s nothing “wrong” with them and if all you fat chicks can’t accept that guys would rather look at them than you…oh well, life sucks then you die.
There’s a huge difference between athletically slim and starve-yourself-thin. You can’t usually see most of an athlete’s ribcage–a few of the larger bones might push through but for the most part they don’t look skeletal. Athletically slim is gorgeous–taut and smooth and not necessarily overmuscled (we can’t all be Arnold after all, and really, who wants to be? Beyond bodybuilders
). Skinny to the point at which ribs are easily counted and played like a xylophone and hip bones stick out and knobbly knees and elbows dig into everything and chickenwing shoulderblades poke dangerously out–that’s as attractive as someone who is morbidly obese. I’m just saying, there’s a difference between “skinny” and “slim” and women need to learn it.
So do men. I don’t hear a lot of women on here insisting that any complaint about skinny women must have come from a “fat chick”. It makes me laugh to see such comments because almost invariably they come from guys who are angry at women for whatever reason–generally those who’ve been hurt by a woman–and who will as a result end up only dating subservient women with zero self-esteem: the only kind that will put up with that crap.
Anorexia causes kidney damage, damage to the heart muscle, changes the biochemistry of the brain, weakens the bones, greatly increases the stress hormone levels in the body, deprives the body of proper vitamins, and dangerously alters the electrolyte balance. Anorectics usually die of heart arrhythmias, kidney failure, or congestive heart failure.
Anorectic bulemics add a whole additional layer of body damage.
Yeah, you’re right, it’s me, I personally go around to every hot skinny babe on the planet and force them to look good, yup.
Stupid insecure liberal douches tend to claim they like fat chicks just like they say they aren’t racist so as to appear better than everyone else, just like everything else they do. I bet you have a “I <3 Fat Chicks" bumper sticker next to the Obama and Kerry/Edwards ones so you can outdo all the other stupid liberal douches.
You suck at life. Lemme guess, your definition of fat is larger then a size 7? Why not just encourage healthy body images, which can be anywhere from a size zero up to and even over size 14 for some people.
You really think that anorexia looks good? Wow is an appropriate name for you because I keep thinking that when I read your posts like “wow, this anal fungus couldn’t possibly be serious.” Believe it or not, not all guys like the same things you do. Some guys go for skinny chicks, some guys go for bigger chicks. There’s no pretending to it. Do I find some thinner girls hot? Sure. I don’t have to pigeon-hole female attractiveness like you do. And if you think only liberals like big girls, then you’re an even bigger retard than I thought.
You could also make an argument for Brittney Murphy, but it would be due to a secondary effect (anorexia is not good for the ol’ ticker).
OK, name ONE person who’s ever “died of anorexia”
..2 of my schoolfriends you sick ****
Yeah, a girl died of it my junior year of high school. It was very sad.
Why do I have a feeling that Again is about 450 lbs sitting on his couch not getting off the Internet all day?
Where’s the room to say that both 110lb girls (like myself) and 180lb girls can be healthy? Different bodies have different ideal weights.
And lol Xena looks butch? I’d like to take you to a dyke bar sometime.
Hear, hear girl. It depends on your height and your frame.
I think I love you.
As someone who’s been in both ballet dancing and figure skating, eating disorders rule both classes.
… and they would be a LOT healthier if they weighed at least 110lbs. We’re talking 89lbs, 96lbs, tiny tiny amounts that you should weigh when you’re 9 years old.
wow you’re a douche… I weigh 96 lbs and I am perfectly healthy. And yes, I was a ballet dancer, but I was never anorexic. I’m small and petite. And my man loves me the way I am. I couldn’t weight 110 lbs to save my life… unless maybe i was pregnant.
You need to watch Dollhouse, Buffy or Serenity. Joss Whedan stuff, basically.
Wait, what? Okay, I’m all for female empowerment, and Joss is better than a lot of male directors at bringing the strong women, but he still has a lot of issues. Dollhouse being the biggest one – after all, it’s a show promoting the fact that women get their minds wiped and new personalities downloaded so that they can be the perfect sex slave for rich guys. Which is rape. And in his other shows, Buffy in particular, women get punished for having sex.
There are male agents at the Dollhouse (Victor, for one, and Alpha used to be one), who also get wiped. In addition, the assignments are not to be sex slaves (though sometimes sex is involved)–when Echo was a child psychologist/hostage negotiator, for instance, she didn’t have to have sex with anyone, did she?
The guys in Buffy got hurt a lot, too–Xander in particular.
Actually, other than Xander, Angel, Spike and Farmboy, did the guys in Buffy get any regularly anyway? And hey, one way or another every one who did get some got punished, or were already being punished sooner or later.
I suspect that Lurky has seen some SciFi/SyFy trailers for Dollhouse, and not bothered to actually watch the show!
When did the purpose of this site turn from humorous captioned pictures to women complaining about role models? Regardless of how right or wrong the sentiment expressed in this caption is, it isn’t funny. Leave your emotional baggage at the door and create something funny next time.
Are you sure the person who made this caption is a woman? And can women complain about role models if they do it in a funny way, or is it a no-no?
Dude. I love gay guys and I love straight guys. But there’s a lot of whiney men out there now-a-days. I mean a LOT. And super whiney. And the worst part, they don’t realize it.
I’d say most guys wished they looked 16-18 forever just like you homos wish all guys looked 10-12.
Not cool. That guys an annoying troll, but there’s plenty of wonderful gay people out there. Check your homophobia, tool.
So, do all gay guys become that way because they’re pathetic women haters, or is it just you?
(I know the answer to the question. It’s just you. I just wanted to point out that you’re pathetic. I believe that gays are born that way, except for you. I think you were rejected so much in high school for being an ugly tool that you just wrote women off.)
“Women ALWAYS complain and b*tch about things…”
You just called yourself a woman.
Ah, maybe that’s it: You wish you were born a woman, but you weren’t, so now you “hate” women.
Grow up.
I hate when these Lol’s come up, because then every “male” feels the urge to go “OH NOES THE FAT CHICKS ARE TALKING AGAIN!!!!”
FYI, there’s non-fat chicks out there that would like to see better roles for women too. And yeah, I’d prefer seeing some more curves. Who doesn’t want to see more curves?
That’s all fine and dandy but why do it here? This is a LOL site, not the View.
WIN
So when women enter the mix and have a semi-serious exchange of ideas, it becomes The View?
Bitter fat lesbian much?
Naw, I’m straight. But lesbians are cool. I’m also pretty skinny, but this is the internet, so you’ll probably just say I’m lying.
12 year old pimply virgin much?
Charming aintcha?
Your eloquence really made me take your side.
Seriously, throw a few more expletives in there… It really does make up for your lack of valid points.
You sir, are fail.
What’s wrong, Again? Did your boyfriend break up with you? Or did you wake up and realize that nobody of either gender will ever love you? So sad. So lonely. I recommend suicide.
wow i guess your aight.
Crazy people don’t want to see more curves. Some of the most beautiful women I’ve seen are in burlesque – the “no fat chicks” crowd would be horrified. But these women are stunning – soft and curvy and very fit (they have to dance after all).
I don’t like a lot of things, I just don’t go to random websites and attempt to turn them into my own personal soapbox. Again I’m not arguing against the message per se, I’m just saying its not funny, and ergo doesn’t belong here.
I get your point; the problem is, there are things which are funny for some people and not for others. Saying “only pictures with funny captions should be posted on this website” does not mean much; you would have to provide a lengthy definition of humour for the sentence to actually mean something (and then you would have to deal with people saying that they don’t agree with your definition or claiming that you’re not respecting their freedom of speech).
In this case, I think that the caption can be considered humourous because of the use of the word “missing”; you may think it wasn’t funny, but just because it didn’t make you laugh or smile doesn’t mean it doesn’t belong here.
this is funny in the that a plastic bag is funny.
way*
There was no humor attempted here. This is social caterwauling. Something you write protest sign is not a LOL.
That’s oversimplified. I take it you don’t know the godhatesprotesters blog…
i know it too well freaking pro-god retards on there its enough to make you lose faith in humanity.
Man, I’ve just about had it with this section of this site.
Enough of this Fred Astaire, ‘unhealthy’ woman role model, redundant Twilight/Jonas Bros/Lady Gaga, pictures.
Lets focus on the funny people! Unless this section of the site has been overran with middle aged women, and grossly overweight women.
If that’s the case, then let us build a wall to quarantine the other parts.
Yeah, and that black bra just SCREAMS female empowerment. It’s okay to be a television feminist icon, as long as you’re hot.
Thank you for saying this.
ditto that.
Why do women have to be entirely covered to be powerful?
They don’t have to be entirely covered to be powerful, nor do they have to wear skimpy, and less than practical, costumes to prove that point either.
And another thing, why are powerful, heroine type female characters alwats depicted with loose hair? If I was going to be fighting in a battle my hair would be pulled back!!
hercules wore less most of the time and had loose hair, so what?
That’s not even Xena’s regular costume, she is far more covered with real leather and armor. I don’t know why that person chose that picture when she wore that very briefly once in the show.
And last time I checked, there was nothing wrong with wearing bras.
Let’s all just take our clothes off and flash our breasts! It’ll sure show those guys how powerful we are.
finally someone who understands.
Let’s all just despise people on the basis of what they wear and display our prejudices on the web! It’ll sure show people how clever, respectful and trustworthy we are.
That’s so funny. My husband sits at home most of the day and I work two jobs to support us both. I don’t mind, that’s what you get when you marry a musician. But I’m fascinated by your prejudices.
Anyone ever tell you life’s too short to waste it trolling like this?
Where and when did Xena ever take off her clothes and flash her breasts?
Oh man, snarky comment failure.
In response to several assumption fails: the caption was written by a man, so take the jealosy/”whining fat chick” comments and shove them back up the place you pulled them out of.
Of course if you think Lucy Lawless is obese you’re too divorced from reality to be communicated with anyway.
This is one of the only decent comments in this thread… I really needed to read something like this. Thank you.
By the way, I was happy to see a caption that wasn’t mocking or even demeaning the (woman) celeb it relates to. Kudos to you!
What’s wrong? I mean, with you? Not in an insulting sense… But why do you hate women so much?
Please don’t feed the trolls. If you do, they just keep coming back.
Not for long. I’ve been e-mailing the admins trying to get rid of him once and for all.
Hey, it worked! Again is gone! Thanks, admins!!
Why do the admins keep letting this fvckweasel ™ continue posting here? Not once has he ever said anything that wasn’t completely and totally offensive. In fact, can we just have him erased from the planet? There are people starving out there, and this lump of horse feces is eating food that might actually be used for human beings.
I’d like to note that this thread looks really goofy because the admins removed a horrible troll from this thread. My post is not aimed at NorthernTerror.
I don’t care about it being right or wrong or care about who wrote it. I care about it not being funny and the fact that people treat every user generated content site on the internet as their own personal soapbox.
After the way the press treated Sarah Palin, I’m not too surprised there haven’t been strong women in any TV shows, movies, etc.
Newsflash: The press treated Sarah Palin badly because she’s an idiot, not because she’s a “strong woman”.
No, the liberal infested media treated her badly because they’re all communists and she’s about as anti communist as they come. If they treated people the way they do based on being idiots then they wouldn’t support the so called president or any “leader” in congress.
At least Sarah Palin knows better than to refer to Obama as a “negro” in public, so who’s an idiot? Plus, as we can see here, ugly women really can’t handle anyone hotter looking than them and that says more about them than anything.
Look, I’m not going to argue that the media doesn’t have a liberal bias, but Palin really isn’t that smart, at least not when she’s in public. But what the heck is with the ugly women twist at the end? Can you at least stay coherent?
You wouldn’t know a communist if they smacked you in the head, retard.
I’m all for strong female role-models and all. But can it be a show that doesn’t suck as much as Xena? Preferably one where people carrying swords actually use them as such and cut/stab people instead of using them like an extremely awkward club and defeating their enemies with punches and kicks? PLEASE?
Wow! What a ridiculous comment. Um, GammaPaladin, did you even WATCH the show? Xena (etc) is always shown to be cutting, stabbing and slicing the throats of her opponents with swords. In the series finale, she was decapitated. Maybe you’re confusing Xena with the Hercules show, who rarely used a sword?
but…but…but… she’s an ugly hack and this show is total garbage.
If you want powerful female characters, look no further then the top of the box office charts. James Cameron created Sarah Connor, turned Ellen Ripley into a badass, and most recently, taught us with Neytiri that some of the most badass female characters don’t even have to be human.
Whole hearted agreance. Naytiri wasn’t the ‘lead but was second to a cripple male who had a gradual epipheny.
except he saves her and her peoples collective asses from the military
I’ll have to check those out.
Xena Warrior Princess was a steaming pile of crap, totally raping the Greek mythology it was based on. Cheesy as hell, and not even remotely interesting as Xena was always unchallenged by everyone, essentially making for an endless series of one-sided ass-kicking (and poor ass-kicking at that), even if you manage to suspend disbelief for the mind-numbing molestation of myths it depended on.
And exactly when did Xena (or Hercules: The Legendary Journeys for that matter) ever claim to be an accurate retelling of Greek myths?
They didn’t, but making such a poor use of the excellent material that those myths offer showcases both horrible taste and disrespect (and I assure you, I’m far from being a conservative puritan).
Imagine a series about George Washington kicking British behind with bazookas and kung-fu. It could claim not to be a valid representation of the Revolutionary War, but wouldn’t it be immensely silly nonetheless?
Isn’t 300 a perfect example of that? Granted, it’s based off a book and not the actual historic event, but still.
actually the battle of Thermopylae was real, the movie just wasnt an exact retelling
Robot Chicken did a mash up of 300 with the American Revolution. The result was AWESOME. Just because something is silly doesn’t mean it’s not fun or enjoyable.
Robot Chicken is AWESOME. It is obviously a parody show though, so one is well prepared for any absurdity Seth and Co come up with.
300 wasn’t an exact retelling, it incorporated some supernatural elements and over-stylization, but nonetheless remained faithful to the historic premise of the battle of Thermopylae.
Xena on the other hand is a spin-off series from the original Hercules series (which was quite a bit more decent, as it started of as a telling of Hercules’ tales and went pear-shaped along the way). Xena is not based on an historical persona, no prob with that, but then having her interact with so many documented personalities from time frames insanely far apart (and totally pwning history in the process) is ridiculous.
I would understand it if it was meant as comedy, but is started as an action series that took itself seriously, if you exclude the comic relief. Soon the comic relief became the series.
Just a short list of stuff to make your mind boggle:
* Xena meets Hercules (1200+ BC, based on the fact that Hercules was a known myth to the Achaeans)
* Xena does Caesar (100-44 BC) (srsly?)
* Xena goes to China (…)
* Xena hangs out in an ancient club with techno music (no comment)
* Xena and Gabrielle are reincarnated as archaeologists in the 1940′s ( :-S )
Even if you manage to disregard all this, and isolate the fun aspect, here’s the recipe of a typical Xena episode:
- Xena kicks some ass
- Gabrielle gets in trouble
- Joxer is an idiot
- Xena flirts with Ares
- Xena kicks her nemesis Calypso’s (or what’s her name…) ass
- Xena gets surrounded by infinite enemies, and kicks their ass with her chakram, most of them screaming in typical grunt fashion and more often than not knocking themselves out before being even hit, and all this with sound effects comparable to 60′s beat’em’up movies
Infinite potential for coolness, piss poor implementation.
Baaaad television…
In the next episode: Resident Evil movie bashing! Oh boy…
marktheshark
Xena was never intended to be historically accurate. How could it be? Its in the universe of fantasy and mythology. Myth = not real. Fantasy = not real. So isn’t it a given that any historical references will be inaccurate? Doesn’t really matter? One can just watch a documentary if that’s what they’re looking for.
Every television show more or less has a typical mock up (the one you gave for example is more or less just Xena’s first season; Gabrielle is no longer helpless afterward. Ares was a semi-villain, and Xena rarely ever returned his affections toward her). Xena expanded much more after that. (Also, where does Autolycus fit into all of this?
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I know this is way too long of a reply than it should be, but I have to say — either you have an AWESOME memory or you have been watching all six seasons of Xena on DVD and/or the internet, because no way should anyone who claims the show is ‘bad’ could bring all that up.
It certainly could be extremely silly. It would depend on how it was done.
Similarly, I know lots of people who think that ID4 is utterly hilarious; they all have one thing in common, not being American!
I’m sorry but did you even watch the show? While Xena was a talented enough warrior to easily outmatch most people, she had many challenging opponents, and several that beat her in combat on occasions. It was very interesting with great relationships as well as many emotional and physical obstacles for the characters to overcome. And the show never claimed to be historically accurate. It was simple entertainment.
My thoughts exactly.
I really don’t think ‘Xena’ gets the credit it deserves. Yes it was campy at times, and had some filler episodes and particular special effects I rather not acknowledge, but it was a really great show overall. Lucy Lawless was phenomenal. I know a lot of people who decided to give the show a chance (Netflix is a wonderful thing) and agree.
“Xena was always unchallenged by everyone”
OK I take back my other comment. Maybe you didn’t watch the show as much as I thought. There were several characters that were a challenge for Xena. (Now of course Xena typically wins in the end, she’s the main character. That goes for every fictional hero out there).
Hercules was rarely ever challenged, as far as fight scenes goes (but that should be obvious; son of Zeus). Xena got her ass beat plenty of times, both in the battle field and in the long run. She was tied and nailed to a cross with her legs broken, was tortured and beaten to a bloody pulp hanging upside down from the ceiling, and was beheaded in the series finale for example. I think its safe to say she wasn’t always the victor in the series…
Should have been Ellen Ripley from the Alien franchise.
It’s okay if we’re missing a Xena-type female for awhile. We’ve got some awesome women playing SMART, tough roles on tv… To name a few we have:
Pauley Perrette and Cote de Pablo (“Abby” and “Ziva” on NCIS)
Emily Proctor (“Calleigh” on CSI Miami)
Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin and Tamara Taylor (“Dr. Brennan, Angela and Dr. Saroyan on Bones.)
These ladies are all pretty, but they play smart women, and they’re making great role models for science and law enforcement.
Tough is good, but smart is better. We need to keep girls interested in science and math. IMHO.
Good job this Rofl was, I say. Look at the aneurisms it provoked.
The commentary once again proved what a misogynist, homophobic, appearance-centered cess pool our society is.
Threatened much, boys?
I love how this type of picture tends to provoke bigoted comments and comments claiming said bigotry doesn’t exist anymore. Some days I want to /quit the world.
but let them wear clothes this time around, eh
She was just masturbation material for men and lesbians.
Missing: the rest of her clothing.
That’s not her real costume.
Not funny. Why is this caption even up here to begin with?
The general attitude towards women around here is pretty disgusting.
If you think she’s fat, you obviously need glasses.
..Fat is when you can’t fit through a doorway.
*ahem*Janeway*ahem*
*ahem*Laura Roslin*ahem*
Love this girl!
That’s not Xena’s regular costume.
It’s one of her alternate costumes from the Amazon strand of the show.
Lucy Lawless is like a female Chuck Norris.
hell yes!!!!
what happened to all the Xenas and Buffys?
ive been thinking about how when i grew up there was xena and buffy and the spice girls, but girls growing up now get Bella and Miley Cyrus and the cast of jersey shore… hm.
what a tough looking person.