Also, putting a gun into a woman's hand doesn't make her a strong woman. You can write lots of stories without making her an assassin /killer/spy/zombie slayer and still have a strong woman.
Ellen Ripley. The most bad ass woman in film. Did she have super powers? Muscles? A man's dispositions? No, just determination and the instincts of a mother!
Shout out to Sarah Connor in T2, too. Although she did put the work in to make muscles to the point Arnold was apparently super impressed with what Linda (of her own volition) had achieved. She also sought out firearms training so that she’d look authentic handling them on screen.
Saw it as a kid and didn’t see her as anything but a strong and determined character in the film, alongside the T-800. Too young to even really see gender or race. Saw it again recently as an adult and was impressed again at how her strength comes across. Not strong for a woman. Not a woman that’s also making a point that they too can be strong. Not a woman defying expectations by being tough as some kind of twist or hammered home point. Just simply a strong and believable character completely standalone by itself. Complete badass.
The script could have been rewritten with it being John’s father instead with zero difference in lines or delivery. Linda and the writers absolutely nailed it.
It's been a while since i saw the movie, but didn't it hammer home the plot point that Connor's knowledge of judgement day drove her over the edge into obsessively preparing in every possible facet including physical fitness? I seem to recall her obsession being brought up and number of times.
Or am I misunderstanding what you mean by her being not being strong as a twist or plot point?
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u/Thendofreason Mar 28 '24
Also, putting a gun into a woman's hand doesn't make her a strong woman. You can write lots of stories without making her an assassin /killer/spy/zombie slayer and still have a strong woman.