In the world
of video game heroines, Uncharted «s Elena Fisher is a highly respected role.
Not exact matches
He plays Josh, an underachieving geek who finally beats the difficult
video game Biotic Wars and then celebrates by masturbating to an image
of the
game's sexy female
heroine, Tiger.
The Oscar winner from «The Danish Girl» — whose slyly chilling turn as the machine in «Ex Machina» signaled previously untapped reserves
of menace — portrays the heiress to the Croft fortune and inheritor
of the franchise launched a generation ago now, in 1996, as a massively popular
video game showcasing its sprinting, leaping, artifact - boosting
heroine.
Gillan is particularly funny in how she turns the generically bad - ass
video -
game heroine on its head, providing the movie's most pointed criticism toward some
of the medium's sexist trends within her performance.
Martha is now an expert fighter (played by Karen Gillan, from «Guardians
of the Galaxy» and «Doctor Who») with exposed,
video -
game -
heroine abs that embarrass her.
With her soft features and big brown eyes, Vikander is like the action
heroine - as - girl next door, and she looks nothing like the Lara Croft
of the
video games, whose anatomical exaggerations and ridiculous clothing choices (hot pants and twin gun holsters, anyone?)
Not only did the franchise defy the rules
of video game adaptations failing miserably at the box office, but it also gave us possibly cinema's best female action
heroine since Sigourney Weaver's Ripley.
It's a random mishmash
of juvenile ideas without a single lucid thread to hold them together, except for both the incessant CG bombast ripped off from
video games and the works
of Peter Jackson, the Wachowskis, and Quentin Tarantino, as well as the recurring lascivious gaze
of Snyder's camera on the china - smooth skin and full lips
of bleached - blond
heroine Baby Doll (Emily Browning).
Today's Daily Briefs: screenshots and
video for the new
game mode in Attack on Titan 2, a few pictures for Sonic Mania Plus, release date and boxart for Yoku's Island Express at retail, details and screenshots for the fighter customisation feature in SNK
Heroines ~ Tag Team Frenzy ~, launch trailer for Saturday Morning RPG, latest set
of DLC for Gal Gun 2 in Japan, screenshots for Cube Creator X, The Longest 5 Minutes and Penny - Punching Princess now available in Japan, latest Weekly Inazuma Walker episode and preview for the next episode
of the Inazuma Eleven Ares anime series, and
videos for the Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2!
With over 30
video game titles released and hundreds
of awards, the
heroine Lara Croft has been a cultural icon for 20 years and has made an indelible mark on virtually every facet
of entertainment.
It's been 17 years since Lara Croft burst onto the scene, growing into an iconic
video game heroine who stood the test
of time.
Bonnie Ruberg over at
Heroine Sheik had some interesting things to say about the referencing
of video games in Indigo, and I for the most part agree with her sentiments: http://www.
heroine-sheik.com/2005/10/14/the-first-
of-fightclub-discomfort-self-reference-and-gaming-as-camp/
The vast majority
of video games pit a hero /
heroine against a villain.
Who's ready for a great
video game movie featuring one
of our favorite
heroines — Lara Croft?
Its ideas were ahead
of its time, its
heroine is one
of the best in gaming, and the music — even in these 8 - bit days — displayed how Nintendo
games took
video game soundtracks to the next level.
Like most
video game heroines, she's has something
of a love / hate relationship with the hero, making her something
of a tsundere.
Previous Horizon Zero Dawn gameplay
videos revealed the robotic beasts which Aloy, the
game's
heroine, will encounter such as the Tallneck, a giant giraffe - like creature with a disc - head, which she can ride on to reveal parts
of the map.