I hated Titanic before I even watched it--I went to an elementary school with preteen girls with all the charm and personality of pit-bulls. My older sister eventually forced me to watch the movie, and just as she started tearing up over Jack dying, I laughed with horrific malicious glee-and then proceeded to rewind and play his death over and over again. In retrospect, Rose as a character is fascinating to me and I like her growth in the film--but I won't ever be able to watch that movie again due to old scars =_=
Gah. Padme. Classic "female character redux" syndrome. Your theory holds water--watching the Avengers (a British television series that aired between the 40's and 60's, which was later adapted into a movie in the 21st century) also kind of shows this. In the original episodes, Emma Peel's character starts out as an awesome dame who can work well enough on her own, but as the series progressed into the colored television era, she pretty much suffered from "I am a woman that needs to be saved despite being kickass" syndrome. Then, in the 2000-something movie adaptation, Emma Peel was once again awesome--and despite the explicit romantic relationship that developed between her and John Steed, she maintained her independent character instead of becoming "attached to the action" (in my opinion).
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Date: 2008-11-05 09:13 am (UTC)Gah. Padme. Classic "female character redux" syndrome. Your theory holds water--watching the Avengers (a British television series that aired between the 40's and 60's, which was later adapted into a movie in the 21st century) also kind of shows this. In the original episodes, Emma Peel's character starts out as an awesome dame who can work well enough on her own, but as the series progressed into the colored television era, she pretty much suffered from "I am a woman that needs to be saved despite being kickass" syndrome. Then, in the 2000-something movie adaptation, Emma Peel was once again awesome--and despite the explicit romantic relationship that developed between her and John Steed, she maintained her independent character instead of becoming "attached to the action" (in my opinion).