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the exception proves the rule, so to speak. also, these cliches largely came after alien/aliens.

"I'm a woman but I'm a scientist. I can't be good at my job and be nice."

No stereotypes there. Nope, no sirree.

And she's spot-on.

the niche TV show or the terrible movie that is it's own trope? (aeon flux, ultraviolet, atomic blonde, lucy, GitS (the shitty scar jo one), resident evil, anna...)

The animated Tv show from the 80's, of course. The movie was a disappointment.

I mention it because Aeon, the female scientist/superspy/clone, is capable of doing her job and being nice....at least nice to those not trying to kill her. Capable of being impossibly good at her job and being a loving, caring partner. Capable of unraveling the labyrinthine, convoluted, outrageously sci-fi conspiracies while wearing heels and latex and looking sexy as Hell doing it.
If Ripley is the exception to the rule, what is Aeon, who ignores all these rules?

*90s.

i would say aeon flux is also an exception for precisely the reasons you gave. it was also wildly outside the norms at the time and now.

Invocations (90s) cannot be called by kir_mokum because kir_mokum is not privileged - sorry.

I stand corrected. I had thought it started on Amped in the 80's, but Wiki says Liquid Television in the 90 s.

An exception proves the rule, too many exceptions disprove the rule. Yes, it was an outlier, most great things are.

For just a second there I thought you were going say you got a new pair of orthopedic shoes.

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