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The top 13 hottest female characters from the summer of 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
With the end of the summer movie season swiftly falling upon us this weekend let us reexamine what’s come our way these past four months — and really, what better way to pass judgment on the worthiness of a film than imposing one’s subjective perspective on who were the hottest female characters?
Now before my female readers go all Gloria Steinem and call me a pig-headed creep, let me offer this reasoning in my defense: beauty is entirely subjective. What you may find attractive may not what I consider attractive, and someone’s charisma may be amplified (or taken away) by other traits like their personality, clothing or the number of guns that they own. The bottom line is that when you read this list you should bear it in mind that none of these characters are real and so any offense you might take is also imaginary.
13. Asajj Ventress (from Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
So what if she’s evil? She’s also bald, can command the Force, has two red lightsabers and also happens to be a better character than any of the bad guys George Lucas showed us in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith (I’ll give George the upper-hand for the creation of Darth Maul in Phantom Menace.) You know what they say about bad girls being interesting, so if killing a few Jedi makes Asajj such a terrible love connection then I don’t want to be right. Plus, I was never into that whole slave Leia costume thing so let’s hope some female cosplayers get inspired to dress up as Asajj at the next Comic Con.
12. Agent Dana Scully (from The X-Files: I Want to Believe)
Six years after the TV show ended Gillian Anderson reprised her role as Special Agent Dana Scully in the second X-Files movie — and no one cared enough to go see the movie. Hell, I didn’t go see it…but that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to believe Scully is still a hottie. Anderson proved that while no one cares about the X-Files anymore, that conservative business suit look still works for guys like me.
11. The women from Sex and the City
Look, I don’t even like Sex and the City but I’m not dumb enough to dismiss the power and appeal of it. While you couldn’t get me close enough to Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattral and that chick that plays Charlotte can go shopping with me for a new pair of Manolo Blaniks anytime. But what the Sex and the City movie did that I love is show stuffy Hollywood movie moguls that a large number of people will pay to see a movie with 40 and 50-something women dolled up and cougar prowling the Big Apple. If Helen Mirren were in a movie this summer she’d beat SJP but all we got were these spy photos of her in a bikini.
10. Betty Ross (The Incredible Hulk)
Ten years after Liv Tyler left her impression as Ben Affleck’s love interest in Armageddon we find Steven Tyler’s little girl still playing the doe-eyed girlfriend to a CG character. However, the cool thing about Betty Ross is that she stands by her man even though he turns into a rampaging green monster. Could you say that about any of the chicks from Sex in the City?
9. Trixie (Speed Racer)
Speed Racer proved to be one of the summer’s bombs but it did give us Christina Ricci’s performance as Speed’s rock solid girlfriend. She’s into cars, she loves Speed completely and she’s cool with his folks. How many of you would settle for just two outta those three? Plus she’s got her own pink helicopter to come pick you up in. That’s a win-win-win-win in my book of love.
8. The Joker as a nurse (The Dark Knight)
Don’t look at me that way. Go on, tell me that you never got a funny feeling as a kid when you saw Bugs Bunny dresssed up as a woman.
7. Donna Sheridan (Mamma Mia!)
Donna may be a mom and she may be played by Meryl Streep but damn if she doesn’t have the energy and spirit of a 20-year-old club chick. It doesn’t matter if Donna is having a fun moment with her two gal pals or feeling down in the dumps thinking about life as a single woman, she’s got a song in her heart for every situation and chances are you want to sing along too. Get Donna out of those denim dungarees and into a nice sundress, maybe get a bit of a tan and she’s suddenly she’s spending time with Carrie Bradshaw and her troop of Manhattan fashionistas.
6. Irena Spalko (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
The first female bad guy for Doctor Jones to face off against and she’s played by Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett. The movie may have sucked but for all those guys out there that dig their femme fatales in army clothing, Irena was their pin-up woman of the year. Give her Indy’s whip and let’s see how far we can go with this.
5. EVE - (Wall*E)
For the guys that love their iPhones or iPods more than their significant others there was Disney/Pixar’s EVE. She’s got the curves, the commanding voice and those arms that can atomize anything so to me she’s ’08’s version of Ripley from Aliens. She may have a tough exterior but as anyone that saw the movie will know, once EVE finds out how much of a softie Wall*E is she fell in love with the beat-up little robot — which only goes to prove that even robot nerds can hook up with robot hotties if they play their cards right.
4. Rachel Dawes (The Dark Knight)
As played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rachel’s got it all: looks, gusto, an important job as a lawyer, a boyfriend who’s star is rising and she knows the secret identity of who Batman is. I thought that Gyllenhaal improved on Katie Holmes’ performance of the character so I’m excited to see where she takes Rachel in the inevitable sequel to The Dark Knight. Oh. That’s right, I forgot about that…thing that happened. Oh. Well…uhm…hey, wasn’t that redhaired wig on The Joker kind of sexy?
3. Agent 99 (Get Smart)
She’s the brains behind Maxwell Smart and she’s also better with a gun than the hero. Anne Hathaway did an awesome job stepping into the boots of Barbara Feldon and was able to be the straight man opposite Steve Carell. Plus, she’s hot. What’s with all of these actresses and their brunette bobbed hairdos this summer? Did Trixie, Spalko and Agent 99 have the same hairstylist?
2. Fox (Wanted)
She’s a trained assassin who wants to give private lessons to the film’s hero. She has scores of tattoos all over her back and arms. She can curve a bullet. She has a gun that can shoot around corners. And she’s played by the present supermom of the planet, Angelina Jolie. Fox (gee, I wonder why she was named that?) is the best action babe of the summer and Brad Pitt agrees with me 100%.
1. Pepper Potts (Iron Man)
I’ve never been that much of a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow except when she played a head in a box in Seven, but in Iron Man the mother of Apple does a first-rate job of playing this summer’s hottest female character. Pepper’s got nearly the full package: she’s got brains, she’s got talent, she’s got a killer sense of business attire, she keeps the schedule of her boss (billionaire Tony Stark) and it was her gift to him that saved Iron Man’s ass when it seemed he was down for the count. The only thing that Pepper lacks that some other ladies on the list have is armament; even Scully has a gun. But here’s the thing: Pepper’s boss is friggin’ Iron Man himself. Stark makes IM suits in less than 12 hours, so why can’t Pepper get to be Iron Woman in sequel #2 or #3? See, that’s where my mind is headed, hombre.
Plus, I think that Pepper and that SHIELD guy would make a cute couple.
So do you agree with my placement of the ladies in the list or think that I’m mentally unstable, sexist or downright creepy for placing The Joker on it? Sound off and tell me what you think in our comment section below. The more comments, the greater the chance that I may be fed by my corporate masters!
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