NerdHQ Panel: A Conversation with Badass Women

Nerd HQ did a Badass Women panel with mystery guests: Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck), Retta (Parks and Recreation), Missy Peregrym (Heroes), Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon A Time), Ming-Na Wen (Agents of SHIELD) and Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones), and where better to link it to you than Not Your Average Damsels?

Three Shows I Have a Lot of Feelings About

I'm working on another post at the moment, but I've gotten completely stuck on it, so in the meantime, I present for your consumption:

three shows I have a lot of feelings about

Bene Watches: Historical Series

The wonderful thing about being on a university holiday break is that I can watch a bunch of tv series and then talk about them to you guys! The following is in no particular order and contains series which have been renewed, completed or cancelled, with varying degrees of success. I'm trying my best to be non-biased but that tends to be a bit hard sometimes. Please note that I often do not know where to live-stream these series but if I give it a good recommendation, buying the DVD is probably not going to be a waste of money. Light spoilers ahead.

I Need A Hero(ine)

With the recent success of Marvel (and to some extent DC) Comic Films, superheroes have once again captured the attention of a wide audience outside the usual fanbase. I've read only a few comics because the graphic novel and comic format has been hard for me to get into (weird, huh?) and because I've never known where to start, there are so many layers and reboots that it’s a daunting project to try. The comic genre had also never felt accessible to me and even now I still feel deterred from entering it. It wasn’t until Iron Man (2008) that I began to feel like it was something I could begin to involve myself in, and from there, the other Phase 1 (Iron Man - Avengers) and Phase 2 (Iron Man 3 - Avengers 2) movies and my first tentative steps into the comics themselves.

So what about my superheroines? There are plenty of female superheroes in both the Marvel and DC comics and yet, even in 2014, there is a resistance to the idea of making a female superhero movie; either from the belief that the movie wouldn’t make enough money, that women don’t watch comic book movies or there wouldn’t be an audience for it. We’ve had female superhero movies before in Elektra (2005) and Catwoman (2004), both of which did rather badly. They weren’t that great in many aspects. It’s been nearly ten years; a lot has changed since they were released, and there are many other ladies to choose from. It’s time that women finally get to see female superheros on the big screen who are the lead, rather than sidekicks or love interests.

Three Shows You Should Consider Watching

During my summer holidays from Uni, I managed to get a decent chunk of new tv watching in. While my taste in shows is generally towards the science-fiction/fantasy genre, there have been quite a few different shows that have piqued my interest. I also have a high tolerance for otherwise terrible shows, the good bad shows, if you will but I’ve put that aside to bring you the top three good shows. Ok, I partially lied, two good shows and one good bad. So, if you’re looking for some new shows to watch, then you’ve come to the right place. Potential (light) spoilers ahoy!