The Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test received quite a lot of coverage on the BBC, Women's Hour were especially excited by the idea of rating films according to how female friendly they were - if only all films could be like Fried Green Tomatoes!

Here's a cartoon that explains a problem with the Bechdel Test...

Well I did really enjoy Alien, mostly for the action and suspense but not at all for the female to female conversation between Ripley and Lambert.

However these images may also partly explain my fondness for Alien and the soft spot that I still have for Sigourney Weaver...

David from Prometheus

"I can do almost anything that can be asked of me... I can carry out directives that my human counterparts might find distressing or unethical". I think I can see where this is heading...

The latest Prometheus clip

"Big things have small beginnings..."

Alien: Prometheus trailer is out - A Friday Night Rule 5 post

Spot the almost unbelievable use of 'whom' rather than 'who' at 1:00 or am I hearing things? Hollywood scriptwriters not being renowned for their punctilious grammar. I also like at 2:09 the homage to Sigourney Weaver's underwear scene in the original Alien, you know the one...